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12:20 AM
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Q: How to change the limits of integration

BolboaI am attempting to solve the integral of the following... $$\int_{0}^{2 \pi}\int_{0}^{\infty}e^{-r^2}rdr\Theta $$ So I do the following step... $$=2 \pi\int_{0}^{\infty}e^{-r^2}rdr$$ but then the next step is to substitute $s = -r^2$ which results in... $$=2 \pi\int_{- \infty}^{0}\frac{1}{2}...

 
12:51 AM
1
Q: How come people say “Would of”?

MarybnqI often read the expression “would of” used instead of “would have”. Each time I read it I get annoyed so I googled it and found out -as I expected- that it is an incorrect way to say “would have”. Now, there are a lot of brilliant slabs words/expressions, so my question is, why do people use thi...

 
1:14 AM
1
Q: Can distinct morphisms between curves induce the same morphism on singular cohomology?

rj7k8Suppose $f,g:X \rightarrow Y$ are finite morphisms between connected smooth curves over $\mathbb{C}$, with $Y$ of genus at least $2$. If $f$ and $g$ induce the same morphism $H^*(Y,\mathbb{C}) \rightarrow H^*(X,\mathbb{C})$, does $f=g$?

 
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Q: What does Linus Torvalds means when he says that git "never ever" tracks a file?

Simón Ramírez AmayaQuoting Linus Torvalds when asked how many files git can handle during Tech Talk at Google in 2007 (43:09): …git tracks your content. It never ever tracks a single file. You cannot track a file in git. What you can do is you can track a project that has a single file, but if your project has ...

 
1:37 AM
1
Q: Understanding the implication of what "well-defined" means for the operation in quotient group

UfomammutI want to get an intuitive idea of the operation being "well-defined" for quotient groups. So, let's say I have a group $G$, with subgroup $H$, and let's say my set of left cosets is $G/K$. My lecture note says this: If $H$ is normal, then $G/H$ is a group under binary operation $aH \circ bH = (a...

 
2:19 AM
2
Q: Looking for best latin term for a legal document

Vettera1976In law enforcement (and the judicial system in general - U.S.) nearly every legal process has a Latin term. Although, one has escaped us and our legal staff. Our agency is looking for a Latin term that would best describe a Search Warrant for Digital/Virtual Data maintained in another state (loca...

 
2:35 AM
2
Q: Why is my p-value correlated to difference between means in two sample tests?

NakxA colleague has recently made the claim that a large p-value was not more support for the null hypothesis than a low one. Of course, this is also what I learned (uniform distribution under the null hypothesis, we can only reject the null hypothesis...). But when I simulate two random normal distr...

 
3:33 AM
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Q: Limit to 0 ambiguity

J.MohI can't determine the limit of such form: $$\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{1}{x}, $$ $$+\infty~\text{or }-\infty$$ I tried to get around it, no success.

 
2
Q: What can other administrators access on my machine?

RickyI've been given a new MacBook Pro at work, and it has an administrator account which I assume the IT department has the credentials to. I have been created a local account which is also an administrator. I'm just wondering, as another administrator, what of my data can they access and read? I ha...

 
3:52 AM
1
Q: CiviEvent: Public link for events of a specific type

joshRunning CiviCRM 5.10.4 and Drupal 7.65. We have several different event types in CiviEvent (e.g. PD Workshops, Volunteer Trainings, etc) I'd like to be able to have a page on our website which automatically displays all the active events in specific event types. So then e.g. on our Volunteer pa...

 
RPG
1
Q: What effect does the “loading” weapon property have in practical terms?

Greg0141What effect does the “loading” weapon property have in practical terms? In the absence of the property, why would it be assumed that a PC could fire more than once per action (firing once would be one action)? The scenario I’m picturing is where a PC has action, bonus action, and reaction on a ...

 
 
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5:10 AM
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Q: How do you say "canon" as in "official for a story universe"?

eruciformThere's specific words out there like 正典 meant for the Bible, but what's the common term for referring to a story. As in "the Christmas Special isn't canon for the Star Wars universe". I figure there must be one used casually for gamers, and manga and anime fans. I'd guess カノン but it's not in any...

 
RPG
1
Q: Can the Protection from Evil and Good spell be used on the caster?

Justinwest27Can the protection from evil and good spell be used on the caster? It doesn't say anything about it in the descripton but I know that some spells prevent them from being used on the spellcaster.

 
5:23 AM
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Q: Why do I get badly formatted numerical results when I use StringForm?

zyyThe following example prints the square and cube of numbers from 0.5 to 6 Do[ Print[StringForm["the square of `` is ``, the cube of it is ``", i, i^2, i^3]], {i, 0.5, 6, 0.1}] It should be fine, however, for 0.7 Mathematica prints the square of 0.7` is 0.48999999999999994`, the cube of ...

 
3
Q: Protecting Dualbooting Windows from dangerous code (like rm -rf)

K. PaulI'm thinking of dualbooting Windows 10 and Ubuntu in different partitions of the same SSD. If codes like rm -rf somehow happens in the Ubuntu partition, does this affect Windows, or does it leave other partitions alone? And if it DOES affect the Windows partition, how can I prevent this from happ...

 
6:05 AM
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Q: Potential by Assembling Charges

K. TFor finding electric potential energy of a uniformly charged sphere, we can assemble the sphere by brining charges from infinity to that point. So to make a uniformly charged sphere of radius $R$ and total charge $Q$, at some instant, charge will be assembled up to a certain radius $x$. In order...

