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245,097 | Is there any word that describes a person who is very interested in reading newspapers, and very interested in political news? Moreover one who loves being "updated" on the current affairs of the world? | 2015/05/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/245097",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/18030/"
] | While not a real word currently, popular culture would understand the word "newsophile"
The attachment of phile to make words like "audiophile" is becoming pretty popular creating new words over time. | News or current event enthusiast ...
sorry its not one word |
868 | See, for example, the list of questions related to the List Category Posts Plugin:
<https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/plugin-list-category-post>
(It even has its own - detailed - tag wiki.)
Is this appropriate for WPSE, or should these questions be directed to the [List Category Posts Plugin suppor... | 2012/02/01 | [
"https://wordpress.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/868",
"https://wordpress.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://wordpress.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3966/"
] | While there's no explicit rule against plugin support here, I'm against it.
Code Quality
============
Many plugins have just one developer who (most of the time) fails to adhere to any of the coding standards used by WP Core. Having a lot of plugin-specific code snippets lying around dilutes the quality code we have ... | There is no implied rule that plugin support must or should happen via official forums. Plenty developers explicitly don't want to provide support that way. So I definitely against directing to official forum as a generic move. Only if developer prefers it that way and is actually actively providing support there.
It ... |
602,488 | I do not appear to have any USB Functionality on my BQ Aquarius Ubuntu Edition Phone. Plugged into Dell running Ubuntu 12.04 and neither the phone nor the Laptop see each other. USB power okay and cable okay as it was tested with a Moto Defy. Is there actually any USB functionality with the Ubuntu Aquarius? I was expec... | 2015/03/28 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/602488",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/392397/"
] | Just adding my 2 cents because I was also struggling with this and my solution was really weird.
Fresh install of ubuntu 14.04.2 64-bit with all updates installed.
Connected phone with usb **2.0** port: **no access** (I tried 2 different usb 2.0 ports)
Connected phone with usb **2.0** port and used **gMTP** (ubuntu ... | I managed to access the files on my phone following the instructions here: [Managing Kindle Fire with on 12.04 via Micro-USB](https://askubuntu.com/questions/177555/managing-kindle-fire-with-on-12-04-via-micro-usb).
It is a threat about connecting a Kindle, but it worked beautifylly for me. Maybe it could be of use fo... |
602,488 | I do not appear to have any USB Functionality on my BQ Aquarius Ubuntu Edition Phone. Plugged into Dell running Ubuntu 12.04 and neither the phone nor the Laptop see each other. USB power okay and cable okay as it was tested with a Moto Defy. Is there actually any USB functionality with the Ubuntu Aquarius? I was expec... | 2015/03/28 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/602488",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/392397/"
] | Take a tour [here](https://launchpad.net/~fossfreedom/+archive/ubuntu/libmtp) to upgrade your MTP library.
Hope it could help. | I managed to access the files on my phone following the instructions here: [Managing Kindle Fire with on 12.04 via Micro-USB](https://askubuntu.com/questions/177555/managing-kindle-fire-with-on-12-04-via-micro-usb).
It is a threat about connecting a Kindle, but it worked beautifylly for me. Maybe it could be of use fo... |
602,488 | I do not appear to have any USB Functionality on my BQ Aquarius Ubuntu Edition Phone. Plugged into Dell running Ubuntu 12.04 and neither the phone nor the Laptop see each other. USB power okay and cable okay as it was tested with a Moto Defy. Is there actually any USB functionality with the Ubuntu Aquarius? I was expec... | 2015/03/28 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/602488",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/392397/"
] | Take a tour [here](https://launchpad.net/~fossfreedom/+archive/ubuntu/libmtp) to upgrade your MTP library.
Hope it could help. | Make sure to unlock the phone if it is PIN protected. Once unlocked you should be able to see phone content |
602,488 | I do not appear to have any USB Functionality on my BQ Aquarius Ubuntu Edition Phone. Plugged into Dell running Ubuntu 12.04 and neither the phone nor the Laptop see each other. USB power okay and cable okay as it was tested with a Moto Defy. Is there actually any USB functionality with the Ubuntu Aquarius? I was expec... | 2015/03/28 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/602488",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/392397/"
] | Take a tour [here](https://launchpad.net/~fossfreedom/+archive/ubuntu/libmtp) to upgrade your MTP library.
Hope it could help. | I have the same problem with my BQ Ubuntuphone and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The phone is not recognized at all when connected via USB. Are there any settings required on either side? |
602,488 | I do not appear to have any USB Functionality on my BQ Aquarius Ubuntu Edition Phone. Plugged into Dell running Ubuntu 12.04 and neither the phone nor the Laptop see each other. USB power okay and cable okay as it was tested with a Moto Defy. Is there actually any USB functionality with the Ubuntu Aquarius? I was expec... | 2015/03/28 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/602488",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/392397/"
] | Just adding my 2 cents because I was also struggling with this and my solution was really weird.
Fresh install of ubuntu 14.04.2 64-bit with all updates installed.
Connected phone with usb **2.0** port: **no access** (I tried 2 different usb 2.0 ports)
Connected phone with usb **2.0** port and used **gMTP** (ubuntu ... | I have the same problem with my BQ Ubuntuphone and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The phone is not recognized at all when connected via USB. Are there any settings required on either side? |
602,488 | I do not appear to have any USB Functionality on my BQ Aquarius Ubuntu Edition Phone. Plugged into Dell running Ubuntu 12.04 and neither the phone nor the Laptop see each other. USB power okay and cable okay as it was tested with a Moto Defy. Is there actually any USB functionality with the Ubuntu Aquarius? I was expec... | 2015/03/28 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/602488",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/392397/"
] | Just adding my 2 cents because I was also struggling with this and my solution was really weird.
Fresh install of ubuntu 14.04.2 64-bit with all updates installed.
Connected phone with usb **2.0** port: **no access** (I tried 2 different usb 2.0 ports)
Connected phone with usb **2.0** port and used **gMTP** (ubuntu ... | Make sure to unlock the phone if it is PIN protected. Once unlocked you should be able to see phone content |
170,842 | So every night I run some cron jobs. It requires probably about 20 min to process all the records. I gather the script does something like 10,000 sql queries.
I figure this task was just that intense and needs time to complete, but I looked at CPU and memory usage, and it is super low. Cpu usage is between 1-3% and o... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/170842",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/20336/"
] | See [RFC4120, "The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)"](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4120). Realms are a namespace or administrative zone, usually tied to the domain used -- perhaps your people are referring to to a Kerberos realm?
EX: someone with AD domain credentials could authenticate to a non-Windo... | Not really, no. I would say that it's getting confused with an Active Directory domain. Kerberos is an authentication protocol. There is no domain concept in plain Kerberos.
The term "domain" refers to the organization structure of Active Directory. Active Directory employs Kerberos as one of its available authenticat... |
170,842 | So every night I run some cron jobs. It requires probably about 20 min to process all the records. I gather the script does something like 10,000 sql queries.
I figure this task was just that intense and needs time to complete, but I looked at CPU and memory usage, and it is super low. Cpu usage is between 1-3% and o... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/170842",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/20336/"
] | Not really, no. I would say that it's getting confused with an Active Directory domain. Kerberos is an authentication protocol. There is no domain concept in plain Kerberos.
The term "domain" refers to the organization structure of Active Directory. Active Directory employs Kerberos as one of its available authenticat... | Active directory is essentially a closely tied implementation of LDAP and Kerberos by microsoft, along with some customized tools and additional 'functionality' built on top. So it would be correct to say that kerberos is PART of a windows domain, but not that kerberos is equivalent to a windows domain. |
170,842 | So every night I run some cron jobs. It requires probably about 20 min to process all the records. I gather the script does something like 10,000 sql queries.
I figure this task was just that intense and needs time to complete, but I looked at CPU and memory usage, and it is super low. Cpu usage is between 1-3% and o... | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/170842",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/20336/"
] | See [RFC4120, "The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)"](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4120). Realms are a namespace or administrative zone, usually tied to the domain used -- perhaps your people are referring to to a Kerberos realm?
EX: someone with AD domain credentials could authenticate to a non-Windo... | Active directory is essentially a closely tied implementation of LDAP and Kerberos by microsoft, along with some customized tools and additional 'functionality' built on top. So it would be correct to say that kerberos is PART of a windows domain, but not that kerberos is equivalent to a windows domain. |
187,558 | >
> Mr. Weasley was looking around. He loved everything to do with Muggles. Harry could see him itching to go and examine the television and the video recorder.
>
>
> "They run off eckeltricity, do they?" he said knowledgeably. "Ah yes,
> I can see the plugs. I collect plugs," he added to Uncle Vernon. "And
> batt... | 2018/12/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/187558",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | I do not read it as an expression of exactly triumph, but rather one of dismissal. The field of meaning of that phrase in the colloquial style of British English used by Rawlings is probably a bit fuzzy. Moreover, the character is depicted as clownish and therefore not expected to be a master of careful thought and exp... | Mr. Weasley is proud of his very large collection of batteries, despite the opinion of his wife. So the second meaning (b. an exclamation of triumph) is fit for the context. |
187,558 | >
> Mr. Weasley was looking around. He loved everything to do with Muggles. Harry could see him itching to go and examine the television and the video recorder.
