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Law
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Q: Legal implication of shutting another’s windows from the outside

Seeking answersBob’s neighbour is playing loud music inside their property with the windows open. Bob knocks on the window asking them to kindly lower the volume. Nobody appears to be home, so Bob gently pushes his neighbour’s window shut. The neighbour later returns home and irately shouts at Bob demanding tha...

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Q: Is it possible to make a non-money claim in Hong Kong?

Danny BeckettIn the UK when submitting an N1 form to take a defendant to small claims court you can make a claim for money, or alternatively for “other remedies”, for example when money isn’t owed but the claimant wishes for the defendant to do something. Is this possible to do in Hong Kong via their Judiciar...

00:30
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Q: Can administrative work benefit a PostDoc?

quantacadImagine a relatively new Postdoc. She joined a new group (3-5 PhDs, 1 Prof.) and due to 'special circumstances' (Prof. too busy and mostly unavailable) is now responsible for all the PhD and Master/Bachelor students, as well as teaching obligations. The Prof. believes highly in the Postdoc and ha...

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Q: Infinite series over recursive digit-counts

Alan KapplerGiven a positive integer $n,$ let $S(n)$ be the number of digits in the decimal expansion of $n,$ and let $$f(n)=n\cdot S(n)\cdot S(S(n))\cdot\ldots$$ Note that this is well-defined, since repeatedly applying $S$ eventually yields a stable state at $1$. For example, $$f(99)=99\cdot 2\cdot 1\cdot1...

00:56
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Q: How does one express "truthfully", like at the beginning of a sentence in chinese?

barnardr98In english I would use "actually", 其实,but the particular thing I am trying to convey is that previously, I gave information that was incorrect, but now I am correcting that information. “I go to the bar every Sunday afternoon", 我没星期天下午都去餐厅” "well, actually, I go every afternoon", 其实啊,每天都我去餐厅喝酒! I...

TeX
TeX
2
Q: How to extend rectangle box to one side while it fits to several nodes?

Ernestas GruodisHow to extend dashed box below bottom wire? Upper box coordinate should remain at the same place: \documentclass[preview,border=12pt,12pt, varwidth=\maxdimen]{standalone} \usepackage[americaninductors, europeanresistor]{circuitikz} \usepackage{siunitx} \usepackage{nccmath} \usetikzlibrary{fit} \u...

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Q: Operations on the set of large cardinal axioms

Tim CampionHere's a question from a non-set-theorist, but a sometime-user of large cardinals. The name Cantor's attic is pretty evocative for the collection of large cardinal axioms: looking through the pages there really feels like I'm in an old, neglected attic, full of boxes which were labeled with names...

CS
CS
2
Q: How could I implement PDIP8 PIC controller to PCB so I could remove it?

Ri DiBasically I would like to not solder it in place - so I could simply remove it for reprogramming. Is there breadboard-like PCB solderable component which let me stick MCU to it and then easily remove? I tried Arduino-like headers, but they are way too big and make PIC wobble without electrical co...

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Q: What is the cardinality of the set of all groups (up to isomorphism) of countable order?

Jonathan BeerApologies if this is a known result, I have looked around and could not find it. There is a pretty vast literature on the number of groups up to isomorphism of order $n$, for any natural number $n$. This paper for instance classifies for which $n$ are there are one, two, or three groups of order ...

01:22
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Q: Limit the RAM used by RHEL8

The Archetypal PaulWe have some tests we need to run in a server with 32Gb RAM. All the servers we have access to have 64GB and we can't physically change this. Is there some way of telling RHEL to use only some fixed amount of RAM, less than what is installed?

01:48
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Q: Why is it that the further a galaxy is, the greater is its recessional velocity?

AdhyaThe exam question is: Explain how red-shift provides evidence for the Big Bang theory. One of the points in the answer is the further away the galaxy is, the greater is their recessional speed Could someone please explain(using terminology that a 16 year old will understand) why this is the ca...

