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Q: Construction of the word подтвержда́ть

BlargianI've heard that in Russian the words are generally constructed with a root and have specific prefixes or suffixes added to them (I think the proper linguistics term for this is derivational morphology)... I'm trying to work out the construction of "подтвержда́ть " (imperf). From wikipedia I see...

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Q: Recolour existing plots

chrisContext More often than not I end up doing plots one after the other so that I have a set of plots with the same colour style. When I want to make it more publishable ready, I would like to reassign colours to each line. How to assign colours from a given style to existing sets of plots? ...

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Q: What does the ash content of broken wheat really mean?

NavI purchased some broken durum wheat (also called lapsi or daliya in India) to make upma and was shocked to find that it contained ash. It seemed silly that someone would deliberately mix ash into broken wheat, and this site says it's not mixed in the flour, but is just a measure of the percen...

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CS
00:39
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Q: Are semivowels pronounced differently than vowels?

Alan EvangelistaA vowel is a sound generated by an open vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords and without friction. A consonant is every sound that is not a vowel. These two concepts are very simple and clear. However, the whole concept of a semivowel seems to me a consequence of the false statement th...

00:49
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Q: Phrasing "it says" or "it reads"

Joonas IlmavirtaI occasionally want to say something like: Did you see the sign? It says: beware of the dog. How can I phrase "it says" in Latin? In English one can say "it says" or "it reads", and the direct translation of the Finnish phrasing would be "there reads" ("siinä lukee"). I would prefer to hav...

01:03
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Q: A student "completes" 2-week project in 3 hours and lies about doing it himself

AbstractObjectEdit and disclaimer: this is not US, and the usage of the word "internship" below is incorrect. It does not refer to an US internship (as I was informed below it means something different). As this is more like an academic environment, this question does not belong on this site. We hire college s...

AI
AI
3
Q: How to compute the number of centroids for K-means clustering algorithm given minimal distance?

h22I need to cluster my points into unknown number of clusters, given the minimal Euclidean distance R between the two clusters. Any two clusters that are closer than this minimal distance should be merged and treated as one. I could implement a loop starting from the two clusters and going up unti...

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Q: Definition of dualizing complex

Tim GrosskreutzSorry for a not research level question asking for a definition but unfortunately I nowhere found a source which explains the construction presented below in a satisfactory way. This question refers to definition of dualizing complex $\omega_A ^{\bullet}$ presented in the Stacks project Stacks a...

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Law
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Q: What does "residence of temporary character" mean

JimThe protective convenants and restrictions section on the deed of a house has a clause stating ... nor shall any residence of a temporary character be permitted. What exactly is "residence of a temporary character"? Does this clause restrict the owner of the house from making it a rental p...

01:33
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Q: Is よう an adjective or a noun?

Ren ChenI have learnt the pattern Noun + のような. My question is よう is a Noun or an Adjective. If it is an Adjective, then why it is preceded by a の. If it is a Noun then why it is followed by a な. What is behind this pattern? Thanks for your help.

02:01
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Q: Hiding A Solar System in a Nebula

ThalassanI have a planetary system with a yellow dwarf similar to our own Sun and three habitable planets. I want to hide this system from sight and long range scans in a nebula, a giant cloud of dust and gas in space. Can this planetary system exist safely hidden within the nebula or within a pocket of ...

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Q: Why do the three workers have to go inside the power plant again?

gsamarasI just watched Chernobyl Episode 2, and 3 heroic workers volunteer to sacrifice themselves and return to the power plant to take care of some water tanks. In episode 1, Anatoly gave the order for two people* to go and pump water in the core (since he stubbornly thought it hadn't exploded). Are...

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Q: Where is read command?

Mohammad KholghiI wanted to find read command, so I did: $ which read It returns exit status 1. Why does this happen?

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Q: No point shuffling, just pick your cards

jafeAlice and Bob are playing a card game with the following rules: Alice selects two piles of 3 cards from a standard 52-card deck and places the piles in front of her, face up. Bob can see these cards. Bob takes the deck and selects a 5-card poker hand without showing his cards to Alice. B...

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Q: Puzzling Knight has a Message for all- Especially Newcomers

UvcOf all the more than a Trillion messages he can deliver, he has especially selected this message for all. Follow his(normal chess moves for the Knight) path to get the message. His journey starts with D4 cell and ends in B5 cell. Of course, he can continue his message for more newcomers by hop...

GIS
GIS
02:19
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Q: Upload csv into QGIS

Dennis JanI'm trying to import an Excel sheet into QGIS3. For that, I saved my spreadsheet as a .csv and in QGIS I went to "Layer->add Layer-> add delimited text layer..." Unfortunately, I get the following screen. Apparently, QGIS doesn't recognize the different fields from the original spreadsheet...

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Q: PhD: When to quit and move on?

user110394I am a second year PhD student at a technical / interdisciplinary lab in Europe wondering when to quit and leave a seemingly unbearable situation behind. My supervisor (a young-ish professor) mostly works alongside an older professor (his own PhD supervisor back in the day). I am one of his firs...

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Q: Mixing Acrylic Paint With Water ( And Storing It )

W.H.A few weeks ago I asked a question about Alternatives to Citadel / Games Workshop Paints, and the feedback suggested that I could simple use tubes of Acrylic paints from local hobby type shops as an alternative for painting miniatures/figures. Some suggestions were to use a flow/pouring medium t...

02:46
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Q: Is there any connection between "Whispers of the heart" and "The cat returns"?

Mauricio Arias OlaveRecently I watched "Whisper of the Heart (Mimi o Sumaseba)"1 and "The cat returns (Neko no Ongaeshi)"2 and I notice that: The main protagonists found a old store (by being "guided" by a big cat) - Muta in the first one and Moon in the latter movie. The main protagonist find a cat statuette in t...

