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Q: Tempo alteration "retard" instead of "ritard"

nuggetheadSo, this is a piece I'm working on with a large chorus of youngsters ages 10-12. I've never seen a tempo alteration spelled this way. Is it something distinct from "ritard?" Is it simply an unfortunate typo? It appears in Randall Thompson's "Some One," which is part of the larger set Two Chil...

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Q: What insulation should I use in the ceiling of my attic

Brian KalskiI'm currently finishing my attic and I am wondering what insulation I should use in the ceiling. I was planning on using R38 or higher in the vertical and horizontal sections but in the angled sections I don't have a lot of room. They are 2x8s and after the baffles there is only 5 1/2 inches of...

00:26
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Q: What is the purpose of an electrolytic capacitor in this small electronics project?

greenerAs someone trying to learn electronics, I found the following diagram where there are these two electrolytic capacitors (470uF). Could someone explain the use of these components? How does the number/size 470 get chosen? Is their inclusion meeting a particular requirement?

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Q: Why estimations seem too low/inaccurate for Nested Loops operator with relatively large inputs

Kuba WyrostekThis question is a follow-up to somebody else's question here: Adding an INNER JOIN ruins query performance due to different execution plan despite updated STATISTICS and RECOMPILE, why? My question is about a small part of the execution plan. The Index Seek operator on the Events.nci_wi_... inde...

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Q: RBF to Take Back Stolen Funds

Isenko ChubbIf you saw a transaction from a UTXO you control in the mempool that you didn't sign (i.e. it was stolen), could you use RBF to move it to an address you control before it was confirmed?

00:42
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Q: Binomial transform of fibonacci sequence is negated fibonacci sequence proof

elNayoI'm trying to prove that the following relation holds $$ \sum_{j=0}^n \binom{n}{j}(-1)^j F_j = -F_n $$ Where $F_i$ denotes the $i$-th finonacci number. I'm currently trying an induction argument but I get stuck at $$ \sum_{j=0}^n \binom{n}{j}(-1)^j F_j = (-1)^n F_n + \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} \binom{n}{j}...

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Q: Probaility of winning a card game where you draw successive cards until all cards have been drawn

deskieI had this question in an interview a few weeks back and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. There is a deck of cards before you - in the deck are cards on which there is one of three shapes (Square, Triangle, Circle) drawn in one of three colors (Red, Blue, Green). The deck cons...

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01:33
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Q: Is it possible to destroy an object that has been bonded with sovereign glue?

TGAPVersyThe description of sovereign glue states that it creates a bond between two objects that cannot be broken by anything other than universal solvent, oil of etherealness, or Wish. According to this question, a teleport is not sufficient to de-glue things. However, in the case of a teleport, both ob...

01:52
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Q: Variation of restricted 3 body problem

AlexCI'm in the process of programming a space game which will involve a 3-body system. I'm thinking of making a simplified version of the restricted 3 body problem where: Body A is fixed in space, Body B is in a fixed, circular orbit around body A, and body C is of negligible mass and is influenced b...

02:27
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Q: First inaccessible Suslin trees in L, an interesting detail

Vladimir KanoveiIt's known (but quite nontrivial) that $V=L$ implies that if $\kappa$ is the 1st inaccessible cardinal then there are $\kappa$-Suslin trees $T$. Such a tree $T$ can be considered as a forcing notion in $L$. Being Suslin, $T$ does not collapse $\kappa$. QUESTION. Can such $T$ be defined so that th...

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02:44
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Q: Gap in tikz picture

José Carlos SantosIf I compile this file: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[domain=-1:1,scale=5,samples=1000] \draw plot (\x,{sqrt(-1/2-\x*\x+sqrt(1/4+2*\x*\x))}); \draw plot (\x,{-sqrt(-1/2-\x*\x+sqrt(1/4+2*\x*\x))}); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} I get this: ...

02:58
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Q: Want to listen to ALL my Compact Discs via iPad

ray kazlauskasOk, here goes! I’m an old guy with limited computer skills but lots of music that I like listening to on my home stereo system. This is what I would like to do: I love my iPad Air 3. It’s all I got computer wise and over 300 hard earned purchased CDs. I want to listen to all this music via my iPa...

