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Q: Why did the Z80 with 4-bit ALU out-perform the fully 8-bit Intel 8080?

Brian HLooking at the development and architecture of the Z80, it appears to be a scaled-down, cost-reduced (in terms of total system cost), clone of the Intel 8080. It only used a 4-bit ALU. I assume this would have reduced its performance considerably. However, the Z80 out performed the Intel version...

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Q: How did 沢山 (たくさん) come to mean "many"?

wiremanThere are understandably a lot of words in Japanese that are made of Kanji totally unrelated to the meaning of the actual word. However, it's hard to ignore the ubiquitous 沢山. How did a combination of swamp and mountain come to be used to express "many"?

RPG
RPG
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Q: Can a Steel Defender be infused?

WartowelI am looking at the Steel Defender for the Battle Smith Artificier in ERLW. It is a construct STEEL DEFENDER Medium construct, neutral Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points equal the steel defender's Constitution modifier + your I ntell igence modifier + five times your le...

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Q: Where does this trigonometric substitution go wrong?

jamie$$I =\int\frac{1}{\sqrt{25-x^2}}dx$$ ($\theta$ on left corner) $$\tag 1 5\cos(\theta)=x$$ $$\tag 2 5\sin(\theta)=\sqrt{25-x^2}$$ $$\tag 1 -5\sin(\theta)\,d\theta=dx$$ $$I=\int\frac{1}{5\sin(\theta)} \cdot (-5) \sin(\theta) \, d\theta$$ $$I=\int-d\theta$$ $$\tag 1 \theta=\arccos(x/5)$$ $$I = -\a...

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Q: How to change the semantic version number when reverting the last major change

josef98I am trying to plan a system which validates the compability of different components by comparing their semantic versioning number, especially the major release number (since it indicates API changes and backwards compability). I came across the following scenario where I could not find an exact ...

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Q: The abc-conjecture over the positive rationals and Levy-Schoenberg kernels?

orgeslekaI am continuing the "abc-adventure" and have a specific question, which needs some explanation: In http://www.numdam.org/article/AIHPB_1967__3_2_121_0.pdf the term "Levy-Schoenberg" kernel is defined (Definition 2.3). Consider the group of $G = (\mathbb{Q}_{>0},\times)$ of positive rationals. ...

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Q: How do I connect vertices to edges?

SophieI'm following a tutorial by Blenderguru, but I hit a problem with the mesh. I need to connect a vertice to another, but there are several edges between them and I would like there to be vertices on all the edges all the way. How do I connect vertices to an edge? Do you know, please let me kn...

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Q: Why does my cloth simulation fall even though it shouldn't?

Hamza KhuswanI followed the instructions in this video exactly, but still I get this result. Here are my ncolth settings The collision settings are set as default. Here is the result which is unsatisfactory.

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Q: Where to park electric scooters at hotels?

no reputation plz Is it generally allowed to bring them to the rooms? They could be very dirty. Can you put them in the baggage room? Or does most hotels want you to put them on the street? How do you then recharge them? I've never done this and am considering buying an electric scooter (kickbike type) to get ...

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Q: pgfplots: How to get values of width and height of axis rectangle?

user1362373When using groupplots, it is useful to not to use the scale only axis option so the overall width of the plots can be made to match the text width, for example. The drawback of this option (if it can be called that) is that the width and height of the axis rectangle is not known. However, for r...

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Q: I need to examine an 82.7G (!) text file. What can open it?

hbquikcomjameslWe recently had a meltdown of a Tomcat server, that produced an 82.7G "catalina.out" log file, which I saved for forensic analysis. What macOS editors can open monster text files without consuming 80 GB ram or cause 15 minute delays?

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Q: RAID storage drive failed - what to do?

X_841I have a macOS Server setup which is connected to two RAID (0, I think) systems. One of them does not work anymore. Disk Utility shows that one drive is missing/damaged. It is not missing, thus it must be damaged. This RAID system was used for Backups, which we currently are doing somewhere els...

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Q: Can you un-enroll from 401k at any time?

JamesCan you un-enroll from 401k at any time? Or is it like health insurance where you are locked into it until open enrollment periods?

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RPG
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Q: Are readied items/abilities expended or lost when the Ready action's trigger is not met?

NazracI have been reading searching for an answer to the question as to whether a spell slot is lost or not if readied but not triggered. The rules as written does not explicitly state this but that appears to be the consensus. Readying a spell with the exception of the concentration requirement is n...

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Q: Is there a name for the class of algorithms that are the most efficient for a particular task?

Feynmanfan85This would be analogous to the Kolmogorov Complexity of a string, except in this case, I'm interested in the algorithm that solves a given problem using the least number of steps. We would therefore have to be able to show that any other algorithm is at best of the same order of complexity as th...

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Q: Are the sum of two numbers desired?

Ugur YilmazGiven two input arrays [-1, 8, 3] and [3, 7, 2] your function will return true if any two of the numbers in the first array add up to the any numbers in the second array. \$-1 + 3 = 2 \therefore \text{True}\$ My algorithm simply takes all the pairs from the first input and check if they exist i...

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Q: What is an internal exon?

atevmI read the book: Essential Genetics and Genomics It has a table summarizing the properties of the "typical" human gene: It has a gene feature Size of internal exon, what internal means in this context? When I searched for it I found mentions about exteranl exons, but found no definition. I s...

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Q: Covariance of X and Y

IwishworldpeaceLet $X_1$,$X_2$...be i.i.d. with mean 1 and variance 1. Let $\epsilon_1$,$\epsilon_2$ be i.i.d with mean 0 and variance $\sigma^2$, independent of the $X_i$. Let $Y_i$=$\theta$$X_i$+$\epsilon_i$ for all i. $X_i$ and $Y_i$ are observed, but $\epsilon_i$ are unobservable and $\theta$ is unknown. W...