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Q: Did Stalin kill all Soviet officers involved in the Winter War?

MaxBDid Stalin kill all Soviet officers involved in the Winter War, when it ended? A documentary called "Warlords: Hitler vs Stalin" made this claim, but Wikipedia doesn't seem to mention this.

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Q: How to travel between two stationary worlds in the least amount of time? (time dilation)

Joshua WiseLet's imagine there are two, isolated, stationary worlds in space (called A and B), very far apart from each other. I live on World A, and some aliens live on World B. I want to learn about the aliens on World B by talking to them in person. My lifespan is a quadrillion years, so I'm not worried...

03:01
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Q: Yield on municipal bonds versus treasury

VictorI'm looking right now at the yields in Municipal bonds and Treasury bonds on Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bonds/us and I see that yields on Municipal bonds are lower than those on the corresponding maturity for the Treasury bonds. Why is that the case? I th...

RPG
RPG
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Q: Web is cast, when do I make my first save?

Matt NicolOur DM cast web on us, and we were all asked to make saving throws immediately. He said otherwise you’re all like Schroedingers Cats waiting to see if you’ve been caught or not (which affects attacks on us). However, those that weren't restrained had to make saving throws again at the start of o...

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Q: Can Monks spellcast?

ChloeNew to D&D, here. As the title says, I want to know if Monks can cast spells along with using Ki. I see when you choose a Monastery you can use related spells (ex: Way of Shadow, you can cast Darkness, Pass Without Trace, etc...), but can a Monk cast, say, Ray of Frost, or False Life, or any type...

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Q: What is the difference between figures illustration and images?

WebwomanIt is mainly the term figure here who interrogates me. here the source: http://condor.depaul.edu/dsimpson/pers/typography.html the poster seems to distinguish theses terms: Figures, Tables, and Illustrations. Images--from simple drawings and stylized icons to detailed diagrams and photog...

03:14
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Q: How to create a 2D table with varying step?

John TaylorI would like to produce a table with 2 coordinates, where a step for one coordinate depends on the value of another one. I tried to do this in the following way: Step[j_] := Association[{0.01 -> 5, 0.03 -> 10}] Table1 = Table[{j, k}, {j, 0.01, 0.03, 0.02}, {k, 1, 100, Step[j]}] but I failed. C...

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TeX
03:35
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Q: Versicle and response symbols

NullI want to properly typeset the versicle and response symbols. The versicle symbol looks like this: and the response symbol is the same but with "R" instead of "V". The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List provides a solution which requires XeLaTeX and the Junicode font, but is there a way to prope...

03:50
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Q: Is there ever a reason not to use Java 8's parallelSort?

Calvin GodfreyI was reading this question about the differences between Java's Arrays.sort and Arrays.parallelSort, which is a few years old by now. What surprised me is that there was only one question that mentioned any downside to using parallelSort; namely that the speedup decreases if you're using a lot o...

04:32
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Q: how to set the columns in pandas

jonyhere is my dataframe -: Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Saturday 2540.0 2441.0 3832.0 4093.0 1455.0 2552.0 Sunday 1313.0 1891.0 2968.0 2260.0 1454.0 1798.0 Monday 1360.0 1558.0 2967.0 2156.0 1564.0 1752.0 Tuesday 1089.0 2105.0 2476.0 ...

04:44
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Q: Prime number raised to a power

Math GuyLet $p$ be a prime number. If $n, a$ are two positive integers such that $p^n | a$, then $p|a$. I've recently come across this result in a problem. They didn't give any proof for it, they just asserted that it is true. I am not too good at number theory, so please tell me whether this is some wel...

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Q: In National Velvet why didn't they use a stunt double for Elizabeth Taylor?

Snack_Food_TermiteIn National Velvet [1944] Elizabeth Taylor, as a young actress, fell from a horse and broke her back; this caused her a lot of pain for many years. Surely a stunt double could have been found. There are small people in the world [e.g in Game of Thrones] or camera work could have made someone lo...

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Q: Pandas merge and fillna

ksooklallI am trying to merge two df and replace the nan in one with the other df, I can do it with 3 lines of code but I want to know if there is a better way. here is an example (my actual df is ~500k rows x 11 cols) df1 = pd.DataFrame({'a': [1,2,3,4], 'b': [0,1,np.nan, 1], 'e': ['a', 1, 2,'b']}) df2 ...

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Q: Cannot update a field to a Lookup, MasterDetail, or Hierarchy from something else (44:13)

Ashutosh AroraFor Push and Deploy Lightning Web Component Files module of Lightning Web Components basics, when I try to deploy from the scratch org to Dev org, it gives me the following error : Cannot update a field to a Lookup, MasterDetail, or Hierarchy from something else (44:13) for the project path : ...

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Q: How exactly do you calculate matrix f(m) when m is a matrix, f a polynomial?

D idsea JLet's say $f \in \mathbb{Q}[X]$ and $A \in \mathbb{Q}^{2 \times 2}$. Now let $f$ be $f = X^3+2X^2+3X+4$ and $A$ be $A = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & -1 \\ 2 & 3 \end{pmatrix}$ how do we calculate the matrix $f(A)$? I know from the solution, that the $(2,2)$ entry of $f(A)$ is $40$. However, I don't ...

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Q: What are the differences of checking a self-signed certificate vs ignore it?

DherikI'm doing an integration with a system that has a self-signed certificate. For initial development, we choose to ignore the certificate checking to bypass some errors: Exception in thread "main" javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building...

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Q: I had an c.p.a file late returns, stating i would get money. but i.r.s. says they were filed too late

user87649c.p.a charged me $580 to file late returns. he said i would get $1,840 back. i.r.s. says in mail. no refund or a forfeit. C.P.A is now unresponsive

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Q: Can I have a forest in the rain shadow of a mountain range?