03:11
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Q: Would Tungsten be a useful material for medieval armor and weapons?

ITM_CoderTungsten is a very dense and robust metal that has the highest melting point and boiling point of any metal. This makes it very resilient in certain situations but also makes it hard to craft stuff with in a forge. Let's say that in 1300 AD, every kingdom gains access to a magic wand. This wand c...

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Q: LAMMPS: Why does the NVT fix vary in temprature step-by-step even though I am giving an initial and final temp of 1500K?

Irslan Ullah AshrafI want to perform NVT simulation to study defect dynamics in sic. I want to study dynamics at 1500K. despite of giving initial and final temperature 1500K (also damping parameter as required part of command) in fix nvt command (input and log file is given below), I can see an exponential increase...

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Q: (DES) What is the probability that two keys (k1, k2) produce the same ciphertext given the same plaintext?

Ernesto DiazBasically, I need to find the probability that DES(p, k1) = DES(p, k2) = c My guess is that probability = 1 / 2^64 since that's the total number of possible outputs, but honestly I have no clue about crypto. Thanks in advance for any help!

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Q: I find learning gemorah doesn't talk to me, what should I do?

Lone yidI went to yeshiva for 4 years, I can say that I enjoyed learning gemorah less than 10 days out of all 4 years. I go to daf yomi, I read through the gemorah, but I find it very irrelevant, even halocha I find it very dry. How do I find gemorah more meaningful and satisfying? I just feel so disconn...

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GIS
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Q: How do you reproject a raster using Rasterio in-memory

JWBI'm trying to optimize my code a bit because I'm tired of having intermediate files. I use rasterio to reproject grib files in the following manner: def reproject_raster(in_path, out_path): # reproject raster to project crs with rio.open(in_path) as src: src_crs = src.crs ...

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Q: How to calculate the natural frequency of a series LC circuit?

math and physics foreverThe below question is just to exemplify what I mean, I don't need help with this question, but rather the concepts behind it From the wwikipedia article on natural frequency I concluded that for an LC circuit, the natural state would be that in which the current faces negligible resistance. Which...

03:27
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Q: Looking back at all the things I said ...

Grain GhostThe look-say sequence is a sequence of lists of numbers where each element is the previous element with run length encoding. Run length encoding is the process of grouping together like elements and then giving the element and the size of the group for each group. So for example: 1 1 1 2 2 1 T...

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Q: Identifying a comedy in a post apocalypse world where robots are in charge. The main characters being teenage robots in a high school

HauntedfridgeI was a kiddo when I last saw this, but it was a ranchy high school comedy (like late 2000s early 2010s?). The two protagonist were teenagers (unpopular) the main one was a skinny nerd robot. I think it was on adult swim possibly? The other character was fat comedic relief. I believe the series h...

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Q: What is the origin of the phrase "hit rock bottom"?

fevEtymoline hyphenates rock-bottom and provides a rather vague origin as a synonym of bedrock: "lowest possible," 1884, from the noun phrase meaning "bedrock" (1815), also figurative, from rock (n.1) + bottom (n.). What I would like to know is how this phrase came to be. Every time I hear it, I a...

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Q: Transposition: written pitch vs sounding pitch

SRIRAM MI have a small doubt in melody writing of grade 8 standard. The given question is: Write a 12 bar melody for Clarinet in Bb using the notes of D Mixolydian Mode in written pitch rather than sounding pitch. My question is: should I write the melody by transposing it a Major 2nd above (i.e. use ...

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Q: Enlarge polygon by fixed edge distance

Anti EarthI wish to create a larger polygon from a smaller one through orthogonally translating each edge by a fixed distance. RegionResize with a bounding box given by RegionBounds works when my polygon is a box: p1 = Polygon[{{0, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, 0}}]; dist = .3; b = {#[[1]] - dist, #[[2]] + dist} &

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Q: How do you set up multiple variable regression with no intercept term?