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Q: Snapping an Extrusion

MarcusReferring to the attached image, using a simple extrude and scale workflow, is it possible to snap the upper extrusion so it matches the size of the lower one? I thought this would be quite simple but I just can't seem to work it out....

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Q: What deity was Reuel a priest of?

EJoshuaS - Reinstate MonicaExodus 2:16 introduces Reuel (who was later Moses's father-in-law) as "a priest of Midian" without specifying anything further about which deity he was priest of: Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock. Is i...

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Q: New published work denied brewski robbery

PaulaCryptic crossword answer is ‘hold up’ but why? Not understanding where this answer is coming from in the clue. Synonyms for brewski? Work can be represented by ‘op’ Can’t see it!

GIS
GIS
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Q: How do coordinate reference systems and projections relate to each other?

FlavioI would like to resolve some general confusion of mine concerning the terms (and concepts) of "coordinate reference system" and "projection". The way I initially understood these terms is that a CRS defines a set of properties, such as the spherical model used to approximate the shape of the eart...

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Q: Does pointwise converge imply uniform convergence in some interval?

Zachary HunterI was wondering if $f_n$ converges pointwise to $f$ on a closed interval, $E$, must there be closed interval $E' \subseteq E$ such that $f_n|_{E'}$ converges uniformly to $f|_{E'}$. Currently, with my intuition, I can't think of an counter-example.

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Q: Any tips for photographing a political rally?

frontlonI'm photographing a Bernie Sanders rally for my school newspaper soon, and I was wondering if I should do anything to prepare. I'm comfortable shooting in crowds, even if they get rowdy, but I'm worried about getting a clear view of him. Should I try to arrive earlier (the doors open 2 hours befo...

IOT
IOT
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Q: Are There Energy Monitoring Smart Plugs That Don't Compromise my Privacy/Security?

jfkelleyIt seems like every Smart Plug I see on Amazon (including well-reviewed ones) require me to sign up, giving a lot of device, location, and personal information to a company I don't know or trust (often in an overseas country). I'd like to control & monitor energy usage using my mobile device (i....

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Q: Can a human eat the flesh of a sandworm?

Michael PernaIf Fremen ride them, couldn't they also eat them? There some passages from Kynes about the ecology of Dune that dive deep into the biomechanics of worms, but maybe I am missing something. Someone that has made the change could feasibly eat a sandworm sandwich and not be poisoned. Alternatively...

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Q: Apocryphal (?) tale of hard drive platter being thrown through a wall?

UuDdLrLrSsIn the mid-1990s while a student at a US university during a computer science lecture, my professor (not a TA or grad student) told us a story of "witnessing" a large, then old-fashioned metal hard disk platter somehow breaking free of its mounting while spinning and thus flying through the air t...

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Q: Why does the same proportion of a radioactive substance decay per time period? (half life)

Saharsh AanandJust wondering, if decay is random, why does the activity half every half life, as in, why does it have to reduce by the same proportion in the same time period?

RPG
RPG
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Q: Since the caster of the Zone of Truth spell knows whether a creature failed the save, can they use it to detect hidden/invisible creatures?

SssargonI'm DMing for a 5e party that includes a cleric, as many parties do. This cleric has found (what appears to be) an interpretation of the wording of the "Zone of Truth" spell that makes it even more powerful than it seems to be intended to be. His idea is that since Zone of Truth tells you when a...

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Q: What early middle ages weapons would suit extremely strong child?

WimI'm worbuilding low fantasy with technology level of the dark ages. Very few of the people could tap into psionic power, which makes them faster, stronger then common people. Average psionic user could be three times stronger then strong human, while the most gifted ones could be up to dozen time...

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Q: Possibility of changing universal constants to prevent cosmological events

the_hegemonRecently, I had an idea for a story in which a vacuum metastability event occurs. Would it be feasible in any way for an advanced civilization to alter the universal constants to prevent this or save themselves from that event? I thought about whether it would be possible to create a shell with ...

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Q: Proof of inequality without use of derivatives

PrasiortleIf $x \in \left[0,1\right]$ and $n \in \mathbb{Z}^+$, is it possible to show $$(1-x)x^n \leq \frac{n^n}{\left(n+1\right)^{n+1}}$$ without use of derivatives? With derivative it's smooth: Let $f(x)=(1-x)x^n.$ Thus, $$f'(x)=nx^{n-1}-(n+1)x^n=(n+1)x^{n-1}\left(\frac{n}{n+1}-x\right),$$ which give...

DIY
DIY
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Q: Can I use 12-2 wire on a 20amp breaker to power ENTIRE bathroom?

Andrew MontgomeryI couldn’t get clarity online for my question and figured I would seek help online. I have a half bathroom I was going to power with a dedicated 20amp circuit breaker. I was going to use the 20amp breaker to power: - vanity light - shelf light (Phillips hue light strip) - outlet - bathroom fa...

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ELL
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Q: On the first time or at the first time

Foreign student I realized him on/at the first time I enter the room. Which preposition should I use “on” or “at” in sentence above or Does both have the same meaning?

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Q: What is this flat metallic component?

Arseni MourzenkoWhat is the metallic component, labeled Y1, just at the right of the integrated circuit and at the left of the small C4 and C5 capacitors? When I search for “N24.000” on Google, I find only other boards with the same component, but no information about the component itself. If I search for “ele...

DIY
DIY
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Q: Can this junction box wiring be used for a duplex receptacle?

Rylani! Hi - this junction box was covered with a plug cover That had no openings in it, just a blank cover over the wall box. As you can see from the image we have two cables entering the box from the top left back corner, each cable with four separate thin wires inside the main cables. The colors ar...

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Q: Sub Panel Conduit

Dano0430I’d like some advice to connect the main panel to the conduit. It’s 2” conduit to the outside which connects to a detached garage. The problem I’m not sure of is how do I go from this LB box to the main panel without hogging out the entire 2x4’s in between the two. It’s 2” conduit because a bunch...