Nora RI've pretty much finished the map of a world I'm building for a fantasy novel, but I've realised that on one of the continents I need there to be forest on both sides of a large mountain range. I've never made maps/worlds before so have had to research everything from scratch and I didn't really ...

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Q: administrative duties kill the research spirit?

Gaussian-MatterI come to with another question about 'politics' inside academia. Some months ago I was promoted with a managing position inside the university (in my case, associated chair of my school, being for instance the head of admission committee and the director of doctoral studies). Let me tell you ...

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Q: A grammar issue?

Twanvessel MadisonWhat is the meaning of the "long hyphen," --, a DASH really, for grammar, translation, and punctuation? For example : シャワーヘッド (Shawaheddo)? Thank you

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CS
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Q: How did שְׁלֹמֹה (shlomo) become Solomon?

MiClAccording to Wiktionary, שלמה (pronounced /ʃloˈmo/ in Modern Hebrew) is the Hebrew version of Solomon. The pronunciation seems to follow reasonably well from the spelling, and as far as I can tell, it was spelled the same way in Biblical Hebrew. The descendants look quite a bit different from th...

 
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Q: tensor product of non free modules which is free

ctst Does anyone have an example of a commutative ring $R$ (with a unit) and two non-free $R$-modules $S$ and $T$ such that $S \otimes_R T$ is a non-zero free module? I only know of classical examples like $\mathbb Q \otimes_\mathbb Z \mathbb Z/n\mathbb Z \cong 0$ and was asked by one of our stud...

Law
Law
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Q: Could you sell yourself into slavery in the USA?

Robert ColumbiaClassical (non-racial) systems of slavery in Western civilization, such as Greco-Roman, Celtic, etc. typically included provisions for selling oneself into slavery. This might be as a way to escape crushing debt, or done as a matter of honor to serve a benefactor. These methods existed in additio...

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Q: Why would "dead languages" be the only languages that spells could be written in?

Celestial Dragon EmperorNote: this is an in-universe explanation, not media in general. Media in general tends to have magic written in archaic, usually dead, languages. In my world, magic is best described as fickle; most known spells are "iffy" with many having unintended consequences. For example, a spell to cure a ...

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Q: inverse via functional calculus

ShaqAttack1337Let $H$ be a positive definit self-adjoint operator. Can someone explain to me why $$\int_{0}^{\infty}{e^{-tH}dt}=H^{-1}?$$ Thanks in advance!

DIY
DIY
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Q: Does this violate electrical code? (UF run plugged into GFCI to use smart outlet)

Dan A.I built a deck on the back of my house last year and installed a new breaker and a handful of outdoor electrical outlets. I wanted one outdoor outlet to be switchable via a smart outlet, but my smart outlets aren't waterproof so it had to be inside the house. As a solution, I installed a GFCI ne...

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Q: Has chattel slavery ever been used as a criminal punishment in the USA since the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment?

Robert ColumbiaThe Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution provides (my emphasis): Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. ...

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Q: Why can't I paste § into a Minecraft command?

anonAccording to https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Formatting_codes, using §1 in an item's name should make the text colored dark blue. However, when I copy-paste a command like this one into chat: /give @p diamond_sword{display:{Name:"{\"text\":\"§1Sword\"}"}} it comes out like this: /give @p dia...

07:35
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Q: Book series about using wormholes and time travel to reduce decades of space travel to days

user3149991This was a two-book series. A ship would leave one destination with its crew and passengers in cryogenic sleep and cruise for, e.g. 80 years to the wormhole. They would pass through the wormhole to the same physical location but, e.g. 160 years in the past. The ship would then cruise for 80 mo...

TeX
TeX
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Q: Increase letter spacing in TiKZ text decorations

CatoblepaI've been trying to increase the spacing between letters in the diagram below: \documentclass[12pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{Brill} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.text} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw [white] (-10,0) -- (-8,0) node [black, midway]...

07:49
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Q: Polynomials that share at least one root

Joseph O'RourkeThis is a generalization of an MSE question, Polynomials that share at least one root. Let $P(x)$ be a specific polynomial of degree $d$, with given real coefficients $A_i$ ($A_d=1$), and real roots: $$P(x) = x^d + A_{d-1}x^{d-1} + A_{d-2}x^{d-2} + \cdots + A_{0}\;. $$ Q. What does the set o...

08:03
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Q: Identification of two components

jRRRRCan you help me identify these two components? I cannot find information on them on the web. They appear to be ceramic filters of some kind. Front of Component 1: Back of Component 1: Front of Component 2: Back of Component 2:

08:24
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Q: Minimizing medical costs with HSA

Sean DaleyAfter landing a new job, I opened a health savings account (HSA) in February 2019. I decided to contribute $1 of my pay per pay period to my HSA. However, I can change my contribution amount at any time. Recently I've been advised by my endodontist that a $10,000 operation is in order. If I'm h...

08:36
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Q: What are these red, air-filled, kabocha-shaped pieces of vintage outdoor gear?

Peter SchillingI recently visited a local outfitter upon whose walls hang various pieces of vintage outdoor equipment. I was unable to identify these, or even guess which outdoor activity they might have been relevant to. None of the store employees knew for sure, either. The diameter is about 18 inches.

08:56
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Q: Playing bass on the one

j. Leone HayesI do not understand, as a bass player, what it means to stay one the one, the five etc. What muscians mean when the tell the bass player stay on the one, or any other number?

09:14
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Q: What does word Кухонні mean

JakuroWhat does the term mean in the context of this sentence? У нас, скажімо так… Не «кухонні» ми.

TeX
TeX
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Q: How to improve the size of cells in this table?

Mijail LittinI want to get a table like the picture but I don't know how to adjust the size of the cell. I'm using this code \documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article} \usepackage[letterpaper]{geometry} \usepackage{geometry} \geometry{letterpaper, left=0.6 in, right = 0.6 in, top = 0.8 in, bottom= 0.8 in} \...

