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Q: What if we can't find the difference in AB test?

Samantha What if we do tests, try reduce variance, but still can't get low p-value to reject the hypothesis. How to find out that there's no difference, and if so we can choose variant B just because we like it more?

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Q: What are these two characters?

timsebI need a little help deciphering a document. There are two characters that I'm unsure about, and I would appreciate your expertise. The first one seems to be 鵬, with the 朋 written together, but I'm not entirely certain. The second character is a bit trickier. I've searched through several diction...

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TeX
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Q: nicematrix, LaTeX3 matrix naming and for loop

projetmbcThe following code fails. I am looking for some advice. \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{nicematrix} \usepackage{tikz} \NewDocumentCommand\drawstrike{ mmm } { \begin{tikzpicture}[ remember picture, overlay ] \draw[ very thick, red, ...

00:33
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Q: Plotting the local density of points: (x,y) coordinates

AndrewI'm running Mathematica 9 -- quite an old version. I have a list of (x,y) coordinates. I wish to plot them as either a density plot or a contour plot to show the local density of points. How do I do this? In the following representative example, the (x,y) coordinates are stored in the list data....

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Q: Proportion of Oxygen in a typical white dwarf

blademan9999(I was told that this was the best place for this question) What's the proportion of Oxygen in a typical white dwarf relative to the proportion of Carbon?

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Q: A book about an asian character (either japanese or korean) who almost gets hit by a car but gets teleported to this video game like reality

RaeI remember this book I read a long while ago and my library didn't have the second book so I dropped it. I think it was called "Push" or "Pull" but when I search it up the right book never shows up. I don't know the name of the author. All I know is that the girl tries to save a deaf girl from ge...

01:07
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Q: Why do you get zero by squaring [-1, 1] in interval arithmetic?

Cedric MartensIn the Wikipedia page on Interval Arithmetic, the example for the Dependency problem is that $f(x) = x^2 + x$ on the interval $\left[-1, 1\right]$ is $\left[-1, 2\right]$. I don't understand why this is the case. Looking at the calculations $$\left[-1, 1\right]^2 = [0, 1]$$ why? If I just look at...

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Q: Broken plastic HollowTech II BB spacers, why?

DanYesterday I was installing a BB-MT501 HollowTech II bottom bracket into my ~2006 Trek 520 frame. This frame has a 68mm BB shell. I was following the directions on Shimano's website: https://si.shimano.com/en/dm/LAFC001/install_remove_bottom_bracket My process: Bike frame BB shell was chased and ...

RPG
RPG
02:00
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Q: Homebrew Monk "Way of the Dog" Review request

WizurdWay of the Dog (Monk Sublcass) Certain monastaries in the forgotten parts of the world train in an obscure form of martial arts. Each monk is gifted a puppy of a highly specialized dog breed and the two are raised together. The monk takes care of the pup and trains it himself, forging a lifelong ...

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Q: Breadth-first search implementation for finding edge of grid c++

Andreas Tostrup ChristensenI have implemented a breadth-first search algorithm to find the distance from a point to an edge of a grid. The grid consists of spaces that may have walls between them, effectively blocking certain paths. Currently, I have a solution that performs well, but I am looking for ways to optimize it f...

02:15
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Q: According to John 14:16-21, is Jesus the Comforter and Spirit of truth?

O.J.It appears that Jesus is speaking in third person because he states that he will send another comforter in v16 and then goes back to first person by saying that he will come to comfort the disciples in v18.

02:30
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Q: Geometry Nodes: How to make a adjustable stepped "stairs" math function?

Manu JärvinenHow to make a adjustable stepped "stairs" math function? Like this one, including the adjustable stair corners: This was a great answer but the smoothness of the steps needs to be animatable also.

02:47
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Q: Integral inequality involving polynomial

IvanI saw the following inequality on another website without any solution: for any $n\ge 0$, show that $$\min_{a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_n\in\mathbb{R}}\int_0^{+\infty}(1+a_1x+a_2x^2+\cdots+a_nx^n)^2e^{-x}dx=\frac{1}{n+1}.$$ At the minimum $\{\bar a_j\}_{j=1}^n$, we have for $k=1\dots n$: $$\int_0^{+\infty}(...

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Q: Why is the superlative form of "fertilis" "fertilissimus" rather than *fertillimus?

FlatAssemblerSuperlatives of adjectives ending in -lis are usually formed with the suffix -limus. For example, the superlative of facilis is facillimus. So, why is the superlative of fertilis fertilissimus, rather than fertillimus?

Law
Law
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Q: Is an umbrella school a "high school"?

DuelI am attempting to get my GED behind my parents back (let's not get into why I need to do that) and I am creating an account at the GED website. It is asking me whether I am "currently enrolled in high school" and I am not sure what that would entail. I am currently being homeschooled under an um...