>
>
> "They run off eckeltricity, do they?" he said knowledgeably. "Ah yes,
> I can see the plugs. I collect plugs," he added to Uncle Vernon. "And
> batt... | 2018/12/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/187558",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/59517/"
] | "There you go" is idiomatic in British English, but doesn't really have one single meaning. In this context though, it is not really either of the definitions you found.
In this particular context, it shares at least some of the meaning of these similar expressions:
* "There you go"
* "There you have it"
* "That's ho... | Mr. Weasley is proud of his very large collection of batteries, despite the opinion of his wife. So the second meaning (b. an exclamation of triumph) is fit for the context. |
187,558 | >
> Mr. Weasley was looking around. He loved everything to do with Muggles. Harry could see him itching to go and examine the television and the video recorder.
>
>
> "They run off eckeltricity, do they?" he said knowledgeably. "Ah yes,
> I can see the plugs. I collect plugs," he added to Uncle Vernon. "And
> batt... | 2018/12/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/187558",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/59517/"
] | "There you go" is idiomatic in British English, but doesn't really have one single meaning. In this context though, it is not really either of the definitions you found.
In this particular context, it shares at least some of the meaning of these similar expressions:
* "There you go"
* "There you have it"
* "That's ho... | I do not read it as an expression of exactly triumph, but rather one of dismissal. The field of meaning of that phrase in the colloquial style of British English used by Rawlings is probably a bit fuzzy. Moreover, the character is depicted as clownish and therefore not expected to be a master of careful thought and exp... |
36,043 | How can I learn about the relationships between chords to build chords progressions?
Every book I read explains how to build chords, but they don't teach how to put the chords in progression. They just teach you some common chords progressions like I-V-IV, but they don't teach the "why" of this progression.
Let's say... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/36043",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/19982/"
] | One of the things that helped me in understanding how to put chords into progressions came from pure experimentation. I was practicing various types of harmonized chords around the major scale. I would practice playing all the harmonized sus4 chords of a scale then the sus2, 6 chords, 7 chords, etc. I harmonized chords... | Written and played properly, it's also used as a blues turnaround. Often with the notes played as triplets, the first 3 being Ab-F-Ab, etc. Ending with F and D played together. |
36,043 | How can I learn about the relationships between chords to build chords progressions?
Every book I read explains how to build chords, but they don't teach how to put the chords in progression. They just teach you some common chords progressions like I-V-IV, but they don't teach the "why" of this progression.
Let's say... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/36043",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/19982/"
] | Just studying the basics of music theory and voice leading should give you the tools to notice what's going on. No matter what the chords in the progression, it's pretty easy to figure out what is going on by looking at the notes in the progression, how the move, and what they emphasize.
I quickly sketched out one po... | Written and played properly, it's also used as a blues turnaround. Often with the notes played as triplets, the first 3 being Ab-F-Ab, etc. Ending with F and D played together. |
36,043 | How can I learn about the relationships between chords to build chords progressions?
Every book I read explains how to build chords, but they don't teach how to put the chords in progression. They just teach you some common chords progressions like I-V-IV, but they don't teach the "why" of this progression.
Let's say... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/36043",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/19982/"
] | Look for a book on harmony? Schoenberg builds things up from chord positions to progressions (and rants about The War And Other Things!) in "Theory of Harmony" while Piston uses examples taken from common practice music in "Harmony," to name just two books. Some knowledge of counterpoint may also be helpful, e.g. to be... | There are several summaries of common chord syntax based on a given style. Like this one in Kostka & Payne which is meant to model common-practice tonal music syntax. Note that this is based on the circle of fifths which is understandable but can be critiqued in that one can easily argue that not all idiomatic progress... |
36,043 | How can I learn about the relationships between chords to build chords progressions?
Every book I read explains how to build chords, but they don't teach how to put the chords in progression. They just teach you some common chords progressions like I-V-IV, but they don't teach the "why" of this progression.
Let's say... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/36043",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/19982/"
] | Look for a book on harmony? Schoenberg builds things up from chord positions to progressions (and rants about The War And Other Things!) in "Theory of Harmony" while Piston uses examples taken from common practice music in "Harmony," to name just two books. Some knowledge of counterpoint may also be helpful, e.g. to be... | Just studying the basics of music theory and voice leading should give you the tools to notice what's going on. No matter what the chords in the progression, it's pretty easy to figure out what is going on by looking at the notes in the progression, how the move, and what they emphasize.
I quickly sketched out one po... |
36,043 | How can I learn about the relationships between chords to build chords progressions?
Every book I read explains how to build chords, but they don't teach how to put the chords in progression. They just teach you some common chords progressions like I-V-IV, but they don't teach the "why" of this progression.
Let's say... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/36043",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/19982/"
] | Look for a book on harmony? Schoenberg builds things up from chord positions to progressions (and rants about The War And Other Things!) in "Theory of Harmony" while Piston uses examples taken from common practice music in "Harmony," to name just two books. Some knowledge of counterpoint may also be helpful, e.g. to be... | It seems to be about how "close" (smaller interval) notes change within a chord progression. EG. a change from A to D involves a strong common note (the A), the E moving to a F#, and the C# moving to a D.
I say "Moving" because that's how the ear percievs it: Even though all but the A note have changed when going from... |
36,043 | How can I learn about the relationships between chords to build chords progressions?
Every book I read explains how to build chords, but they don't teach how to put the chords in progression. They just teach you some common chords progressions like I-V-IV, but they don't teach the "why" of this progression.
Let's say... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/36043",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/19982/"
] | There are several summaries of common chord syntax based on a given style. Like this one in Kostka & Payne which is meant to model common-practice tonal music syntax. Note that this is based on the circle of fifths which is understandable but can be critiqued in that one can easily argue that not all idiomatic progress... | Written and played properly, it's also used as a blues turnaround. Often with the notes played as triplets, the first 3 being Ab-F-Ab, etc. Ending with F and D played together. |
36,043 | How can I learn about the relationships between chords to build chords progressions?
Every book I read explains how to build chords, but they don't teach how to put the chords in progression. They just teach you some common chords progressions like I-V-IV, but they don't teach the "why" of this progression.
Let's say... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/36043",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/19982/"
] | Look for a book on harmony? Schoenberg builds things up from chord positions to progressions (and rants about The War And Other Things!) in "Theory of Harmony" while Piston uses examples taken from common practice music in "Harmony," to name just two books. Some knowledge of counterpoint may also be helpful, e.g. to be... | Written and played properly, it's also used as a blues turnaround. Often with the notes played as triplets, the first 3 being Ab-F-Ab, etc. Ending with F and D played together. |
36,043 | How can I learn about the relationships between chords to build chords progressions?
Every book I read explains how to build chords, but they don't teach how to put the chords in progression. They just teach you some common chords progressions like I-V-IV, but they don't teach the "why" of this progression.
Let's say... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/36043",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/19982/"
] | Look for a book on harmony? Schoenberg builds things up from chord positions to progressions (and rants about The War And Other Things!) in "Theory of Harmony" while Piston uses examples taken from common practice music in "Harmony," to name just two books. Some knowledge of counterpoint may also be helpful, e.g. to be... | One of the things that helped me in understanding how to put chords into progressions came from pure experimentation. I was practicing various types of harmonized chords around the major scale. I would practice playing all the harmonized sus4 chords of a scale then the sus2, 6 chords, 7 chords, etc. I harmonized chords... |
53,687 | I was reading a [National Geographic article](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/jesus-tomb-opened-church-holy-sepulchre/) about the recent restoration work done at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Israel in which the stone slab that covered the supposed resting place of Jesus was removed. According to the a... | 2016/11/17 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/53687",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/31964/"
] | The entry for Helena in a 1911 [Dictionary of Christian Christian Biography and Literature to the end of the sixth century [etc]](http://www.ccel.org/ccel/wace/biodict.html?term=Helena,%20St.,%20mother%20of%20Constantine%20the%20Great) includes a review of "the evidence of the ancient authorities" regarding the story o... | **Location of Jesus' tomb identified by Helena, mother of Constantine?**
The claim no doubt would be found in the medieval piece of Christian literature known as the ***Golden Legend***. In medieval times this was certainly the most read piece of Catholic literature known in the Catholic Culture, out Liturgical texts ... |
51,126 | Can anyone suggest an intuitive way of locking a cam lever such as this?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6uFGU.jpg) | 2022/05/29 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/51126",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/38069/"
] | Many methods come to mind:
1. bolt with a nut through the handle. (depends on what it is securing)
2. a C clip to hold the handle to a given surface.
3. a zip tie around the handle to some fixing or hole. | On the backside of the stuff being clamped, add a spacer tube with a spring over it, then a washer and nylok nut. The handle over-centers and is held by the spring.
See PNs 11,53,58,57,16 in the IPB below. The part description is in the link.
<https://partscatalog.deere.com/jdrc/sidebyside/equipment/66671/referrer/na... |
51,126 | Can anyone suggest an intuitive way of locking a cam lever such as this?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6uFGU.jpg) | 2022/05/29 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/51126",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/38069/"
] | Many methods come to mind:
1. bolt with a nut through the handle. (depends on what it is securing)
2. a C clip to hold the handle to a given surface.