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Q: Speeding up thousands of string parses

pfinfernoI have a mapping application which takes string arguments in the form of string arrays. I parse these and then perform an action on the map. One of these is MoveVertex which lets the user pass in the name of an existing shape/feature on the map, the index of the vertex to move, and a new x,y loca...

09:47
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Q: Simple OOP currency converter

NguyenI am learning about OOP so it would be great if you can give me feedback on how to improve my code and OOP design. This is a currency converter. Firstly, it will call a method to add 2 currencies and commission information and then it converts to another currency whose input is currency and amou...

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Q: A First Course in Mathematical Analysis, David Alexander Brannan, ch 1, problem 11

JoeSelf studying Brannan's book. For some problem, I am not seeing how they got the solution. Theorem 3. Arithmetic Mean-Geometric Mean Inequality: For any positive real numbers $a_{1},a_{2},\dots,a_{n}$ we have $$ (a_{1}a_{2}\dots a_{n})^{\frac{1}{n}}\leq\frac{a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots+a_{n}}{n}. $$ P...

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Q: India convenience stores

MarionIreneAre there many (enough) convenience stores throughout India that sell prepackaged food? Thailand's 7-11 was great for cheese toasties etc. Wondering if we can get quick meals and snacks like this too. We are going to Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Varanasi and Amritsar and really, really do not want to get...

10:48
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Q: I have a piece of classical music I can't identify, please help!

Andrew BaileySlow and deliberate, hauntingly beautiful. Can you tell me the name and composer of this piece of classical music I've tried to recreate from memory? I'll be eternally grateful, of course. https://flat.io/score/5d1aacb3bb88a5621a57d986-classical-music-i-dont-remember-the-name-of?sharingKey=49809...

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Q: In Sword Art Online, is Kazuto (Kirito) Suguha's cousin, or is he adopted from unrelated parents?

David HobsIt's mentioned multiple times that Kazuto is Suguha's cousin, not her brother. However, the key conversation in question seems to imply that the explanation was made up on the spot. To me, it seemed as though that was best alternative Kazuto's mom could come up when Kazuto confronted her unexpect...

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Q: Surnames that Codsworth supports

BlackCrystalI was playing fallout 4. The first round I named my character 'John The Duvahkiin' (I just moved to Fallout from ES) and Codsworth called me 'Sir'. The second time I named my character 'Alex Johnson' and Codsworth called me 'Mr. Johnson'. I was wondering if there is any other surnames like this t...

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Q: Is it bad to suddenly introduce another element to your fantasy world a good ways into the story?

A. KvåleI'm writing a novel with many POVs, and this is a very flexible story. It started out with a few POVs who had one plot, and now there is a lot more, having been integrated in between those previously existing POVs. But now I'm thinking about adding a new POV that brings a ton of implications. A v...

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Q: Counting non-repetitive words

ClaudeLet $S = \{a, b, c, \ldots \}$ be an alphabet, and let $S^N$ be the set of words with letters in $S$ of length $N$ that are not expressible as the repetition of any single word in $\bigcup_{M < N} S^M$. For example, a, ab and aab are allowed, but aa, aaa and abab are disallowed. What is $\left|...

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Q: How to respond to someone wanting to be informed of casual workplace chats?

Peter MI am an independent contractor working remotely for Company A. I have worked on and off with this company (or a version of it) since the mid 90's either remotely, at their HQ, and also on occasion at their customer's sites as a part of Company A's team. As a result I personally know and have wo...

RPG
RPG
13:05
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Q: Is this homebrew "Thoughtseize" spell balanced?

G. MoylanI was inspired by the Thoughtseize card from Magic, the Gathering to create a spell that achieves a similar effect. Thoughtseize is a 1st-level Enchantment spell with a range of 30 feet. It requires Verbal, Somatic, and Material components (a needle or pin). Its description follows: You pro...

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Q: What is the standard for listening to ERC20 events?

Sanjay S BHi I am a bit confused here. The official EIP documentation states that event Transfer(address indexed _from, address indexed _to, uint256 _value) is how the Transfer event should look like. If I am trying to listen to this event in web3, I will be looking for the keys that are mentioned in t...

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Q: How can I define a very large matrix efficiently?

AllureHere's a 7x7 matrix: (matrix = {{1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1}, {1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {1, 1, -2, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 1, -3, 0, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 1, 1, -4, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, -5, 0}, {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, -6}}) // MatrixForm The matrix looks like this: How can I define the 100x100 e...

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Q: Is it possible for a tennis match to last forever?

JackUI ask this because in 2018 John Isner and Kevin Anderson had a set that latest for 50 games in one set. And in 2010, John Isner and Nicolas Mahut had a set lasting 138 games. I understand that to win a set you must win by 2 games. So is it possible for a tennis match to actually last forever if ...

GIS
GIS
14:24
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Q: Getting FME to write features in order provided?

GeorgeCI have a simple model that just does a series of queries/data cleanups and then puts the data into a csv. Unfortunately it's being put into the CSV in a random order. How can I get it to write in order? Running this I get But I need it to be Lot Plan, then Prop No, Land No, Street address ...

14:50
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Q: Why is glycerol supplied/used as 87% solution?

Arnab RayWhile preparing glycerol stocks of my transformed bacterial cells (DH5alpha) the protocol I had to follow was that I would make one 50% glycerol stock (500µl culture, 500µl glycerol 50%) and another 87% glycerol stock (850µl bacterial culture, 150µl glycerol 87%). 87 seems to be a very specific n...

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Q: Refund Oyster Card online

sienaI claimed to refund my Oyster card and got an email that says my Oyster card refund has been processed. Refund payment method: Web Accounts Credit BUT I think I never provide my credit information on the website. How do they make payment to my account?

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Q: How can one synthesise a conjugated alkyne chain?