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Q: Perfect Pitch: Are tones recognizable by themselves or only in comparison with another tone?

LeciferI don’t have “perfect pitch” and to this day, I really don’t understand how people have it or claim that they do. Are the frequencies C4 260hz and A4 440hz actually noticeably different to someone with “perfect pitch”. I ask myself, What did they learn differently growing up to notice the differe...

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Q: Parentheses use in non stoichiometric compounds

liuzpWhen should one use (or not) parentheses in writing the formula for non stoichiometric compounds. I mean, the mineral sphalerite is often represented by the formula $\ce{(Zn,Fe)S}$ and, all though I know that this really means $\ce{Zn_xFe_{1-x}S}$, I would like to know when the use of the first f...

02:11
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Q: Does DNS-over-HTTPS hide domain name of websites from packet analyzers?

Gopal SA person on my same Wifi network is tracking name of the websites that I visit using tools like Wireshark. Does DNS over HTTPS hide the name of the sites that I visit? My DNS settings are - DNS settings1 DNS settings2 If it does not hide the site names, what are the solutions other than VPN to ac...

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Q: Which places in the USA have been ruled by all three colonial powers, British, French, and Spanish?

MAGoldingI was wondering what parts of what is now the USA could be the location for Jack Sharkey's book The Addams Family 1965, based on the popular tv series. There is a scene where former rulers of the region are mentioned, according to the answer to this question: https://literature.stackexchange.com/...

DIY
DIY
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Q: Is there an NEC-compliant way to cross this 40 inch gap between a PV array and my house without digging?

David HayI'm working to finish up my DIY ground-mount solar project, and I need some advice for one of the final connections. For reference, the project is all done with micro-inverters at the panel so we're only talking about an AC connection, and I live in Wisconsin (2017 NEC). The array is about 40 in...

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Q: What does προσθεὶς mean in Luke 19:11?

LorraineI looked it up in the dictionary, and found "add". That word is where we get the word "prosthetic". Young's Literal Translation says: And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, (emphasis mine), which I'm finding hard to parse. and the ESV says: As they heard these...

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Q: How to calculate number of days to/from a date

Justin657In a SearchKit query I'm looking to add a column that tells me the number of days from today to/from a date field. Basically datediff() from today. If the date is in the future, say tomorrow, the column would show 1 (positive). If the date is in the past, say yesterday, the column would show -1 ...

CS
CS
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Q: Converting a fast-switching 0-2.5V input to TTL signal

Boan FangDear fellow engineers, I am attemping to convert a fast switching (~ns) 0V - 2.5V pulse from FPGA into a TTL-standard (0V - 5V) signal. I have been browsing for voltage regulators online. Most of them seems to do the job in terms of stepping up the voltage, but their maximum switching frequencies...

02:15
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Q: Is there any use for an old iPad

PygmalionI have an ancient iPad 4 with iOS 10.3.3. In terms of hardware, it is still sufficient for my needs, as I use it primarily to project files, web pages and videos during lectures. But using it is becoming more and more annoying. There are fewer and fewer programs that can be installed, and sometim...

02:40
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Q: Trying to ID small barrel component for replacement repair

Stephen ZeweI am trying to find a replacement part that goes on a PCB of an LED C size battery-driven hanging lantern light. One of the two leads of the small barrel shaped component corroded and broke off near the surface. Can anyone be of any help in providing what I can use to replace the barrel? There...

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Q: Why did my iPhone in the United States show a test emergency alert and play a siren when all government alerts were turned off in settings?

gfrung4I heard there was a planned test of the emergency alert system in the United States today, October 4, at 2:20 PM. To avoid being disrupted, I turned off all alerts in Settings -> Notifications (one of which is actually labeled "Test Alerts"). However, I was quite surprised when, at 2:20, my pho...