BradenCan anyone help with the set up of a multiple variable regression function that does not have an intercept (no beta hat 0)? I've tried to figure it out based on class notes for one variable regression without an intercept and multiple variable regression with an intercept but my answers seem way ...

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Q: Can I use a commercial font in a thesis?

Soner from The Ottoman EmpireLet's say that while browsing the Internet, I come across a font that I genuinely like and decide to use it in my thesis or my academic research article that will be published. Should I care about if it would be correctly licensed or not? For instance, it might be a licensed font that I'm unaware...

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04:02
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Q: Is there a diffrence between "I travel by train" and "I travel by a train"?

Dmitry MantisI don't quite understand the usage of articles in such sentences. As other example: "He goes to home by car". Grammar helper services suggest that I should not use an article there, but I don't understand why "He goes to home by a car" is invalid.

04:24
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Q: Baffled by online professor's response to my weekly reflections journal

Jennifer Hale JenI'm attending university 100% online. I have the same professor for three classes, which are all structured the same way. Every week there is assigned reading, videos, and a discussion board post with a prompt written by her. We have to make an original post, reply to any comments and comment on ...

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Q: How would a city/town exist inside the territory of a country but the country chooses not govern it?

cosmixIn my hypothetical world, the current development of humans is similar to our late 19th century in terms of technological advancements; larger countries are capable having more advanced technology than smaller towns. There is a small town located near the border of a country, which is home to som...

04:41
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Q: Do Twitter shareholders need to do anything?

SomeoneDo current Twitter shareholders need to place sell orders in order for Elon Musk to buy their shares?

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Q: Nuclear fusion reactors and neutrons

Young Jun LeeThe majority of energy produced by nuclear fusion is harnessed by neutrons or protons that split out from the product. Given the dominant fusion method today is Deuterium + Tritium which produces He and a neutron (a neutron that has most of the energy from the fusion), what do current experimenta...

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Q: Ice maker stopped working for years, made a bucket of ice, and stopped again

user1723699I have a Whirlpool french door refrigerator (model WRX988SIBM) with the ice dispenser in the door of the refrigerator and it quit making ice over 4 years ago now. I didn't use a ton of ice and just got used to filling some trays. It's not the simplest of ice makers so determining what is wrong is...

05:12
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Q: How do you get silver and gold scales in Salmon Run?

Chase SandmannWhen you face the King Salmonoid in Salmon Run, you always receive scales, whether you win or lose. But it seems completely random how it works - sometimes I win and I get all bronze scales, and sometimes I lose and get a gold scale. How does this system work? How do I get more silver and gold ...

05:37
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Q: How do I say "What did you hear?"

DeeIf you want to ask someone "What did you hear" in Japanese do you say なんと聞きましたか? or 何を聞きましたか?

 
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07:01
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Q: Fly speed to fall downward

EspeIf someone has a fly speed of 60 feet and moves 60 feet downward and then chooses to stop flying, they would descend another 500 feet totalling 560 feet in a single round. Is this correct interpretation of Xanathar's falling rules (page 77)?

07:24
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Q: unbounded sequence convergent subsequence

yf297An unbounded sequence $a_n$ can have a convergent subsequence for example $a_n = n$ if $n$ is odd and $a_n = 1/n$ if $n$ is even. What if it is unbounded and $|a_{n+1} - a_n| \to 0$? Can I conclude that it has no convergent subsequences?

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Q: How to make this kind of typography in blender

Yustina Yasin How to create model with this type of typography in blender? I tried using single vertex to make the curve and then fill it until it become a flat plane. I extrude the plane and add subdivision modifier but the result ain't smooth.

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Q: A word for 'non-animated'

sundownerIs there a single word to denote non-animated movies? What I have in mind is like the following: Disney is okay, but I prefer ??? movies. It should mean movies where human actors/actresses play, instead of cartoons or polygons. It has nothing to do with fantasy elements and Harry Potter is a ??...

07:42
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Q: 休ん and 違うん . I don't get if this is a verb form, conjugation, a contraction or some grammar that I still don't know

Akagami KurohI found these phrases reading and didn't get if they were a verb form, conjugation or what, I neither could find them on a dictionary. I assume they are colloquial forms of speaking and this is the context of each one: あんた学校どうする?念のため休んどいてもいいけど 何か違うんだろうか 考えんのやめよ

07:55
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Q: Star Wars - What is the "main port"?