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Law
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Q: Is firing for unionizing legal? (The Office, S2E15)

Paul DraperIn Season 2, Episode 15 ("Boys and Girls") of The Office (U.S. series), the warehouse workers in the Pennsylvania branch of the New York-based company begin deciding to unionize. Vice President of Sales Jan Levinson learns of this discussion from the Regional Manager Michael Scott, and she then ...

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Q: Difference between Intel 8087 and 8089 opcodes

Single MaltThe 8087 floating-point coprocessor presumably used different ESC codes to the 8089 input/output coprocessor, since then they would be able to listen over the bus for their own ESC instructions. The opcodes of the ESC instructions are in the range 0xD8..0xDF, so did the 8087 use all those beginni...

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Q: Clipping the Emperor’s wings

LudiBackground In Liang Qichao‘s 戊戌政變記 (pdf) pretty much at the beginning of the second chapter (pp. 129 and 130 of the linked pdf) mention is made of the Emperor trying to promote several able people of his own and thereby incurring ill feeling of Cixi. Then a figure named An Weileng emerges who wr...

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Q: Why is late Russian Empire associated with Byzantium while having little in common with it?

SinusxI have started reading the book A people's tragedy by Orlando Figes about the Russian revolution. I am no historian, however having read a few pages I have a few questions about the repeated comparison of some facets of the pre-revolutionary Russian regime to Byzantium. The second principle from...

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CS
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Q: Is the reduction or disappearance of alveolar trill [r] a cross-linguistical phenomenon?

wodemingziThe sound [r] has become several other sounds, such as in English [ɹ], French [ʁ], Norwegian [ɾ] etc., while it is still widely found in the languages world-wide. Besides, are there any assumed examples that another sound could be developed into [r]? That is, a language had no [r] at a certain h...

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Q: Why most of the differential equation and theorem were formalized at no more than second derivative?

ShoutOutAndCalculateI'm reading book where I realized that in many math books, i.e. Calculus, ODE, DG etc., many theorems and propositions were formalized in terms of first or second derivatives, or just any arbitrary derivatives. I mean, if it stopped at first derivative, it's somewhat understandable. But if a prop...

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Q: HNN-extension as a 2-colimit

Lukas HegerIn the spirit of this question, it would be interesting to give a characterization of HNN extensions as a 2-colimit. If $G$ is a group and $\alpha:H \xrightarrow{\cong} K$ is an isomorphism between two subgroups of $G$, then I think that the HNN extension $G_{\alpha}$ has the following universal ...

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Q: Is the actual VMC to IMC transition a challenge (for IFR rated pilot/craft etc) if, say, sudden or unexpected?

Dan SheppardI assume that even on an IFR flight, being in even marginal VMC can be helpful, and that pilots consciously or subconsciously use cues such as the horizon to assist them in their flight even though they are principally flying by instruments. I was wondering if that makes a sudden transition to I...

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Q: Can you identify this DIODE or its logo?

randomNameCan you identify this diode or its logo? I'm hoping to at least learn who manufactured it to narrow my search.

DIY
DIY
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Q: Three way switch with two common wires?

QuiverIm currently trying to upgrade two three-way light switches in the kitchen to some new smart three-way switches. The issue I have run into though is that there appears to be two common wires on one of the switches? The other switch has just one common but this one appears to have two. See picture...

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Q: How do I know whether an airline seat upgrade was free?

smaslennikovI just flew via Air Canada from USA to Toronto directly. Before boarding, I asked at the gate if any upgraded seats are available. In response, the representative simply gave me a business class seat without any further information. There were a couple more business seats available during the fli...

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Q: Classic Alice/Bob supercoding returns the wrong result

Richard HenshI'm new to quantum computing, but everything I've read about superdense coding claims that, in the circuit below, Bob should receive a $[01\rangle$ from Alice. Unfortunately, that's not what I get I run the above circuit in either Qiskit or Circuit Composer. The latter results are shown below...

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Q: They may take our Rileys, but they will never take our Riddles

JohnsonAnother Riley Riddle, with a small difference... My prefix can mean my whole My suffix is commodity control Find a room for urgent infix removal And a cheeky tipple is left for approval As for my whole, it is so often sought For its release and freedom of thought

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Q: How do I create a 3x3 matrix of Images with a letter at the beginning of each line?

Rob StrasserWhile getting back into Latex for my Master thesis, I have a repetitive pattern of microscopy images that need to be arranged in 3 lines (with designated sample "names") and 3 columns, which I thought should be doable in Latex like in Powerpoint (see image). With using individual images to impor...

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Q: Were Vietnam veterans spat on?

dont_shog_me_broThe idea that Vietnam veterans in the United States were spat on when they returned seems to have taken hold. It's mentioned in the movie First Blood (Rambo) and songs and in books, but there don't seem to be any first hand accounts of it. In his book "The Spitting Image" Jerry Lembcke claims th...

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Q: How does a Buddhist care for others' suffering?

gotch4Please forgive me, I know really little about buddhism. From what I heard, the Buddhist will try to find relief from suffering by meditation and trying to be selfless. But what about others that are suffering? Does the Buddhist value more attaining enlightenment for himself or helping others in n...

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CS
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Q: First non-elected person in line of succession for British Government or Parliament?

MooThe US government has a defined order of succession should a catastrophic event take out many senior officials, but the British parliamentary system does not seem to have one. If the current Prime Minister were to be unable to fulfil his or her duties, the deputy PM will step in until the majori...

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Q: What is the correct way to upgrade pip in stretch debian?

kurramkurram DI have gone through some notes that it is not a good idea to do pip upgrade using sudo command. My question is if I don't give sudo I get permission errors. How can I resolve this? Also, what is the reason sudo is not suggested in order to upgrade pip? $python -m pip install --upgrade pip DEPREC...