 
1
Q: How is radar separation assured between primary and secondary targets?

SeanAir traffic control radars come in two flavours, with most ATC centers using both and displaying the output of both on a single screen: Primary surveillance radar (PSR) is a true radar system, which detects aircraft (and also non-aircraft objects, such as birds, balloons, weather, parts detache...

 
RPG
2
Q: What spell level should this homebrew After-Image spell be?

aletteroradigitI came up with a cool spell idea, but I'm unsure of what level it should be. Here's the spell: After-Image 4th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you would be hit by an attack Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous When ...

 
1
Q: Why do some words that are not inflected have an umlaut?

David RobinsonUmlaut marks are usually used to show that an inflection has occurred, that is the umlaut is a synchronic change. But some words with an umlauted character, such as Ärger, Hälfte, Käse, Lärm, März, Rätsel, Träne are not inflected forms of something else, so why do they have umlaut spellings? Dud...

 
6:29 AM
1
Q: Is an up-to-date browser secure on an out-of-date OS?

OokerWindows 7 support will end on January 14, 2020. Assuming that after that day I still use an updated browser, is it true that I'm still safe? Can it "patch" the OS-based security holes? Minor question: typically, how long would the browsers stop supporting abandoned OS? Is there any number on thi...

 
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Q: Flying Bloodthirsty Lampshades

DennisI vaguely remember an old black and white movie with things that looked like lampshades. The lampshades would settle on a persons head and they would start bleeding and die. Anybody know the movie?

 
6:48 AM
1
Q: Return to UK after being refused

Raul PeñaSo I was turned around from Heathrow airport in 2012 after customs stopped me and asked me what my plans were in London. I told them I was there to Dj...they then asked me if I was making any money. Not thinking anything of it I said I was and they asked how much. I told them $500...which wasn’t ...

 
TeX
3
Q: Adding labels to a table: columns and rows

naveganteX Can anybody help me? I know how to build the table but I don’t know how to add the “Users” and “Movies” labels. This is what I've tried so far: \begin{table}[H] \centering \text{ \textbf{Movies}} \begin{tabular}{c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \multicolumn{1}{c}{} & \multicolumn{1}...

 
7:07 AM
2
Q: When to use the root test. Is this not a good situation to use it?

Jwan622I'm having trouble seeing when to use the root test. nth powers occur, but I think the ratio test is easier: Here is the problem: $$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{x^n}{n^44^n}$$ So the ratio test seems to work here, but can't the root test be used to? The problem is that the $n^4$ doesnt play wel...

 
7:27 AM
2
Q: It's possible to run Ubuntu straight from a USB stick and use the same stick as HDD?

Franco OsorioI want to install Ubuntu on a usb stick and run the OS from it and also use the same usb as main drive, like everything i install it's kept on there so then I'm able to run like "my user" on another computer. It's possible?

 
1
Q: Is it true that “A.D.” is traditionally placed before the year number?

J. DoeFrom Washington State University: Traditionally “A.D.” was placed before the year number and “B.C.” after, but many people now prefer to put both abbreviations after the numbers. Is this claim true?

 
CS
2
Q: Is there a general name for the setup in which payoffs are not known exactly but players try to influence each other's perception of the payoffs?

FizzA recent question elsewhere made me look at the "madman strategy" which actually consists of trying to make the opposite player think that he is playing a game of chicken instead of prisoner's dilemma. This can only work, of course, because in reality the payoffs are not known apriori, so an inve...

 
7:47 AM
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Q: How is the Antim Sanskar of married Hindu women done?

Raunak ThakarWhat is the procedure of Antim Sanskar when a married women dies? Does she dress like a bride? Who gives the agni to her pyre?

 
8:09 AM
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Q: Not able to paste multiple components

Bhawna JainThe functionality of pasting multiple component is somehow not working in CMS, although the promotion/demotion is working fine. And I am guessing this is due to the fact that if we paste a single entry, then a dialog of it being a copy appears..and if I select multiple, then the processing is to...

 
ELL
1
Q: "as much details as you can remember"

ssd smgA: I don't remember much though. B: just try to give me as much details as you can remember. i feel like something is wrong in B's sentence. I've never heard people saying something like this.

 
8:24 AM
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Q: How to implement Time Picker in Magento 2 Admin system.xml?

magefmsI found one similar solution that does what I want. DateTimePicker System.xml I have implemented its code and was able to display a DateTime Picker in my admin configuration. However, I would like to implement a Time Picker only without a date like the one from this answer but I don't need a U...

 
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Q: Rank groups within a grouped sequence of TRUE/FALSE and NA

HumpelstielzchenI have a little nut to crack. I have a data.frame like this: group criterium 1 A NA 2 A TRUE 3 A TRUE 4 A TRUE 5 A FALSE 6 A FALSE 7 A TRUE 8 A TRUE 9 A FALSE 10 A TRUE 11 A TRUE 12 ...

 
8:44 AM
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Q: I am seven letter word. Find me Who Am I?

Udhay TitusWhen I am Seven letter word, I was founded on same day when The Yosemite TWA crash occurred. If you take and reverse my first three letters, I am traditional farmhouse which is in France. If you take my next three letters without me the world is in darkness. My last letter is the 7th Letter i...