John WuIn a well-known scene in A New Hope, a rebel analyst describes the Death Star's weakness: "A small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port." What is the "main port?"

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Q: Ubuntu 22.04 GNOME Search Not Working Correctly

FlxwI am pretty new to Ubuntu and Linux in general. About a week ago I installed a theme for Ubuntu (WhiteSur if it matters). After I installed the theme, there is a bug with my GNOME search bar (when you press the SUPER key and start writing). Whenever I type a letter after pressing the SUPER key, t...

08:19
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Q: Why is 钾 (jiǎ) the Chinese character for potassium?

Becky 李蓓Elements on the periodic table are ascribed unique Chinese characters, and because they're relatively new characters (vs. thousands of years of history of the Chinese language), they're usually carefully designed and easy to remember. For example, the alkali metals are: 锂 (lǐ) Li (lithium) 钠 (nà...

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Q: What is the best way to simulate the open-loop gain of an op-amp in LTspice?

kenearlI have been trying to simulate open-loop gain to check the SPICE model in LTspice. From what I could find out so far, there appear to be two main approaches to achieve this. The example in this video breaks the feedback path to the inverting pin with an AC source (0 V DC). However, if I plot V(F...

09:05
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Q: How do I extract the rotation angle about an specific axis from a rotation matrix.

John AlexiouThe question sounds similar to Angle of rotation around arbitrary axis from matrix but it is not. I don't want an angle-axis extraction, from a 3×3 rotation matrix ${\rm R}$. I know how to do that by converting to a quaternion. But if I want to specify the axis, like given ${\rm R}$ what is the r...

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Q: Are no infinite subsets of the set of all propositional atoms definable in this structure, even with parameters?

user107952I asked this on Math Stack Exchange, but apparently no one paid attention to it. So, I am asking it again, filling in the background necessary to understand it. Consider a countably infinite set $P$ of propositional atoms, indexed by the positive integers like so: $p_1,p_2,p_3,p_4,...$. We also h...

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Q: CI/CD Benefits of using Scratch Org?

Wayne NiI tried to understand the benefits of using Scratch org for CI/CD, but still not quite get it. According to the Salesforce document: The scratch org is a source-driven and disposable deployment of Salesforce code and metadata, made for developers and automation (CI/CD). But in next paragraph, ...

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Q: Steps to Create USB of Current Linux Install, Bootable from Any Laptop?

RyanI know versions of this question are out there in the wild, as are some attempts at answers. The only answer I've seen that I think might apply to me (and which isn't out of date) I didn't understand, and I can't ask for clarity because I lost my commenting privileges due to a down-voted answer. ...

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10:13
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Q: When can "civilian, including commercial, infrastructure elements in outer space" be legitimate military targets?

uhohThe following quotes found in Fox News' October 27, 2022 Russia threatens to target Western commercial satellites like Elon Musk's Starlink Vorontsov did not directly mention Starlink but in a Wednesday statement said, "We would like to specifically stress an extremely dangerous trend that goes ...

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10:38
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Q: What did Paul mean when he said 'I Have Done Nothing against the Customs of our Fathers?" Acts 28:17

Dan FeffermanThe Book of Acts relates that when Paul was brought to Rome: After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews; and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brethren, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered prisoner from Je...

10:56
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Q: How Can I Make Consistent Large Cash Withdrawals From U.S. Banks?

EDSI am vaguely aware of laws regarding cash withdrawals for DI's in the U.S., namely that banks can place hold on transactions over $10k for up to two weeks, and that "structuring" isn't allowed. So a two-part question: I currently keep ~$1k in my checking account at all times and withdrawal what ...

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Q: What happens to OOM short PUT and Call options on acquisition. e.g Twitter

puzzledCurrently Twitter is being acquired by Elon Musk . As now the deal is likely to go ahead. What happens to the seller of Call options ( suppose some one has sold call for $60 strike expiring in June 2023), or seller of PUT options ( like someone sold PUT of $30 Strike for expiring in June 2023).