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Q: How can a Markov chain have more than one but a finite amount of stationary distributions?

user665214Here's my understanding of it: Assume we have an $nxn$ stochastic matrix $P$ that represents our Markov chain such that $x$ and $y$ are stationary distributions for $P$. Then $P(x) = x$ $P(y) = y$ $P(ax+by) = P(ax) + P(by) = aP(x) + bP(y)$ where $ax+by$ is a convex linear combination $ = ax...

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Q: Drawing Lines on Differential Equation Slope Field

CameronI am supposed to create a detailed slope-field for x' = x + t/2 I have made a slope field using: f[t_, x_] = x + t/2 fld = VectorPlot[{1, f[t, x]}, {t, -3, 3}, {x, -3, 3}] I need to make three solution curves on the slope field, but I cannot figure out how to do that

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Q: Book Chapter Decoration

AdamHow can I produce the following decoration, meant to be used in the chapters of a book?

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Q: Coupling Theory vs reality

Asier NaizCoupling is defined as the knowledge one object has about another one, which describes how dependent they are. The more dependent, the worse, since changes in one would impact in the second. High couplind is bad, low coupling good. There are different coupling types: http://www.principles-wiki.n...

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Q: Why derivative is a slope?

Anon AlexanderThe change of $Y$ per $X$ is slope. And some say the change of slope per $X$ is derivative. So it is like slope of a slope! But slopes are always numbers like the slope of $2x$ is $2$. But derivates are not just numbers like the derivative of $3x^2$ is $6x$. This is confusing me can someone pl...

DIY
DIY
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Q: Is it common for residential foundations from the 1960s to contain asbestos?

acpilotIs it common for residential foundations to contain asbestos (circa 1968)? We recently had a drain line extended and I don't recall seeing any protections in place other than light dust masks.

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TeX
10:40
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Q: how one column can be large in a table

user9272398I want to make a table that one of the columns must be fat! could some one fix it? \begin{table}[!h]\label{Table} \caption{random symmetrized instances} \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} Name & The generators of the symmetry group & Dimension & \\ \hline NS1 & $(1...

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Q: How much can I get away with making management happy but irritating co-workers?

InsefelZhanI'm a software developer on a Scrum team and my actions make me a favorite of upper management but seemingly frustrate my co-workers. Now, I don't really care if they are unhappy, but rather I am looking for a strategic risk assessment. Here is why I am having issues with my co-workers: I am ...

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Q: Why the focus on American put options in literature?

shekierI've noticed that in the literature, whenever European vanilla options are to be priced, the classical approach is to price a European call. I guess it doesn't matter because we have put-call parity. However, almost every time I see somebody mention the pricing of American options, the standard...

RPG
RPG
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Q: Managing New Player "Murder Hobos"

BenSo I am running a LMoP game for a group of new players, and everyone is having a great time. We are all very new to it all though - it's my first time running a PW Campaign as a DM, (only had a few one-off games before now), but I do have plenty of player experience - and the Players are all new...

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Q: Why do we use "conmigo" but not "sintigo"?

Cal StephensIn Spanish we typically use "conmigo" for "with me" but "sin mi" for "without me". What are the origins of the word "conmigo"? How did it come to be preferred over "con mi"? Why do we continue to prefer "sin mi" over something like "sinmigo"?

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Q: What would be the best way to capture a Giant?

icewar1908After years of meticulous planning and crushing any and all opposition I've set my sights on conquering other races and nations. One group that I believe would be a valuable asset for my expanding empire is the Giants. Under normal circumstances, my men could easily crush them but giants are a ...

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Q: Conceptual reason that monadic functors create limits?

Tim CampionLet $U: Alg_T \to C$ be the forgetful functor from the category of algebras of $T: C \to C$ ($T$ could be a monad; I'm happy to think about the simpler case where $T$ is just an endofunctor or pointed endofunctor). Then a very simple diagram chase shows that $U$ creates limits. In other wor...

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Q: I burn what you can’t protect

Ébe Isaac My prefix is not acquitted My infix demands respect My suffix is a price I burn what you can’t protect What word am I?

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Vi
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Q: How to create a new tab or window from a buffer?

ShuzhengI have several open buffers and want to open a buffer in :ls in a new tab or window. I have found a way to do accomplish this, either by first executing tabnew or C-w v and then selecting the buffer using :b<N>. Can the same be accomplished using a single command?

TeX
TeX
12:42
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Q: Please write a code to draw icosahedron

No way Yes wayI would like to draw the following images on my paper. I tried to import the image using graphicx, but LaTeX could not find it (the image is in the same file as my tex), so I decided to draw them out. Please teach me what package to use and what code would display the following images. Thank you!

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Q: How do I play Masks to find out what changes, rather than to find out what happens?

PowerdorkMany Powered by the Apocalypse games make an agenda item of playing to find out what happens, discarding notions of "this will be my arc and this is how any particular scene from it will go" and looking to the unexpected for maximum fun and excitement. Masks: A New Generation has a particularly ...

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CS
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Q: Is it ever neccesary to burn a starter out?

James WilsonHonda civic vti 1999. While we were trying to diagnose a no start/cut out condition (Help with odd start/no start car) the mechanic kept holding the ignition on crank for prolonged times and you could smell a burning smell develop. I asked him what it was and he said it was the starter. Despit...

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Q: David M. Burton, Primes exercise

Howard DicksonFind the values of $n≥1$ for which $$n!+(n+1)!+(n+2)!$$ is a perfect square. This problem is from the book ELEMENTARY NUMBER THEORY by DAVID M BURTON under the chapter Primes and their distribution.Here is the link: https://books.google.com/books/about/Elementary_Number_Theory.html?id=2dI3AwA...

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Q: What lies behind the definitions of split monics and epics?

user634426Is there an easy way to memorize the definitions of split monics and split epics, and not to confuse the domains/codomains of the arrows from those definitions? For example, is there a mnemonic rule? And/or what's the motivation for those definitions that would enable one to "deduce" the defini...