CS
CS
03:10
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Q: My RF amplifier circuit works in LTSpice. Will it work in reality, too?

lastimeI am working now for a while with bias calculations. I have found a good turorial to calculate it by my own and I have seen that there are already calculators on internet, which made my life much easier than i supposed to manage. I have now a circuit below. This is one is a good one, I think so. ...

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Q: how to integrate a definite-integral within a limit

SkynetI need help with how to approach the integral in this limit $$\lim\limits_{x\to 0}\frac{1}{x^3} \int\limits_{0}^{x}\frac{t^2}{1+t^4}\,\mathrm{d}t$$

03:32
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Q: Is verifying the solution to a QMA-complete problem efficient?

JoshI am interested in the current state of the art on the difficulty of verifiability of a QMA complete problem, such as the local Hamiltonian problem. Suppose you are given a solution to a QMA complete problem, and you would like to verify it. Is the act of verification efficient for a classical ve...

04:00
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Q: What is the equivalent to the blood moon when in the depths?

Fredy31I've run around the depths for quite a while (100%-ed the lightroots) and I realized... I never saw a blood moon in the depths. The blood moon is essential because it causes enemies/ores to respawn for farming. But if you stay in the depths, would that mean things never respawn/restock as long as...

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Q: Does the 好き in 誰かが好き always have a romantic meaning?

AlexWould for example a sentence like ルームメートが好きだけど、彼はいつも観た後にテレビをつけっぱなしだね。work to say "I like my roommate (like in a non romantic way, as a friend, buddy, etc..) but he always leaves the TV on after he watched it." work? Or would the 好き automatically give the connotation that I'd like my roommate in a...

04:17
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Q: What are some techniques to practice Anatta with the five aggregates?

PrincessBelleAccording to the Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta, the Buddha asks us to treat the five aggregates (form, feeling, perception, mental formations and consciousness) as "this is not mine, this is not I, this is not myself". Since "this is not mine", "this is not I" and "this is not myself", the Buddha asks us...

04:29
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Q: How are the quads divided up in a quad tournament?

GreenMattIt was always my understanding that quad tournaments are divided up with an eye toward minimizing rating ranges within the quads. This (hopefully) lets everyone play against people of roughly the same skill level, (again, hopefully) leading to well matched games throughout the whole tournament fo...

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Q: How do adherents to Plantinga's free will defense against the problem of evil explain that God can be free and immune to moral evil at the same time?

MarkThe free-will defense is an argument commonly attributed to Alvin Plantinga, who developed it as a response to the logical problem of evil. However, in developing this argument Plantinga unwittingly ended up reinventing/rediscovering the Molinist doctrine of middle knowledge, so the key ideas of ...

CS
CS
04:51
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Q: Can I use a hall sensor ammeter to measure current in several DC wires simultaneously?

GlebbbI would like to embed something like this into my LED application and measure the total current supplied (ideally I'd want to display watts but can't find such a device). The problem is my power supply has several 12v outputs that I would use for different branches and I'd like to measure their t...

05:13
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Q: What is Quantum Geometry supposed to be about?

Hopeful Whitepiller There are meaningful questions we can ask about Euclidean geometry which could not have been posed in the time of Riemann or even of Hilbert, and which would have made no sense at all to Euclid. For example,does two-dimensional Euclidean geometry emerge as the large-scale limit of a quantum geom...

05:40
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Q: Movie about AI in girl child body, which is illegal

computercarguyI was reading this question when I recalled a modern movie I'd seen in the past 3 years about a girl AI that was created illegally. I believe the girl was supposed to act as if she were somewhere around 10-12 years old. Male/boy robots are legal, but the female version is considered too erratic a...

05:52
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Q: Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?

SchwenkI was out with my gravel bike the other night and I didn't thought it would be dark before I would be back. So I didn't bring my attachable lights because its kind of big and bulky. Is there a bikelight product which is very hard to steal or very portable ? Do you always bring your light, or have...

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Q: How do proponents of the free will defense against the problem of evil explain that God can be free and immune to moral evil at the same time?

MarkThe free-will defense is an argument commonly attributed to Alvin Plantinga, who developed it as a response to the logical problem of evil. However, in developing this argument Plantinga unwittingly ended up reinventing/rediscovering the Molinist doctrine of middle knowledge, so the key ideas of ...

06:11
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Q: Does Don Quijote in fact say "Facts are the enemy of truth"?

Jannik PittI recall a quote of the sort "Facts are the enemy of truth" attributed to Miguel de Cervantes in his book Don Quijote de la Mancha. However, I could not find the quote in the book by searching for "truth" or "enemy". There are also some sources on the web claiming the quote, such as here, here, o...