 
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Q: How to install public key in host server

xChaaxMy user from another server gave his public key to me and asked me to install this public key into my server so he can connect to my server. Did some research and I have to create a directory called .ssh and paste my user public key in a Notepad and save this text file into the .ssh directory. My...

 
9:02 AM
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Q: Recording with midi/synth vs actual instrument?

foreyezJust wondering if there's any guidelines as far as recording a mechanical instrument versus using a midi controller or synth. For example, let's say I have a song that I need a piano part for. I could set up a microphone on an actual piano or I could just use a midi controller or synthesizer with...

 
RPG
9:22 AM
4
Q: Do characters know how to read/write languages or just speak them?

RykaraI noticed that the rules for language selection state Your race indicates the languages your character can speak by default, and your background might give you access to one or more additional languages of your choice. But a Druid's Druidic class feature says You know Druidic, the secre...

 
9:42 AM
2
Q: How to add custom text block in onpage check-out

mohanaI want to add custom text block in onepage checkout in #payment page. That block will use to remind the "discount code" to customer, it's like popup text. Please check the sample image.

 
GIS
10:01 AM
2
Q: Differentiate between a line ending within a polygon and a line passing all the way through a polygon - QGIS

JClarksonI have a line file and a polygon file in QGIS. Primarily I am looking for any polygon that has a line intersecting it - easy, sorted. From these intersects, I then want to pull out just the polygons that have a line going all the way through them and ignore those where the line ends within the ...

 
1
Q: What would happen to a Neanderthal today?

Greenie E.If a time machine were created, and we used it to steal a newborn Neanderthal, then give it to a volunteer to raise, what would become of it? Could it learn English, and possibly even have children? Or would it eventually figure out it's not completely a human?

 
CS
1
Q: Can a zener diode with a higher power dissipation be used in place of the original one in an audio amplifier?

MFlopFollowing my Marantz PM-68 repair question, I would like to change a faulty zener diode used in the amplification stage. I don't really understand the purpose of this diode but I guess it's used for some kind of coupling between the positive and negative parts of the audio signal. I had a look ...

 
1
Q: Find number from a line and get the quotient

Eric Estrada Users of Digital_A803x_433Mbps: (Total of 2784 licenses issued; Total of 314 licenses in use) In above example line of text, I would like to get the percentage of available licenses, so the output would be: 88.27% which is the quotient of license in use and licenses issued: (314/2784) * 10...

 
DBA
10:18 AM
1
Q: Order table by two columns

Liliana del Carmen CastellanosI would like to order this table but I can not find a way to make it work. Can you help me? I have this table: I need this: I have a table where documents are listed, the first field is the id of the document and the second field represents the father, so I must show a list where you can s...

 
1
Q: Operational amplifier basics

Yokesh ArumugamIn closed loop (negative feedback) configuration of a OP AMP the input voltages are same that means the differential voltage is zero Vd=(V1-V2)=0 ,then how we obtain the gain? where the output is come from?

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Q: Can I connect a DC high voltage booster directly to my Raspberry Pi?

Ionică BizăuI have one of these modules: Can Is it safe to connect it to two pins to my Raspberry Pi, directly, and turn it on by emitting HIGH on one of the pins (the other one being the ground), which is around 5V, if I am not wrong? Will that use too much power from the Raspberry Pi or maybe bu...

 
2
Q: How to Override Magento 2 vendor files

Shweta KhattarHow to override addtocart.phtml files to change "Add to cart" button name.

 
1
Q: Loose spokes after only a few rides

JohnI have recently joined the cycling world after committing to losing weight. I am a heavy rider at about 28st (390 lbs) and have after some advice gone for a GT Avalanche. I have had the bike less than a month and only have around 15 miles on the bike. I use the bike to travel to work which vari...

 
10:32 AM
3
Q: Walkie-talkie and its origin

linozaseWhat is the origin of the word 'Walkie-talkie?' And why that word sounds so childish. For me it is associated with a toy phone for kids or something like that. Walkie-talkie seems to be a serious thing, but it sounds foolishly.

 
DBA
10:56 AM
3
Q: Must numeric JSON keys be quoted?

youcantryreachingmeI've noted that key-value values may be unquoted when numeric in TSQL JSON strings, but it seems the key component must always be quoted. select 1, isjson(''), 'empty string' union select 2, isjson('{}'), 'empty braces' union select 3, isjson('{1:2}'), 'unquoted both, numerals both' union select...

 
3
Q: Finding the solution set for a quadratic inequality $x^2-2<\frac{7}{2}x$

Lex_i If $x^2-2<\frac{7}{2}x$ then what is the solution set for $x$? I have most of the problem done, I just don't know how to lay out my answer. The answer is supposed to be $$\boxed{-\frac12<x<4}$$ First, I rewrote the problem saying $x^2-\frac{7}{2}x-2<0$, and to be able to conveniently factor...

 
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Q: Is it idiomatic to use a noun as the apparent subject of a first person plural?

mdeweyI feel I must have heard this but am now not sure. Can I say Los ancianos vivimos en regiones litorales assuming I am old myself of course. Possible options which occur to me Nosotros ancianos vivimos en regiones litorales Nosotros, los ancianos, vivimos en regiones litorales but ne...

 
5
Q: Did Section 31 appear in Star Trek: The Next Generation?

snydezCan anyone confirm whether Section 31 ever appeared in a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode?