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Q: Flexibility over solidity? Defending against 1. e4

lafinurWhen defending against 1. e4, I'm a French Defense player. I enjoy the French Defense very much, and my win rate with it is fairly good. Lately, though, I've been wanting to explore new defenses, only to spice my game up (I'm getting bored of the typical positions that come out of the french, as ...

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Q: Is there any advantage of using a travel agent in this day and age?

PradaNow that you can get great offers and deals on hotels or flight/train tickets on multiple websites and apps, is there any added advantage of going through a travel agent. Do they have any cheaper fares or promotions or any hidden benefits that is not commonly known?

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Q: As a noun I’m complete; as a verb, I’m yet to be so

Ébe Isaac Removing my prefix Makes a familiar sound Removing my infix Helps you search all around Removing my suffix Means to make me whole As a noun I’m complete As a verb I’m yet to be so Who am I?

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Q: I hate Valentine's Day

Don ThousandI played her my favorite song on my favorite [prefix] As I gave her a decorated Hallmark [infix] And said, "I hope I'm [suffix] to make you happy" But alas, she said no, and left me alone. Is my heart just [whole word] to you?

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Q: In a mathematics publication, is it preferable to state all definitions immediately, or as they arise?

Descartes Before the HorseI am writing a mathematics paper for publication which frequently: Uses special functions the average reader would not be aware of. Uses my own notation. Within the first section of my paper (introduction/preliminaries), I define the relevant special functions. Should I also define my own not...

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Q: Why is light with a small wavelength required to have a rectilinear path?

It's probableI was studying about light waves today and and in the introduction of the chapter there is a paragraph as follows:- 1) The Dutch physicist Christian Huygens suggested that light may be a wave phenomenon. 2) The apparent rectilinear propagation of light may be due to the fact that the wav...

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Q: If you see some movies in the Apple TV website, does that mean you can watch it if you join some program?

nonopolarityFor example, this page shows the movie Parasite on Apple TV. Does that mean if you join some program, such as Apple TV+, then you can watch it as included in the program? Apple TV+ is said to be included one year free if you buy some new Apple devices, so does that include the movies as listed ...

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Q: Incorporating fruits in creme brulee

Flame of udunDoes anyone have any idea on what precautions to take while combining fruit puree with custard for creme brulees? I added strawberry puree ( which I added some lemon juice to) to my custard and it split the custard while baking. I'm guessing the lemon was the culprit but can strawberries split cr...

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Q: What's the difference between "люблю" and "обожаю"?

ReionderI was doing a Clozemaster exercise and it asked to translate "I love reading" to Russian. I thought of putting Люблю читать but the correct answer that the exercise wanted was Обожаю читать. What's the difference between those two verbs?

DSP
DSP
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Q: Cascaded One-Zero Filter IR

Patrik Lechnergiven the one-zero digital filter, $$y[n] = x[n]\cdot \frac{1}{2} + x[n-1] \cdot \frac{1}{2}$$ Which has the transfer function: $$H(z) = (1+z^{-1})\cdot \frac{1}{2}$$ and taking $M$ of these filters in series as a cascade, giving a filter $G$ with $$G(z) = H(z)^{M}$$ Is there a known closed...

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UX
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Q: Is there a good way to communicate choose at least one?

allenretzI am wondering if there are any known good ways to concisely convey to users that they must must choose at least one option. Check boxes convey that the user can select 0 or more items. Radio buttons convey the user can only choose exactly 1 item. I could not find any existing conve...

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Q: Avoiding microstrip line to become CPWG

Aldrich TaylorI have been designing RF PCBs for a year for an RF front-end system. One of my PCBs has very strict constraints about its size measurements. So, I should design it very densely. The problem with this PCB is that there is a microstrip line so close to a GND mounting via as can be seen from the ...

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Q: can I use ATF IV instead of Dexron for 2005 toyota camry

echoThe manual states Dexron or Dexron II to use for power steering fluid. ATF IV is listed on the manual for transmission oil. Can I use that instead of Dexron/Dexron II? Can I mix it with the Dexron already in the car? The only other options I have are Dexron III or Lucas oil, which states it is un...

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Q: Finding limits for this without L'hospital's rule

user687961If $$\frac{x-\sin{x}} {x^3}+\frac {4(\sin {x})^3}{3x^3}=\frac {3x-\sin3x}{3x^3}$$ How do we solve $$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{x-\sin{x}} {x^3}$$ without L'hospital's Ans: $\frac{1}{6}$

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Q: Effect of removing an edge on Hadwiger number

Dominic van der ZypenIf $G=(V,E)$ is a finite, simple, undirected graph, then by $\eta(G)$ we denote the maximum integer $n\in \mathbb{N}$ such that $K_n$ is a minor of $G$. If $e\in E$ we write $G\setminus e$ to denote the graph $(V, E \setminus \{e\})$. Is there a finite graph $G=(V,E)$ and $e\in E$ such that $\et...

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Q: Travelling by plane with a stop in China - will I be quarantined?

belitdI am going to Japan from Western Europe in March (by plane). I have a stop in Shanghai (~2h. long so I'll stay in airport). Due to the Coronavirus related protective measures, will I be quarantined when arriving to Japan?

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Q: My name is akin to my size

shanylong My name is akin to my size Each can be complex or concise I remain within gaze In front of your face Observable under the right eyes Considering freedom and span I am not a favourable fan Yet I still do support you Will continue to guide you Hold heavy loads as much as I...

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Q: Magento2 - How to move cart total below the cart items on checkout page?

Masud ShaikhI want to show the cart totals section below the cart items on the checkout page.

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Q: When a spell asks for targets, can I choose the same target multiple times?

virchau13When a spell has multiple targets, can I choose the same target multiple times? Is there any general rule I can refer to? An example of ambiguity is the spell Steel Wind Strike: You flourish the weapon used in the casting and then vanish to strike like the wind. Choose up to five creatures ...