06:25
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Q: What are the differences between selichah, mechilah and kaparah?

Yaacov DeaneIn reflecting on these three terms, selichah, mechilah and kapparah, they are often thought of simply as synonyms of forgiveness. But trying to focus on their specific meanings in the context of the judgment of the Heavenly Court and how they are used in the liturgy of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippu...

RPG
RPG
07:02
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Q: Would absorb elements once per short rest be balanced vs psychic damage vulnerability for a monk?

hexagonalI plan to make my character an astral self monk and plan to later on take rogue and possibly fighter for the psionic subclasses. For roleplay/backstory purposes I asked the DM if I could have vulnerability to psychic damage. They said yes but want me to gain a resistance to another damage type. I...

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Q: Interviewer complained I was taking notes

AvenstoroSomeone I knew from school is starting a company. I connected with him over a video call for an informal interview. At the end he said he could see the reflection on my face from when I switched windows to the note taking app, and asked if I had been taking notes. I said yes. He said I should hav...

07:21
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Q: How to solve coupled differential equations numerically?

Álvaro RodrigoI've just started a project, trying to do simulation of electrodynamics using the well-known Maxwell equations: $$ \nabla \cdot \mathbf E = \rho \\ \; \\ \nabla \cdot \mathbf B = 0 \\ \; \\ \nabla \times \mathbf E = -\frac{\partial \mathbf B}{\partial t} \\ \; \\ \nabla \times \mathbf B = \mathbf...

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Q: Looking for probability of the product of a and b

ConquestAceThe question states: $$ a,b \in [0,1] $$ $$ P(a\cdot b > \frac{1}{2}) = ? $$ I am assuming that the probability $P$ is at most $1-\sqrt{0.5}$ since, $\sqrt{0.5}^2 = 0.5$, meaning that if and $a$ and $b$ are less than $\sqrt{0.5}$ then the product $a \cdot b < 0.5$ But that's as far as I can go,...

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Q: Can the supremum of an uncountable family of measures be replaced by the supremum over a countable subfamily?

RafaelConsider a measurable space $(X,\mathcal{A})$. Let $\mathcal{M}$ denote the family of all countably additive measures $\mu\colon \mathcal{A}\to [0,+\infty]$. This family can be made into a partially ordered set by setting $\mu\leq \nu$ iff $\mu(V)\leq \nu(V)$ for every $V\in \mathcal{A}$. It can ...

RPG
RPG
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Q: Are the save-boosting feats really worth it?

Terry WindwalkerI see in some mix/max guides saying that "since your warrior will have a poor Will save, take Iron Will at this level to boost it up a little". But I feel the Will save will be in the trash level anyway and a +2 won't do much difference. Especially when Steadfast Determination is banned. (And it ...

DIY
DIY
07:39
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Q: Looking to upgrade light switches

3mwSo, I purchased two new Kasa lightswitches to replace two standard switches in a 3-gang box and encountered a lot more than I was expecting. Almost every cable looks to be black, which is not what I expected at all. I feel moderately handy and have swapped out several other switches and outlets i...

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Q: Axial tilt of a planet with weeklong nights

Tyson DennisSay we have a planet that takes 8 Earth days to fully rotate on the axis. At a latitude of 45 degrees, during the winter solstice, its day lasts 1 Earth day, or 24 hours, and its night lasts 7 Earth days, or 1 week. What axial tilt will result in a day length of 1/8 of the axial rotation at an la...

07:55
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Q: Syntax error when cp is moved to an if statement

parsley72Having some trouble doing a copy in bash. This works fine: # Enable extended globbing and include filenames beginning with a '.' shopt -s extglob dotglob # Copy git repo to expected place cp -r !($YOCTO_DIR) $POKY_DIR/$GIT_REPO_NAME/ But when I put an if statement round it: if [ -z "$FROM_JENKINS"...

08:06
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Q: Hebrews 13:5 quotes God saying he would never leave nor forsake us. Where is the original quote?

Biblasia Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5, KJV) The text indicates that God (referenced in prior verse) has said this. But where in the Bible is it recorded? What seems ...

 
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09:25
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Q: Did Tolkien base the beacons of Minas Tirith on a real world communication system?

LexibleIn The Return of the King, a series of large wooden pyres—beacons—are lit, each in once the previous one in order appears to burn, and so in this way lead to a beacon visible from Meduseld. This beacon serves as a call for aid by Minas Tirith. (In the Peter Jackson film, Pippin Took, under the gu...

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Q: Are closure of open subsets of [0, 1] “almost open”?

David GaoThis might sound a bit weird, but given any open subset $O$ of $[0, 1]$, is it necessarily true that the closure of $O$ is “almost open” under the Lebesgue measure, in the sense that there exists an open subset $U$ which equals $ \bar{O}$ up to a null set? This holds for all intervals, hence also...