F'xLet's take the conjugated alkyne chain (e) below, taken from Wikipedia: How would one typically go about synthesising such a conjugated chain with a series of alkyne functions?

RPG
RPG
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Q: Does paying an XP cost count as having your level drained for Restoration spells?

ArthabanWhen a player loses a level due to paying an XP cost to either cast a spell or create an item, could this level be brought back through the use of a restoration spell?

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Q: Chess problem: Make a crossword in 3 moves

jafe A crossword position is a legal chess position with the following property: The board can be thought of as a crossword grid where the pieces on board work as clues. Each type of piece is a clue for their own name (KING, QUEEN, ROOK, BISHOP, KNIGHT or PAWN). That is, you can fill out the empty ...

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Q: What happens if the limit of 4 billion files was exceeded in an ext4 partition?

BensuperpcWhat happens if the limit of 4 billion files was exceeded in an ext4 partition, with a transfer of 5 billion files for example?

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Q: Unable to locate Big Dipper through Polar Axis Finder

Val BlantI have recently purchased a CG-4 Polar Axis Finder for my CG-4 mount. This PAF has markings on the lens for aligning with Big Dipper or Cassiopeia, which looks like this: I have aligned the PAF to the mount during the day, and I am now attempting to use it at night. My understanding is that I...

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Q: Travel ban if overstay

Olivia I been overstay in UK from 2007 June until April 2010. Leaving UK by own expense, If I wanted to visit again next year 2020 is it a travel ban for me? I am Malaysian. Thanks for your advice Olivia

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Q: How did Einstein know the speed of light was constant?

pupenoI often hear the story of how Einstein came up to the conclusion that time would slow down the faster you move, because the speed of light has to remain the same. I know I'm being vague, my apologies, I'm not a physicist and I have a passing understanding of time dilation. My question is, how di...

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Q: Does Evolution Sage proliferate Blast Zone when played?

SuimonWhen Evolution Sage is in play, it proliferates my board every time a land is dropped. When I drop Blast Zone, it enters with 1 counter on it and then triggers the Sage. So after that the Blast Zone should have 2 counters, right?

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Q: Why does the Batman "crack his knuckles" in "Batman: Arkham Origins"?

Stack exchange be likeWouldn't cracking his knuckles be futile through his thick glove armor and in what way, if at all, would it help Batman in delivering a beatdown? I believe it would hinder his grappling efficiency and render him less dextrous. Why does Batman "Crack His Knuckles" in Batman: Arkham Origins and in...

16:28
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Q: How Pakistan will qualify for semi finals in world cup 2019?

Zeeshan Ahmad KhalilThe Current Standings for the world cup 2019 are as follows: I simply want to know that how Pakistan could qualify for semi-finals the after India is defeated by England. But I can not understand the criteria through which a team is ranked in standings. According to me the Points are used t...

DIY
DIY
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Q: Adding gfci reset

ItalianoThe house we bought has both bathroom receptacles on one gfci circuit. Meaning that if you trip the circuit, you have to reset in the hall bath. Can I change out one of the receptacles in the master bath with a gfci to eliminate the footsteps to reset?

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Q: How serious is plagiarism in a Master's thesis?

yaskaI have just come to know that a Master's student has copied 3 chapters from my PhD thesis. My PhD supervisor was also his Master's project supervisor. Each and every word and mathematical symbol is exactly the same. That person is now a PhD student himself. I'm obviously extremely shocked, angere...

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Q: How to get translated field_storage_config

plocksI need to programmatically set the translated values for several fields on a node. For that I would like to set their values in the fields field_storage_config. Adapted from another question's answer (Manage config translations programmatically) I tried the following, but without success: $origL...

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Q: Inconsistency between Plot and NIntegrate

yarchikHave a look at the following definition Y[q_, w_ /; w < 0] := 0 Y[q_, w_] := w The function Y is zero for negative w. It is indeed so when we plot it Plot[Y[0.5, e], {e, -2, -1}] Now we integrate zero and get -1.5 NIntegrate[Y[0.5, e], {e, -2, -1}] What is wrong here? What command Plotor...

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Q: What is the maximum amount of diamond in one Minecraft game?

Ethan WilliamsI've been wondering - what is the max amount of diamonds I could potentially find in a single Minecraft world?

17:00
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Q: How to insert a link in Magento 2?

user81098I'm very new to Magento. I have created a page, and I want to insert a link. I have this page: When clicking on "Order Detail", It's will move to another page. I tried to research but I can't find a solution. Can anyone help??? Thanks

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Q: AB5E type molecule

KaushikIn $\ce{AB5E}$-type molecules, why are the lone pairs in axial bonds? If the lone pair is present in axial bonds it repels four other bonds. On the other hand if the lone pair is in equatorial bonds, it repels only two other bonds. So what is the reason behind this?

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CS
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Q: SAT algorithm for determining if a graph is disjoint

onigameWhat are some good algorithms to have a SAT (CNF) solver determine if a given graph is fully-connected or disjoint? The best one I can think of is this: Number the nodes 1..N, where N is the number of nodes in the graph. define N^3 variables with the ordered pair (P, Q), where P = 1..N and Q =...

UX
UX
17:18
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Q: When should the error state on an input field disappear?

WandaI've seen two types of behaviour circulating; one where the error state disappears as soon as you start typing a new input (so when the input field is in focus), and one where it stays until the input is 'accepted' (for example, a valid email format is typed). I can imagine it is beneficial to ...

1
Q: how to convert Timestring to seconds

FrostyI have CSV file with around 5000 lines imported into Excel, and my issue is that I've multiple Time strings like 1h1m1s and need to convert them into Seconds. Here are few example: Data in Col A 0m11s 2m32s 3m10s 1h2m35s Result in Col B 11 seconds 152 seconds 190 ...

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CS
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Q: Motorcyle Chain needs to be cleaned every time you lube it?