03:02
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Q: Flat texture and transparency

PleaseHelp Hello, how may I make the black parts transparent but keep the texture flat at the same time ? On the second picture,I used Principal BSDF it makes the black parts transparent but the texture looses it's flatness. How may I do it please

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Q: When did wear leveling in flash storage come up?

zomegaI think most modern flash drives (from SATA disks to USB drives) have some kind of wear leveling. Normally a block (small amount of bytes) in a flash chip cannot be erased and programed an unlimited number of times. That is why there is wear leveling. It's actually software (part of the drive fir...

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Q: Compile vs FunctionCompile

Ted ErsekI wanted to look at the pros & cons of Compile & FunctionCompile. This code below is from Neat Examples in FunctionCompile documentation. restrictFlow[ x_, y_]:=Module[{z}, z=1-1/(x+I y)^2; {{x,y},{Re[z],-Im[z]}} ]; decl=FunctionDeclaration[restrictFlow, Typed[{"Real64","Real64"}->"PackedArray"

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Q: Are winglets symmetric airfoils? (Cessna Citation M2)

MIKE PAPADAKISI want to simulate the Cessna citation M2 in XFLR as a student homework assignment. This aircraft has a NASA high-speed 0213 airfoil (which is not symmetric) and a winglet, which can be seen in the picture below. Is the airfoil of the winglet the same as the main wing or a symmetric one is used?...

03:30
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Q: Measure of difference or distinctiveness that's comparable across both discrete and continuous variables

Steve EstesI am a product manager for a data analytics startup, and on our platform our clients end up with large tables of data about their customers which has many attributes, which are of mixed datatype: some attributes are numeric, some date, some boolean, and some categorical with arbitrary cardinality...

04:21
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Q: writing a simple linear (and logistic) regression equation that incorporates survey weights

May SmithI am running a basic linear (and then logistic) regression that incorporates basic survey weights. I would like to specify the general regression equation with the survey weights for a manuscript. But I cannot find an easily interpretable article that shows what a regression line of the form $y=a...

04:45
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Q: Precocial offspring in an obligate carnivore + ambush predator species

Lunar A. P.So, for an obligate carnivore + ambush predator species, what could necessitate their babies being born precocial? IRL, big cats' babies are fairly altricial, but I need a reason for them to be the opposite. I figure a more extended gestation period would have something to do with this?

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Q: What is this white growth on willow tree

nuggetheadWhat is this white growth? I found it on the bottom of a willow tree. More importantly, is it damaging the tree and what should be done to mitigate? Might the fungus (if thats what it is) be killed by frost (which is likely within a few weeks here)? I poked it with a stick and it's soft and st...

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Q: Who is this character and how is he related to the plot of time travelling robots?

ClockworkIn episode 11 of season 2 of Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot cartoon, during a failed time travel experiment, the British ended up winning the Revolutionary War, so Lieutenant Dwayne and Rusty decided to travel about 200 years back into the past to fix history. At some point, they get stuck in th...

TeX
TeX
05:09
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Q: Problem expanding math in arguments of en environment

Quentin GI want to redefine by hand a "restatable" environment for theorems. I have to do so because for some obscure reason the jloganal class (for the Journal of Logic and Analysis) mess it up: when restated, theorems have a new number corresponding to the section they are restated in. The journal sugge...

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Q: Can a woman have a bechor for inheritance?

Clint EastwoodA convert has a son who dies. The man has no assets but marries a convert woman, who also has no assets. They have a son together. The man died and the woman does the same thing again. I made everyone converts so they legally have no family besides their children. I made everyone destitute so nob...

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Q: Why might there be no communication between continents for centuries after a civilization collapse?

CassiteriteCenturies ago, the world was locked in a three-way cold war scenario between three large empires with nukes. The tech level was roughly equivalent to 2000's technology in our world. Runaway climate change occurred as the three superpowers doubled down on fossil fueled development in an attempt to...