 
TeX
11:18 AM
2
Q: Process LaTeX code only if package is loaded

lashounI would like to create a document used to test diverse packages, and I was wondering if it was possible to use a command so that part of the code is read only if the corresponding package is loaded. I've come up with this but it throws an error which I don't know how to fix. \documentclass{artic...

 
11:37 AM
1
Q: During Temple times, who can butcher a kosher animal?

ninamagDuring the Temple Times, for the purpose of consumption, can any Jew butcher a kosher animal or must the animal be butchered by a Cohen or a Levi? I would appreciate a rabbinical source.

 
11:55 AM
1
Q: changing state of an LED using a pushbutton leads to unstable simulation on SimulIDE

FoadI am trying to run this code: const int buttonPin = 7; const int ledPin13 = 13; int buttonState = 0; int lastButtonState = buttonState; bool flag = true; void setup() { // initialize the LED pin as an output: pinMode(ledPin13, OUTPUT); // initialize the pushbutton pi...

 
CS
3
Q: Apparent duplicates between Haynes service instructions and MOT

me_andI'm trying to do more of my own servicing for my car, following the suggested service schedule in the appropriate Haynes manual. However, I've noticed some of the suggested checks in the Haynes manual seem to duplicate checks that are done as part of the UK MOT test. Is there any reason to do tho...

 
12:11 PM
1
Q: Possible to make Vertices from overlapping Edges?

IReallyAppreciateTheHelpI tried to figure out how to make vertices from two overlapping edges. I want the exact point they overlap to become a vertex, but I can't seem to find a solution to the problem.

 
2
Q: I need advice about my visa

user94842My name is Tom and I am turning 18 in 6 months but I want to go to London in first week of May but on my visa it’s written only valid if accompanied by mom. So my question is that if get consent letter sign from my mom, then can I go to England alone

 
12:34 PM
1
Q: Could Airbus resume production of the A380?

SefeAirbus is phasing out the production of their A380 superjumbo due to low demand from airlines. But what if (for the sake of argument) in the future Airbus' prediction of the need of a large aircraft to relieve congested hubs on popular route finally comes true and the need for a large aircraft co...

 
TeX
3
Q: Is it possible to force a package to be called last in the entirety of the LaTeX, when called in the class file?

Al_FhI have designed a class that needs the xepersian package. This package is unique in the way that it needs to be called last so it doesn't get overwritten. I usually define my packages in the class file using the "\RequirePackage". Is there a way to force a package to be called last where it is ca...

 
RPG
12:54 PM
4
Q: Does the shape of a dice affect the probability of a number being rolled?

SaggingRufusLet's say I have a standard D4 and a custom D8 that has printed 1-4 and then 1-4 again (for a total of 8 sides). Would both of these dice distribute the probably of rolling any given number equally? I noticed recently that the D4 is really the only dice that doesn't "roll" and I am curious if ...

 
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Q: Worn-tile Scrabble

Expired DataProblem You're stuck in a cabin in the middle of the woods, with only an old scrabble set to entertain yourselves. Upon inspection you see that the scrabble letters are so worn, that only the points for each letter are visible. Nonetheless you decide to play a game. You pull seven letters from...

 
1:05 PM
6
Q: GitLink: Retrieve list of files which were changed in a commit

SzabolcsHow can I retrieve the list of files that were changed in a commit using GitLink? I can open a repo like this: repo = GitOpen["~/Repos/GitLink"] Now I can get the list of commits: commits = GitRange[repo, "HEAD"]; I can examine the state of the repository at a certain commit using GitExpan...

 
3
Q: How to notate time signature switching consistently every measure

CreyndersIt seems my musical journey's always pushing me into left field territory when it comes to notation ... So this time I'd like to know what would be a good way to notate a consistent switching of time signature every measure. The piece I'm writing constantly alternates between 5/4 and 3/4, howev...

 
2
Q: I am not sure how to finish the proof of showing that the intersection of finitely many open subsets is open.

GurjinderI am trying to prove the following: Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space. An intersection of finitely many open subsets of $X$ is open. The following is my attempt: Let $x \in \bigcap_{i=1}^n U_i$ be arbitrary, where $U_i$'s are open subsets in $X$, for each $i=1,2,3,\ldots,n-1,n.$ Since $x \in...

 
1:23 PM
1
Q: VEP output SIFT_score unclear

FreekWe have been experimenting with VEP (Variant Effect Predictor). One of the meta data attributes that we are interested in is the SIFT score, indeed when we apply the dbNSFP plug we get a column containing the scores (named SIFT_score). However, I don't understand why there are sometimes dots or m...

 
1:33 PM
3
Q: For what reasons would an animal species NOT cross a *horizontal* land bridge?

Foosic17In my worldbuilding project, 2 continents located on roughly the same latitude are connected by a land bridge. Both sides of the bridge are surrounded by a temperate grassland, and the lack of seasons means the climate is steady year round, so that rules out winter as an option. The sentient ali...

 
1:51 PM
4
Q: Can a flute soloist sit?

Kristine KirbyI am a 60 year old flutist and I am about to perform a humble concert in my community. I have plantar facsitis in my left foot, and I wonder if it is acceptable for me to sit on a high chair (like bar chair height) instead of stand for my performance? Does any one have any thoughts? Have you ev...

 
1
Q: How do I implement bullet spread in three-dimensional space?

EIRU.How can I shoot a bullet in three-dimensional space in such a way that its path diverges a bit, randomly, from the direction in which the gun is pointed? I know I have to use the Quaternions, but I don't know how exactly. Should I convert Quaternion to EulerAngles Quaternion randomRotation =...