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Q: Alphabet snake, master of camouflage

SlowMagicThe alphabet snake is a master of camouflage. See if you can spot the snake hiding in plain sight on this old newspaper clipping: Here it is: With the snake removed, you can read the original text: Now see if your camouflage skills can match those of the snake. Figure out how the sn...

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Q: How is a complex elliptic curve a torus?

YiFanI have been learning about elliptic curves. In particular, I have been trying to understand the proof that an elliptic curve (let's assume it's nonsingular, if it matters), say $E:y^2=x^3+ax+b=:f(x)$ over $\mathbb C$ is always isomorphic as a topological group to $\mathbb C/\Lambda$ for some latt...

CS
CS
10:16
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Q: What is an example of three numbers that do not make up a vector?

ZinnIn one of Feynman's lectures he mentions that: Of course it is generally not true that any three numbers form a vector In order for it to be a vector, not only must there be three numbers, but these must be associated with a coordinate system in such a way that if we turn the coordinate system, ...

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Q: How often does a propeller vane break off?

MicroservicesOnDDDMy uncle flew for Mission Aviation Fellowship (maf.org) for a university in Texas, and I believe that he was flying a Cessna to the Amazon (among other places). He actually knew Jim Elliot (who went to the Waodani of Ecuador), the martyr about which the movies "Beyond the Gates of Splendor" and "...

10:55
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Q: Linux / BSD "quickly" wipe a drive?

Rino BinoI'm clearing a drive with dd. It's a USB device and 120GB and it's taking a very long time: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=1M status=progress I have tried messing with the block size (smaller and larger values bs=4M, bs=8M, etc) but nothing seems to make much of a difference. It's writing at abo...

 
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Q: A question about trace class operatos and partial isomertry

OSCARI'm a beginner in operator theory and I'm trying to understand just one step in a proof,which claims that if $H$ is a Hilbert space, $A\in B_1(H)$(that is , $A$ is a trace-class operator), and $U$ is a partial isometry such that $UA=|A|$, then $A=U^*UA=U^*|A|$. I have tried to prove the equation "...

12:24
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Q: I can play the London system exclusively up to what rating?

FateThere are many GMs who sometimes play the London system, but none of them play it exclusively. By "exclusively" I mean play it in over 99% of my games when I'm White, I mean adopting the London system not as a secondary weapon but as my only weapon. So if I continue to learn and improve and becom...

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Q: Simulation Nodes: How to make this quite simple curve effect?

Manu JärvinenI'm trying to learn the simulation nodes but just can't wrap my head around it. This effect probably could be done with the regular geometry nodes, but I think it would be so much simpler with simulation nodes, since you could blast away a new strand per frame. So, how to create this following ef...

CS
CS
12:46
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Q: Why is there a polarized capacitor symbol in an AC circuit?

AsimI am confused. My question is very basic, someone please enlighten me. If polarized capacitors should not be used in reverse polarity then why does every textbook (like the one I am using, Grob's Basic Electronics) show polarized capacitor symbols in AC circuit examples? I couldn't find the ans...

13:09
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Q: Which wind instruments are often doubled in symphonic orchestra just for the sake of loudness?

brilliantWhich wind instruments are often doubled in symphonic orchestra just for the sake of loudness? What I mean is two instruments of the same kind and type (for example, two bass clarinets, or two a3 trombones) that play in unison exactly the same part throughout the whole peice, which means that bot...

13:25
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Q: Can You Scavenge Creatures with Negative Power?

Leviathon672015Varolz, the Scar-Striped gives all creatures in your graveyard Scavenge equal to its mana cost. Scourge of the Skyclaves's power and toughness are equal to 20 - the highest life total among players. Creatures like Scourge of the Skyclaves have their power and toughness apply in all zones, includi...

DBA
DBA
13:41
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Q: Upgrading out of support Microsoft SQL instance multiple questions?

omsajI just got a new job as an analyst but I’m being tasked with an administrator task and just looking for insight. We have a Windows server 2003 (32bit) that has Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I have been tasked with upgrading it to the latest possible windows & SQL server. Since both the sql server an...

TeX
TeX
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Q: Unexpected TikZ coding change inside a pic

3141592653589793238I want to draw many TikZ pictures that contain subdiagrams like: Modulo the styling, which is below, I can do this using the code: \begin{tikzpicture} \node[vertex](1) at (1,0){}; \node[vertex](2) at (2,0){}; \draw(1) to[out=60, in=120]node[colour]{$1$}(2); \end{tikzpicture} I need to dra...

14:07
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Q: Infrequent config set up

hieu.doThere is a string field x, contains value a/b/c/d The order of a/b/c/d is changed infrequently , only once a year or several years. What is the best approach to store this config? Currently , it's being put in config file and there is discrepancy between prod config file and source control.