3. a zip tie around the handle to some fixing or hole. | The European ball-hitch trailer coupler has a suitable mechanism.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gZsn5.jpg)
*Image source: [Edwards Trailers UK](https://www.edwards-trailers.co.uk/trailer-parts/trailer-parts/couplings-spares/cast-trailer-coupling-50mm-... |
128,881 | I've recently started to work on some iPhone apps, starting from a base where I had essentially no programming experience (I studied Maths & had very few programming modules)
I worked my way through Beginning Mac Programming: Develop with Objective-C and Cocoa and found it useful, while it gave me the feeling that I n... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44600/"
] | May I recommend K&R.
It is a C programming standard. The book has many exercises and most of the exercises are solved on the web so you can get help when needed. They even have an answers book (sold separately)
The C Programming Language (Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie) ISBN [0131103628](http://www.google.c... | Programming knowledge is incredibly versatile. If you know **how** to program, then picking up a language (like objective-c) is as easy as learning the syntax - which you can often find in seconds with a good search engine.
Don't get too caught up on what language you're learning, but what information you're learning.... |
128,881 | I've recently started to work on some iPhone apps, starting from a base where I had essentially no programming experience (I studied Maths & had very few programming modules)
I worked my way through Beginning Mac Programming: Develop with Objective-C and Cocoa and found it useful, while it gave me the feeling that I n... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44600/"
] | May I recommend K&R.
It is a C programming standard. The book has many exercises and most of the exercises are solved on the web so you can get help when needed. They even have an answers book (sold separately)
The C Programming Language (Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie) ISBN [0131103628](http://www.google.c... | When you mention you need to bolster your programming foundation, I think of language agnostic things like basic logic/reasoning/algorith skills (being able to take a problem and split it into logical steps so you can walk the computer through performing the tasks) and fundamental programming concepts like flow control... |
128,881 | I've recently started to work on some iPhone apps, starting from a base where I had essentially no programming experience (I studied Maths & had very few programming modules)
I worked my way through Beginning Mac Programming: Develop with Objective-C and Cocoa and found it useful, while it gave me the feeling that I n... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44600/"
] | May I recommend K&R.
It is a C programming standard. The book has many exercises and most of the exercises are solved on the web so you can get help when needed. They even have an answers book (sold separately)
The C Programming Language (Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie) ISBN [0131103628](http://www.google.c... | Start with objective-C material first - you'll learn a little C in the course of doing that, but for the iPhone you probably want to just do everything the Cocoa way. Learning old school C will not be very useful for that, and will probably just be confusing.
The basic concepts will be similar in both languages, but t... |
128,881 | I've recently started to work on some iPhone apps, starting from a base where I had essentially no programming experience (I studied Maths & had very few programming modules)
I worked my way through Beginning Mac Programming: Develop with Objective-C and Cocoa and found it useful, while it gave me the feeling that I n... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44600/"
] | May I recommend K&R.
It is a C programming standard. The book has many exercises and most of the exercises are solved on the web so you can get help when needed. They even have an answers book (sold separately)
The C Programming Language (Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie) ISBN [0131103628](http://www.google.c... | I myself do come from a similar background, after completing my Btech(BE) in Mechanical it took some time and research for me to get into Programing world (Computers).
I think read Objective C than C, because there is a difference in the way you would think in C and in objective c and From My opinion if you understand... |
128,881 | I've recently started to work on some iPhone apps, starting from a base where I had essentially no programming experience (I studied Maths & had very few programming modules)
I worked my way through Beginning Mac Programming: Develop with Objective-C and Cocoa and found it useful, while it gave me the feeling that I n... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44600/"
] | Programming knowledge is incredibly versatile. If you know **how** to program, then picking up a language (like objective-c) is as easy as learning the syntax - which you can often find in seconds with a good search engine.
Don't get too caught up on what language you're learning, but what information you're learning.... | When you mention you need to bolster your programming foundation, I think of language agnostic things like basic logic/reasoning/algorith skills (being able to take a problem and split it into logical steps so you can walk the computer through performing the tasks) and fundamental programming concepts like flow control... |
128,881 | I've recently started to work on some iPhone apps, starting from a base where I had essentially no programming experience (I studied Maths & had very few programming modules)
I worked my way through Beginning Mac Programming: Develop with Objective-C and Cocoa and found it useful, while it gave me the feeling that I n... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44600/"
] | Programming knowledge is incredibly versatile. If you know **how** to program, then picking up a language (like objective-c) is as easy as learning the syntax - which you can often find in seconds with a good search engine.
Don't get too caught up on what language you're learning, but what information you're learning.... | Start with objective-C material first - you'll learn a little C in the course of doing that, but for the iPhone you probably want to just do everything the Cocoa way. Learning old school C will not be very useful for that, and will probably just be confusing.
The basic concepts will be similar in both languages, but t... |
128,881 | I've recently started to work on some iPhone apps, starting from a base where I had essentially no programming experience (I studied Maths & had very few programming modules)
I worked my way through Beginning Mac Programming: Develop with Objective-C and Cocoa and found it useful, while it gave me the feeling that I n... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44600/"
] | Programming knowledge is incredibly versatile. If you know **how** to program, then picking up a language (like objective-c) is as easy as learning the syntax - which you can often find in seconds with a good search engine.
Don't get too caught up on what language you're learning, but what information you're learning.... | I myself do come from a similar background, after completing my Btech(BE) in Mechanical it took some time and research for me to get into Programing world (Computers).
I think read Objective C than C, because there is a difference in the way you would think in C and in objective c and From My opinion if you understand... |
128,881 | I've recently started to work on some iPhone apps, starting from a base where I had essentially no programming experience (I studied Maths & had very few programming modules)
I worked my way through Beginning Mac Programming: Develop with Objective-C and Cocoa and found it useful, while it gave me the feeling that I n... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44600/"
] | When you mention you need to bolster your programming foundation, I think of language agnostic things like basic logic/reasoning/algorith skills (being able to take a problem and split it into logical steps so you can walk the computer through performing the tasks) and fundamental programming concepts like flow control... | Start with objective-C material first - you'll learn a little C in the course of doing that, but for the iPhone you probably want to just do everything the Cocoa way. Learning old school C will not be very useful for that, and will probably just be confusing.
The basic concepts will be similar in both languages, but t... |
128,881 | I've recently started to work on some iPhone apps, starting from a base where I had essentially no programming experience (I studied Maths & had very few programming modules)
I worked my way through Beginning Mac Programming: Develop with Objective-C and Cocoa and found it useful, while it gave me the feeling that I n... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44600/"
] | When you mention you need to bolster your programming foundation, I think of language agnostic things like basic logic/reasoning/algorith skills (being able to take a problem and split it into logical steps so you can walk the computer through performing the tasks) and fundamental programming concepts like flow control... | I myself do come from a similar background, after completing my Btech(BE) in Mechanical it took some time and research for me to get into Programing world (Computers).
I think read Objective C than C, because there is a difference in the way you would think in C and in objective c and From My opinion if you understand... |
18,045,768 | I have a SaaS Symfony2 project with many bundles and a global database connection defined in config.yml.
Now lets say, a specific client wants some custom funcionality. Because I want it to be integrated with my main project I decided to create a new bundle with the code specific of that client. That bundle might need ... | 2013/08/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18045768",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/407468/"
] | You could start from DoctrineExtension.php in /vendor/doctrine-bundle/Doctrine/Bundle/DoctrineBundle/DependencyInjection/
It contains two methods loadDbalConnection() and loadOrmEntityManager() that load the configuration values and build Connection and Mappings objects.
You can copy the code you need from that class. | Take a look at \src\Acme\DemoBundle\DependencyInjection\AcmeDemoExtension.php and the folder \src\Acme\DemoBundle\Resources\config\* With that you can load yml or xml files and setup the database connection and the mappings you need. |
186,507 | I was looking for a pattern to model something I'm thinking of doing in a personal project and I was wondering if a modified version of the decorator patter would work.
Basicly I'm thinking of creating a game where the characters attributes are modified by what items they have equiped. The way that the decorator stack... | 2008/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/186507",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20400/"
] | Just keep 2 sets of stats, your base stats and your effective stats. When you equip or unequip an item add or subtract from the effective stats where appropriate. Then you don't have to traverse your equipment list every time you want to know what your stats are. | Why not code the weapons as follows:
1 = chainsaw
2 = shotgun
4 = rail gun
So now the sum of 6 can only mean that the character possesses the shotgun and the rail gun. This is a fast summary so you do not have to iterate through your list of dictionary of weapons. You still need some structure to contain the weapons,... |
186,507 | I was looking for a pattern to model something I'm thinking of doing in a personal project and I was wondering if a modified version of the decorator patter would work.
Basicly I'm thinking of creating a game where the characters attributes are modified by what items they have equiped. The way that the decorator stack... | 2008/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/186507",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20400/"
] | To be honest, it sounds like you're really trying to fit a pattern where you don't really need one, just for the sake of using a pattern. Don't be that guy.
Now, if the weapons gave the character some extra strength/stam/hp or whatever, then it might be worth considering. But it doesn't sound like you're going to be m... | Just keep 2 sets of stats, your base stats and your effective stats. When you equip or unequip an item add or subtract from the effective stats where appropriate. Then you don't have to traverse your equipment list every time you want to know what your stats are. |
186,507 | I was looking for a pattern to model something I'm thinking of doing in a personal project and I was wondering if a modified version of the decorator patter would work.
