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Q: Where can I find standards for statistical acronyms and whether they should be capitalized or lower case?

Peter FlomI have seen statistical acronyms (e.g. sd, iid, GLM, DV) written in lower case and capitals. The examples I just gave are how I recall seeing them most of the time. But I am wondering if there is some standard for these or if different authors just do what seems right to them.

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Q: How deep is the Underdark? What is its max and median depth?

OharHow many miles under the ground do the Underdark tunnels and caves typically go? One? Five? A hundred?

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Q: How accurate is the Fear the Walking Dead's depiction of a nuclear meltdown?

neubertIn this latest season of Fear the Walking Dead there's a nuclear power plant with two reactors, one of which has melted down and the other of which is about to. My question is... how accurate is this representation? I'm thinking that the containment vessel would prevent the melt down from affe...

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Q: Is there an English word to describe when a sound "protrudes"?

tforcI was going to go with "protrude" but I'm getting told it is not used in this sense and it wouldn't be understood. It's to describe the situation where the TV is on but you are doing something else and not paying attention, so the sound is like a white noise to you. Then there is something impo...

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Q: Why is the forgetful functor representable?

Robly18I'm reading Adowey's Category Theory, and I'm struggling with the last exercise of the second chapter, which is to show that the forgetful functor for monoids, $U : \mathbf{Mon} \to \mathbf{Sets}$, is representable. Well. My first reaction upon looking at the question was thinking it was wrong, ...

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Q: Who was the first person in space to "be on TV"?

uhohThe Apollo missions had video cameras and transmitted live images to Earth, but I am not sure if there were any video transmission prior to the Apollo 11. Question: Who was the first person in space to "be on TV", to have live video of them in space, transmitted to Earth? When was it and in what...

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Q: Date input format problem

FinnI need to import a large dataset (over 300,000 records) into a Drupal 8 site. I have figured out how to do this with feeds on a small test dataset. The dates in the records are in the format June 8, 2018. I do not see a way to use a Drupal 8 Date field to input dates in this format. I need to...

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Q: How to hook up Korg EX-8000 to a compouter w/o a keyboard?

RafaelI have a Korg EX-8000 synth I bought at a thrift store, but no midi keyboard and would like to know how to hook up to my computer so I can test to see if it works. I just ordered a MIDI to USB cable. What else am I going to need so I can test the unit on my computer? Or can it even be done wit...

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Q: Alignment problem with a mathematical equation in a presentation in beamer

Sumit Banik\documentclass{beamer} \newcommand\Fontvi{\fontsize{2}{4}\selectfont} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[compat=1.1.0]{tikz-feynman} \usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb,amsfonts} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tcolorbox} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsthm} \usepack...

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Q: Why didn't NASA launch communications relay satellites for the Apollo missions?

ExasperationThe Apollo missions were in communications blackout when the spacecraft's orbit took it to the far side of the Moon. During the missions, the craft had to perform maneuvers such as the lunar orbit insertion burn on the far side. Without ground support, and without any way of even telling the gr...

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Q: Can a person become a professor in English without having a Bachelor degree in English?

user366312Some universities allow students to get enrolled in English studies without having a Bachelor degree in English. If someone completes an MA and PhD without a Bachelor, can that person become a professor in English?

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Q: Bowing signs (?) in Lajos Montag's double bass method

Thomas W.In volume II of Montag's double bass method, I found these signs above the staff which look like they should be bowing signs. My guesses for the arrows are either alternating down-bow and up-bow or whole bow. My guess for the sign that looks like a rotated rest would be "frog". What do these s...

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Q: French equivalents of "X puts the smile back on her face"

Con-gras-tue-les-chiensWe were having a conversation in German, and I was wondering how the same idea is commonly/idiomatically expressed in French. Sie lässt sich nichts anmerken, aber so viel muss sie durchmachen. Mit ihnen zu spielen, zaubert ihr zumindest immer ein Lächeln aufs Gesicht. We were talking about ...

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Q: Find position equal columns of matrix

apt45Consider the following rectangular matrix M = {{1,1,1,1},{2,2,4,4},{3,3,5,5},{9,9,3,1}} I would like to extract the position of equal columns. Is there a simple function or algorithm working with any matrix? By acting with a function (or using an algorithm) on M, I should get {1,2} as output. ...

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Q: ISCSI, multiple initiaros for the same lun

Anton Stafeyevi have already asked question regarding ISCSI and after reading about for a while i came up with few questions. I have a web application that is distributed over 3 servers. this 3 servers need a shared storage to access files. Since iscsi is just a protocol not a filesystem it will not have any ...

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Q: Could the SSMEs of the SLS do retro burns?

techSultanThe SLS will use the main engines of the space shuttle. Are these capable of retro-burns in the upper atmosphere like SpaceX’s Merlin engines? More broadly, could the SLS’ main engines and supporting thrusters perform a vertical landing if programmed with proper software?

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Q: Quickest way to move a line in a text file before another line in a text file?

MyWrathAcademiaI have the line number 55 in a text file which I want to move just before line number 23 in the same text file. I know that you can move lines up by a certain number of lines 1, 2 but is it possible to append or prepend a line to another line instead of the verbose way of moving lines up or down ...

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Q: 3D cursor orientation

AllenBradleyin 2.8 it looks like my cursor orientation is set according to view. How do I change that to face/normal. When I click on an object I would like it to orient according to the normal of the surface.

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Q: Install suspension forks on non-suspension bike

Neil BarnwellI have a 1990s Saracen PowerTrax. Is there a way I can install a suspension fork, or will that muck up the bike somehow? I'm actually interested in ways to raise the bars with respect to the seat, so that wouldn't be a problem. My toes rubbing in the wheel, in the other hand, would definitely be ...

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Q: Router restarts after big git push or big file upload

Bartłomiej ZielińskiMy problem is that modem (Modem / router #1 presented below) restarts itself, when I make git push with a lot of files (I'm not sure how big the push must be to break the connection, but smaller pushes with only a couple of files are working correctly). The same thing happens, when I'm connected ...

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Q: P-adic functions on annuli

GariIt is known that a complex analytic function defined on an annulus, say, takes its maximum on the boundary. Does an analogue hold for $p$-adic analytic functions? More precisely suppose we have a doubly infinite power series $f(z) = \sum_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}a_n z^n $ with coefficients $a_n \in K$ ...

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Q: Do we have to introduce the character's name before using their names in a dialogue tag?

blackbirdDo we have to introduce the character's name before using their names in a dialogue tag? I am wondering if we can use the names without saying it's a man or a woman, and then making the characters introduce themselves and name themselves before using their names in dialogue tags. For example: ...