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Q: Conditions for a power of a polynomial to have no negative coefficients

ValerioConsider a polynomial in one variable $p(x)$ with $p(0)>0$, and that is not a polynomial in $x^m$ for any $m>1$ (that is, the $gcd$ of the exponents appearing in $p(x)$ is 1). I would like to find necessary and sufficient conditions so that a power of $p$ has no negative coefficients. I know of a...

11:49
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Q: What is the "LE" prepended earphones im seeing in my bluetooth?

MiloMinderbinderI am seeing a Bluetooth device with my earphones' name prepended with "LE_" in my Bluetooth available devices. I could connect with it only if I remove it and then try to connect to it. It disconnects if I put my earphones back in the charging case and then I cannot connect with it again withou...

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Q: Did exams exist in universities in medieval times?

John HonI'm not really sure if this is the right place for a question like this - but it seems the closest. I was reading about exams on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exam It makes it seem that the West did not really have exams until around the 1800's. To clarify, by exam I mean the ones we u...

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Q: Error: Member not found: 'FirebaseAppPlatform.verifyExtends'

Rafael PedrosaError: Member not found: 'FirebaseAppPlatform.verifyExtends'. FirebaseAppPlatform.verifyExtends(_delegate); flutter clean flutter pub get pod install

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Q: What ways do Christian denominations reconcile the discrepancy between Hebrews 9:27 , and its Biblical counter-examples

scmHebrews 9:27 King James Version 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Background: Hebrews 9:27 is used literally to refute the concept of reincarnation and salvation after death. As in https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/93163/60459 and https://christ...

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GIS
12:57
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Q: Sampling points in raster without generating new file in QGIS

La CordilleraI am aware that there are tools available in QGIS for sampling a raster at any given point from a shapefile. The methods I've tried are: Point sampling tool plugin Raster analysis > sample raster values Saga > Raster Values to Points They all generate an output file, which contains the points a...

13:14
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Q: Topological space where continuous functions to itself are exactly the constant functions and the identity

volcanrbIn any topological space $X$, the identity function on $X$ and any constant function $X\rightarrow X$ are necessarily continuous. Does there exist an infinite topological space such that these functions are the only continuous functions $X\rightarrow X$? I require the space to be infinite since t...

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Q: Should I give extra notice to a awesome manager before I quit?

TempestI'm planning to leave my current company soon, entirely due to needing more money. My current manager is a very good leader, and has always pushed to get our team bonuses, raises, RSUs, sponsored training programs and certifications, etc. He even had his bonus rescinded one year so that team memb...

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14:02
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Q: Questioning in this way: interrogative clause + "or" + affirmative clause + "?"

alirezaIn my mother language, when we want to ask a question and we doubt between two conditions to be true we ask our question in this way: interrogative clause + "or" + affirmative clause + "?" For example, suppose that Alice is known not to be punctual and yesterday she had a meeting with Bob. Today...

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Q: Does the Light spell cast by a 5th level caster overcome the Darkness spell?

SirPentorThe Darkness spell says: This also suppresses magical light of your darkness spell's level or lower. Assuming it isn't heightened, this means Darkness is a 2nd level spell. The rules for Cantrips say: A cantrip is always automatically heightened to half your level, rounded up. The rules for H...

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Q: When did the Barbarian class get introduced to D&D?

Groody the HobgoblinIn D&D 5e, Barbarians are a core class for the game, and Conan the Barbarian has been cited by Gary E. Gygax as one of the major literary influcences on the game, and is also listed in Appendix N, "Inspirational and Educational Reading" of the 1st Edition DMG. With this backround, the Barbarian c...

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14:48
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Q: Jeremiah 36:30 - meaning of “sit”?

elliedIn Jeremiah 36:30, we see a prophecy that Jehoiakim will not have a descendent to sit on the throne: “Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by...

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Q: Does this water tunnel for rain look ok?

dmanI have water puddle next to my foundation when it rains. I dug this trench to try to get the water to not puddle around the foundation. I also put some soil around the foundation. Does this look okay?