Basicly I'm thinking of creating a game where the characters attributes are modified by what items they have equiped. The way that the decorator stack... | 2008/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/186507",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20400/"
] | I know this question is old, but this might help somone else if not the OP. Read this article, to understand how this sort of thing really should be done in games (by one of the devs who worked on the Tony Hawk games):
<http://cowboyprogramming.com/2007/01/05/evolve-your-heirachy/>
Compose your entities/game objects.... | Are you looking for the Strategy pattern? |
186,507 | I was looking for a pattern to model something I'm thinking of doing in a personal project and I was wondering if a modified version of the decorator patter would work.
Basicly I'm thinking of creating a game where the characters attributes are modified by what items they have equiped. The way that the decorator stack... | 2008/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/186507",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20400/"
] | I know this question is old, but this might help somone else if not the OP. Read this article, to understand how this sort of thing really should be done in games (by one of the devs who worked on the Tony Hawk games):
<http://cowboyprogramming.com/2007/01/05/evolve-your-heirachy/>
Compose your entities/game objects.... | Why not code the weapons as follows:
1 = chainsaw
2 = shotgun
4 = rail gun
So now the sum of 6 can only mean that the character possesses the shotgun and the rail gun. This is a fast summary so you do not have to iterate through your list of dictionary of weapons. You still need some structure to contain the weapons,... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I question the wisdom of asking programmers for life advice :) but with the caveat that everyone's path is best left to themselves, here's my little thoughts:
1. If finances are tight, learning enough to make money wouldn't be a bad starting point. I see dozens of requests for PHP/MySQL programmers daily, and while I ... | First, I'd like to commend you for the guts and courage to ask for advice, isn't always easy to do.
As another self-taught programmer, I've been where you are now, know a few things, have done a few things.
I think there are a few tip's I'd like to pass on.
1. Never stop learning, and assume you know all that is nee... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | As far as web-*design* goes, I would suggest you keep your eyes open on the internet and see how other designers do things. A great source to learn about design is [Smashing Magazine](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/). However, that website will only get you so far and you might get stuck trying to do the things they s... | Andrew Grove had a good motto that you seem to be following: ["Only the paranoid survive".](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Grove)
See if there are various groups near you that would welcome web designers or web developers. I know of a few [Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/) groups in Calgary that would be another wa... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Unfortunately the "online courses" niche is pretty jammed up with hoaxes, spammers and frauds. I wouldn't really recommend any of them. That said, the best way to learn is by example. If you've decided to concentrate on PHP, there are literally hundreds of applications out there that provide source code, like MediaWiki... | I were in your position just 3 years back. Now I develop J2EE based web application using Spring and Hibernate for a company based in London. Since I have been working on Java for last 3 years, my suggestions will be on Java only and I think you can bet on Java (most widely used programming language in this planet). My... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | As far as web-*design* goes, I would suggest you keep your eyes open on the internet and see how other designers do things. A great source to learn about design is [Smashing Magazine](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/). However, that website will only get you so far and you might get stuck trying to do the things they s... | First, I'd like to commend you for the guts and courage to ask for advice, isn't always easy to do.
As another self-taught programmer, I've been where you are now, know a few things, have done a few things.
I think there are a few tip's I'd like to pass on.
1. Never stop learning, and assume you know all that is nee... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Unfortunately the "online courses" niche is pretty jammed up with hoaxes, spammers and frauds. I wouldn't really recommend any of them. That said, the best way to learn is by example. If you've decided to concentrate on PHP, there are literally hundreds of applications out there that provide source code, like MediaWiki... | Andrew Grove had a good motto that you seem to be following: ["Only the paranoid survive".](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Grove)
See if there are various groups near you that would welcome web designers or web developers. I know of a few [Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/) groups in Calgary that would be another wa... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Unfortunately the "online courses" niche is pretty jammed up with hoaxes, spammers and frauds. I wouldn't really recommend any of them. That said, the best way to learn is by example. If you've decided to concentrate on PHP, there are literally hundreds of applications out there that provide source code, like MediaWiki... | First, I'd like to commend you for the guts and courage to ask for advice, isn't always easy to do.
As another self-taught programmer, I've been where you are now, know a few things, have done a few things.
I think there are a few tip's I'd like to pass on.
1. Never stop learning, and assume you know all that is nee... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | As far as web-*design* goes, I would suggest you keep your eyes open on the internet and see how other designers do things. A great source to learn about design is [Smashing Magazine](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/). However, that website will only get you so far and you might get stuck trying to do the things they s... | I were in your position just 3 years back. Now I develop J2EE based web application using Spring and Hibernate for a company based in London. Since I have been working on Java for last 3 years, my suggestions will be on Java only and I think you can bet on Java (most widely used programming language in this planet). My... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I question the wisdom of asking programmers for life advice :) but with the caveat that everyone's path is best left to themselves, here's my little thoughts:
1. If finances are tight, learning enough to make money wouldn't be a bad starting point. I see dozens of requests for PHP/MySQL programmers daily, and while I ... | Andrew Grove had a good motto that you seem to be following: ["Only the paranoid survive".](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Grove)
See if there are various groups near you that would welcome web designers or web developers. I know of a few [Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/) groups in Calgary that would be another wa... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I question the wisdom of asking programmers for life advice :) but with the caveat that everyone's path is best left to themselves, here's my little thoughts:
1. If finances are tight, learning enough to make money wouldn't be a bad starting point. I see dozens of requests for PHP/MySQL programmers daily, and while I ... | I were in your position just 3 years back. Now I develop J2EE based web application using Spring and Hibernate for a company based in London. Since I have been working on Java for last 3 years, my suggestions will be on Java only and I think you can bet on Java (most widely used programming language in this planet). My... |
55,238 | One of the major regrets in life is that I didn't do something with my introversion. I didn't manage to get past the first year of college because of that. I have chosen the path where there are no video games and other time sinks, all I have is the internet to quench my thirst of learning the ins and outs of the field... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55238",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I question the wisdom of asking programmers for life advice :) but with the caveat that everyone's path is best left to themselves, here's my little thoughts:
1. If finances are tight, learning enough to make money wouldn't be a bad starting point. I see dozens of requests for PHP/MySQL programmers daily, and while I ... | Unfortunately the "online courses" niche is pretty jammed up with hoaxes, spammers and frauds. I wouldn't really recommend any of them. That said, the best way to learn is by example. If you've decided to concentrate on PHP, there are literally hundreds of applications out there that provide source code, like MediaWiki... |
155,501 | In the Christopher Nolan movie "The Prestige", why was it shown that Tesla invented the machine that can make the clones?
I mean, why did they specifically need Nikola Tesla to be creator of the machine?
Was Tesla actually working on something like this?
Or was it just that they needed a genius character in the movi... | 2017/03/23 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/155501",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/77928/"
] | Reiterating [**my answer**](https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/36466/49) to a [**similar question on Movies & TV**](https://movies.stackexchange.com/q/36460/49):
For a start, he provided an **interesting historical anchor** for the story. But even more than that, the real [Nikola Tesla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N... | Someone somewhere said that Tesla was one of those catch–alls for historical fiction: Many of his inventions suggest that he was able to do things which even now nobody has been able to replicate.
Do you need examples? If so, I can list a few of them. The best one which first comes to mind is a story, relayed by Samue... |
22,158 | And I really really REALLY want to play this game. I've tried everything available on the first results of Google to no avail.
The best advice is to tweak the compatibility settings to Windows XP or 98 and start with administrator privileges. But the game just doesn't want to start up!
Can you help me? I remember the... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/22158",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6504/"
] | In compatibility settings, check win 98/ME compatibility, disable visual themes and desktop composition, and you should be good to go. | Change your Screen Resolutions to a Resolution that was standard back in the 90/00 dudes. 800x600 and you wont have any issues with the most of the games. |
22,158 | And I really really REALLY want to play this game. I've tried everything available on the first results of Google to no avail.
The best advice is to tweak the compatibility settings to Windows XP or 98 and start with administrator privileges. But the game just doesn't want to start up!
Can you help me? I remember the... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/22158",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6504/"
] | You are likely seeking [Application Compatibility Toolkit](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=24da89e9-b581-47b0-b45e-492dd6da2971&displaylang=en) and its associated [documentation resources](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/aa905066) | Change your Screen Resolutions to a Resolution that was standard back in the 90/00 dudes. 800x600 and you wont have any issues with the most of the games. |
22,158 | And I really really REALLY want to play this game. I've tried everything available on the first results of Google to no avail.
The best advice is to tweak the compatibility settings to Windows XP or 98 and start with administrator privileges. But the game just doesn't want to start up!
Can you help me? I remember the... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/22158",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6504/"
] | you may want to try downloading a free virtual machine such as one of the VMware versions, and then putting xp on the virtual machine and install hit and run onto the VMware | Change your Screen Resolutions to a Resolution that was standard back in the 90/00 dudes. 800x600 and you wont have any issues with the most of the games. |
22,158 | And I really really REALLY want to play this game. I've tried everything available on the first results of Google to no avail.