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Q: She told me that she HAS / HAD a gun

Kentaro TomonoI edited this question, since the original (or current one, revised by ColleenV) post has this sentence. For instance, in “She told me that she has a gun”, I edited this sentence to For instance, in “She told me that she had a gun”, because I was taught in my country, that if the main...

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Q: Grease/lubricate rubber stabilizer bar bushings?

Recovering NerdaholicI just bought a set of these bushings to replace the worn-out ones in my front stabilizer bar. The set did not include any grease or lubricant. The manufacturer doesn't state the construction material, but they smell like tires/rubber. Do they need to be lubricated before installation? If so,...

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Q: How to hide your own body?

mprogrammerIt's the perfect locked-room mystery: the police find the victim murdered, but the room is locked from the inside. How did the killer escape? He didn't. After committing the murder, the killer committed suicide and then destroyed his body, leaving no traces. How can a person destroy their body s...

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Q: Can anyone help me to adjust the following asterisks?

veryBigmantoday is my first day to learn how to make a table in Latex. I come up with the following example: My difficult right now is how to align asterisks. I want to match 0.019's "9" with the ending bracket of the number (36.58), then the asterisk should follow the "9" and should not be above the ")...

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Q: How can I create an article with a title like the 1960s Journal of Finance?

cgmilHere's a classic article from the Journal of Finance: https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2012-00221/[email protected]/10252012f/sharpe_-_CAPM.pdf How can I create a first page that emulates the first page of this article? Or even better, one where the journal title and publication has fancy line...

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Q: How can I show that the speed of light in vacuum is the same in all reference frames?

ArkleseisureI have regularly heard that the Michelson-Morley experiment demonstrates that the speed of light is constant in all reference frames. By doing some research I have found that it actually demonstrated that the luminiferous aether probably didn't exist and that the speed of light didn't vary depen...

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Q: Why can't a country print its own money to spend it only abroad?

Dylan ZammitIf a country prints money and distributes it between the people, it causes inflation. But what if a country prints its own money to spend ONLY abroad, which would allow a country to buy whatever it wants. What's wrong with this logic?

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Q: Would using carbon dioxide as fuel work to reduce the greenhouse effect?

CherryI'm trying to find a plausible way to reduce global warming in a world past the tipping point. I recently read this article : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171127173225.htm. It suggests that we may be able to use carbon dioxide as a fuel. Would that work to reduce the greenhou...

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Q: Why does Plot only sometimes use different colors for each curve

kotoznaIn this example Plot does not color each curve differently: Plot[{vx0 Sin[t], vy0 Cos[t]} /. {vy0 -> 1, vx0 -> 1}, {t, 0, 12}] but in this example it does: Plot[{vx0 Sin[t] /. {vy0 -> 1, vx0 -> 1}, vy0 Cos[t] /. {vy0 -> 1, vx0 -> 1}}, {t, 0, 12}] How do I automatically enable Mathematica t...

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Q: Raspbian gcc does not know '.intel_syntax'?

Lukas HohlI tried to execute: gcc -o main main.c squrt.S -lm -no-pie This worked on a different computer, but this time it did not know a single instruction: squrt.S: Assembler messages: squrt.S:7: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.intel_syntax' squrt.S:12: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized char...

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Q: 1025th term of the given sequence.

KaushikConsider the following sequence - $$ 1,2,2,4,4,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8, ... $$ In this sequence, what will be the $ 1025^{th}\, term $ So, when we write down the sequence and then write the value of $ n $ (Here, $n$ stands for the number of the below term) above it We can observe the following - ...

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Q: How to split the polynomial .

AnabolicHorseHow do I split $x^2-5 $ in $\mathbb{Z}/5\mathbb{Z}$ ? Since $0$ is a root I have $x $ as linear factor . How can I find the other linear factor ?

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Q: Did Don Young threaten John Boehner with a 10 inch blade to the throat?

K DogIn American Carnage, Tim Alberta's new book, he claims that Don Young, the Republican Congressman from Alaska threatened John Boehner, then Speaker of the House with a ten inch blade to the throat over proposed budget earmarks. Boehner later served as Young's Best Man in his wedding. Can anyon...

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Q: Did the 1202 error and associated reboot prevent disaster on Apollo 11 landing?

oromeMost accounts of the famous 1202 error reported by the AGS during landing of the Apollo 11 LM characterize the event as result of the successful operation of the AGS, flushing an resetting an overloaded computer while preserving critical data needed to proceed on restart. However Alan Klumpp's r...

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Q: RedirectTo deleting google 360 parameters from URL in Journey builder email sends

Finan NazaziWhen sending emails which are built using RedirectTo, the google analytics parameter doesn't get append automatically however on links that have URL added to them directly the google analytics parameter is added automatically. <a href="%%=RedirectTo(@link1)=%%" /> --- Not working <a href="htt...

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Q: Is it better to have a 10 year gap or a bad reference?

Cathy SI made a mistake and was let go from a job I held for 10 years. How should I handle this on my resume? Do I omit my last 10 years of employment or list them when I think they will give me a bad reference?

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Q: I have a domain, static IP and many devices I'd like to access outside my house. How to route them?

Laurynas KerežiusI have a domain (e.g. example.com), static IP (e.g. 212.5.5.5) and local devices at 192.168.0.1:80, 192.168.0.2:80, 192.168.0.3:80, 192.168.0.4:80, 192.168.0.4:47 (this one is not a website). How do I access these devices using subdomains (ex. device1.example.com, device2.example.com , etc.)? C...

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Q: What's so great about Shalantha's Delicate Disk?

A_S00In a recent comment, Hey I Can Chan mentions that he has found the spell Shalantha's Delicate Disk (Lost Empires of Faerun, p. 33) to be sufficiently powerful that he avoids using it when DMing due to balance concerns. What's so impressive about this spell? Is it: The ability to pre-cast spel...

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Q: Super Regeneration Detector

Mattman944This is a circuit for a remote control toy receiver. Can someone help me understand this. Connecting the antennae to the collector makes no sense to me. RF is my weakness. Datasheet where this came from is here, page 617. http://www.bitsavers.org/components/samsung/1990_Samsung_Linear_IC_Vol_1_A...

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Q: What should I watch before playing Alien: Isolation?

StormblessedI know that the game Alien: Isolation is between Alien and Aliens. However, it is from a long time later than those films, so I’m thinking it might have big connections to the prequels or something. What should I watch before it?

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Q: Is Mikrokosmos technical enough?

VictoriaI'm an aspiring Jazz piano beginner but decided to quit using Czerny and Hanon for obvious reasons-hanon especially, because it might ruin my touch, and particularly because nearly everyone in my country adores(do they?) playing Czerny and Hanon. So, I picked up Mikrokosmos by Bela Bartok. It se...

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Q: Why did conquered countries after WWII recover, but countries conquered later continue suffering?