DhKoI lubed my motorcycle chain yesterday I used a little too much that it was dripping.At a fuel station a guy told me you should not lube it too often also you should clean it every time with diesel you lube it and use gear oil instead of the costly chain lube. My motorcycle's manual say to lube it...

17:34
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Q: Product of two Bernoulli random variables

George SotiropoulosI am having the following problem. I observe a random variable $Y \sim \text{Bern}(p)$, which is the product of two other independent random variables $X_1 \sim \text{Bern}(p_1)$ and $X_2 \sim \text{Bern}(p_2)$. I know that the original parameter is $p = p_1 \cdot p_2$. Is there any way to est...

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Q: Is there an easy way to index by a binary vector / mask?

user1747134I would like to be able to extract elements from a list where indices are specified by a binary mask. To provide an example, I would like to have a function BinaryIndex doing the following: foo = {a, b, c} mask = {True, False, True} BinaryIndex[mask, foo] (* expected output *) {a, c} Is there...

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Q: How do both sides know the MTU

Dovid BenderIf I have ComputerA that has their networking interface set with an MTU of 1500 and ComputerB has a network interface with an MTU of 1200 is there any way for ComputerA to know that ComputerB's MTU is 1200 or if it sends large packets it will get from ComputerB a request to fragment the packet?

17:51
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Q: Converting from Algebraic notation to Coordinate notation

David BandelI saw this thread: Converting square notation to algebraic notation programmatically Unfortunately, it's the reverse of what I need to do. Given a FEN and an Algebraic move, I need to generate the coordinate notation of said move. I realize that you need the position (FEN) in order to reverse ...

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RPG
RPG
18:08
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Q: How can I effectively map a multi-level dungeon?

KronMy players are getting awfully close to entering a multi-story pagoda dungeon that exists in my game. I think it'll be a fun adventure, but I find that I am worried about trying to map it all out for them. I've always needed to draw out the dungeon as they've explored so as to preserve the myste...

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Q: What is the addition in the re-released version of Avengers: Endgame?

Ankit SharmaI heard about the Avengers: Endgame re-released version with additional footage in the US but I can't see any news about its Indian release. So I was doubtful if it ever gets released here and quite curious to know what are the differences in the new version. So what are that additinal sceen and ...

1
Q: What is meant by perfect, imperfect consonace and dissonance?

SeeryI'm assuming that perfect consonance to imperfect consonance to dissonance, would be the measurement of consonance to dissonance within an octave? Or is there more than meets the eye within this concept? Also, would my labeling of perfect/imperfect/dissonance be correct? If not could ye' correct...

18:24
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Q: Campanolo record power meter crank with veloce crankset

user1742032Can I use a Stages Campagnolo Record left crank with my Campagnolo veloce crankset, if the sizes are a match? Want a power meter of some sorts and it would be far cheaper than getting vectors.

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Q: Interview Question - Card betting

Trent ConwayI had to answer questions for a job interview today and I got these questions. I had no idea how to answer them. There is a deck of 12 cards numbered 1 to 12. One card is pulled from the deck at random. The return is $1 x Value on the card. What is the maximum bet you would place on the gam...

18:39
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Q: Why do Klingons use cloaking devices?

colmdeInspired by Why don't Starfleet ships use cloaking devices? I thought a better question is, why do Klingon ships use cloaking devices? It seems we're always told about Klingon honour and their love of the battle. To die in battle is the ultimate goal of a Klingon warrior. (So it's arguable that...

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Q: Do intermediate subdomains need to exist?

LassiIf I have the hosts example.com and leaf.intermediate.example.com in DNS records for example.com, but do not have any records for intermediate.example.com itself, does that cause a problem in some situations or is it bad style or etiquette for some reason? I have web servers set up like this and ...

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Q: Magento 2 Professional Developer certification study guidelines

Magento DeveloperI want to take to the exam of the Magento 2 Professional Developer Certification. Before, I have read "swiftotter" website study guidelines online. This time "swiftotter" provide study guideline free but now they take fees of study guidelines. Anyone have this study guideline? then please give ...

GIS
GIS
1
Q: Why is the order of my features changed when using readFeatures in OpenLayers v4.6.5?

otkI have a geojsonObject that is a featurecollection of X number of features. see picture I Then add this to a vector: var Source = new ol.source.Vector({ features: (new ol.format.GeoJSON()).readFeatures(geojsonObject) }); I add this to a layer, and call a style function: var Lay...

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Q: Two queries on triangles, the sides of which have rational lengths

R. NandakumarLet us define a "rational triangle" as one in the Euclidean plane, with lengths of all sides rational. We are aware that a positive integer is called "congruent" only if it is the area of a right triangle with rational length sides; so not every rational number is the area of some right rational...

19:27
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Q: Why can't I use Indian rupee symbol (₹) with Arial font?

syntagmaI wanted to use Indian rupee symbol (₹) with Arial font, in TextEdit on macOS Mojave. However, whenever I select the text which includes that symbol and change the font to Arial in the dropdown, rupee sign font changes to PingFang SC font and the remaining text changes to Arial. Can someone exp...

2
Q: How can power levels matter in a magic system that emphasizes control?

IncognitoMagic works through transmutation circles infused with sigils that both manifest from a person's mind. The individual focuses their Anima, or life force, through these circles in order to create magical spells. These sigils can range from dozens to hundreds, and change depending on the type of sp...

1
Q: Using Sed to add counter to keyword

tomSuppose I have a file like this. Keyword "name" aaa bbb ccc ddd Keyword "another name" eee fff ggg hhh iii and so on. I want to change the keyword lines in the file to have counters starting from a given number. For example if I want to number the keyword lines starting from 5 the keyword l...

DIY
DIY
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Q: Is there a typical layout to blocking installed for backing in new construction framing?