The best advice is to tweak the compatibility settings to Windows XP or 98 and start with administrator privileges. But the game just doesn't want to start up!
Can you help me? I remember the... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/22158",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6504/"
] | How about...
Installing Ubuntu with Wubi (doesn't destroy your windows install)
<http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer>
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide>
And using WINE
<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine>
Because it should work -
<http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application... | Change your Screen Resolutions to a Resolution that was standard back in the 90/00 dudes. 800x600 and you wont have any issues with the most of the games. |
22,158 | And I really really REALLY want to play this game. I've tried everything available on the first results of Google to no avail.
The best advice is to tweak the compatibility settings to Windows XP or 98 and start with administrator privileges. But the game just doesn't want to start up!
Can you help me? I remember the... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/22158",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6504/"
] | Use [Lucas' Simpsons Hit & Run Mod Launcher](https://donutteam.com/releases/view/lucas-mod-launcher).
The launcher adds native widescreen and borderless fullscreen support, some bug fixes and intro video skip among other features (all optional). | Change your Screen Resolutions to a Resolution that was standard back in the 90/00 dudes. 800x600 and you wont have any issues with the most of the games. |
55,607 | I recently tried out the Quarian Infiltrator in Mass Effect 3 multiplayer and turning the Geth against each other worked really, really well. But I observered that a few times my Sabotage power didn't seem to work on some enemies anymore.
What limits does the Sabotage power of the Quarian Infliltrator have? Why does ... | 2012/03/13 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/55607",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4103/"
] | I played around in a solo-multiplayer session a bit and found the reason why Sabotage seems to fail sometimes. The duration of Sabotage decreases significantly each time you apply it on the same enemy. So the first time you sabotage a specific enemy you get the full duration, but if the enemy survives that and you sabo... | Sabotage is a very tricky power that requires practice to use. All Geth are subseptable to Sabotage as well as the Cerberus Turrets and Atlas. Against things like troopers or Maraders, it causes a weapons overload effect when they try to fire their weapons which damages them and causes a stun similar to hitting them wi... |
1,598,499 | After upgrade from Photoshop CC 2020 to 2021 (Windows 10 Pro), I was not able to open JPG files and got the "could not complete your request because of program error".
I did some research and most of the "fix" did not work for me (i.e. reset preferences, etc). | 2020/10/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1598499",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1226251/"
] | I found a suggestion to disable the use of the GPU under preferences / performance (uncheck: Use Graphics Processor). That did work. It allowed me to open JPG files as usual.
Disabling the GPU use gave me an idea to update my video card drivers (nVidia Quatro 2000). I downloaded and installed the new drivers for the v... | Apologies if this is bad form but I was hoping to add something to this post for people with a similar (not exactly the same) problem. This post is what comes up when searching for the issue on superuser or google.
The similar problem I was getting is, EVERY action I took with photoshop led to "could not complete your... |
451,122 | Some people I know have a ‘lazy tone’ on their British accent pronouncing their ‘th’ as ‘v’.
>
> Don’t bover about the weava.
> (Don’t bother about the weather.)
>
>
>
It’s not a slur, because the ‘t’ in *don’t* and *about* is still there.
It’s not a lisp either.
My question is: **What is the word for pronounc... | 2018/06/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/451122",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/15280/"
] | The linguistic feature is known as *[th-fronting](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th-fronting)*, where a dental fricative (both th-sounds) becomes a labiodental fricative (f,v) while the voicing remains the same. First noted in the late 18th c., it is now a common feature of several dialects of
English: Cockney, Essex ... | This is called
>
> [th-fronting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th-fronting)
>
>
>
A 'th' (voiced or not) is a [dental fricative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_dental_fricative) (the tip of the tongue behind the top front teeth). Fronting it (moving articulation more forward) is to the [labiodental](htt... |
23,216 | It seems to me that we're out of moderators on SuperUser. Diago's off for the next 2 weeks (seeing how much he works to keep SU running properly, he deserves it), and all the other moderators have had limited interaction lately with SU. Looking at their profiles, they've mostly stopped answering any questions by Septem... | 2009/09/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23216",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135200/"
] | Not answering questions doesn't mean that they aren't doing moderator duties. Perhaps they are just too busy moderating to contribute answers. Looking at just a few of their profiles shows that most have visited SU within the last day. Check the "Seen" parameter in the profile rather than the last question answered tim... | Diago spends a lot of his SU time (and he spends a good chunk of time on there) doing mod duties. Closing questions, reading through the current flags and responding appropriately, etc. Don't worry, they are there. TheTXI will not respond very often, but will moderate flags quite often.
Your part of the 3k+ crew, so u... |
23,216 | It seems to me that we're out of moderators on SuperUser. Diago's off for the next 2 weeks (seeing how much he works to keep SU running properly, he deserves it), and all the other moderators have had limited interaction lately with SU. Looking at their profiles, they've mostly stopped answering any questions by Septem... | 2009/09/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23216",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135200/"
] | Not answering questions doesn't mean that they aren't doing moderator duties. Perhaps they are just too busy moderating to contribute answers. Looking at just a few of their profiles shows that most have visited SU within the last day. Check the "Seen" parameter in the profile rather than the last question answered tim... | It is **not at all unusual** for users of a site who become moderators to scale back their contribution to the site.
From Podcast #48: *On selecting your top-contributors as moderators:*
>
> One of the risks is that when you take one of your best teachers and
> turn them into the principal of the
> school, you los... |
23,216 | It seems to me that we're out of moderators on SuperUser. Diago's off for the next 2 weeks (seeing how much he works to keep SU running properly, he deserves it), and all the other moderators have had limited interaction lately with SU. Looking at their profiles, they've mostly stopped answering any questions by Septem... | 2009/09/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23216",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135200/"
] | Not answering questions doesn't mean that they aren't doing moderator duties. Perhaps they are just too busy moderating to contribute answers. Looking at just a few of their profiles shows that most have visited SU within the last day. Check the "Seen" parameter in the profile rather than the last question answered tim... | It is entirely reasonable that the moderators are busy moderating and not busy actually answering and asking questions.
All of my activity on SU is generally spent responding to flags. My knowledge of basic computer troubleshooting is not exactly enough to make me a highly successful user of that site anyway, but I w... |
23,216 | It seems to me that we're out of moderators on SuperUser. Diago's off for the next 2 weeks (seeing how much he works to keep SU running properly, he deserves it), and all the other moderators have had limited interaction lately with SU. Looking at their profiles, they've mostly stopped answering any questions by Septem... | 2009/09/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23216",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135200/"
] | Not answering questions doesn't mean that they aren't doing moderator duties. Perhaps they are just too busy moderating to contribute answers. Looking at just a few of their profiles shows that most have visited SU within the last day. Check the "Seen" parameter in the profile rather than the last question answered tim... | My biggest problem is that I sometimes doubt if I should flag something
I fear that closing the first question a new user asks on the site will probably stop him from asking more. Now there are two possibilities:
* either his questions wouldn't improve anyway and it's good riddance or,
* he would improve his question... |
23,216 | It seems to me that we're out of moderators on SuperUser. Diago's off for the next 2 weeks (seeing how much he works to keep SU running properly, he deserves it), and all the other moderators have had limited interaction lately with SU. Looking at their profiles, they've mostly stopped answering any questions by Septem... | 2009/09/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23216",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135200/"
] | It is entirely reasonable that the moderators are busy moderating and not busy actually answering and asking questions.
All of my activity on SU is generally spent responding to flags. My knowledge of basic computer troubleshooting is not exactly enough to make me a highly successful user of that site anyway, but I w... | Diago spends a lot of his SU time (and he spends a good chunk of time on there) doing mod duties. Closing questions, reading through the current flags and responding appropriately, etc. Don't worry, they are there. TheTXI will not respond very often, but will moderate flags quite often.
Your part of the 3k+ crew, so u... |
23,216 | It seems to me that we're out of moderators on SuperUser. Diago's off for the next 2 weeks (seeing how much he works to keep SU running properly, he deserves it), and all the other moderators have had limited interaction lately with SU. Looking at their profiles, they've mostly stopped answering any questions by Septem... | 2009/09/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23216",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135200/"
] | Diago spends a lot of his SU time (and he spends a good chunk of time on there) doing mod duties. Closing questions, reading through the current flags and responding appropriately, etc. Don't worry, they are there. TheTXI will not respond very often, but will moderate flags quite often.
Your part of the 3k+ crew, so u... | My biggest problem is that I sometimes doubt if I should flag something
I fear that closing the first question a new user asks on the site will probably stop him from asking more. Now there are two possibilities:
* either his questions wouldn't improve anyway and it's good riddance or,
* he would improve his question... |
23,216 | It seems to me that we're out of moderators on SuperUser. Diago's off for the next 2 weeks (seeing how much he works to keep SU running properly, he deserves it), and all the other moderators have had limited interaction lately with SU. Looking at their profiles, they've mostly stopped answering any questions by Septem... | 2009/09/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23216",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135200/"
] | It is entirely reasonable that the moderators are busy moderating and not busy actually answering and asking questions.
All of my activity on SU is generally spent responding to flags. My knowledge of basic computer troubleshooting is not exactly enough to make me a highly successful user of that site anyway, but I w... | It is **not at all unusual** for users of a site who become moderators to scale back their contribution to the site.