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Q: Can't get rid of alcohol smell in my sourdough starter

LebesgueI made my first sourdough starter around 3 weeks ago. I made it with spelt flour. It was nice and ready after a 7 or 10 days and had really nice yeast smell. I had to leave town for 4 days and let my husband take care of it. I instructed him to feed it twice a day with 1:1:1 ratio (as I did befor...

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Q: Is it important to cover the brake lever apparatus with a protective hood?

Obert Seb LugerThis question may just be too basic, but was unable to find a direct answer. People seem to assume that a brake lever hood* is a given, but I'm wondering if it's necessary or really does all that much to protect from the elements. *I am aware that sometimes "hood" refers to the whole apparatus, a...

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Q: Playing Leyline of the Void followed by Helm of Obedience: what happens?

ThemoonisacheeseSay in classic game, I play Leyline of the Void or any card with a similar effect. Say i then play Helm of Obedience, and my opponent has no cards with a relevant effect. my opponent will then proceed to exile their entire library, but once their library is empty, Helm of Obedience does not stop ...

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Q: Can you metrize "convergence in probability with respect to every probability measure absolutely continuous"

user479223Let $X_n$ be a sequence of real valued (or more general) random variables and let $\mu$ be some Borel measure on $\mathbb R$ - not necessarily finite. Suppose for every probability measure $P \ll \mu$ we have that $X_n$ converges to $X$ in probability wrt $P$. Is there a name for this convergence...

06:50
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Q: How do I increase the nfsd threads on boot?

Daxcorusing: Linux nfs-naw 5.15.0-86-generic #96-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 20 08:23:49 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I am running a nfs server on this machine. I have edited the file /etc/defaults/nfs-kernal-server cat << EOF > /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server RPCNFSDCOUNT=30 RPCNFSDPRIORITY=0 RPCMOU...

07:15
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Q: Wifi constantly disconnecting

Landy4.6I am using Kubuntu 23.04 and have been having trying to fix this issue for the past couple weeks. As you can imagine, I've read tons of threads on here and other places but no luck so far. My wifi consistently disconnects, and then the SSID disappears the list, before reappearing and reconnecting...

ELL
ELL
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Q: In almost all dictionaries the transcription of "solely" has two "L" — [ˈs ə u l l i]. Does it mean to say "solely" with one "L" is unnatural?

LoviiiThe transcription of "solely" is [ˈsəʊlli]. The fact that there are two "L" perplexes me. Is it unnatural for you to pronounce "solely" with one "L"? (I mean: [ˈsəʊli]) the list of the dictionaries where the pronunciation of "solely" is [ˈsəʊlli]: oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com ldoceonline.com c...

07:40
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Q: How do I change the origin for one mesh to be at the same point as another mesh

John ArnoldI have a project which consists of two 'parts', a hydraulic cylinders and their pistons. They are NOT joined. I have set the origin (marked with a red X in the image) for the cylinders to be where I want to pivot the entire assembly (cylinders and pistons) which works for the cylinders but not th...

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Q: How can I optimise the creation of subsets?

LNahI have a list of 21 elements from which I have obtained possible combinations of minimum 3 and up to 10 elements using the Subsets function as follows: Elements=RandomReal[1, 21]; Combinations=Subsets[Elements,{3,10}]; For simplicity's sake I have made the list of elements in this example a vect...

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Q: Formal series which are always zero

Luiz Felipe GarciaLet $(k, |\cdot|)$ be a complete field with a non-Archimedean norm, not necessarily algebraically closed. Define the Tate algebra as follows: \begin{align*} k \langle T_1, \dots, T_n \rangle = \{ \sum_{m \in \mathbb{N}^n} a_m T_1^{m_1} \cdots T_n^{m_n} \in k[[T_1, \dots, T_n]] \mid \lim_{m \to \i...

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Q: Checking for association between two multi level categorical variables

houmrseAs part of a personal journey to learn inferential statistics, I am trying to understand if and how income levels influence political views, using data from the general Social Survey (GSS) found here I've proceeded as shown below; however, I don't feel like the p value, which is small enough here...