 
CS
2
Q: Who coined the term "madman theory"?

FizzMadman theory revolves around the idea of appearing more "crazy" than one actually is. It is actually a signaling game in its simplest form. At least nowadays such games are exemplified with a "crazy" (non-accommodating) player type among other scenarios. I wonder however: who coined the term ...

 
2:06 PM
4
Q: How to deal with legacy software and split opinion?

PhilipI realize there is a pattern, when the engineering team/department has legacy software in their portfolio and managers (usually non-technical but not necessarily) declare the software as good. On the other hand engineering colleagues are not tired to point out how flawed and broken that software ...

 
4
Q: Quickest way to solve this symmetric equation system

Lex_i $$\text{If}\ \cases{a+b+c=1 \\ a^2+b^2+c^2=2 \\a^3+b^3+c^3=3} \text{then}\ a^5+b^5+c^5= \ ?$$ A YouTuber solved this problem recently and, though he spent some time explaining it, took over 40 minutes to solve it. Like the video, the best I can do with this is relying on expansion formulas...

 
3
Q: Translation norms: a dash instead of "esse"

Ecr iosWhat option is preferable in the translation of a phrase, say, "bad thoughts give rise/lead to bad results" in your opinion? Option 1: cogitationes malae – praemia mala Option 2: cogitationes malae praemia mala sunt Option 3 (possibly): yours Thanks in advance for helping me out with transl...

 
3
Q: Bash - Looping through Array in Nested [FOR, WHILE, IF] statements

AF.BJI am trying to process a large file-set, appending specific lines into the "test_result.txt" file - I achieved it -not very elegantly- with the following code. for i in *merged; do while read -r lo; do if [[ $lo == *"ID"* ]]; then echo $lo >> test_result.t...

 
2:22 PM
4
Q: Solar radiation data

AdrienIs there somewhere in Mathematica I can find direct and diffuse solar radiation for a specific position on Earth ? If not, is there a way to import those data from a website within a Mathematica code ? The best would be a code in which I give specifics date, latitude and longitude, and I get in r...

 
GIS
3
Q: How to show hidden columns in QGIS 3.6.1 (?)

Francesco De RosaI have hidden a lot of columns in my attribute table and now I can't show them. How can I show hidden columns?

 
4
Q: Can you compress metal and what would be the consequences?

NyakouaiFollowing my mutant thread, I'd like some insight on one of them. I wrote this first generation highly powerful mutant whose ability revolves around metal. The mutant in question, on top of being extremely strong, can "shrink" (and un-shrink) metal, while making it retains its mass. He create...

 
4
Q: Did 3000BC Egyptians use meteoric iron weapons?

Przemysław CzechowskiCiting Wikipedia's article on Metallurgy Egyptian weapons made from meteoric iron in about 3000 BC were highly prized as "daggers from heaven".[11] The listed source is: 11. W. Keller (1963) The Bible as History. p. 156. ISBN 0-340-00312-X I wasn't able to find this book online, but the de...

 
2
Q: Resizing object distorts it (Illustrator CC 2018)

CHI TRAN after resizing I've tried turning off snap to pixel as suggested by someone in a similar thread but it didn't work. Does anyone know how I can resize this without messing up all the lines?

 
CS
2:38 PM
1
Q: Can we generate random numbers using irrational numbers like π and e?

Abhradeep SarkarIrrational numbers like $\pi$, $e$ and $\sqrt{2}$ have a unique and non-repeating sequence after the decimal point. If we extract the $n$-th digit from such numbers (where $n$ is the number of times the method is called) and make a number with the digits as it is, should we not get a perfect rand...

 
2
Q: Identify This Plant (Flower)

MuathI just bought this plant from flower shop, after it flowered it was very beautiful red flower, can anyone tell me what is this flower?

 
TeX
2:51 PM
2
Q: Implementation of "clouds" for notes in the text

AericuraIt is hard to describe what I want in a setence, better take a look on how I usually write down (lecture) notes. I want to point your attention to these little "clouds" which contain some useful, but not necessary information about a sentence, for example. It is important to me that I have th...

 
2
Q: How does one change the certificate and key for a web service with Strict-Transport-Security established

James B. ByrneWe have a server whose original PKI certificate was issued by a discontinued root CA. We have a replacement certificate issued from a different root authority chain. However, this site was set up some time ago with Strict-Transport-Security established. This is preventing our users from access...

 
3:08 PM
2
Q: does workbench has access to actual data in the salesforce org

SFDEVdoes workbench access actual data in the salesforce org ? does workbench access only metadata. specifically does the workbench store the org data in its servers?

 
3
Q: Ideal with trivial localizations at prime ideals containing it

Stepan BanachLet $R$ be a commutative unital ring. I know that if a $R$-module has trivial localizations at all prime ideals of $R$, then it is trivial. Consider a proper ideal $I\subset R$ as a $R$-module. Is it true that if localizations of this module at all prime ideals containing $I$ are trivial, then it...

 
1
Q: Have you ever entered Singapore using a different passport or name?

NorahI change my nationality one years ago and my name spelling different in my new passport . I traveled to Singapore seven years ago with my indonesian passport . Its was spelling Nura and now Norah . They have a question in the visa application "Have you ever entered Singapore using a different pa...

 
RPG
1
Q: How does initiative work when teleporting into combat?