From Podcast #48: *On selecting your top-contributors as moderators:*
>
> One of the risks is that when you take one of your best teachers and
> turn them into the principal of the
> school, you los... |
23,216 | It seems to me that we're out of moderators on SuperUser. Diago's off for the next 2 weeks (seeing how much he works to keep SU running properly, he deserves it), and all the other moderators have had limited interaction lately with SU. Looking at their profiles, they've mostly stopped answering any questions by Septem... | 2009/09/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23216",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135200/"
] | It is **not at all unusual** for users of a site who become moderators to scale back their contribution to the site.
From Podcast #48: *On selecting your top-contributors as moderators:*
>
> One of the risks is that when you take one of your best teachers and
> turn them into the principal of the
> school, you los... | My biggest problem is that I sometimes doubt if I should flag something
I fear that closing the first question a new user asks on the site will probably stop him from asking more. Now there are two possibilities:
* either his questions wouldn't improve anyway and it's good riddance or,
* he would improve his question... |
23,216 | It seems to me that we're out of moderators on SuperUser. Diago's off for the next 2 weeks (seeing how much he works to keep SU running properly, he deserves it), and all the other moderators have had limited interaction lately with SU. Looking at their profiles, they've mostly stopped answering any questions by Septem... | 2009/09/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23216",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135200/"
] | It is entirely reasonable that the moderators are busy moderating and not busy actually answering and asking questions.
All of my activity on SU is generally spent responding to flags. My knowledge of basic computer troubleshooting is not exactly enough to make me a highly successful user of that site anyway, but I w... | My biggest problem is that I sometimes doubt if I should flag something
I fear that closing the first question a new user asks on the site will probably stop him from asking more. Now there are two possibilities:
* either his questions wouldn't improve anyway and it's good riddance or,
* he would improve his question... |
19,970,135 | I wrote a multithreaded Socket Server application which accepts over a 1000 concurrent connections. Recently we had application crash; after analyzing the dump files came to know app has crash due to heap corruption. I found the same issue discussed in following links.
[.NET Does NOT Have Reliable Asynchronouos Socke... | 2013/11/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19970135",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2990519/"
] | You mean a better starting point than the [blog posting that I linked to](http://www.serverframework.com/asynchronousevents/2011/06/tcp-flow-control-and-asynchronous-writes.html) in the answer that you refer to?
The issue is this:
* Memory and other per-operation resources that are used during an async write are ofte... | First, that's a very old KB article. How are you sure you have *that* particular problem?
Then, as Hans Passant answers in the SO question, if you write bad async code, it *will* bite you. If you don't take care of your resources (and memory buffers are resources), a concurrent program *will* face memory errors
It's v... |
53,972 | I am going to take AC031 from Toronto to Beijing in a couple of weeks, I searched its flight path, most of the time it will fly westbound after taking off from Toronto and continue west across the north pole area and land in Beijing, but yesterday it flew eastbound, across the Atlantic, this is very strange since the d... | 2018/08/01 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/53972",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/33451/"
] | The direct route from [YYZ to PEK flies almost over the north pole](http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=yyz-pek,90N0W):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SzS8w.gif)
Sometimes, routes need to deviate a bit from the "direct" route, due to prevailing winds or other... | The flight did not fly across the Atlantic. Rather, you're seeing the results of [stereographic projection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_projection).
More specifically, the Earth is Spherical. Navigation needs to be thought of on the basis of a sphere. It is 3-dimensional, and if you have studied sphere... |
53,972 | I am going to take AC031 from Toronto to Beijing in a couple of weeks, I searched its flight path, most of the time it will fly westbound after taking off from Toronto and continue west across the north pole area and land in Beijing, but yesterday it flew eastbound, across the Atlantic, this is very strange since the d... | 2018/08/01 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/53972",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/33451/"
] | I took Hewgill's picture and added the routes in the OP (I just eyeballed this, so I won't guarantee accuracy).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GIwFR.png)
With the FlightAware maps it looks like drastically different routes, but from this angle... | The flight did not fly across the Atlantic. Rather, you're seeing the results of [stereographic projection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_projection).
More specifically, the Earth is Spherical. Navigation needs to be thought of on the basis of a sphere. It is 3-dimensional, and if you have studied sphere... |
53,972 | I am going to take AC031 from Toronto to Beijing in a couple of weeks, I searched its flight path, most of the time it will fly westbound after taking off from Toronto and continue west across the north pole area and land in Beijing, but yesterday it flew eastbound, across the Atlantic, this is very strange since the d... | 2018/08/01 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/53972",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/33451/"
] | The flight did not fly across the Atlantic. Rather, you're seeing the results of [stereographic projection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_projection).
More specifically, the Earth is Spherical. Navigation needs to be thought of on the basis of a sphere. It is 3-dimensional, and if you have studied sphere... | ALL flight paths on the earth are curved, cause the earth is a sphere! Which way that curve appears depends on which side of the curve you are observing it from. If you observe it frm south of the flight path it will appear to curve northwards and then south. If you observe it from East of the flight path it will appea... |
53,972 | I am going to take AC031 from Toronto to Beijing in a couple of weeks, I searched its flight path, most of the time it will fly westbound after taking off from Toronto and continue west across the north pole area and land in Beijing, but yesterday it flew eastbound, across the Atlantic, this is very strange since the d... | 2018/08/01 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/53972",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/33451/"
] | I took Hewgill's picture and added the routes in the OP (I just eyeballed this, so I won't guarantee accuracy).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GIwFR.png)
With the FlightAware maps it looks like drastically different routes, but from this angle... | The direct route from [YYZ to PEK flies almost over the north pole](http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=yyz-pek,90N0W):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SzS8w.gif)
Sometimes, routes need to deviate a bit from the "direct" route, due to prevailing winds or other... |
53,972 | I am going to take AC031 from Toronto to Beijing in a couple of weeks, I searched its flight path, most of the time it will fly westbound after taking off from Toronto and continue west across the north pole area and land in Beijing, but yesterday it flew eastbound, across the Atlantic, this is very strange since the d... | 2018/08/01 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/53972",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/33451/"
] | The direct route from [YYZ to PEK flies almost over the north pole](http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=yyz-pek,90N0W):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SzS8w.gif)
Sometimes, routes need to deviate a bit from the "direct" route, due to prevailing winds or other... | ALL flight paths on the earth are curved, cause the earth is a sphere! Which way that curve appears depends on which side of the curve you are observing it from. If you observe it frm south of the flight path it will appear to curve northwards and then south. If you observe it from East of the flight path it will appea... |
53,972 | I am going to take AC031 from Toronto to Beijing in a couple of weeks, I searched its flight path, most of the time it will fly westbound after taking off from Toronto and continue west across the north pole area and land in Beijing, but yesterday it flew eastbound, across the Atlantic, this is very strange since the d... | 2018/08/01 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/53972",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/33451/"
] | I took Hewgill's picture and added the routes in the OP (I just eyeballed this, so I won't guarantee accuracy).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GIwFR.png)
With the FlightAware maps it looks like drastically different routes, but from this angle... | ALL flight paths on the earth are curved, cause the earth is a sphere! Which way that curve appears depends on which side of the curve you are observing it from. If you observe it frm south of the flight path it will appear to curve northwards and then south. If you observe it from East of the flight path it will appea... |
24,935 | I have tried to implement a solution to accomplish at least 4 windows tiling, Elementary seems to do only vertical 2 sides windows tiling as detailed here.
I tried and failed with the instructions here:
<https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/window-shuffler>
<https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/budgie-extras>
<https://discours... | 2020/06/16 | [
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/24935",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/users/23205/"
] | From eOS Reddit:
<https://www.reddit.com/r/elementaryos/comments/gxhsi9/slowly_losing_dark_theme_with_each_update/>
>
> replace the file at /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml with the contents of
>
>
> <https://github.com/elementary/default-settings/blob/master/accountsservice/i... | I would like to add to MA Jacob's solution that, if you follow his solution but still don't see a dark mode in things like:
* The system settings
* The Applications Menu and other wingpanel indicators
It *might* be because you changed your Plank Theme.
I did this, since I wanted a transparent dock (Ctrl + Click on D... |
24,935 | I have tried to implement a solution to accomplish at least 4 windows tiling, Elementary seems to do only vertical 2 sides windows tiling as detailed here.
I tried and failed with the instructions here:
<https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/window-shuffler>
<https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/budgie-extras>
<https://discours... | 2020/06/16 | [
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/24935",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/users/23205/"
] | From eOS Reddit:
<https://www.reddit.com/r/elementaryos/comments/gxhsi9/slowly_losing_dark_theme_with_each_update/>
>
> replace the file at /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml with the contents of
>
>
> <https://github.com/elementary/default-settings/blob/master/accountsservice/i... | the PrefersColorScheme solution worked to me. Thanks!
the dark theme turned to light after several system updates.