CS
CS
08:07
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Q: Question about a power adapter amperage

killingerrI have a single board computer that needs 5v/1500-2000mA. I have a power adapter that outputs 5v/3A. Is it safe to use this power adapter?

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Q: Proving that the set of polynomials is closed under addition

NADI'm working through Axler's Linear Algebra Done Right (third edition). On p30-31 we are told: P(F) is the set of all polynomials with coefficients in F And then it is left to the reader to verify that $P(F)$ is a vector space over F. I'm having a bit of trouble showing that $P(F)$ is closed und...

RPG
RPG
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Q: Once a Spellwrought Tattoo is on your skin, can it go back into needle form?

Cain RiveroAs the title says, I am wondering if Spellwrought Tattoos are able to go back to needle form if needed or if they will stay in your skin until consumed. In the text of tattoos that require attunement (basically every other magic tattoo) we get this text: If your attunement to the tattoo ends, th...

08:31
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Q: Unable RDP, Error: SSL Certifiate is revoked, but the certificate is valid

ppau2004Problem When RDP to server, getting certificate is revoked error However, when checking certificate, it is not expired yet. (Today is Oct 5, the Cert expires in November.) My attempts to fix Login to Godaddy, re-key the certificate, download and apply to the Server, but still getting the error Pl...

GIS
GIS
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Q: Use a custom icon in the Expand widget

Stephen LeadUsing the Expand Widget in ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript, how can I specify a custom icon (eg an SVG or PNG image) rather than the Esri Calcite icons? The expandIcon parameter only accepts a string which should match the name of a Calcite Icon (eg "layers"). I wish to use my own icon instead: co...

DIY
DIY
08:57
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Q: No Birdsmouth on Rafters - is there a way to remedy this?

ChesterI just got a new house and I'm fixing up the garage. I've noticed there aren't any birdsmouth cuts on the rafters and instead, they used wedges. They tried to remedy it with some ties, but I don't think these are adequate. Any Suggestions? Thanks!

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Q: Term for two notes played together only a half step apart

ChristyWhat is the term for two notes played on a piano that are only a half step apart, such as a C and a C# being played together?

09:23
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Q: What theorem Feynman is referring to?

JackThe following quote is from the second volume of Feynman's lectures The interesting theorem is that if the curl $\textbf{A}$ is zero, then $\textbf{A}$ is always the gradient of something. Feynman didn't specify anything about that vector field $\textbf{A}$, yet, he asserted that once curl $\te...

09:46
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Q: Why won't Blender keep the render cache where I set it?

smashingtuckI have set my animation render settings in preferences to an image folder on my system, and yet when I render, the output path has set it in some random place that I cannot find. I can also find no way of finding the full path inside Blender. To make matters worse I am on a Mac and Finder won't s...

10:11
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Q: Which MD software is preferable for protein simulation?

user366312I see that some free MD simulation software are available online. VMD NAMD LAMMPS OpenMM GROMACS Amber CHARMM Which one above is the most appropriate for protein simulation?

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Q: Why does Peter instruct the disciples to baptize for the remission of sins if Jesus died for our sins?

Betho'sActs 2:38 KJV Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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Q: Shortest distance between the origin and a parabola

Micah ChongWhat is the smallest distance between the origin and a point on the graph of $y = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} (x^2 - 18)?$ I used the distance formula to get $$\sqrt{x^2 + \frac{1}{2}(x^2-18)^2},$$ but I don't know what to do from there.

10:38
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Q: Can a war in an 1800's level society kill a billion people in 17 years?

Neil IyerTechnology Level The planet has a level of technology of about the early 1800's. They have some basic steam transportation, muskets and bayonets, cannons and other basic artillery, and some less developed nations still do use swords, bows, and other more primitive weapons. Many countries still do...