VigilA Wizard PC Teleports their party from a safe place directly to the location of a group of foes, who the party intends to attack. If the foes did not know this was about to happen, they should be surprised. How does initiative work in this situation - does the Teleport take place on the Wizard...

 
2
Q: Why didn't the Event Horizon Telescope team mention Sagittarius A*?

White PrimeAt the press conference this morning, the Event Horizon Telescope team did not say much about Sagittarius A*, which was the target many of us have we been waiting for. Is there any explanation anywhere for this omission?

 
3:25 PM
4
Q: Why isn't the circumferential light around the M87 black hole's event horizon symmetric?

0x90After the revelation of the first black hole images, it seems there is a bias towards its south side. Is it because of measuring it from earth or is it something more fundamental in the understanding of the gravitational field?

 
PM
2
Q: How technical should a Scrum Master be to effectively remove impediments?

Tiago CardosoOne of the main roles for a Scrum Master is to remove impediments for the team, such that the development can progress. This is, in my undertanding, to ensure that the development team can focus on where they excel - development. This way much of the red-tape (*ahem*, meetings, *ahem*) that slow...

 
3:47 PM
2
Q: Would the motor reverse if phases swapped for this case?

atmntA servomotor power connection pins are given as follows: U V W are the three phase terminals. Would the motor reverse if I mistakenly swap phases U and V namely if I connect pin 1 to W and pin 3 to U? Is this a synchronous motor or induction? Motor nameplate:

 
2
Q: Why is my custom API endpoint not working?

TTTI tried to include this code in my plug-in php files as well as in functions.php. (In the end I would like it to be in the plug-in's php file but I'm not yet sure if possible, that would probably be the topic of another question.) It is a very basic method for now, I'm just trying to get a respo...

 
4:07 PM
1
Q: Identify boardgame from Big movie

SamuuraiDoes anyone know what the game pictured in the background of this scene is? It's got the logo from the fictitious toy company from the movie in it, so it's plausible the game is fictitious too. If it is, it really reminds me of a game from my childhood but I can't figure out what! I've sharpened...

 
RPG
1
Q: What are my chances of rolling a natural 18/20 critical if I roll 3d20?

Braymal GamingI have Elven Accuracy so with advantage on an attack roll using Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma, you can reroll one of the dice once. So what are my crit chance with a crit range of 18/20 with three rolls also what would be the crit chance with a crit range of 17/20 with three rolls.

 
Vi
1
Q: How do I change the ":" symbol in the minibuffer?

guestWhen you switch to command-line-mode, with :, you see a ":" symbol identifying that you're indeed in command line mode. Is there any way, other than modifying source code, I can change this symbol?

 
DIY
1
Q: Right tool to dig six foot holes?

Tyler DurdenI would like to dig some 6-12 inch diameter dry wells (any diameter in that range will work). The holes need to be at least 6 feet deep to reach the permeable layer of the soil. However, the equipment the local rental agency has will only dig 4-foot deep holes. What is the right equipment to dig...

 
2
Q: Why did Acorn's A3000 have red function keys?

KazAcorn's line of ARM-based Archimedes computers was common in UK schools in the 1990s, and many classrooms had an A3000, A4000, or A5000 computer. The function keys of the A3000 were a distinctive red colour: (image from Wikimedia Commons) The A4000, and A5000 (pictured), had dark grey function...

 
4
Q: Delete all lines which don't have n characters before delimiter

RoccoI have a very long text file (from here) which should contain 6 hexadecimal characters then a 'break' (which appears as one character and doesn't seem to show up properly in the code markdown below) followed by a few words: 00107B Cisco Systems, Inc 00906D Cisco Systems, Inc 0090BF Cisco Syst...

 
4:23 PM
2
Q: Earliest use of the term "Galois extension"?

Drew ArmstrongDoes anyone know the earliest use of the term "Galois extension"? I thought it might be in Emil Artin's Notre Dame lectures but I couldn't find it there. (He does use the terms "normal" and "separable.")

 
4:41 PM
6
Q: Deal with toxic manager when you can't quit

user3399At my first job, I had the bad luck to get a manager that was, quite literally toxic. This was to the point of him driving most of the team to quit. In the three month I was there, he drove 5 people to quit (in a team composed of 12 persons), and was growing close to drive the rest of the team ...

 
5:04 PM
3
Q: What does ひと匙 mean in this manga and has it been used colloquially?

Maru I’m reading this manga and I came across this scene that the character is describing the new member of the school team that 音駒【ねこま】にあとひと匙【さじ】 欲しかった決定力になり得る存在 *Note: 音駒 is the highschool name. For ひと匙, I’m assuming the character is implying that this new member is one last piece (or thing...

 
TeX
1
Q: Scaling a graph of a circle and the standard parabola in TikZ

A gal named DesireThe following code renders the graphs of an arc of a circle and the standard parabola on the Cartesian plane. It is ridiculously small, though. How do I magnify the display, except for the labels on the axes? (I do not want to use pgfplots.) \documentclass{amsart} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackag...

 
2
Q: How to obtain Confidence Intervals for a LASSO regression?

AlfonsoI'm very new from R. I have this code for a LASSO regression: X <- X <- as.matrix(read.csv2("DB_LASSO_ERP.csv")) y <- read.csv2("OUTCOME_LASSO_ERP.csv",header=F)$V1 fit <- glmnet(x = X, y = y, family = "binomial", alpha = 1) crossval <- cv.glmnet(x = X, y = y, family = "binomial") penalty <- cro...