CS
CS
14:26
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Q: Is a machine Turing-complete when it can decide a context-sensitive language?

BarneyIf a machine can decide a context-sensitive language (like the language of palindromes with a non-linear center) is that fact a proof that the machine is Turing-complete? Can this be used to prove Turing completeness of a programming language when a program that can decide a string of a context-s...

DSP
DSP
14:46
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Q: What is the explanation that filter EQ changes "Ah" to "O"?

google devI recorded myself saying "Ah" in the tone of the note C3 which is about 130Hz, this is what it looks like: Then I applied an EQ filter to it, so that there would be no frequencies above 1000Hz, and suddenly I hear "o" instead of "ah". I moved the filter to 700 and got "u". I moved the filter to...

15:11
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Q: As redshift increases are there more large galaxies from mergers because there was less dark energy in the past?

DaveTheWaveDark energy moves galaxies apart.Is this reflected in an increasing number of large galaxies as redshift increases and dark energy decreases?

DSP
DSP
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Q: Why do sinusoids have DFT magnitudes of N / 2 while we typically normalize by N?

bluenote10I'm wondering why evaluating a sinusoid that matches one of the frequencies of the DFT basis functions has a magnitude of $N / 2$. Using this definition of the Discrete Fourier transform, it looks like this holds (I guess for non-zero $k$ and $N \geq 3$): $$ \left| \sum_{n=0}^{N - 1} a \cdot \sin...

15:23
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Q: How to read confusion matrix from multiclass dataset?

yozawiratamaI have a dataset with multi class for classification. After train and test, tried to plot with confusion matrix. And I found it really different with dataset with simple label true false or yes no. So I don't know how to read this kind confusion matrix. This is my confusion matrix As we can see ...

15:50
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Q: What is meant by "the crotchet of the law" in chapter VIII of Milton's "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

John SmithIn book one, chapter VIII, of The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce, it is written: Upon these principles I answer, that a right beleever ought to divorce an idolatrous heretick unlesse upon better hopes: however, that it is in the beleevers choice to divorce or not. The former part will be man...

TeX
TeX
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Q: How to make a rotated cuboid changing the orientation with respect a point and keep the items on it

pabloI would like to make a representation of a cardboard box changing the relative position with respect to a fixed Reader, like this, The two boxes are identical, but the top box lies on the narrow-long face, and the bottom box lies on a different side of the box, on the wide face. However, I can n...

DIY
DIY
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Q: Do I need conduit inside the wall when transitioning EMT from outdoor to inside garage?

user168213When bringing EMT run from outside to inside (THHN wires), do the wires just hang in the air from one conduit body (sitting outside) to the other conduit body (sitting inside the garage)? Or do I need to insert a 4" piece of conduit inside the wall (existing stucco/drywalled wall)?

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Q: City or prince,its end shall come like a flood in Daniel 9:26?

collen ndhlovuDaniel 9:26 KJV And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood*, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.9:26 Now aft...

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Q: Counterfeit coin, conditional probability

user1013124I am doing Problem AT9 [[ Harvard-MIT Math Tournament February 27, 1999 ]] here: https://hmmt-archive.s3.amazonaws.com/tournaments/1999/feb/adv/solutions.pdf As part of his effort to take over the world, Edward starts producing his own currency. As part of an effort to stop Edward, Alex works in...

16:20
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Q: What cryptographic guarantees apply to non-disjoint paths in basic MPP?

Lagrange.el.CienciaImagine the following graph in the Lightning Network: B D / \ / \ A C E \ / \ / F G and node A wants to pay node E. A chooses to pay with multi-path-payment composed of the routes: A->B->C->D->E and A->F->C->G->E. According to the BOLT4 in a basic MPP all parts use the same paymen...

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Q: Questions about bond ETF

k.dkhk What happens when a bond expires? Will the mangers typically buy similar bonds or will they payout the cash (and hence the bond ETF will have a natural expiration)? So the difference between Distributing or Accumulating Bond ETF is that, the first one will payout the interest rate payments and t...

CS
CS
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Q: What experimental evidence shows that the "explosion" model of the Big Bang with an explosion at a single point of space is wrong?

Nadav Har'ElA popular misconception in the layman public is that the Big Bang was some sort "explosion" at a single point of space, where originally all matter was concentrated and then it "exploded" outwards. This is of course different from the modern general-relativity understanding of reality, which is t...

GIS
GIS
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Q: How to perform the same mathematical operation on many attributes at once with QGIS?

ShinobidoHow to perform the same mathematical operation on many attributes at once? I have multiple numeric attributes and I would like to divide the value of each by the polygon area which is stored in a separate attribute. There are dozens of these attributes to convert and I can do it manually for each...