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Q: List of all reasons why somebody can be denied boarding

Draex_While flying internationally throughout the years, I've been denied boarding multiple times for multiple reasons that now I feel that every time I fly, I am entering a lottery. Can someone provide a list of all the reasons why someone can be denied boarding? I imagine that I could then go through...

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Q: How do newspapers elucidate the motivations of politicians/countries?

Allure(Not sure if this should be on the meta) Here's an example of what I'm referring to: A United States ally, South Korea has maintained it would not provide Ukraine with lethal aid and has sought to avoid antagonising Russia, both for economic reasons and the influence Moscow can exert over North ...

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15:21
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Q: What is the rarity of a magic item which permanently increases an ability score up to at most 13?

Jay LemmonIn the DMG there are items like the Tome of Leadership and Influence that gives a permanent +2 to charisma and charisma maximum (and other similar Tomes and Manuals for other abilities), but they all have a rarity of very rare, so it's not really appropriate loot for lower level parties. I was th...

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Q: How to change Geometry Nodes modifier name to node tree name?

XostyrkaIs it possible in Blender 3.3 to name each Geometry Nodes modifier name to be the same as the name of node tree attached to this modifier? Of course, it can be done manually, but for projects with a lot of objects, node trees and Geometry Nodes modifiers, it would be much better to do it via pyth...

15:37
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Q: What is the infrared self-luminosity value of Jupiter and Saturn?

User13122015I'm looking for these data to apply them to the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism but I can't find the values. Or at least if there is an order of magnitude compared to the solar luminosity.

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Q: Why does my GFCI outlet trip when I touch it to the wall box?

PaulI installed a dishwasher in our house for my wife’s birthday. Along the way I encountered two electrical oddities that I can’t figure out. I aim to have a safe and reliable system, and i am concerned that is not the case right now. When the dishwasher was plugged into the outlet under the sink, r...

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Q: What's an overneighbourhood?

harisfAn overneighbourhood of a point $x$ is defined as an overset of a neighbourhood of $x$. What's an overset? Are these terms out of date? I can't find any reference to them online. (I'm skimming over Ash's "Real analysis and probability", 1972)

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Q: Running and viewing results from bash scripts

AvachaHow can I run bash scripts from emacs and show the result in emacs?

15:56
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Q: What word do Germans use for recharge?

Noisha StudierenIn some countries, in English to charge a battery is "charging" , in German for charging it is "aufladen". In English, to pay the prepaid bill is "recharge". For example: I need to recharge my cell. ( Here, it means to recharge sim card as the prepaid package is over) Please recharge your channel...

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Q: Implied agent of 使わせる

magniBelow is an excerpt from 天声人語 Jun. 14 2010: 東京大の宮崎徹教授らが、体脂肪を减らすたんぱく質を見つけたという。脂肪を作る働きを抑え、ため込んだ分を使わせる効果があるそうだ。 I wondered for quite some time why 使わせる instead of 使う is used here. Then I speculate that it is an omission of the agent, or the second (二格) object: [人に]ため込んだ分を使わせる But I'm not sure. I...

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Q: Are commercially initiated charitable donations subject to regulation in the UK?

WS2I find that when I make purchases, pay for restaurant meals, make hotel reservations etc I am increasingly being asked if I wish to make a very small donation to charity - usually of an amount less than one pound. If this raises money, that wouldn't otherwise be raised, for worthy causes it is a ...

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Q: Experimentally Measuring the Velocity of Water coming out of an Orifice

aayushI plan on doing an investigation into Torricelli's Law, where I will be looking at one of the following: How the cross-sectional area of an orifice affects the velocity of water coming out of it (constant height). How the height of an orifice affects the velocity of water coming out of it (cons...

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Q: Birthday problem with really high parameters

CutaracaI have $n$ objects. Every object has a random value in $[0;k)$ (in $\mathbf{N}$). How high is the probability for every object to be unique within the set of $n$ objects? This is obviously a case of the birthday paradox. From there we know, that $u = \frac{k!}{(k-n)!}$ is the possible number of c...