I remember I turned the dark theme on under the system settings panel, now the option it's not there anymore. Anyone knows why? I am running 5.1.7 Hera |
277,533 | I was playing an offline server then my pc ran out of battery then when I opened minecraft again the server was deleted. Can I get the server back? My pc isn't that good so that might be the problem. | 2016/07/27 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/277533",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/158347/"
] | Well if its a single player world then no the game was erased from your computer because u didn't save it before your computer died so it gone foever!
if it was a multiplayer that u somewhat made offline then yes but thats 99% not the case | Well, I understood in your brief description that your servers that would have been in the 'Multiplayer' tab, have disappeared. This is a glitch in minecraft that I have encountered on various times. There is currently no way to fix this to my knowledge. |
61,225,328 | I am using Delphi 10.3 on Windows 10.
I need to find the COM ports that a paired Bluetooth device is using, and then connect to the device.
I have looked on Bluetooth manager and found nothing relating to COM port. | 2020/04/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/61225328",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4219446/"
] | You cant see Vue component at this way. Install Vue dev tool plugin following this link:
<https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vuejs-devtools/nhdogjmejiglipccpnnnanhbledajbpd>
Then you will be able to see this in your chrome browser:
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/fo0jpb4y1w0cv8k/Screenshot%202020-04-17%2010.26.52.pn... | maybe try this extension when trying to debug Vue as it will show component structures, props and much more: <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vuejs-devtools/nhdogjmejiglipccpnnnanhbledajbpd> |
344,627 | Admittedly I'm clueless when it comes to electrical engineering. I felt compelled to add a ferrite bead/choke/clamp to my computer's power cord since it was missing one. Would it be helpful? What kind should I get, or are most sold generally the same? Does the wire need to wrap around the ferrite bead, or can I just cl... | 2017/12/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/344627",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/171682/"
] | A ferrite bead around a cable adds common mode inductance to the cable. The purpose is to increase the impedance of the cable at high frequencies. With higher impedance, less power can be radiated or conducted from the cable.
Whether your cable needs a ferrite around it depends on whether you need to reduce the conduc... | If you use a handheld ham radio close to your computer, a ferrite bread helps reduce interference from the electromagnetic energy radiated from the power cord.
I just got my ham radio license and when I use my hand held radio at the desk in my home office that has two computers, four monitors, and a 43 in TV on it, th... |
24,488 | Let's say hypothetically, a team scored a touchdown but putting them ahead only 1 point late in the 4th quarter and kicking an extra point would only add an additional point. To take time away from the opposing team, can the holder just spike the ball to run the clock further down or is that a live ball? I know a 2 poi... | 2020/01/06 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/24488",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/189/"
] | Spiking the ball stops the game clock from running in general. Perhaps you're thinking of taking a knee as it's done at the end of games to kill the clock.
However, the clock doesn't run during the extra point attempts (both for kicks and for 2 point conversions). So teams scoring a point cannot kill more time.
You c... | Yes they can down it or even spike it and as mentioned in the other answer the clock does not run on extra points.
However a note and this has already happened multiple times in NFL games after 2 point conversion was added - in the situation you outlined a coach would be foolish to do anything but have their QB take ... |
252,539 | Our front and side concrete steps are being replaced.
Our contractor has jacked out part of the steps, but not all of it. He also intends to use the broken concrete as fill inside the new steps.
On our side steps, it looks like our previous step was already pulling away from concrete landing. Had rebar attached, but ... | 2022/07/08 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/252539",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/153884/"
] | Can't say for certain without seeing the new form around it. Tops of the forms need to be *at least* four inches above anything, ideally six. The sides also need the same distance, laterally.
They banged the crap out of it and it laughed at them. This is good. It has done its settling. Anything you do now will 'distur... | For me a good job would be to remove all of the old steps, since it was already tilting, indication that the foundation is not stable.
Dig and pour new foundation to make it stable.
Attaching it too 6x6 is a patch work.
Using aggregate like rocks or old concrete would help to prevent concrete cracking. |
38,425 | I'm looking for a short story I read probably 30 years ago.
The two main characters in the story were food designers who specialized in cultured meat grown from cells cloned from unlikely sources. They seemed almost like a cross between geneticists and fashion designers, producing new, interesting meats that would bec... | 2013/07/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/38425",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/11730/"
] | [Pleased to Meat You](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?48698) by Stephen L. Burns
I searched for *meat lark's tongue subject:"science fiction"* in Google books and [Analog Science Fiction/science Fact](https://books.google.com/books?id=vNZaAAAAYAAJ), Volume 108 came up:
>
> “You've cultured them as individual... | Sounds close to Arthur C. Clarke's [Food of the Gods](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Food_of_the_Gods_%28short_story%29), only this one consists solely of one side of a dialogue between a food manufacturer and a congressional committee. |
261,137 | Can I use a molly or toggle bolt to mount a 50kg (110lb) concrete sculpture on my concrete wall? The wall is 6inches thick. | 2022/11/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/261137",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/159341/"
] | Tesla Model 3 owner here. Target being able to charge the car to 80% from say 20%. So for a Model 3, that’s around 200 miles or so. At 48A, that’s about 44MPH. So about 4.5 hours. So 9 hours if you were to use that 30A circuit. We drive our Model 3 a LOT and I can tell you that a 30A circuit is going to be totally acce... | >
> Someone suggested I can swap the top 2 2-pole 30A breakers
>
>
>
A close examination of the diagram on the door indicates the top 6 stabs are designed for single circuit use only. So no, replacing 2 of those breakers is probably out of the question.
Also note despite the careful grouping of wires in the panel... |
261,137 | Can I use a molly or toggle bolt to mount a 50kg (110lb) concrete sculpture on my concrete wall? The wall is 6inches thick. | 2022/11/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/261137",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/159341/"
] | Tesla Model 3 owner here. Target being able to charge the car to 80% from say 20%. So for a Model 3, that’s around 200 miles or so. At 48A, that’s about 44MPH. So about 4.5 hours. So 9 hours if you were to use that 30A circuit. We drive our Model 3 a LOT and I can tell you that a 30A circuit is going to be totally acce... | Don't go overboard with charge rate
-----------------------------------
Charge rate is programmable - *You don't **have to** charge at 60A. And probably can't without a service upgrade*. But we can avoid that cost.
[Here's a great video on a very common error made by novice EVers that has cost them a ton of money and... |
26,991 | Can arduino generate the frequency with the resolution of 2 decimal places?
i.e. 100.12 Hz, 98.23Hz, 1.92Hz...
recently I need to generate a frequency to allow a stepper motor to move accordingly. But to ensure the stepper motor to functions normally, frequency must be generated , and it must be of 2 decimal places. ... | 2016/08/03 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/26991",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/24447/"
] | >
> How can I convert PID correction values to an PWM brushless command?
>
>
>
you have to do that yourself. you have to figure out first how to correct a pid value directionally. for example, should you increase the duty cycle if pid is positive or negative?
after that, you will need to map the pid value to a ra... | You convert PID outputs to process outputs by selecting appropriate Kp, Ki, and Kd constants -- they translate the error components into a process output. For example, if you want 10 degrees of error to give you a full-scale analogWrite() adjustment, set Kp=255.0/10. Ki and Kd will depend on the (unspecified) sampling ... |
7,223 | What Buddhist distinction is made between "awareness" and "consciousness"?
I view "mindfulness" as a purposeful application of awareness.
However, I am at a loss for a clear distinction between awareness and consciousness. | 2015/01/15 | [
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] | Here is a short passage from [What the Buddha Taught](http://www.dhammaweb.net/books/Dr_Walpola_Rahula_What_the_Buddha_Taught.pdf) by Dr. Walpola Rahula that discusses how consciousness is different than perception. I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I found the example given helpful to my own understandin... | Awareness is simply consciousness without any engagement. Consciousness when it engages in senses results in mind and emotional activities. Awareness can also be stated as mindfulness but I find this defintion has mind in it therefore confusing. If you are in your natural state i.e. without thoughts and emotions you ar... |
7,223 | What Buddhist distinction is made between "awareness" and "consciousness"?
I view "mindfulness" as a purposeful application of awareness.
However, I am at a loss for a clear distinction between awareness and consciousness. | 2015/01/15 | [
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] | Here is a short passage from [What the Buddha Taught](http://www.dhammaweb.net/books/Dr_Walpola_Rahula_What_the_Buddha_Taught.pdf) by Dr. Walpola Rahula that discusses how consciousness is different than perception. I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I found the example given helpful to my own understandin... | You could think it like this. Consciousness means cognizing something. Or become aware of. In other words Vinyana. So Awareness and Cognizing is somewhat the same in terms of terminology. Mindfulness is knowing that you know something. In other words knowing that you cognize or knowing that you are aware of. |
7,223 | What Buddhist distinction is made between "awareness" and "consciousness"?
I view "mindfulness" as a purposeful application of awareness.
However, I am at a loss for a clear distinction between awareness and consciousness. | 2015/01/15 | [
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"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | Before differentiating between Consciousness and Awareness we'd first have to define what Consciousness is and what Awareness is on its own.Try to answer these questions How do you know that your aware? What's the evidence?Where do you find your awareness,your knowing?Not What you know but what's it like to be knowing?... | Awareness is simply consciousness without any engagement. Consciousness when it engages in senses results in mind and emotional activities. Awareness can also be stated as mindfulness but I find this defintion has mind in it therefore confusing. If you are in your natural state i.e. without thoughts and emotions you ar... |
7,223 | What Buddhist distinction is made between "awareness" and "consciousness"?