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Q: Understanding reason behind existence of chemical equilibrium

MaheshMany chemistry reactions are reversible in nature. In such reactions initially reactants react to form products but after some time products also react to give reactants back again. And an equilibrium is established where forward and backward reactions occur with equal rates. If products are mor...

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Q: Exercise 2.4.11 in Artin

John P.I am struggling with a problem from Artin's algebra. This is the solution I have so far. Let $G,H$ be cyclic groups, generated by elements $x,y$. Determine the condition on the orders $m,n$ of $x$ and $y$ so that the map sending $x^i$ to $y^i$ is a group homomorphism. Solution. Define the...

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Q: ASCII Pizza (no pineapple)

RGSI like pizza! Task Given the radius of a pizza and a list of ingredients, create the corresponding ascii pizza! Example size 4 pizza with mozzarella cheese, olives and ham: ##### #@@@@M# #H@O@@@@# #M@@@H@@# #@OO@@@@# #@@H@@@@# #M@M@@@@# #O@@@H# ##### Input A positive integer r ...

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Q: Axiom: More is Better; But when is more better?

Gustavo Louis G. MontańoI'm taking an introductory microeconomics course and have been introduced to the 3 axioms of economic preferences. These include Completeness Transitivity Non-satiation My understanding of non-satiation is incomplete. This is because of how the lecturer has described it. I am told that non-sa...

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Q: Overloading a function using templates

b.g.I am trying to define a function using templates and I want the typename to be either int or anEnum (a specific enum I had defined). I have tried the following but I have failed: template <int | anEnum T> // or <int T, anEnum T> or <int, anEnum T> bool isFunction(const T &aVariable){} What I a...

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Q: dictionary attack hashing algorithm

gg0092Does the kind of algorithm used to hash passwords have any advantages or disadvantages in a dictionary attack? i.e. SHA256, MD5, etc. or is it just the dictionary that is used by the attacker matters? As far as I can understand, the hashing algorithm does not have any effect on protection again...

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Q: Who first solved Harmonic Oscillator problem?

Chetan WaghelaWho first solved the classical harmonic oscillator problem.

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Q: Excess vertical space in \vdots

Peter GrillHow do I get a tight \fbox around \vdots? There is an excess vertical space as discussed in Vertical space around \vdots in xymatrix Wrong (too much) vertical space above \vdots in small matrix The code below produces: Code: \documentclass{article} %% Defined in https://tex.stackexchang...

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Q: How to plausibilize that the geometric and the coordinate expressions for the scalar product are equivalent?

PhotonThe standard scalar product on $\mathbb{R}^3$ is defined via $$\vec a\cdot\vec b := a_1b_1+a_2b_2+a_3b_3$$ On the other hand, it can be expressed in a more geometrical way through the lengths of the vectors and the angle $\phi$ they enclose via $$\vec a\cdot\vec b = |\vec a| |\vec b|\cos\phi$$...

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Q: Run an external program with customized environment/options in current buffer

ÉmilienHow can I organize Emacs to run a specific external program with some specific environment/options for the mode or the buffer currently open. My current solution is to use setenv before running the external program, however it seems to change the environment for all the buffers in Emacs. Exampl...

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Q: How is process priority calculated?

Jorge LopezCan someone explain how "real" process priority (i.e. pri_baz field of ps) is calculated? My guess is: pri_baz = 99 - static_priority # if static_priority > 0 (real-time process) pri_baz = 100 + min(20 + nice + dynamic_adjustment, 39) # if static_priority = 0 (time-shared process) This is s...

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Q: Using polar coordinates to find solutions to equation

Sam KirkilesUsing polar coodinates, find all the points $(x,y)\ne 0$ such that $\frac{2xy}{x^2+y^2}=\frac{1}{2}$. I thought I could somehow substitute $x=r\cos(\theta), y=r\sin(\theta)$ but I'm not sure how to proceed. What strategy should I use to tackle these types of problems? Thanks! EDIT: The numerato...

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Q: What does Islam say when dealing with stupid and arrogant parents?

RafidNot every parents are inclined towards truth, some of them are just following their desires, no reasoning, and always trying to justify their act on us (their kids) despite some of them claim to be a Muslim (one who surrenders to Allah). What does Allah or the prophets say when dealing with those...

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Q: Why is Jimmy Carter "history's greatest monster"?

colmdeIn one episode of The Simpsons, the town is unable to raise enough money to build a statue of Abraham Lincoln (due to Marge's unavailability to sell treats because of her incarceration) and so instead is forced to settle for a statue of Jimmy Carter... At which point one of the Springfieldianite...

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Q: Residue Theorem for odd function?

GalaI am trying to find a way to compute: $$ \int_0^{\infty} \frac{x \sin(x) \, dx}{(x^2+1)^2} $$ I thought that I need to use residue theorem but $\sin(x)$ is an odd function and I do not know what to do about it. I computed the residue for $z=i$ because it is the one above real axis. From my co...

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Q: Contractor day rate - calculating based off pro rata annual 'salary'

contractor_throwaway_8763I have been working on a self-employed contract for almost 12 months. When I started, they offered me a 'pro-rata salary' of £37k. They asked to be billed by the day, and naively I just did 37,000 / 12 / 4.3 (avg weeks per month) / 5 = 143.41 However, I've realised that there's a few things...

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Q: Shader node to get z value

Ludvig HolmenI am putting together a coastal scene. In order to make the rocks close to the water shiny from the water, I would like to set the roughness as function of the height (z value). If all the rocks where single objects with unique location, I suppose it would be easily done. However, my landscape is...

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Q: How does a vector as a key works internally in C++?

Pulkit BhatnagarThis SO answers says that STL Map with a Vector for the Key the vector can be used as a key. So when we use a vector as a key. How does that actually work since the key needs to be unique so when we insert another vector with the same elements will the map check for duplicate element by element o...

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Q: Who were the seven dwarves Sauron gave the Rings of Power to?

Miguel NoTeimporta Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to ...