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Q: Giving specific naming of points within quadrant in QGIS

Tim PircIn QGIS 3.18.1 I am doing sampling to estimate deer densities. I would like to know which tool I can use to specifically name points within quadrants. There are four points in a quadrant, each point must have a specific name. South-West point = 1, North-West point = 2, North-East point = 3, South...

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Q: Spiral gridding in Plot3D

tupoliedroI would like to represent a curved manifold with a "frame dragging", such as this one (source): I have done the following: Plot3D[1 - 8/Sqrt[x^2 + y^2] , {x, -8, 8}, {y, -8, 8}, Boxed -> False, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> {{-8, 8}, {-8, 8}, {-8, 8}}] How can I make a gridding with spiral-lik...

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Q: Screen split in different regions, each with a different scene

Federico TomasiI am a complete beginner in Unity and, after having search for a while, I am still not sure if it is actually possible to achieve what I would like to do. My goal is to have a game where the screen is split in 4 regions where: in the first there is a 3D scene; in the second a 2D representation o...

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Q: Why are those Meshes darker in this direction?

danhubAs seen on the picture, even if all the different meshes use the same texture, they appear to be darker than the others (on the basic wall for example). But this only is the case on that one side, as you can see on the right in the image. I've checked the normals, they are turned in the right dir...

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Q: How to say "shift your weight uneasily"?

zagrychaI actually saw someone else ask this question today, and it kind of stumped me. I couldn't think of any very good ways to parse the phrase into chinese. So I became curious if there is a pre-existing phrase I've never encountered, or what would be a good way to convey this concept. I thought of ...

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Q: Minimum range when importing descriptors?

AndreasWhen importing descriptors with a range less than 1000, it seems to be ignored. Is this deliberate? I could‘t find anything about this in the docs. To reproduce, first, create an empty wallet: bitcoin-cli -regtest -named createwallet wallet_name=test disable_private_keys=true blank=true descripto...

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Q: Plotting a cdf in r

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Q: What is the difference between regular electro-mechanical relay and an electro-mechanical relay with optocoupler?

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Q: Using a diode in the output to reduce voltage reversal

HFOrangefishI have the following schematic. This is a NE555 connected to have a frequency around 10k at a 90% duty cycle. This is my simulated output: This is my real output at 555_out. My understanding is that the diode D3 should stop the voltage reversal here. I am unsure what model of diode I am curre...

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Q: Weak Hessian of the distance function

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Q: What is function with multiple variadic args?

DmitryI don't understand how this code works. Could anyone please enlighten me a bit. I was pretty much sure "the parameter pack should be the last argument" void foo(auto&&...args1, auto&&... args2, auto&&... args3) { std::cout << "args1:\n", ((std::cout << args1 << " "), ...); std::cout << "a...

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Q: What happens to the economy if a country simply ban inflation?

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Q: Vertical centering in tabularx after forced \newline

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Q: Are book and movie titles italicized when mentioned in dialogue?

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Q: How to get 'Alt' field value of Sitecore media item by Sitecore Scriban embedded method?

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Q: Gap in Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme security proof

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Q: Identifying lines that enter a polygon but don't cross it entirely

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Q: Can my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS be compromised?

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Q: Plotting the results from a matrix ODE

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Q: Why is it called drift velocity and not drift speed?

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Q: Self-contradictory combinations, are my explanations correct?

RK Eshat Can a current source be in parallel with a short circuit? Can a current source be in series with an open circuit? Can a voltage source be in parallel with a short circuit? I have added my own answers and am confused about those a little bit. For the first one, as a short circuit has zero volta...

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Q: HIghest thrust vehicles

geoffcEric Ralph in an article about Falcon Heavy static fire test, wrote this: the most capable rocket currently operational – appeared to ignite all 27 of its first stage’s Merlin 1D engines, likely producing up to 2350 tons (5.18 million lbf) of thrust. Only three liquid-powered rockets and two roc...

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Q: Why were they using segmented boosters on Space Shuttle?