I view "mindfulness" as a purposeful application of awareness.
However, I am at a loss for a clear distinction between awareness and consciousness. | 2015/01/15 | [
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"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | Before differentiating between Consciousness and Awareness we'd first have to define what Consciousness is and what Awareness is on its own.Try to answer these questions How do you know that your aware? What's the evidence?Where do you find your awareness,your knowing?Not What you know but what's it like to be knowing?... | You could think it like this. Consciousness means cognizing something. Or become aware of. In other words Vinyana. So Awareness and Cognizing is somewhat the same in terms of terminology. Mindfulness is knowing that you know something. In other words knowing that you cognize or knowing that you are aware of. |
7,223 | What Buddhist distinction is made between "awareness" and "consciousness"?
I view "mindfulness" as a purposeful application of awareness.
However, I am at a loss for a clear distinction between awareness and consciousness. | 2015/01/15 | [
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"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | "Awareness" is an English word used by Westerners that (to my knowledge) does not really exist in the terminology of Pali Buddhism.
I agree with the view that "mindfulness" ('sati') is a purposeful application of awareness or consciousness. 'Sati' means to 'remember' or 'bring to/keep in mind'.
The Pali uses the wo... | Awareness is simply consciousness without any engagement. Consciousness when it engages in senses results in mind and emotional activities. Awareness can also be stated as mindfulness but I find this defintion has mind in it therefore confusing. If you are in your natural state i.e. without thoughts and emotions you ar... |
7,223 | What Buddhist distinction is made between "awareness" and "consciousness"?
I view "mindfulness" as a purposeful application of awareness.
However, I am at a loss for a clear distinction between awareness and consciousness. | 2015/01/15 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/7223",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/108/"
] | You could think it like this. Consciousness means cognizing something. Or become aware of. In other words Vinyana. So Awareness and Cognizing is somewhat the same in terms of terminology. Mindfulness is knowing that you know something. In other words knowing that you cognize or knowing that you are aware of. | Awareness is simply consciousness without any engagement. Consciousness when it engages in senses results in mind and emotional activities. Awareness can also be stated as mindfulness but I find this defintion has mind in it therefore confusing. If you are in your natural state i.e. without thoughts and emotions you ar... |
7,223 | What Buddhist distinction is made between "awareness" and "consciousness"?
I view "mindfulness" as a purposeful application of awareness.
However, I am at a loss for a clear distinction between awareness and consciousness. | 2015/01/15 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/7223",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/108/"
] | "Awareness" is an English word used by Westerners that (to my knowledge) does not really exist in the terminology of Pali Buddhism.
I agree with the view that "mindfulness" ('sati') is a purposeful application of awareness or consciousness. 'Sati' means to 'remember' or 'bring to/keep in mind'.
The Pali uses the wo... | You could think it like this. Consciousness means cognizing something. Or become aware of. In other words Vinyana. So Awareness and Cognizing is somewhat the same in terms of terminology. Mindfulness is knowing that you know something. In other words knowing that you cognize or knowing that you are aware of. |
128,384 | I have been offered a promotion or rather an extension to my role. This is something the company knows I am keen to do as I have been trying to progress to this for nearly two years.
Here’s the problem. I have worked at the company for over two years. I am a trusted hard working individual who overachieves on apprais... | 2019/02/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128384",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | Tell them that while you are interested in taking on the new role that you are very disappointed and unhappy that there is no increased compensation for the additional responsibilities you are being asked to take on. Tell them what you've done for them over the last 2 years, how well they've regarded you and remind the... | In my experience, it is not unprecedented that promotions come *after* you assume new responsibilities, quite often either by finding out the need for them or inheriting them from someone else. So it might be reasonable to have such a trial period where you have for a limited, ideally defined time additional responsibi... |
128,384 | I have been offered a promotion or rather an extension to my role. This is something the company knows I am keen to do as I have been trying to progress to this for nearly two years.
Here’s the problem. I have worked at the company for over two years. I am a trusted hard working individual who overachieves on apprais... | 2019/02/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128384",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/99306/"
] | Tell them that while you are interested in taking on the new role that you are very disappointed and unhappy that there is no increased compensation for the additional responsibilities you are being asked to take on. Tell them what you've done for them over the last 2 years, how well they've regarded you and remind the... | The crux of the issue is that you have the best negotiating position with the most options before you start the probationary period.
Once you have begun to do the work without a mutually shared understanding of how things will look if you succeed, it will be much harder to move the new status quo.
Get a good understa... |
128,384 | I have been offered a promotion or rather an extension to my role. This is something the company knows I am keen to do as I have been trying to progress to this for nearly two years.
Here’s the problem. I have worked at the company for over two years. I am a trusted hard working individual who overachieves on apprais... | 2019/02/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128384",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/99306/"
] | In my experience, it is not unprecedented that promotions come *after* you assume new responsibilities, quite often either by finding out the need for them or inheriting them from someone else. So it might be reasonable to have such a trial period where you have for a limited, ideally defined time additional responsibi... | The crux of the issue is that you have the best negotiating position with the most options before you start the probationary period.
Once you have begun to do the work without a mutually shared understanding of how things will look if you succeed, it will be much harder to move the new status quo.
Get a good understa... |
13,007,286 | I have some 3D Points that roughly, but clearly form a segment of a circle. I now have to determine the circle that fits best all the points. I think there has to be some sort of least squares best fit but I cant figure out how to start.
The points are sorted the way they would be situated on the circle. I also have an... | 2012/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13007286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1048148/"
] | You could use a [Principal Component Analysis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_component_analysis) (PCA) to map your coordinates from three dimensions down to two dimensions.
Compute the PCA and project your data onto the first to principal components. You can then use any 2D algorithm to find the centre of the... | A good algorithm for such data fitting is [RANSAC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RANSAC) (Random sample consensus). You can find a good description in the link so this is just a short outline of the important parts:
In your special case the *model* would be the 3D circle. To build this up pick three random non-colinear... |
13,007,286 | I have some 3D Points that roughly, but clearly form a segment of a circle. I now have to determine the circle that fits best all the points. I think there has to be some sort of least squares best fit but I cant figure out how to start.
The points are sorted the way they would be situated on the circle. I also have an... | 2012/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13007286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1048148/"
] | You could use a [Principal Component Analysis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_component_analysis) (PCA) to map your coordinates from three dimensions down to two dimensions.
Compute the PCA and project your data onto the first to principal components. You can then use any 2D algorithm to find the centre of the... | The arguably easiest algorithm is called Least-Square Curve Fitting.
You may want to check the [math](http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LeastSquaresFitting.html),
or look at similar questions, such as [polynomial least squares for image curve fitting](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11490912/polynomial-least-squares-for... |
13,007,286 | I have some 3D Points that roughly, but clearly form a segment of a circle. I now have to determine the circle that fits best all the points. I think there has to be some sort of least squares best fit but I cant figure out how to start.
The points are sorted the way they would be situated on the circle. I also have an... | 2012/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13007286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1048148/"
] | A good algorithm for such data fitting is [RANSAC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RANSAC) (Random sample consensus). You can find a good description in the link so this is just a short outline of the important parts:
In your special case the *model* would be the 3D circle. To build this up pick three random non-colinear... | The arguably easiest algorithm is called Least-Square Curve Fitting.
You may want to check the [math](http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LeastSquaresFitting.html),
or look at similar questions, such as [polynomial least squares for image curve fitting](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11490912/polynomial-least-squares-for... |
99,179 | Just watched [*TNG: The Dauphin*](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dauphin_(episode)). In it the following exchange occurs when receiving a powerful transmission:
>
> **Data** Sir, sensors indicate the communication originated from a tera-Watt source on the planet
>
> **Riker** That's more power than our e... | 2015/08/13 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/99179",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32863/"
] | [Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Galaxy_class) explains that
>
> The warp core was one of the most powerful in Starfleet, generating
> approximately **12.75 billion gigawatts** of power. (TNG: "True Q")
>
>
>
The exact quote is:
>
> AMANDA: It's hard to imagine how much energy is being harnes... | This is not specifically an answer to the question but was going to be a comment to N\_soong's wonderful answer but it ended up being too long and halfway to an answer itself.
Communications equipment is not something you can just throw more power at. If an antenna is not tuned to the power and frequency of the broadc... |
99,179 | Just watched [*TNG: The Dauphin*](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dauphin_(episode)). In it the following exchange occurs when receiving a powerful transmission:
>
> **Data** Sir, sensors indicate the communication originated from a tera-Watt source on the planet
>
> **Riker** That's more power than our e... | 2015/08/13 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/99179",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/32863/"
] | [Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Galaxy_class) explains that
>
> The warp core was one of the most powerful in Starfleet, generating
> approximately **12.75 billion gigawatts** of power. (TNG: "True Q")
>
>
>
The exact quote is:
>
> AMANDA: It's hard to imagine how much energy is being harnes... | Here's another approach to this question:
From [How long can a Galaxy class starship last before it needs servicing?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/53181/how-long-can-a-galaxy-class-starship-last-before-it-needs-servicing?rq=1), the Enterprise-D can carry 3,000 m^3 of anti-deuterium, which is enough to kee... |
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