 
5:22 PM
3
Q: Am I thawing this London Broil safely?

dgoI started thawing a thick cut of London Broil (maybe 1.5 lbs) in cold water and then I realized I didn’t want to start cooking it yet. I’ve moved it to the fridge. While thawing in cold water, I had not sealed the meat completely in a zipper bag, but instead wrapped it in cling wrap. It was p...

 
1
Q: expected `}' at end of input

Đức Hòangint scvVal = 6; int drvVal = 9; int sensorVal = A1; void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); pinMode(6, OUTPUT); pinMode(9, OUTPUT); } void loop(){ sensorVal = analogRead(A1); Serial.print("Sensor Value: "); Serial.print(sensorVal); float voltage = (sensorVal*5.0)/1024.0; S...

 
5:36 PM
5
Q: Origin of "cooter" meaning "vagina"

Chris EMy girlfriend and I were having a conversation the other day about sexual euphemisms and I told her about the following I'd seen on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update by Tina Fey According to a report released Tuesday, female inmates in the United States have been victims of sexual miscondu...

 
2
Q: Is this app Icon Browser Safe/Legit?

Samuel M.I just noticed this app in my ubuntu applications called Icon Browser. I want to know if it's legit part of Ubuntu or could it be malware using it to disguise itself of other code. In other words if it is a part of normal ubuntu package and if not how I can remove it. Additional Info Here's...

 
ELL
2
Q: Shouldn't "much" here be used instead of "more"?

KelvinI read a sentence in a chapter named "The Last Lesson" which was: It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more. More is a comparative adjective. So I wonder in the sentence, it is not clear 'more than "what"'. I think it has been used in a wrong way here and the a...

 
5:53 PM
2
Q: How can I autofill dates in Excel excluding Sunday?

Quy NguyenHow do I autofill a list of sequential dates in Excel excluding Sunday? I want Monday April 8 to Saturday April 13, then back to Monday April 15.

 
6:07 PM
3
Q: What to do when moving next to a bird sanctuary with a semi-feral cat?

cr0I'm about to move and a really promising location in a new city and it's surrounded by a large forest and bird sanctuary. That's great to me, but to my cat I suspect it will mean the beginning of his reign as a genocidal maniac against the local birds. On the one hand, regardless of where I move ...

 
6
Q: Sci-fi book where a human is taken from Earth to help man an alien ship in a fight against other aliens and rises through the ranks to command

user113996The story is about an alien race that comes to Earth and takes a single Earthling to help man a ship to fight an invasion from another people. The human is a psychic as is everyone else on the ship. The main fleet is made up of the alien race, but the ship the human is sent to is crewed by single...

 
DBA
1
Q: Building a conditional check constraint

DelmonteI'm trying to build a conditional check constraint for my table TBL_AFIL, which has two fields: Fec_Renun DATE flg_afil INTEGER Constraint: IF flg_afil=1 THEN Fec_Renun can not be NULL. ALTER TABLE TBL_AFIL ADD CONSTRAINT FecRenun_Not_Null CHECK (Fec_Renun IS not NULL and flg_afil =1) ; Bu...

 
RPG
6:23 PM
6
Q: If a Druid sees an animal’s corpse, can they wild shape into that animal?

MrHiTechA Druid’s wild shape says you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before. However, if a Druid sees the creature’s corpse, can they turn into a living version of the creature?

 
6:38 PM
3
Q: Why was M87 targetted for the Event Horizon Telescope instead of Sagittarius A*?

MaxterFirst image of a black hole has been released today April 10th, 2019. The team targeted the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy. Why didn't the team target the Sagittarius A* at the center of our own galaxy. Intuitively, it would seem to be a better target as it is closer to us.

 
6
Q: Multiply Two Integer Polynomials

BeefsterYour task is to take two single-variable integer polynomial expressions and multiply them into their unsimplified first-term-major left-to-right expansion (A.K.A. FOIL in the case of binomials). Do not combine like terms or reorder the result. To be more explicit about the expansion, multiply the...

 
3
Q: What does "fetching by region is not available for SAM files" means?

Kamil S JaronI am used to gzip/biopython solutions when dealing with sequencing data, but now I wish to switch to more elegant pysam. So I looked at the manual, but run into quite bizarre troubles with the first couple of lines using my bam file import pysam samfile = pysam.AlignmentFile("3_Tms_1_mapped.bam"...

 
7:21 PM
2
Q: Are children permitted to help build the Beis Hamikdash?

Dr. ShmuelWhen the Beis Hamikdash is being built, can the children help out [in any way] in its constructing? Perhaps because of their young age there would be a reason to prohibit them from helping out. In searching for an answer to this question, I came across some examples of children constructing mod...

 
ELL
7:47 PM
4
Q: What is the meaning of the verb "bear" in this context?

KelvinI read a sentence in a chapter named "The Last Lesson" which was: Then he turned to the blackboard, took a piece of chalk, and, bearing on with all his might, he wrote as large as he could: "Vive la France!" "Bear on" means "to be pertinent" but that doesn't seem to fit here. Note: Some tr...

 
CS
8:07 PM
2
Q: FPGA - DIY Programming

Blake LucasI've been programming microcontrollers for a few years now, and I've just discovered FPGA's after taking a digital design class. After doing some research into different FPGA's, development boards, etc, I'm still hesitant to buy any because I wouldn't know how to make my own version of the final ...