ArbujaNations damaged severely in WWII (suffered major economic collapse and civilian casualties) such as Japan, Germany and Poland have not only recovered but are doing better than ever before. Most of these nations are economically developed and are heavily competitive in the global market. Nations ...

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Q: What is the phrase in the Munich talmud, that is used in sanhedrin 59a, for what became oved kochavim?

barlopWhat is the phrase in the Munich talmud, sanhedrin 59a, for what became 'oved kochavim'? I can see a talmud online that is probably censored. https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.59a?lang=bi ואמר ר' יוחנן עובד כוכבים שעוסק בתורה חייב מיתה שנאמר (דברים לג, ד) תורה צוה לנו משה מורשה לנו מורשה ...

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Q: "It is what it is"

DimitrisThis idiomatic expression is used to talk about the (see https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/it+is+what+it+is) The situation, circumstance, or outcome has already happened or been decided or established, so it must be accepted even if it is undesirable. Look, we lost the game, but ...

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Q: How to set Color range for ContourPlots?

JuanC97I'd like to set the color range for a set of ContourPlots within a Table. Please notice that the colors in the uploaded picture aren't the same from one plot to the other, (take a look to the interval [0,2] for example), even worse, some colors (like the yellow one in the 2nd and 3rd plots) are...

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Q: Found more old paper shares from broken up companies

thelegend27I recently asked a question with regards to 36 physical shares of motorola inc from 1999 I found lying around. Thanks to the great answer I received (if you're wondering they're worth around $3000), I did some more digging and found my other old paper shares. Apparently my business sense was qui...

 
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Q: Why are the top heroes in Boku no Hero Academia only come from Japan?

gameon67In Boku No Hero Academia series, we know the world is not only Japan, there are America and other countries as stated especially in BNHA :Two Heroes movie. But why are the known top 10 heroes (probably all the best heroes) are Japanese? Endevaor, Jeanist, Edgeshoot, etc are all from Japan, even A...

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Q: Is it harmful to use developer/stop-bath/fixer/wet-agent from different manufacturers

neversaintI am currently using Adofix (fixer), Adostop Eco (Stop-bath) and Ilfotol (wetting-agent). I plan to use it with Kodak D76 as developer. I wonder if it's harmful because they come from 3 different manufacturers.

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Q: Contacts and Phone on iPhone think I'm in a different country

SSteveYesterday I got a call from my wife and the iPhone said "Maybe Mrs. SSteve". The phone number was the international version of a U.S. phone number and her custom ringtone didn't play: Voicemail is also showing international versions of U.S. phone numbers and also shows "Maybe" (normally it jus...

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Q: What kind of vegetable has pink and white concentric rings?

Alex ReinkingWhat kind of vegetable is pictured here with the pink and white concentric rings? They look like they might be some kind of beet or radish.

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Q: What's inside the packs? (Airbus a320)

Allan SanchezI have some questions about ATA 21, how packs works?... I mean, what's inside them?, what are their mechanims? And How the warm air becomes into cold air?. (On a airbus A320) I'm starting my major at aeronatics and i don't have any idea about ATAs. I couldn´t find clear information about it on ...

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Q: Does a creature in flight affected by the Haste spell fall when the spell ends?

GalendirThe final sentence of the Haste spell reads: When the spell ends, the target can't move or take Actions until after its next turn, as a wave of lethargy sweeps over it. (PBH p. 250) If a creature such as a wyvern, pegasus, griffon, etc. is flying while hasted (that is, under the affect of ...

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Q: "Bootstrapping" an unbounded class of inaccessible cardinals

AnindyaThe "richness principle" of set theory asserts roughly that "everything that happens once should happen an unbounded number of times". An example would be the existence of an unbounded class of inaccessible cardinals. Now there are many examples of large cardinals $\kappa$ whose existence guarant...

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Q: Is there any direct train from LHR Airport to Newcastle Gateshead?

PK RattanWe are to reach at 7.30 AM on LHR from India for further move to Newcastle along with 2 kids. Plz suggest what to do ? Piccadilly Line/ Tube/Taxi/Bus or any other mode?

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Q: Looking for physical intuition into the Electromagnetic Tensor:

Ken WangI have done some work with the electromagnetic tensor and I'm fairly good at manipulating it and using it to transform the Maxwell Equations into tensored forms. Admittedly though, I have no physical intuition of it and it just looks like an array of numbers that makes the math work. Answers tha...

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Q: With what intention should you immerse in the Mikvah?

Yossi SamuellI've just been reading Maimonides and he says in the Mishneh Torah (Immersion Pools chapter 11) Therefore the sages have said, if a man immerses himself, but without special intention, it as though he has not immersed himself at all. So I'm wondering what special intention should one have?

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Q: does "poise somebody" mean "invite", "ask", or some other meaning?

yaojpFrom this book "Deep Learning and Convolutional Neural Networks for Medical Image Computing" In 2013, I was fortunate to attract Dr. Holger Roth to be a postdoctoral fellow in my group. Holger had received his graduate training under David Hawkes at University College London. With this ...

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Q: Does a "melee spell attack" use my spellcasting ability, or my Strength?

Random Level 3 DruidThe spell "Flame Blade" makes a fire sword that you can perform a melee spell attack with. As a druid with higher Wisdom, I would rather have it be based on that than my Strength, but I'm not sure if I would use my Wisdom or Strength, considering it is a 'melee spell attack. Would I use my Wisdo...

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Q: What is the best word describing the nature of expiring in a short amount of time, connoting "losing public attention"?

xuhdevIs there an adjective that describes the nature of expiring, connoting a sense of losing public attention, in a very short amount of time? For example, In a fast-pacing era, news articles are ____. During 1990s, compared with traditional technologies, computer technologies are ___: For ...

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Q: creating recursive, self-similar patterns with Adobe Illustrator

tjt263Sorry if the title isn't quite accurate, i was having trouble describing this idea with words. Here's an example: It's fairly easy to approximate with the Transform effects, but it's not quite the same. Actually it's perfect until you adjust the scaling parameters, then it's forever skewed and ...

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Q: Why does SoftwareSerial::read() return int?

retrohackerThe documentation on Arduino's website shows SoftwareSerial::read() as returning a char. (link) The header shows that the method returns an int. (link) The cpp definition shows SoftwareSerial::read() returning the value from a buffer array of uint8_t values. (link) Given all of this: Why wou...

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Q: How do disabled individuals evacuate multi-storey buildings in an emergency?

nick012000So, I know that there are anti-discrimination laws that require workplaces to have disability access requirements like ramps alongside stairs to entrances, and elevators to allow individuals who are in wheelchairs to access higher floors. However, there are also workplace safety regulations that...

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Q: Is it better to deliver many low-value stories or few high-value stories?