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Q: Querying the sys.dm_db_log_info() function while reducing to the max

John K. N.I'm currently querying the sys.dm_db_log_info() DMV to retrieve the VLFs from a database to determine when I can shrink, reorganise and reduce the amount of fragmented (10 MB VLFs) in the TLOG file. The reason for this is that you can't shrink the TLOG file if a transaction is at the end of the T...

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Q: Number of handshakes in a party.

Mathboi After a dinner every person in a party shakes hands with the others. Total number of hand shakes is $105$. Then the number of persons attended that party is: The correct answer was given as $15$. But what I did was, First person shakes hands with $(n-1)$ people, Second person with $(n-2)$ peop...

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Q: Length of Binary as Base 10 [OEIS A242347]

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Q: Is it appropriate to ask HR how to address them by name?

sequenceThis question may seem a bit over-anxious, but want to make sure that I'm as polite and correct as possible. I've been communicating by email with an HR about my hiring and relocation process. The HR has a first and a second name (as far as I understand), as well as last name. At first I referred...

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Q: Publish MIT License project to a app store

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Q: signed kernel module not accepted

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Q: Is this series of quotes valid python?

mousetailPython string parsing has quite a few edge cases. This is a string: "a" Putting 2 strings immediately after each other implicitly concatenates them, so this is also a string: "a""a" However, if you put 3 quotes in a row, it will create a "triple quoted string" which can only be ended by another...

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Q: Two Types of Enumerate Items

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Q: How often does one need to strength train to maintain strength?

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Q: In "The Rings of Power," what is Halbrand referring to when he says "The One?"

ErikaIn the last episode of the show The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, during the scene between Halbrand and Galadriel, Halbrand makes a reference to "The One", but I don't understand what it can be. "When Morgoth was defeated, it was as if a great, clenched fist had released its grasp from ...

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Q: Can Wayward Children be read in any order?

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Q: Perturbation of identity still surjective?

GericaultLet $f : \mathbb{R^n}\mapsto \mathbb{R^n}$ a smooth function. Can we give a condition for the application $F=I+f$, where $I$ is the identity, to be surjective ? I know that if the operator norm of the differential of $f$ is small, $\vert Df\vert <= 1/2$, say, then $F$ is a submersion, but it does...

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Q: Is it normal to need to re-tension drive belt (Gates CDN) after few days?

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Q: How to attach a cylinder to a hexagon

Thomas Heagney How would I get a shape like in image attached? Bascally a heaxagon with a cylinder merged but with the curve of the cylinder perfectly tangential to the two edges it is in contact with on the hexagon? Coming from a SolidWorks background so maybe trying to be too exact!

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Q: Switching MOSFET reacting much slower than expected on rising edge in simulation vs reality

HFOrangefishI have the following schematic. This is a NE555 with voltage controlled by a 12 V voltage reference (TL431) providing a PWM of around 10 kHz at a 90 % duty cycle. The PWM then powers the gate of an NMOS (IRFZ44N), allowing current to pass through it. This is my simulated circuit: This is my simu...

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Q: Is there significance on whether having a 3 character name versus a 2 character name in mainland China?

T LI only have experience with mainland Chinese families having 3 character names, however, my family only has 2 characters in our names. I saw a similar question acknowledging the difference between Hong Kong (3 characters) and mainland China (2 characters), but in my experience i've only seen main...

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Q: Schengen visa duration: when does the clock start ticking?

haxerlI am from Vietnam and my Schengen visa duration is 5 days. My flight itinerary is as follow: 3/11: 19:00 - 21:15 : Hanoi - Saigon. 3/11-4/11: 23:05 - 6:55 : Saigon - Paris. 4/11: 10:05 - 11:15 : Paris - Switzerland. My question is that when does my duration start counting. Is it 3/11 when I leave...

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Q: How does Whitebox labs get isolated sensor boards when they are using a single power supply?

resqugreenWhitebox labs makes "Electrically Isolated EZO™ Carrier Boards" which are isolated boards for Atlas Scientific sensors such as pH. I don't understand how can you get an isolated board if they are only using one power supply the same one as the Raspberry Pi or Arduino. Is an opto coupler really ne...


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