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Q: Circle of Points with TikZ

FlyBobI would like to define a series of dots distributed around a circle and be able to define the number of points using tikz. Is it possibile without involving pstricks? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw [draw=red, line width=2pt,dash pattern=on ...

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Q: Is there any way to remove a rear cassette WITHOUT a cassette wrench?

i_is_bikerI've tried to and tried, but just can't do it. Can anyone help me with a way to remove my crappy old 7 speed cassette and install a brand new 11 speed without using a cassette wrench? I'm not rich enough to own one.

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Q: How to automatically restart Nginx when it goes down

Newbee CodingHi I have deployed my application onto AWS EC2 and I want to implement automation where if I restart my instance or when the Nginx web server is down. It will restart by itself. But I do not really know where to start with this. Any help is welcomed! Heard can use crontab to schedule automatic m...

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Q: A childish challenge to generative grammar

VadimCould somebody give me an analysis of Russian sentence Мама мыла раму. (Mom washed the (window) frame.) from the point of view of modern grammar theories (Generative Grammar, head-fist grammar, construction grammar, etc.)? The background: The sentence is learned by the Russians in their elementa...

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Q: How to access Tridion Config Component in Event System

Neelesh RaghuvanshiI have created an Event handler on Component save which checks the Image Size for Multimedia Components on saving. I want to read the allowed Maximum size from the Tridion configuration Component, I do not want to use Core Service for some reasons, can I read the Component in my Event System dll ...

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Q: Why are the clouds white and Australia black in weather satellite infrared images?

uhohThe question Is the sunlight on the GOES-16 Imagery reaching from the east? shows a visible light image and so in the night areas the Earth appears dark and in the day areas the Earth is a bit brighter and the clouds are the brightest. We can have 24 hour imaging of clouds and weather in thermal...

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Q: INI config loader / saver

HarryPlease take a review of my simple .ini config loader / saver: // // value wrapper // class IniEntry { public: // // default ctor IniEntry() { } // // copy ctor IniEntry(const IniEntry& rhs) : _Data(rhs._Data) { } // // move ctor IniEntry(IniEntry&&...

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Q: What happens if an aircraft tries to land at MTOW (if greater than MLW)?

PavanHere's a scenario: Just after Take-Off, there's an emergency on-board and pilot wants to land immediately. But, the weight of the plane wouldn't have decreased by large margins (usually 0.02*MTOW). Is the aircraft allowed to land with a weight more than Maximum Landing Weight? What will happe...

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Q: Were Data and Lore created as a 'pair'?

hawkeyeWe know of three Soong-type androids, B4, Data and Lore. It is possible there were others. We know in Picard 1x01 "Remembrance" - that the type of Synth that Dahj and Soji are, are created in pairs. Jurati says it would be possible to create a female android from Data's positronic neuron, ...

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Q: Dystopia of a world where old people get killed

LotI am pretty sure this was a short story in a collection of sci-fi stories. It was written from the perspective of one of the people whose job was hunting down and killing people that grew too old, after he himself reached that age. IIRC, he is hunted by his own protege. I think that there was ...

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Q: can my fish survive without filter?

dodoHey i have 50l aquarium with 2 gold fish, temperature is always 25°C and my question is will they survive without filter?

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Q: Acoustic localization

DvorkamI apologize if this is not really an EE question, but it seemed most appropriate. I am considering the following application. Object is 3000m far away and emits a sound of 94 dBSPL at 0.5m, I, therefore, expect it to be 18.44dB loud at 3000m. 1) Using a microphone with 80dB S/N ratio and -24dB ...

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Q: Is there a unix-like system that doesn't come with Perl?

RedAs far as I know, every distribution of Linux has Perl (and core modules) installed by default, AIX and Solaris (IIRC) also do. By "by default" I mean that even the most lightweight variant has it. I haven't worked on BSD or similar ones, do they come with Perl? Motivation: I'm trying to figu...

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Q: Does the NTSB and other investigative agencies charge airlines for investigations?

Firefighter1Does an airline have to pay the investigation team? For example the NTSB? And if Boeing or Airbus participate in the investigation, do they also charge the airlines?

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Q: Do UK visa documents not in English or Welsh have to be translated officially?

Daniil ManokhinI am applying for a visa for my family in Russia to come to the UK. All the documents they provide will be in Russian, therefore they will need to be translated into English. The GOV visa page states: You’ll also need to provide a certified translation of any documents that are not in Englis...

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Q: Two network cards, which provides internet?

user1045077I have mainly found questions on how to set up one network interface to have a certain IP address and the other on a different network, but I am interesting in what happens if I have two network cards (eth/wan or two wireless) set up to connect to the same router and both to the Internet. Which ...

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Q: Definition of a general rule

TeMBy defining: rule = Sqrt[expr_^2] :> expr; and writing: Sqrt[x^2] /. rule I get: x which is what is desired (regardless of formal correctness). On the other hand, writing: Sqrt[x^2 y] /. rule I get: Sqrt[x^2 y] instead of: x Sqrt[y] How can I generalize the above rule ...

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Q: Is Planning Poker Bad for Software Development Teams?

GrimWe have a project manager that is adamant about planning poker. I have found that this adds stress to everyone on the team, and the times are always wrong. We have different skill levels on the team and expected to complete a task within the given time period. We estimate as a team and then take ...

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Q: Artificier Resistant Armor Infusion

WartowelWithin the Ebberon (ERLW) Text, the Artificier gains fanciful infusions. At 2nd level, you gain the ability to imbue mundane items with certain magical infusions. The magic items you create with this feature are effectively prototypes of Permanent items. One of these infusions is called Res...

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Q: What does (sol) in a chemical equation mean?

TroAluaiI'm reading Shrivers Inorganic Chemistry book and some of the equations have a (sol) state on them. I'm sure the book has already defined this but I cannot find where. Examples: \begin{align} \ce{[NH3OH]Cl (sol) + NaOBu &-> NH2OH (sol) + NaCl (s) + BuOH (l)}\\ \ce{SbF5 (l) + HF (l) &-> H2F+ ...