SethI'm unfamiliar with Agile/Scrum (not sure which is the right term here), and I have what seems like a very basic question, but I can't seem to find an answer online. Here is an exaggerated hypothetical to illustrate my problem: Let's say my sprint has only enough capacity to fit in either 1 b...

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Q: Why is DC so, so, so Democratic?

StormblessedLooking at Wikipedia’s page on the 2016 election, I see that Clinton got 90.48% of DC’s vote; Trump only got 4.07%. This is by far the most any candidate got in any state; behind it is it Nebraska’s 3rd congressional district with 73.92% for Trump. Why is D.C. so Democratic?

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Q: My current job follows "worst practices". How can I talk about my experience in an interview without giving off red flags?

TheOnsenAt my job, there's absolutely no code review, no testing, no version control, no organization of software architecture, no concept of "test vs production servers", no code commenting. In fact, all of this is explicitly banned and I often get "in trouble" for writing comments or using small modula...

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Q: Using Riemann sums

burtThis was the question I was given: Use a Riemann sum with n = 5 rectangles to approximate the area of the region bounded by the lines x = 1, x = 2, y = 0 and the curve y = 1/x. Use the appropriate endpoint of each subinterval to compute a lower sum. When I saw this problem, this is what I ...

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Q: How to indicate the lack of sarcasm online

AkangkaThis question is the exact opposite of How do I indicate sarcasm/irony online?. Sometimes some of our words that are meant to be understood literally look like sarcastic. When we are indicating that we are sarcastic, we can use /s or /sarcasm. However, when we are indicating that we are honest, w...

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Q: Are there any English words pronounced with consonants that aren't part of the spelling?

nnnnnnThere are many English words with silent letters, words like gnome or island that are spelt with consonants that aren't pronounced, but are there any words that work the other way round, with a pronunciation that includes extra consonants not in the spelling? I can't think of any real examples, ...

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Q: Departments of an Uplifted Galactic Government

Vernian42One of the gods in the universe stumbled across an species with potential and decided to uplift it. Instead of uplifting over the course of a couple thousand years, the god decided to do it in one year. A couple million individuals were plucked from their lives and mentally and physically enhance...

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Q: Why is the UH-60 tail rotor canted?

Koyovis The Sikorsky UH-60 (S-70) has a tail rotor that is canted 20 degrees upwards. Why is that? Picture source

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Q: Why are Oscar, India, and X-Ray (O, I, and X) not used as taxiway identifiers?

Ryan MortensenAn old CAR "Licensing of Aerodromes" document indicated that taxiways may not be designated by O, I, or X. Is this still in effect today? Why were (or are) those not used as taxiway identifiers? My guess is that the shapes of those letters could cause confusion such as an "X" meaning something...

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Q: On a Gameboy, what happens when attempting to read/write external RAM while RAM is disabled?

David TranAccording to the GBdevwiki: 0000-1FFF - RAM Enable (Write Only) Before external RAM can be read or written, it must be enabled by writing to this address space. It is recommended to disable external RAM after accessing it, in order to protect its contents from damage during power d...

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Q: How should background music be used in documentary video?

OokerI wonder how background music should be used during a video on a complicate topic and requires some analysis. I think that: If it's about giving information, then having background music can increase the attention span of the viewers/uplifting them If it's about analyzing information, then havi...

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Q: Computational complexity of calculating mean vs median?

yoyosteinSuppose we have a list $L$ consisting of $N$ numbers (may include repetitions). I am curious which is more computationally intensive to calculate, the mean or the median? Naively, I would suppose calculating the mean involves summing up the $N$ numbers and then dividing by $N$, hence it has lin...

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Q: sed '5i\n\n\n' myfile inserts first \n as a literal n, and the other two \n\n as new lines, is it possible to insert all 3 new lines?

Juli TRI'm writing a Bash script and when inserting lines to a file using GNU sed, the first new line is inserted as a literal n, while the rest is inserted as new lines. The command is this: sed '5i\n\n\n' myfile The output is this: n As seen, the first line in the output contains an "n" where ...

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Q: Can "Taking algebraic closure" be made into a functor?

Cubic BearI am now confused with such problem as title goes. To be exact, the problem is Does there exist a functor from $A:\mathsf{Field}\to \mathsf{Field}$ with a natural transformation from identity functor $\iota: \operatorname{id}\to A$ such that for each $F$, $A(F)$ is the algebraically closure o...

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Q: Check if data (N datapoints) originate from known distribution

SZafonAssuming that we have N data points $x_1, \ldots, x_N$ and a known distribution $F_0(x)$ (not a Normal Distribution), i.e. we want to check if the system under study behaves 'typically'. I would like to quantify the probability that those $N$ datapoints originate from this distribution. For larg...

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Q: Alignment Problem of Mathematical Equation in Beamer Presentation

Sumit Banik\documentclass{beamer} \newcommand\Fontvi{\fontsize{2}{4}\selectfont} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[compat=1.1.0]{tikz-feynman} \usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb,amsfonts} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tcolorbox} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsthm} \usepack...

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Q: Get current Logged user Wishlist products id in Ajax Call Magento 2.3

Shafeel ShaI Want currently logged user all wishlist products id's json array via ajax call ?

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Q: How can the section alignment in IEEEtran be adjusted for left alignment?

Maurya SuchitI want to put our section in center to left How could I possible achieve this in this kind of TeX document? \documentclass[conference,a4paper,10pt]{IEEEtran} I have put this fragment into my TeX document: \section{INTRODUCTION} The result looks like this (centered instead of left aligned...

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Q: Does the Aegis Astral Suits' have weight that effect encumbrance, Armor check penalties and speed?

Jhyarelle SilverDoes the armor created by the Aegis ability Astral Suits have weight that contributes to encumbrance, along with Armor check penalties and speed penalties, like normal armor?

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Q: How to create a new string without spaces from another string using a loop

g_hI started off trying to write a function that would delete spaces from a string, but now that I've looked at a host of other peoples' solutions to that problem, I'm more just trying to understand exactly what went wrong in my code/why the std::cout << t << std::endl; at the end doesn't output any...

DBA
DBA
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Q: Usage of NON Clustered Index in SQL Server

user185981I have 2 Index: CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_1] ON [dbo].[TableA] ( [Column1] ASC, [Column2] ASC ) CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_2] ON [dbo].[TableA] ( [Column3] asc ) Now I have 2 update: Update TableA SET Column3='' where Column1='' the above Update was using Index 1st and t...

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Q: Why was Quirrell said to be in the Black Forest if Voldemort was actually in Albania?

Rachel SerafimIn the first book of the Harry Potter series, Hagrid says that Quirrell met vampires in the Black Forest and it changed him. However, the Black Forest is in Germany, and it is said that Voldemort was hiding in the forests of Albania, waiting for his followers. Was Quirrell actually in Germany or...