BrittI'm having a home constructed, and my rough inspection walk-through is in a couple of weeks. In order to make hanging shelves, towel bars, etc. easier, I would like blocking installed horizontally between studs. Is there a typical layout to blocking (certain height above sub-floor, particular lo...

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Q: Why did C++11 make std::string::data() add a null terminating character?

hanshenrikPreviously that was std::string::c_str()'s job, but as of C++11, data() also provides it, why was c_str()'s null-terminating-character added to std::string::data()? To me it seems like a waste of CPU cycles, in cases where the null-terminating-character is not relevant at all and only data() is u...

RPG
RPG
19:48
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Q: Can a wizard delay learning new spells from leveling up to learn different spells later?

AraFor example, can a 2nd level wizard choose to skip adding two new spells to their spellbook from leveling up to instead add 4 2nd level spells when they reach 3rd level?

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Q: Machine Learning Golf: Multiplication

Stefan MeskenI'd like to propose a different kind of golfing challenge to this community: In the language and framework of your choice, design and train a neural network that, given \$(x_1, x_2)\$ calculates their product \$x_1 \cdot x_2\$ for all integers \$x_1, x_2\$ between (and including) \$-10\$ and \$1...

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Q: 3D nonogram – What's in the box?

jafeThis is a three-dimensional nonogram. The first six squares depict the layers of a $6\times6\times6$ cube. The final square gives the enumerations for the Z-axis, top to bottom. Some rules: The grid has three different colours: Red, blue and orange. The black numbers can refer to stretches of a...

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Q: Explain how 'Sharing the burden' puzzle from Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask should be solved

Layton PlayerTwo porters have to carry six pieces of luggage of unknown weight. Each piece weighs a different amount, and they are labeled in order of weight from A to F, with A being the lightest and F the heaviest. Each piece weighs up to 10 lbs., and the total weight is 40 lbs. or less. Each porter can ca...

20:21
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Q: Park the computer

gerritIn 1994 or so, we had an old computer at my primary school. I remember finding out that it had a park command. From reading its documentation, it said that this command should be executed prior to shutdown. At home I would simply switch off when I saw the DOS prompt and there were no more I/O-...

Ham
Ham
3
Q: Will electrically joined dipoles of different lengths, at right angles, behave as a multiband antenna?

Zeiss IkonI haven't seen this done, (which, after more than a century of amateur and professional radio development, is probably a bad sign), but I had an idea the other day for simplifying the setup and feed to cover more than one band without the compexity of traps or multiple feeds and RF switching. If...

RPG
RPG
10
Q: Does the Defensive Duelist feat stack with the Warforged integrated protection?

Daman159The warforged integrated protection uses your proficiency bonus as part of the calculation for your AC at all 3 levels if you are proficient in that armor type. The Defensive Duelist feat allows you to add your proficiency bonus to your AC as a reaction when wielding a finesse weapon and you are ...

20:37
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Q: Data normalization before or after train-test split?

Tauno TanilasWhich one is the right approach to make data normalization - before or after train-test split? Normalization before split normalized_X_features = pd.DataFrame(StandardScaler().fit_transform(X_features), columns = X_features.columns) x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(normalized...

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Q: View a list of recent deleted items from Trash in macOS

LissomikkI've deleted some big folders yesterday while on a shoot, to free up some space to be able to shoot tethered into the Mac. The folders where from past shoots and I've marked the folders to know which I had backed up in several places - just to be able to be on shoots and delete if necessary. But...

CS
CS
1
Q: Is it possible to disable color highlighting in css-mode?

Ian MackinnonI'm using Emacs 26.1 in the terminal (emacs -nw). When using css-mode, strings representing colors seem to be automatically highlighted. I don't find this feature useful, and further, the colors chosen often make the text illegible. Is there a way to disable this while keeping CSS syntax highli...

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Q: Should you add specific garden-fresh herbs to a stew at the beginning or the end?

kingledionThere are several questions about when to add spices and herbs to soup, but this one is more specific. I'm making a stew that is to be thickened with roux. A soupy tomato based soup will be simmered for a few hours, blended, chilled, then added to a roux to thicken. I have a variety of garden he...

20:59
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Q: What is this arch-and-tower near a road?

Ktango01my father took many pictures of this building when I was a child but he is not longer with us so I can’t ask him.

21:15
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Q: Does taking on an assistant professor position prevent me from doing post-docs later?

Abdullah KhalidI have been offered an assistant professor position at a university in my home country. As I don't have any other offers at the moment, I want to accept. However, I believe that a post-doc or two will help me improve as a researcher, and also will help with my two-body problem. I want to know th...

2
Q: What/Where usage English vs Japanese

shadyI've been told that number 1 wrong and number 2 is correct, but I'm wondering why exactly. 出身は何ですか。 出身はどこですか。 In English, what's your origin vs where's your origin has the same meaning to me and my first instinct is to use what instead of where for this. Does anyone have any insight on why th...

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Q: Why do we need a bootloader separate than our application program in MCU's?

alt-roseI want to understand why do we need a separate program in the same Flash program memory of a MCU, specifically STM32F103, which is called a bootloader? What is special about it to keep it separate from the main application program?

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Q: What does this value mean in a BJT datasheet?

JaywalkIn the switching characteristics section of a BJT datasheet I often see test conditions like "Ib1=Ib2=1mA". I understand this is base current but what exactly do they mean by Ib1 and Ib2? Example: https://www.mccsemi.com/pdf/Products/MMBT3904(SOT-23).pdf Thanks in advanced.

21:33
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Q: Can 4 Joy cons connect to the same Switch?

Super SWhen connecting controllers to the switch, it shows 4 slots for controllers. Is it possible for: All of them to be a sideways joy cons One of them to be a joy con pair and two of them to be sideways joy cons Two players to play using two joy con pairs Without using multiple switch systems? I...