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Q: How to get specific publication list for specific user in Tridion Core Service?

Sudip GhoraiI want to get specific publication list for specific User (depending on those user group's rights and permission in which that user is associated with). I tried with PublicationData class or PublicationFilterData class and I am getting all available publications but I want specific publication li...

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Q: How do I execute/test a large set of test cases with limited time and resources?

JAINAMWe have a large set of test cases but limited time and resources to execute/test them all. We thought but it's not possible to execute/test everything. Can someone suggest any strategy or way to move ahead for the above situation?

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Q: Can random forest detect squared terms?

Viðar IngasonIn Feature Engineering and Selection: A Practical Approach for Predictive Models Kuhn and Johnson mention (chapter 7) that random forest can be used to detect interaction between variables, e.g. x1*x2. My question is. Can random forest be used to detect squared terms x1^2. If so, how would you d...

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Q: Unexplained muscle mass loss

mreff555Recently my gym bought a fat analyzer (InBody scanner). I have used it twice now. I'm a bit perplexed and disappointed by the results. A little back story: I'm 39. I've been maintaining the same workout for about 3 years. Hit cardio, 4 to 5 times a week. During the summer I usually run on th...

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Q: Classical propositional logic. Are all formulas sentences?

BeginnerLet L the language of classical (two-valued) propositional logic consisting of a denumerable set of sentential variables as well as the usual operations of negation, disjunction, conjunction, implication, and equivalence. Are all formulas of L sentences?

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Q: DAD and link local address

tw enI'm a new guy in IPV6, and now I encounter a question, when ipv6 policy is Auto configuration, is it necessary to DAD on Link local address? my question is, since link local address is created from MAC, why need to DAD? or is it necessary? Can I turn off the DAD on Link local address? I've been...

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Q: How do you delete a comma in a cell in Excel?

user45848I imported a string of email addresses and each cell now ends with a comma. I'd like to remove the comma. I tried this formula: =SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","") But it didn't work. Is there another way to accomplish this? (addresses imported from a Word document) Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/gBqb...

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Q: SQL Query timing out - Optimization Help?

user3757165I'm trying to run this as a query activity (writing to a data extension) but am finding that it's timing out. It's not all that 'heavy' of a query but it's not completing. I'm a database developer by trade...but don't know the intricacies of SalesForce query. For example - I've tried to introdu...

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Q: Using the advanced filter of an attribute table from python

p374I have created a script which opens the attribute table in QGIS and I would like to use the advanced filter (expression). I want to create the expression from python and then show the result in the attribute table. Code: request = QgsFeatureRequest().setFilterExpression( u'"STATUS" = \'OK\'' ) ...

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Q: Can a world where everyone has a time machine be consistent?

Stefano BalzarottiIn a universe everyone has a time machine and can travel both in past and in future. The idea is at some point, no one knows when, it started an eternal war to control the time. Since everyone can travel both in past and in future the concept of time lost the meaning, in any age and in any plac...

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Q: What is this narrow band of clouds?

Dr_HopeI came across a narrow streak of clouds in Asia when playing with Google Earth. Does anyone know what that is?

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Q: Watermarking processing proof

SoleilThere are watermarking technologies in videos that are resistant to transcoding and image resizing. There are no visible artefact, it's rather for content protection and tracing. Is there anything like this in still imaging ? What are the algorithms ?

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Q: Egg, sausage, bacon and spam (lovely spam!)

ArnauldYou are given four integers: \$e,s,b\in\{0,1\}\$ and \$S\in \{0,1,2,4\}\$, where \$e,s,b,S\$ stand for egg, sausage, bacon and spam respectively. Your task is to figure out whether the corresponding ingredients match a valid entry in the following menu: [e]gg | [s]ausage | [b]acon | [S]pam ---...

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Q: Would it be hard for a girl to pass Ireland immigration who is travelling alone from HK

JessicaMy bf is a UK citizen. He is now living in Belfast temporarily. I want to meet up with him in Dublin travelling from HK(Visa Free) (connecting flight in Amsterdam) . Will have a return ticket to fly back to HK in 2 weeks later from Dublin. But im worried i will have a hard time at Dublin immig...

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Q: How to deal with parents that enforce a curfew on an adult

Mage in the BarrelSo my parents, especially my mother, feel the need to control many aspects of my life because "I'm not responsible" which is at least partially true. Completely ignoring the fact that I'm never going to learn responsibility if they don't let up, my main gripe with them currently is that they enfo...

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Q: Is there a shared inspiration for the 7 Dwarfs of Snow White and the 7 Dwarves (that recieved rings of power) from Tolkien's writings?

Richard CIn The Lord of the Rings Tolkien writes that 7 Dwarves were given rings. I know that Tolkien took a lot of inspiration from different sources including ancient fables and stories, tales of the Pagan religions and other places when forming the mythos of his stories. Is there any indication that ...

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Q: Integrating acceleration - wrong choice of bounds in textbooks?

Ius KlesarI've noticed in my physics textbook (and in a lot of other popular sources), that the process of integrating non-constant acceleration to get to a velocity formula, the integrating bounds imposed on the velocity-part seem wrong. In the above snippet, they're using $v_0$ and $v$ as bounds in th...

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Q: How does the Control Weather spell interact with the Dispel Magic spell?

NicolasIf a spell has an area of effect with a radius of miles, like Control Weather, or Mirage Arcane, is there anything stopping a level 5 mage, hiding somewhere within the area, from dispelling the terrible storm cast by the archmage? It feels like these massive spells are extremely vulnerable since...

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Q: How to modify a method which dynamically calls upon a set of various child classes to work for any new child class

Connor1234The following method is used to add objects to a polymorphic arrayList from a file. It reads lines from the file, and based on a specific line which denotes the category of the product object, it uses the loadFromFile() method of the specific class, before moving onto the next. We are taught to ...


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