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Q: How do you structure large embedded projects

SorenpBackground: Junior R&D Electronics Engineer (Only EE in the company) - The hardware and the coding is not the problem, my biggest issue is getting a proper overview of the project, and where to start. So far I've only made minor software projects (sub 500 lines of code), I can't envision myself ...

2
Q: Confusion in least upper bound axiom

JoeLeast upper bound axiom: Every non-empty subset of $\mathbb R$ that has an upper bound must have a least upper bound. This sounds too obvious as it works for both closed and open subsets of $\mathbb R$ A newcomer naive person will say: Every subset of $\mathbb R$ must have a least upper bound ...

15:48
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Q: Difference between Goal based personalization and profile based personalization?

Ashish KhareI want to know that what is the main difference between goal and profile(Persona)?

GIS
GIS
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Q: PyQGIS 3 Set Svg marker symbol

daniel95I would like to add my own SVG symbol instead of a dot. I tried the following. layer = iface.activeLayer() QgsProject.instance().addMapLayer(layer) svgStyle = {} svgStyle['fill'] = '#0000ff' svgStyle['name'] = path svgStyle['outline'] = '#000000' svgStyle['outline-width'] = '6.8' svgStyle['size...

16:27
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Q: Connect to client FTP with dynamic client IP address

Mohammed GadiwalaI want to connect to my client's FTP. He has to whitelist my IP everytime since mine is dynamic. How do I connect to his server?

CS
CS
2
Q: is FIND WORDS in P?

Yamar69FIND WORDS is the following decision problem: Given a list of words L and a Matrix M, are all words in L also in M? The words in M can be written up to down, down to up, left to right, right to left, diagonal-left-up, diagonal-left-down, diagonal-right-up and diagonal-righ-down. To be specific ...

2
Q: Oriented vector bundle with odd-dimensional fibers

FredyIs it true that for every oriented vector bundle with odd-dimensional fibers, there is always a global section that vanishes nowhere?

1
Q: How to check if all my faces on mesh are all quads using a script

Reuben XI was keen on finding a python script that checks if all my meshes faces are quads. pseudocode: nonquad = 0 for i in selected_facelist: if count(selected_facelist.verts) > 4: nonquad +=1 print "Found :",nonquad,"Non Quads" I dont know the API for THE CURRENT Blender 2.8. Any help ...

16:53
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Q: How should I handle a question regarding my regrets during an interview?

KulfyI'm about to enter job market. Therefore, I have an interview scheduled for tomorrow. Currently I'm reading "How to Succeed at Interviews" by Sudhir Andrews. There I read a question like Do you have any regrets in your Job? They have canned an answer like As a general principle, I've f...

1
Q: Is it OK to accept a job opportunity while planning on not taking it?

shasI am currently a student in computer engineering looking for an internship or a job, which is mandatory to validate my year (both internship and regular employment for my school). I'm aware that enterprise tend to prefer choosing internship over a real employment, since it cost less. I recently ...

3
Q: Use of "Poke" as Victorian slang in Fingersmith

Matt ThrowerSarah Waters' award-winning Victorian crime novel Fingersmith makes liberal use of period underworld slang. Indeed the title is such slang for a petty thief. Most of it is unfamiliar to the modern reader but easy to understand from the context. My curiosity was piqued by the unfamiliar language ...

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Q: Stolen passports having US, UK, CANADA Valid Visas

FAWWAD MUMTAZmy bag was stolen in which i had my 3 Pakistani passports having US, UK & Canada visas. Can anyone guide me how to get the visas back if there is any possibility on my new passport? Thank you

2
Q: Why Lie algebras if what we care about in physics are groups?

SoapIn physics, we want irreducible representations of the symmetry group of our system. However, one frequently sees representations of the corresponding Lie algebra being studied instead. Is it that in the specific groups that pop up in physics for some reason there is a bijection between irreps of...

17:09
3
Q: Strange LED behavior

Tom LinI am encountering a strange problem when I measure the voltage across an LED. Please see below picture: As you can see, I only connected 1 wire ("-") of adapter and used a multimeter to measure the voltage drop across the LED and I found there is ~-2V on the LED! There is no loop in this circu...

3
Q: How do you make sure to stay on top regardless of your age?

strangethingspyI am 19 years old and I'm working as a software engineer since september. I'm trying to level up myself but I get stuck sometimes because of people thinking that I don't have enough skills and experience because of my age. I don't like what I'm doing right now as the programming language that I'...

2
Q: Does observational data need further proof?

YoupTWithin fields like animal behavior, data is often collected through observation of the subjects, either in the wild or captivity. Can a paper be published purely based on observational data, with no evidence in video or audio to support it? If so, could one (in theory) generate an entirely fi...

6
Q: How old is the Italian word "malandrino"?

CharlieTrying to find the origin of the Spanish word malandrín I found out that the word comes from the Italian word malandrino, as stated by the RAE's dictionary, and that its first uses are from the end of the 14th century, as I have found some cases in two different texts from around 1385. Now these...

3
Q: I am a dual citizen of United States and Mexico, can I use my Mexican license in california when visiting?

CarlosI am originally a US citizen that has moved to Mexico and gotten my dual citizenship. Around two years ago I've gotten a DUI and got my license suspended, I've completed my DUI classes and passed my suspension time, I can get it back now but the thing is: do I have to pay for a California licen...

3
Q: How to use AppendTo in a While loop?

Timetraveler 11I am trying to code a while loop that uses AppendTo to append the loop variable to an empty list. even = {} i = 1; While[i <= 5, Print[i]; AppendTo[even, i]; i++] This code does not give any output. Can someone please tell what I am doing wrong? Thanks!

DBA
DBA
17:26
1
Q: tuning huge delete operation on sql server table

vikrant ranaI am performing a delete operation on very large sql server table based on query as discussed below. delete db.st_table_1 where service_date between(select min(service_date) from stg_table) and (select max(service_date) from stg_table); stg_table and stg_table_1 doesn't have...

1
Q: ADC Calibration - Vdd calculation

muyustanIn documents and lots of online sources there is a formula as follows, $$ Vdd = 3.3V * \frac{VREFINT_{CAL}}{VREFINT_{DATA}}$$ But I cannot get why CAL value is in the numerator and RAW data is in the denominator. I have this logic in my mind, In the factory, producers used a preknown/fixed 3....

5
Q: What is the metal bit in the front of this propeller spinner?

SclrxWhat is that grey spirally bit in front of the propeller mounted on this Shvetsov ASh-62 radial engine?

17:49
4
Q: What happens to a permanent I gained control over using Agent of Treachery, and I leave a multiplayer game?