16:46
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Q: Is high engine load bad?

glibg10bI drive a 4-speed automatic with a 1.1L 70 HP engine. Naturally, I very frequently find myself in situations where pressing the gas pedal deeper doesn't increase acceleration (i.e. maximum engine load). Some of these situations include going uphill (speed decreases with time), upshifting at ~2,8...

17:04
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Q: Words for diagonal directions

J.J. GreenI'm a mathematician currently working on a problem involving splitting a square into two triangles, either by a line connecting top-left and bottom-right, or top-right and bottom left. I'm trying to think of natural names for these, but the only thing I could think of was acute and grave (after ...

17:23
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Q: Commandline config manager

AvidSeekerIs there a tool for managing entries of a config file? E.g: by toggling comments, or setting some keys to some values. I know, for a one-time configuration it's easy to just use sed or awk like: awk '/regex/ {print "# " $0} !/regex/ {print}' ~/.config/foo.cfg The problem with this is that it's l...

GIS
GIS
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Q: Getting the name of the current QGIS profile

bugmenot123How do I get the name (same a the directory name) of the current QGIS user profile in Python? I found the QgsUserProfileManager but it seems weird as I have to initialize it manually with the path to the profiles directory. This can't be right as the running QGIS should already know about that. B...

17:38
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Q: Restricting the "More Languages" button from showing for limited users in Sitecore

sahar NofalI tried to restrict the display of the 'More Languages' button for limited users in Sitecore by modifying the read/write language role in /sitecore/system/Languages, but it wasn't sufficient. Is there a way I can manage permissions for this button?

RPG
RPG
17:51
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Q: Can a Shadow Mastiff be a pet?

EllaSo in our last session my players stormed the lair of a priestess praying to her dark entity, who had summoned three shadow mastiffs for her protection. The Blood Huntress decided she really wants to have one of the "good boys" as a pet. Which in general is totally fine for me. So after disintegr...

18:04
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Q: The Torah and Mental Health

bethebest Does prioritizing one's mental health supersede adherence to Torah commandments until they have under control / recover from the intense mental health issues at hand? For instance: If attending synagogue causes anxiety. If a man can only handle one child though peru urivu is more then that. If w...

18:20
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Q: Is there a way to make tree not show the top level?

RickBy default, tree shows this: $ tree . ├── Package.resolved ├── Package.swift ├── Sources │   └── SwiftClientSDK │   ├── OpenAPI.yaml │   ├── SwiftClientSDK.swift │   └── openapi-generator-config.yaml └── Tests └── SwiftClientSDKTests └── SwiftClientSDKTests.swift I would ...

TeX
TeX
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Q: Summation operator issue

Herr SchrödingerI need to write a summation operator inside a matrix. To achieve this, I'm using the code, \begin{pmatrix} \sum_{j+k \geq 2} \frac{1}{j! k!} a_{jk}r^j w^k \\ \sum_{j+k \geq 2} \frac{1}{j! k!} b_{jk}r^j w^k \end{pmatrix} which yields the following equation: However, I expect to o...

GIS
GIS
18:38
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Q: Segment attribute according to percentage of overlapping area

Ingrid IngravidaMy project have a layer of GRID polygons with the value of Population ("POBTOTAL"). On the other hand, there is a SECC polygon layer with the neighborhoods division. Here is the data: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m0hXg3lllbvDxeJQVqpnRFsE8sVJYMBv And I add a screenshot of the approach: ...

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Q: Programmatically change field separator (FS) and recompute current record in gawk?

Sebastian CarlosI want to change the field separator (FS) only for a specific record, and I want the record ($0), fields ($N), and number of fields (NF) to be recomputed using the new field separator. But it doesn't seem to work. Example: Here I have a single line which gets interpreted as three fields separated...

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Q: How to get zip to update file in an archive even if the file on the filesystem is older

DrucklesIf I have the following zip: my.zip |- folder | `- to-update.txt `- some-other-file.txt and a folder structure: working-directory `- folder `- to-update.txt I wish to copy the file to-update.txt from my working directory into the zip. To do that I would use: # Currently in working-director...

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Q: Unable to get access token via Client Credentials flow

dbase1I am using Postman to make a request to my Salesforce domain: The response shown in the above example: { "error": "unsupported_grant_type", "error_description": "grant type not supported" } That is with the Content-Type header set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded. Then, if I move th...

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Q: Validation Rule on Case checking user's profile

Marcelo Henrique Pereira GomesI need to change picklist default value in the status of an external insurance case to "under review" if the users creating the record are Angelita, Caio or Ivan (Profile: External Insurance). Because these are responsible for acting on that case, causing it to be automatically under analysis. At...

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Q: Why snap software for `zoom-client` is not the latest?