2
Q: PS Plus Monthly Games Already Owned

TheLordDosI live in Germany and I'm a PS Plus user since last October. I've been really enjoying the monthly free games since it pushes you to go out of your comfort zone with video games and try excellent titles that you would never buy. One of the first games I bought when I got my PS4 are FIFA 19 and D...

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Q: Milky way is orbiting around?

Zeeshan Ahmad KhalilWe Know that in the universe most of the objects have spherical or elliptical Shape. The object which has less mass and gravitational pull orbits around the nearest object with more mass and gravitational pull. Like; Moon Orbits Around Earth Earth Orbits Around Sun Sun Orbits Around Sagittarius...

1
Q: How to calculate a conditional PDF in mathematica?

Conor CosnettWhat is an elegant way of calculating this result (programmatically) in mathematica? Let $X$ be a random variable with PDF $$f_{X}(x) = \begin{cases} x/4, & \text{if $1<x\leq3$} \\ 0, & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}$$ Let $A$ be the event $\{X\geq2\}$ Find $f_{X|A}(x)$ Here is the answ...

DSP
DSP
21:55
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Q: Maximum cross-correlation coefficient value for time delay estimation

HapalopI am using cross-correlation for time delay estimation of two synchronized recordings ($x_1$ and $x_2$) of a fixed sound source from two different locations. I understand that the delay is associated with the maximum cross-correlation coefficient. My question: should I use the maximum of the c...

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Q: I turned off BitLocker encryption on my 5TB drive and now it continues to decrypt for days!

BobI am worried I will lose my data while the drive decrypts. It is now at 23.2% encrypted and continues dropping to 23.1 etc. Do I have to wait until it reaches 0% encryped before I can turn my PC off? What will happen if there is a power failure during decryption? Will it take several days to re-...

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Q: Platform Event Design when Subscribers are Apex Triggers

willardThis is a general design question on how to structure trigger files for platform events. Say I publish a platform event "lead created" and I want to do several distinct things within the same Salesforce org that published the event. I know the way that Salesforce "subscribes" to this event is vi...

2
Q: MIT license with extra conditions

solamenteI read many post and descriptions of MIT license and I have the question that If I use third party library with MIT license that the owner has add extra conditions that limit the use content and the must to share the license in all the apps that use in (it have to be shown in the UI? ) Is that l...

RPG
RPG
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Q: When can a Barbarian, who has just levelled up, use the additional Rage gained from that level?

BoblawblahAt certain levels, Barbarians gain additional Rages to use between Long Rests. My question is, when can these additional Rages be used? The PHB seems a little unclear on this. PHB pg.48 Once you have raged the number of times shown for your barbarian level in the Rages column of the Ba...

22:33
3
Q: Taking advantage when the HR forgets to communicate the rules

LucasI'm currently working as a software engineer at a company in Europe. One detail that's going to be important below is that everybody here has a contract for 40h/week. If you work more, you can use the extra worked hours as a buffer, or even use them to get more free days. If you drop below a cert...

3
Q: How should I present a resort brochure in my general fiction?

cool_bodhiIn my story the protagonist goes to live in a health resort. The receptionist presents her with a brochure of activities. At the moment I have written like this in a word document; After patiently listening to my story, she pulled out the resort brochure and pointing out with the pen in her...

4
Q: What is exact meaning of “ich wäre gern”?

Alexey  KoptyaevIn my exercise book I stumbled across this phrase, and the explanation of the subject was quite vague. Ich bin stark, aber Ich wäre gern stärker. I am not quite sure which of the following it means: I am strong, but I would like to be stronger. I am strong, but I would be stronger ...

22:51
3
Q: How to figure out layers of the atmosphere?

SealBoiEarth's atmosphere, as you probably know, is divided into five layers - the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth#Stratification How can I determine plausible altitudes for the boundaries of these layers for my Earth...

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Q: Boss has banned cycling to work because he thinks it's unsafe

sconedI cycle to work every day, it's my only method of transportation. Public transit doesn't serve the commute path and I don't own a car. A coworker was recently in a bike accident and was out for 2 days, and my manager reacted by getting upset that work wasn't getting done, and now he's sent out an...

23:10
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Q: About opening an LLC with little to report in the beginning

HillI am a full time employee in Texas and my wife is a stay at home mom. We are buying our third house and it should be ready in about 11 months. We rent out our current 2nd home (of which we own about 50%) on AirBnb and barely make a profit since we are still paying the mortgage. We will rent out o...

23:31
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Q: Should I increase my 401k contributions, or increase my mortgage payments

Jonathan HartleyI have about $150k remaining to pay on my mortgage. There are 7 years left at a 3% interest rate, then after that the rate goes variable and increases to about 10%+. There's no penalty for paying the mortgage early. I don't have much in my 401k. My current employer doesn't pay any matching contr...

RPG
RPG
4
Q: How many spells does my Bard 6/Wizard 1 know?

Alex Bennett(First time Multiclassing) So I wanted to multiclass my bard with something and I wanted to make sure I have the rules for multiclassing correct because with my understanding there's no way what I'm about to say could make sense. Important Stats: Charisma: 19 (+4) Intelligence: 19 (+4) So my C...

3
Q: Finding sum of divisors of numbers between the range (1 to 1e16)

AlphanerdThe exact link to the question : https://www.spoj.com/problems/DIVSUM2/ Input: An integer stating the number of test cases (equal to 500), and that many lines follow, each containing one integer between \$1\$ and \$10^{16}\$ inclusive. Output: Print one integer, the sum of the proper ...

23:49
2
Q: What units are kpts?

Lorem IpsumI am parsing data from a Siglent SDS2000X oscilloscope. The first chunk (0x00 - 0x003) is for wave_length. The data sheet states that for arbitrary waveform generation, the wave length is "16 Kpts". What unit is Kpts? Kilo-Points? How would I convert that to a wavelength unit such as meter...


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