JohnLet's say Alice took control over Bob's Leyline of Abundance using Agent of Treachery, and then Alice leaves a multiplayer game. What happens with Leyline of Abundance? According to rule 800.4a 800.4a. When a player leaves the game, all objects (see rule 109) owned by that player leave the ga...

18:07
1
Q: Setting Style through JS

Rami Abou KhalilI would like to know if this method exist in JS JS this.template.querySelector(".month").display='none'; HTML <h3>Month</h3> <lightning-input name="Month" label="Month" onchange={handleMonthChange} value={month}></lightning-input> </div>

1
Q: How to help my daughter fairly

user432I have two children. My oldest has a mortgage and pays interest on it. I have cash savings but do not earn significant interest on them. Since I don't need all of the money for myself, I would therefore like to pay off his mortgage and ask for interest payments for a period of time before writing...

7
Q: Function pointer parameter without asterisk

FreemanI have seen this definition of a function that receives a function pointer as parameter: double fin_diff(double f(double), double x, double h = 0.01) { return (f(x+h)-f(x)) / h; } I am used to see this definition with an asterisk, i.e.: double fin_diff(double (*f)(double), double x, double...

3
Q: Restaurants and fast days

Kazi bácsiAssuming a kosher restaurant or a café that attracts significant quantity of non-Jewish customers, what is their policy on fast days? Do they keep open? If so, what do they do with Jews, who have forgotten the fast for whatever reason? Aren't they misleading people? Is marit ayin an issue? Shou...

RPG
RPG
18:30
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Q: What do Unicorns want?

SeriousBriI am making a Celestial Warlock who has made a pact with a particularly powerful Unicorn, as suggested in XgtE. One thing I want to do is flesh out the pact and my patron, but I am struggling to find anything that would make a Unicorn different to any other Chaotic Good Celestial who happened to ...

3
Q: What kind of curve (or model) should I fit to my percentage data?

teaelleceeceeI am trying to create a figure which shows the relationship between viral copies and genome coverage (GCC). This is what my data looks like: At first, I just plotted a linear regression but my supervisors told me that was incorrect, and to try a sigmoidal curve. So I did this using geom_smoot...

7
Q: Has Iron Man made any suit for underwater combat?

codeczarIron Man has made many suits and many of them serve some specific purpose like the Hulkbuster armor and the suit to fly in space, but has he made any suit which will help him in fighting underwater? I want to ask about the Marvel comics and about suits specifically designed for underwater combat?

7
Q: Stella and the president's secret notes

jafe Jason Trump, president of the Untitled Statues Association, has left a notebook containing presumably important information lying around on his desk. Stella, his nosy assistant, takes a look only to see that the notes have been encrypted into image form. Can you help Stella uncover ...

18:52
3
Q: Substitute dried pig's blood for fresh

canardgrasI have some dried pig's blood (fresh is not at all easy to buy in my country), which I wish to use in recipes where fresh blood is called for. How much dried blood + water should I mix to replace e.g. 1 litre of fresh blood?

19:09
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Q: Seeking to identify a game seen in a picture

Frank PCan anyone identify this game? It's played on a board of 9 by 9 squares, some of which (on the diagonals and midway on some edges) are different colours, reminding me of an abbreviated Scrabble board, but rather than tiles, the players cover the squares with cubes that have various coloured symbo...

5
Q: Pass USB 3.0 connection through D-SUB connector

Lukas LangI need to pass a USB cable through a vacuum chamber wall, for which we have only D-SUB passthrough flanges available. So I cut a USB cable in half and soldered a D-SUB connector to each half. For USB 2.0 connections, this works without any issues, but I've had troubles getting a USB 3.0 connectio...

19:20
1
Q: Longest to Shortest tractates of Yerushalmi by daf

Joshua PearlA follow on from this question: I simply would like a listing of longest to shortest (or vice versa!) tractates in Yerushalmi by daf, ideally listing the number of daf/tractate.

2
Q: Inserting #' to a configuration file using sed

SamI'm trying to use sed to insert a # to a configuration file. I've tried: sed 's/33/#' /path/to/file But get the output sed: -e expression #1, char 6: unterminated `s' command I've also tried sed -i '33i#' /path/to/file Which adds the # into line 33, but moves the text I want to comment ...

1
Q: How to compile or speed up a function with eigensystem?

Bob LinI have defined two functions as following: MapQ = Compile[{{r0, _Real, 2}, {r, _Real, 2}, xc, yc, {w, _Real, 1}}, Block[{ M = ({ {0., 0., 0., 0.}, {0., 0., 0., 0.}, {0., 0., 0., 0.}, {0., 0., 0., 0.} }), x0, y0, z0, x, y, z, w1, w2, r2, c1, c2, c3...

TeX
TeX
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Q: Finding Greatest Common Divisor using LuaLatex

user61681Here is my code to find Greatest Common Divisor of two positive integers. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{luacode} function gcd(a,b) if b ~= 0 then return gcd(b, a % b) else return math.abs(a) end end \end{luacode} \newcommand\findgcd[2]{\directlu...

19:35
2
Q: Pin out for Bosch ignition coil (Part No# 12131712219)?

The_Vintage_CollectorDoes anyone have any information on this particular Bosch ignition coil for BMW. The part no. is 12131712219. Tried googling it but was couldn't find much info. I would be really grateful if anyone here can help me out. Update: I found a picture of another brand that claims to be a similar repla...

7
Q: Count the identical pairs in two lists

Krush23My list has a = [1,2,3,4,2,7,3,5,6,7] b = [1,2,3,1,2,5,6,2,6,7] I need to count if a[i]==b[i]. For the above example, the answer should be 6 Detail description of answer is a[0]==b[0] (1==1) a[1]==b[1] (2==2) a[2]==b[0] (3==3) a[4]==b[4] (2==2) a[8]==b[8] (6==6) a[9]==b[9] (7==7)

6
Q: What is the AI assistant for the Iron Man Rescue armor?

codeczarIn Avengers: Endgame Pepper Potts dons the Rescue armor. Does it have an AI assistant? If yes, what is its name? We have seen Iron Man use J.A.R.V.I.S. and F.R.I.D.A.Y, and Spider-Man has Karen and E.D.I.T.H.

19:52
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Q: Is it better to merge "often" or only after completion do a big merge of feature branches?

paul23Say multiple branches are being developped, A and B, as well as a incremental "bug fix" branch C. Now C is already "finished" and merged into master. A and B are still in development and will not be fixed before (maybe) another bug fix branch is merged into master. Is it a good idea to merge C ...

3
Q: MITM on HTTPS traffic in Kazakhstan 2019

microwthMITM on HTTPS traffic in Kazakhstan 2019 But for MITM to work, despite installing the certificate, there has to be someone proxying the request,right? That role will be played by the ISP's? Say I want to connect to facebook.Does the proxy spoof Facebook's certificate? How does that work? Acces...