FedKadTo join a meeting that I was recently invited, I installed zoom-client using snap install. However, after running it I, realized that the snap version is several releases behind the one provided on zoom.us download page. Why is this so and what is the recommended method to install the latest zoom...

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Q: Generate sample from poisson distribution with fixed sum

BTMI want to generate a random sample of size n from poisson distribution with parameter l but the sum of these samples should be equals to some number say y. Is there any way to achieve this? i dont want to generate n-1 samples and subtract the sum of these from y.

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Q: How do you reproduce the simulation result of paper you read?

Aid22I need to reproduce the simulation done in a research paper I read. I tried to do it by myself last 2 months, but unfortunately without success. I wrote to the first author of this paper but didn't get any reply still. I am afraid he will ignore my email. I am sure he receives a ton of such email...

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Q: Is Y a pronoun or part of a presentatif in this example sentence?

ValThe unit of a grammar book I am using which focuses on the pronoun Y contains this example sentence: Il n'y en a plus. It is listed together with Il n'y va pas. and Je ne m'y intéresse pas. and according to the unit it illustrates the formation of negations with the pronoun Y. The last two senten...

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Q: Find the right key as fast as possible

JenserCubeI have a number of keys on my keyring and want to find the correct key as fast as possible. Unfortunately, all the keys look the same. However, I can see if the teeth are turned the same or opposite way as the two keys next to it. The issue: I pick up my keyring from my pocket and hold onto one k...

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Q: Is South Korean taekwondo based on Japanese Karate? And what about Chinese Kung Fu?

Arunabh BhattacharyaAccording to Wikipedia: Japanese karate was first played in 1936 Funakoshi had trained in two of the popular branches of Okinawan karate of the time, Shorin-ryū and Shōrei-ryū. In Japan he was influenced by kendo, incorporating some ideas about distancing and timing into his style. He always ref...

TeX
TeX
20:54
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Q: How to draw the dotted part?

Benedito FreireI want to make the figure, but I can't do the dotted part outside the circle. My codes are as follows: \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2.5] \draw[line width=.08cm,red,fill=yellow!15] (0,0)circle [radius=1]; \draw [line width=.08cm,blue,-Stealth] (-1.5,0)--(1.8,0); \draw [...

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Q: How was the @ sign added to keyboards and character sets?

alloToday, you need the @ character in many places, most notably in email addresses, but I suspect that when the syntax for an email address was defined, the sign was already supported in character sets and on keyboards, so it was easy to use for addresses. Typewriters do not have an @ sign, so when ...

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Q: Prove uniform convergence point by point?

anddrypv7I want to prove series $\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \left( \frac{1}{k} - \frac{1}{x+k}\right)$ converges uniformly for $x\geq0$. By Weirstrass test, i want to find sequence $M_n$ that satisfies $|f_n(x)| \leq M_n$ for every $n\geq0$, $x\geq0$, $\sum_{n=1}^\infty M_n$ converges. So far i got for $x\ge...

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Q: Capturing a `thread_local` in a lambda

Mike VineCapturing a thread_local in a lambda: #include <iostream> #include <thread> #include <string> struct Person { std::string name; }; int main() { thread_local Person user{"mike"}; Person& referenceToUser = user; // Works fine std::thread([&]() {std::cout << "Hello " << refere...

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Q: Simple C Doubly-Linked List

user129393192Here is some code I've written. I am welcoming any critiques, whether it is style/formatting, correctness (I believe it is correct) -- I would appreciate any advice on formatting unit tests, and any other thing that people may think of. #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdbool.h>...

DIY
DIY
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Q: Why would water faucets use a different energy source from the radiators?

0x60In my apartment, hot water in the faucet is heated by an electric heater, while the hot water in the radiators for heating the rooms comes from a central gas boiler in the building. To me it seems like both systems solve exactly the same problem: producing a stream of water at around 60 degrees C...

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Q: 17 going on 30 movie with an "aging machine"?

JoSSteThis is not a science fiction movie request per se, but there IS an element of science fiction since people are made artificially older and younger in the movie: I am seeking a movie where a boy with a crush on his teacher, makes himsef older using his nerdy friend's invention: a machine to accel...

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Q: Did Israel have a choice in their disobedience?

Lilias CarmichaelJeremiah 24:7 Robert Alter’s translation: And I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD. And they shall be a people for Me, and I Myself will be God for them, for they shall turn back to Me with all their heart. What does God mean when He says He will give Israel “a heart to know [...

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Q: Self Transfer flight From Baku to Budapest to Warsawa

TiffoziBI have a visa for Poland but not for Hungary. And I want to buy a cheap self transfer flight From Baku To Budapest wizz air, then wait for 17 hours to get in another wizz air flight from Budapest to Warsaw. Do i need transfer visa for that? I won't have any extra baggage.