 
2
Q: How are Package `Private` variables accessed?

w1resI've been reading up on how Mathematica handles contexts, $Context, $ContextPath, and a few of the tutorials they have on Packages. What I'm wondering about is how the functions defined in, say, CustomPackage` are able to access the variables in CustomPackage`Private`. For example, BeginPackag...

 
Law
3
Q: Can someone be penalized for an "unlawful" act if no penalty is specified?

phoogIf a US federal statute specifies that an act is unlawful without specifying a penalty, without using any of the words "misdemeanor," "felony," or "crime," and without invoking Title 18 CFR, can a penalty be imposed? Asked another way, is there some provision of US law that provides for a blanke...

 
Ham
3
Q: What did it mean to "align" a radio?

natevw - AF7TBI've heard older hams talk about "aligning" their equipment. E.g. "I sent it to a guy for alignment" or "that rig probably needs to be completely aligned before you use it". As a kid, sometimes I remember broadcast AM/FM receiver dial indicators would get "stuck" and you'd have to fuss with the ...

 
RPG
8:38 PM
1
Q: Do these rules for Critical Successes and Critical Failures seem Fair?

XiremaI'm thinking about implementing the following houserules at my table to try to bring back the concept of "Critical Successes" by piggybacking off the Advantage/Disadvantage system. Critical Success Whenever a creature makes a d20 roll with advantage, if both dice in the advantage roll re...

 
3
Q: Is a "Democratic" Feudal System Possible?

NoahI am considering a story where a group of human colonists looking to colonize an alien world come across another human society on an alien world on the other side of a wormhole. The colonists crash land on this world after an incident and discover this society. As it turns out, the humans on this...

 
3
Q: Is there any way to tell whether the shot is going to hit you or not?

DragomokIn SUPERHOT, I keep dying disproportionately to grazing shots. Make no mistake: I also die to head-on-no-doubts-about-it direct shots, shots in the back, multiple shots from multiple angles that I run into when trying to dodge other shots, and melee weapons. But often, even when there's only a ...

 
8:57 PM
2
Q: Statement true because not provable

Thomas LesgourguesIt is my understanding that Gödel's second incompleteness theorem says roughly that there exists a sentence $\varphi$ such that neither $\varphi$ nor $\neg\varphi$ is provable in Peano's arithmetic. However one of them is true (in the structure $\mathbb{N}$). If $\varphi$ is a formula in th...

 
2
Q: One word riddle: Vowel in the middle

DEEM I am a simple word. To me, add a single letter, and it will make the opposite of me. To me, add a different letter, and it will create my homophone. To me, add a different letter, and I won't be so good. Can you guess?

 
UX
9:16 PM
3
Q: Button changing it's text & action. Good or terrible?

Dennis Novac After the user Registers for an event (he goes to cart and pays, etc.) the next time he visits the page, the event for which he registered now shows a less emphasized Unregister button, which does the exact opposite of what it did until the event was purchased. Is it a good practice to have the...

 
9:35 PM
1
Q: Write faster on AT24C32

SilvioCroI'm using AT24C32 EEPROM chip from ATmel. I found code that will write and read bytes from chip. Code writes and reads bytes correctly and without any problem. But I have to write few 8-byte values often(every 10-15 seconds). I did "cut" those variables to 48 bit(so 6-byte variable) and with tha...

 
CS
10:03 PM
2
Q: Why hard-Brexiteers don't insist on a hard border to prevent illegal immigration after Brexit?

ErwanThis is a follow-up to this question about what hard-Brexiteers want with respect to the Irish border. It appears that hard-Brexiteers are mostly happy to leave this question for the DUP and Ireland to sort it out, and they are ok with keeping it a soft border. They see it as a technical issue ra...

 
10:16 PM
1
Q: How to save as into a customized destination on macOS?

user25004When I try to saveAs a file on macOS (like in a browser such as Safari or Chrome), the only destinations I see are "devices", "favorites" or "recent places". However, how to save in a different location? Is there a short key to go inside folders? Or what is the trick?

 
TeX
10:35 PM
 
3
Q: Pokemon Turn Based battle (Python)

yummylipbalmThis is based off the popular Pokemon Turn Based project (here). GOAL Write a simple game that allows the user and the computer to take turns selecting moves to use against each other. Both the computer and the player should start out at the same amount of health (such as 100), an...

 
11:13 PM
1
Q: double encryption - One Time Pad

MinaCan the security of the encryption system be improved by using double encryption with two randomly chosen keys? By double encryption I mean using two keys K1 and K2, each 20-bit long, to obtain ciphertext $C = ( M ⊕ K_1 ) ⊕ K_2$.

 
RPG
3
Q: Can a rogue use sneak attack with weapons that have the thrown property even if they are not thrown?

SarcasmFor weapons like the spear that have the Thrown property, can a Rogue use sneak attack with them? Thrown is considered a ranged attack and Sneak Attack specifies that "The attack must use a finesse or ranged weapon." Does this mean a rogue could potentially apply Sneak Attack to an attack using a...

 
TeX
11:33 PM
3
Q: How to type this arrow in math mode?

Eclipse SunI need an arrow like the following: I tried \newcommand{\wedgearrow}{\mathrel{/}\joinrel\ssearrow} %stmaryrd but it doesn't work well.

 

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