20:08
2
Q: Is there a smart way to pick up Page Design other than Template to Design mapping?

Dawid RutkowskiI would like to choose Page Designs to my pages not by mapping their Template to certain Page Design. I would like e.g.: to change page design when a certain field is empty. Is there such a way?

RPG
RPG
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Q: Warlock Eldritch Blast Beam from single free hand?

Andrii PuhachHow do eldritch blast multiple beams work with a Pact of the Blade weapon? When I, as warlock, have my Pact of the Blade rapier in one hand and cast multiple beams to hit either single or multiple enemies, should I hide my sword to do these multiple beams with two hands?

TeX
TeX
20:24
1
Q: How to pass array of values in lualatex?

user61681Here is code for matrix multiplication. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{luacode} function MatMul( m1, m2 ) if #m1[1] ~= #m2 then return nil end local res = {} for i = 1, #m1 do res[i] = {} for j = 1, #m2[1] do res[...

RPG
RPG
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Q: What else can you do in the turn you ready an action?

FoffosIn your turn you ready an action to hit the enemy in front of you if he tries to hit your friend What else can you do in the turn you ready the action? NB:in the turn you decide to ready the action "hit the enemy", not as extra thing to do in the readied action ("hit the enemy and then move aw...

3
Q: Why does the salt in the oceans not sink to the bottom?

user56262This is something that just occurred to me. If heavier elements sink, then how can the entire ocean be salty? Shouldn't the 'salt', because of its density, all sink to the bottom of the ocean? In theory, only the deepest parts of the ocean should be salty, while the top of the ocean is not. Yet, ...

20:51
3
Q: Can a ring have no zero divisors while being non-commutative and having no unity?

UndefinedBehaviorI was wondering if, in a ring, the property of having no zero-divisors (except for zero itself) is independent from the ring being commutative or from having a unity (i.e.multiplicative identity) so I started looking for a ring with the following properties: non-commutative no unity (i.e. no mu...

3
Q: Calculating Fibonacci sequence in several different ways

JsonDorkI'm doing an experiment trying to freshen up my unit-testing and learn dynamic programming. Every test passes but I'm curious of the result of some of them and worried if I'm doing the testing correctly. Currently I just got the one scenario for each method, with the input of 40, the goal of this...

7
Q: Group recursively adjacent tuples from a list in Python

thanos.aI have an unsorted list of integer tuples such as: a = [(1, 1), (3, 1), (4, 5), (8, 8), (4, 4), (8, 9), (2, 1)] I am trying to find a way to group the recursively adjacent tuples. By adjacent we define the tuples that have Manhattan distance 1. "Recursively" means that if A is adjacent to B an...

4
Q: Cargo capacity of a kayak

JasperI've been paddling three times (one week each) in rental (Canadian) canoes. My girlfriend and me brought all gear and food with us and there still was plenty of room for our dog in the boat. I know from internet "research" that kayaks provide less space, but I'd like to try using one in the futu...

1
Q: Acoustic guitar chords' positions vs those of a Bass guitar

elyar abadI will appreciate who can acknowledge me about the differences of chords on an acoustic guitar's fret board with that of a 4-string Bass guitar. how could we perform one's chord on another's and how is it possible to harmonize them?

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Q: Does switching on an old games console without a cartridge damage it?

DarrenThis is inspired by the question "What does a Nintendo Game Boy do when turned on without a game cartridge inserted?": Growing up in the 80s and 90s in the UK, it was "common knowledge" amongst my friends that turning on a games console without a cartridge inserted would cause damage to the c...

21:08
3
Q: Can I use Sitecore's Configuration patching mechanics for my Identity Server configuration?

Mark CassidyFairly sure I can guess the answer, but getting this question on record is still useful. Long story short: Can I use config patch files to manage configuration settings on my Sitecore IS web application? We are about to add Azure AD integration to our solution and, for this, some configuration ...

3
Q: Calculating homology objects in this chain complex

KamilProblem: Let $R = k[x]/(x^2) $ where $k$ is a field and consider the chain complex $$C : \qquad 0 \xrightarrow{d_2} R \xrightarrow{d_1} R \xrightarrow{d_0} 0 $$ where $d_1 : R \rightarrow R: f \mapsto xf. $ Calculate the homology objects of the complex $C$. Attempt: I calculated $$ H_0 (C) = \fr...

3
Q: What is the right way to verify an off-chain transaction with golang?

etuaWhen you receive a transaction in the http request, you are getting a string with the XRD base64 form of the client signed transaction: {"transaction": "AAAAAGjeCRajN67nRkVtYO+lpxax9gvitX9FxhZYGXQvs16hAAAAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAABbcutKAAAAAFty7HYAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAEAAAAAVIx5odtAgqQ+dp4m4QfWntHbOq0hxRC...

21:29
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Q: Question about differential signals as input of an operational amplifier

StefaninoI'm studying the circuits which are used to implement operational amplifiers. For example, I've studied the two stages amplifier (in which the first stage is a differential amplifier with differential to single ended transformation, the second stage is an inverter with active load), the telescopi...

RPG
RPG
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Q: Can the caster of Time Stop still use their bonus action or reaction?

Medix2The spell time stop states: No time passes for other creatures, while you take 1d4 + 1 turns in a row, during which you can use actions and move as normal. I am wondering what counts as "actions" in the above quote, is it only your action, or also bonus actions and reactions. Can the cast...

3
Q: Can files compressed with bzip2 be relied upon to be deterministic (reproducible)?

Jonathan CrossI am trying to determine if there are any potential issues using bzip2 to compress files that need to be 100% reproducible. Specifically: can metadata (name / inode, lastmod date, etc) or anything else cause identical file contents to produce a different checksum on the resulting .bz2 archive? ...

5
Q: Conjugacy classes in virtually nilpotent groups

QMathLet $G$ be a f.g. virtually nilpotent group. Can an element $g\in G$ of infinite order be conjugate to its power $g^n$ for $n>1$? Let $G$ be a f.g. virtually abelian group. Is it true that elements of infinite order have finite conjugacy classes? Note that for the infinite dihedral group non-tr...

Law
Law
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Q: Claiming statutory warranty for a fault that resulted in the loss of the product

GusdorI recently experienced a failure on a rather expensive piece of sport equipment upon its first use. I purchased the product in the UK and experienced the failure in the UK, 2 weeks after purchase. I believe failure occurred because I had been supplied with the wrong fasteners. Due to the nature ...

3
Q: How did pilots avoid thunderstorms and related weather before “reliable” airborne weather radar was introduced on airliners?

user41837How did airline and or mail pilots avoid hazardous weather especially at night before airborne weather radar systems were in use?