GIS
GIS
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Q: Getting layer attributes along path between two points in QGIS

gethmanuelIn QGIS I have a map of source [square] and receptor points [circles], see map. I also have a layer with ground-type data (Corine Land Type 2018). I want to know how the ground type changes along straight-line paths from the source point to each receptor point. I can't find any solutions for obta...

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Q: Different definitions of filters in topology

guest1So I have come across three different definitions for set theoretic filters that are used in topology, all of which only vary in their first axiom. The three different first axioms for a filter over a set $X$ are: 1.) $\emptyset$ is not in the filter 2.) $\emptyset$ is not in the filter and $X$ i...

CS
CS
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Q: Interpretation of this Hamiltonian

GyroI'm studying a system with the following Hamiltonian $$ H = \frac{1}{2}P^TAP + \frac{1}{2}Q^T B Q$$ where $P,Q$ are canonical variables (4-vectors) and $A,B$ matrices such that $A = A^\dagger$ and $B = B^\dagger$. I notice that $H$ could be written as $$H = \langle P, AP \rangle + \langle Q, BQ \...

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Q: Why does Pierre think a priest giving a deserter the cross to kiss is hypocrisy?

user3600107In book 2 part 5 chapter 1, Pierre laments the failure of the masons mission. He says "We all profess the Christian law of forgiveness ... but yesterday a deserter was knotted to death and a minister of that same law of love and forgiveness, the priest, gave the soldier the cross to kiss before h...

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Q: Book series about an enhanced female agent who is assigned as a bodyguard to a male musician

KatI'm looking for a book series that I read over 10+ years ago. Here's what I remember: The female character is enhanced ( due to injury? ); she's an agent, possibly for the government. One of her assignments is to bodyguard the male character, whom I believe is a musician. I believe his name begin...

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Q: Problem with the sum of two infinite series

itagajiI apologise for the inefficient typesetting of the question, this is my first time on the website. I was thinking about two series that are defined as below: S1 = {-2, -3, -4, -5, -6 ... -∞} to negative infinity S2 = {+6, +7, +8 +9, +10 ... ∞} to positive infinity. If one were to take the sum of ...

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Q: External bicycle storage for house with up to 10 bicycles

elevendollarWe recently bought a flat in a house (in Northern Europe) with 5 flats in total. It does not have any bicycle storage at the moment. We discussed with the other owners of the flats to build an external bicycle storage on the property of the house. Right now I am just trying to gather some ideas o...

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Q: What could lead to an ability to “share instincts” to evolve?

inkwell87So there’s a small animal species that live pretty simple lifestyles of eat, don’t be eaten, reproduce, and that’s it. They live in forest/jungle or swampy environments, eat a wide diet of insects or occasional plants, and are hunted by larger, faster predators (fish-like creatures and bird/mamma...

CS
CS
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Q: Infinite plate of charge - questions about infinity

ChemistryAs we know, for infinite plate of charge, we sum up the rings's 𝛿𝐸⊥. Though, It got me thinking about 2 things. Question 1: We assume the ring can be rolled and used as a rectangle whose width is dx(the thickness of ring) and height as 2px(x is radius). x is definitely inner radius. Though, it ...

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Q: Forced mate from move one - what is this train of thought called?

TKoLI have intuitively thought that one of the following must be true: White has a forced mate from move one. White doesn't have forced mate, but does have a forced draw from move one (and in turn, black also has a forced draw) Black has a forced mate from move one. So, either one of the two colour...

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Q: What is the point of unit tests?

EdwardoI've been a software developer for 20+ years, although it's been an unusual career. I've mostly worked on either legacy projects, or small standalone, non-public-facing apps and so only a couple of times has it been mandated by my employer to include unit tests in my work. To be honest, I strugg...

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Q: References to "coin tossing", "heads or ships", or "navia aut caput"

WiggyStardustDear Latin or Greek experts, I'm doing a project on the statistics of coin tossing. I would like to provide some references to ancient Greek, Roman, or other texts that reference the practice of coin tossing. Which I understand is referred to as "heads or ships" (navia aut caput). Does anyone kno...

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Q: Adding New Contact with Employer

KilakwaBTWhen adding a new individual with a current employer we are getting the following error: Error thrown Call to undefined method CRM_Contact_BAO_Relationship::legacyCreateMultiple() The individual contact is created but no link to the employer. If we try to add the current employer on the contact...

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Q: In Dune Messiah, why should blind fremen walk off in the desert?

PronteI really appreaciated the whole rejection of the "hero" ideal of Dune Messiah, and the effort FH put into making the culture and society of the empire even deeper than in the first book. For this reason, this detail immediately bugged me and I can't think of a good explanation for it. The whole f...


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