21:40
5
Q: How to create quantum circuits from scratch

JoeryI am doing self-study at the moment using primarily the book: Quantum Computing a Gentle Introduction by Eleanor Rieffel and Wolfgang Polak. Getting through the earlier chapters and exercises went quite well (fortunately the earlier chapters had plenty of examples), however I got stuck on the 5t...

2
Q: Meaning of 行かしてもらうから

VBACODERIn 火垂るの墓 there is a scene where the mother says: ほな、ひと足先に壕に行かしてもらうからね。 What does 行かしてもらうから mean? I know usually もらう means to receive / get someone to do something. I’ve never seen this conjugation of 行く before. Is it a casual form of 行かせて? where せ—>し?

4
Q: French equivalents of "some people", as in "Honestly, some people!"

Con-gras-tue-les-chiensTo express the idea of "Honestly, some people!" (said irritatedly), in conversation I said jokingly: Tu ne sais pas que c’est mal élevé d’interrompre une conversation ? Franchement, il y a de ces gens ! I wonder though if this phrasing gets across the meaning well enough, or for that matter...

1
Q: Can't call helper function from helper inside list forEach

molinetI have the following code: setDataTG : function(component){ var data = [], tgdata = [], current, row, picklistMAP = component.get("v.picklistMAP"), dataComplex = component.get("v.dataComplex"); dataComplex.forEach(function(d){ row = {}; //Parse data if(d.hasOwnPro...

CS
CS
2
Q: Langton's Ant Periodic Behavior

RameshI was wondering if there's any initial configuration which generates a pure periodic behavior for Langton's Ant?

ELL
ELL
22:06
1
Q: What are "the high ends of castles" called?

Tasneem ZHWhat are the high ends of castles when they take the shape of tapered ends above the towers in them called? I have drawn orange circles around some of them here in the picture: Are they, by any chance, known as "domes" despite their unrounded figures? If they don't have a particular term, wou...

22:21
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Q: Can I make Ubuntu 18.04 switch between multiple windows of the program by just clicking the icon?

knutI just want a Windows 7 behavior where clinking the icon cycles through all the windows. I know about Alt+' (key above Tab) and Alt+Tab clicking the icon is just more intuitive.

1
Q: Plotting maxima within a simplex

AmandaI am trying to draw a particular maximum plot within a simplex. I have functions based on two variables: Write p,q for the two variables where p,q \geq 0 and p + q \leq 1. This defines the simplex I am interested in. (Think of, say, p on the x-axis and q on the y-axis.) The functions are th...

TeX
TeX
2
Q: U+21B3 UTF8 character failure with \newunicodechar

Basile Starynkevitchthe following % file testbismon.tex %% see https://github.com/bstarynk/bismon/ for more about Bismon \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,svgnames]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} \usepackage{alltt} % https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/342804/42406 %\usepackage{textcomp} \use...

3
Q: Piece of fabric in planter, how to use it?

LopeI bought few planters with soil and basil seeds included. There was also piece of fabric at the bottom that I do not know what to do with. There were no instructions and I wasn't able to google anything (I do not know right keywords I guess, I am very new to anything gardening related). planter...

CS
CS
2
Q: What is the standard representation of a stop which could be either ejective or aspirated?

TeuszI’m working with a language which differentiates between aspirated and ejective stops. Is there a linguistic convention that I can use in writing descriptive rules for processes which both aspirated and ejective segments undergo? I mean just as that little circle under a “C” indicates a voicele...

22:42
3
Q: As the Ferris wheel turns

SlowMagicIt's a lovely evening in Letterland and all the little letter couples have gone down to the seaport promenade to stroll about and ride the Ferris wheel. As the Ferris wheel turns, those on the promenade discover they can read words. How many words do they see? Here is a picture of the Ferris w...

RPG
RPG
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Q: How to handle not being able to attend as often as I'd like

DumpTruck614I've been playing with a group for about a year. I have no complaints about my group, I'm the problem. I'm the only one who has kids, and unfortunately for me my wife is not exactly supportive either. As a result, the rest of the group plays every week, I am lucky to make it on average every 3...

5
Q: Importance of moon phases for Apollo missions

J. Fabian MeierI looked up that Apollo 11 landed at half moon and that Apollo 8 circled the moon at new moon. How important where the moon phases for the Apollo flights?

3
Q: what does the term highest qualification mean?

inconspicousfor example: if I am a current undergraduate student, does that mean my highest qualification is "undergraduate degree" or should it be my high school (12th grade)?

DBA
DBA
23:06
4
Q: Reset Column Header Index

CharlesDI uploaded some tables to SQL Server Management Studio. Upon inspecting the tables I've found that the column headers area actually values. Is there any way to bump the headers down into a new row and to create new column headers, or will I have to re-upload all of the tables and remember to sele...

23:18
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Q: Magic is the twist

Weckar E.It feels silly to say, but I've got myself into a bit of a bind of a side project. In a three-act structure (not what everyone uses, but a good reference point) you generally need to set up all expectations and major setting truths in the first act--preferably in the first half of the first act....

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Q: Monday's Blocking Donimoes Problem

Don KirkbyI've designed a set of dominoes puzzles that I call Donimoes. You slide the dominoes like the cars in Nob Yoshigahara's Rush Hour puzzle, always along their long axis. The Blocking Puzzle's Goal The goal is to slide all the dominoes into a rectangle, without sliding any matching numbers next to...

DIY
DIY
23:33
1
Q: How can I remove studs and screws from the inside of drywall when installing a pocket door without needing to do paint and patch work on both sides?

SidneyI'm planning on taking a few weeks off to do some DIY in the fall, and one of those things is replacing the standard-hinged door in my walk-in closet with a pocket door. This is a non-load bearing wall, so I don't have to worry about that at least! I'm researching how to do this, and most of it ...

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Q: How much did NASA help with the making of "First Man"?

Snow"First Man" was praised for being somewhat realistic in its representation of the events of the Apollo program, and Ryan Gosling's depiction of Armstrong was also praised by the Armstong family for being fairly accurate (even though Gosling seems to say as little in films as he can possibly get a...

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Q: How can I deal with someone that wants to kill something that isn't supposed to be killed?

Maiko ChikyuTo clarify: By something that isn't supposed to be killed I mean things that are out of mortal's power range. As far as I can tell this isn't a system specific problem. I experienced the same thing with Call Of Cthulhu as well as World Of Darkness as well as D&D with a variety of people. I alwa...

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Q: Excluding specific string grep is also including similar strings

john doeI am trying to exclude certain entries of URLs (using IPs instead of domain names) in a list with a grep command, specifically to remove all entries starting with https:// and ending with :80. however, entries with https:// and :8080 are also being included. My grep command is: egrep -v "https:...


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