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Q: Evaluation of the following algebraic equation using binomial coefficients

Soumyadip DasGiven \begin{align} a &= {2015\choose0}+{2015\choose3}+{2015\choose6}+\cdots \\[2pt] b &= {2015\choose1}+{2015\choose4}+{2015\choose7}+\cdots \\[2pt] c &= {2015\choose2}+{2015\choose5}+{2015\choose8}+\cdots \end{align} We have to find $(b-c)^2+(c-a)^2$ Note: Here $${n\choose{k}}=\frac{n!}{k!\cdo...

11:04
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Q: Trouble reconciling these two views on gauge theory

CBBAMVery generally speaking, I view gauge theory as asking what local symmetries leave our theory invariant and then seeing the consequences. Thus taking a look at the Lagrangian for electromagnetism, we can act on each point by a $U(1)$ action, i.e. multiply by $e^{i\theta(x)}$, and this would not c...

TeX
TeX
11:27
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Q: \Include working on mac, but not on windows

Kal8578I am working on a big LaTeX document (thesis), that's broken down into multiple .tex files, and I thus have only a thesismain.tex file to compile that uses \include. On a MacBook, compilation goes fine. Copying the whole folder on a Win10 machine, however, results in systematic "file not found" e...

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Q: Unsolicited e-transfer: Can I send the money back or am I getting scammed?

mm201Out of the blue, I got sent $50 I wasn't expecting over Interac e-Transfer. Now, the sender has emailed me saying it was a mistake. I want to do the honest thing and send them back their money, but it looks too much like a classic scam. I've checked that the money is, in fact, in my account, and ...

11:54
3
Q: Open neighborhood of an entangled state with non-decreasing Schmidt rank

QuantumHumanLearnerLet $\psi\in H_A \otimes H_B$ be an entangled state, which means that it has Schmidt rank $r \geq 2$. Does there exist some $\epsilon>0$ for which all states $\varphi$ with $\|\psi - \varphi\|< \epsilon$ have Schmidt rank at least $r$? I think this must be studied somewhere but I'm unable to loca...

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Q: Asymptotic behavior of a sequence of integrals of non-analytic functions

csch2I am interested in the asymptotic behavior of the sequence $(I_n)_{n=1}^\infty$ of integrals $$I_n=\int_0^1(1-x)^ne^{-1/x}\,dx.$$ Motivation: It is straightforward to show that, for any $f\in C[0,1]$ with $f(0)\neq0$, $$\int_0^1(1-x)^nf(x)\,dx\sim\frac{f(0)}{n}.$$ (One method is to approximate $f...

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Q: Why does Immanuel Kant never doubt the existence of matter and external world themselves?

Adriraj MukhopadhyayWhy does Immanuel Kant never doubt the existence of matter and external world themselves? Does he presuppose their existence? If so, why? What I mean to ask is according to Immanuel Kant if we know nothing certain about noumenon (i.e., the thing in itself) because our experience is influenced by ...

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Q: Transpose a multidimensional array

emanresu ATransposition is an operation on 2-dimensional arrays that flips every element across the main diagonal: [[1,2,3], [[1,4], [4,5,6]] -> [2,5], [3,6]] If we call the above array m, then the 2 is the second item of the first row of m, or m[0][1]. The 2 can be thought of as having...

12:43
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Q: ApexSOQLInjection clarification with respect to binding of variables

Kiran MachhewarI went through the trailhead module on SOQL injection, however I am not clear on below items: Scenario 1) Is escapeSingleQuotes here needed ? // Consider that userinput is coming from user userinput = String.escapeSingleQuotes(userinput); // Is this needed ? String soql = 'SELECT Id FROM Accoun...

DIY
DIY
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Q: The door to the washer has started to crack

ballmeblazerThis just happened after the door was opened. Model number for the washer: GE WCVH6800J1MS. The rest of the machine still works very well, is there any way to replace/repair the door instead of having to junk the entire machine? Pic of the damage:

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Q: Halacha of eruvin

Kirk BellardI was curious why an eruv is often extremely controversial (not in terms of the secular world, I mean within the Frum world), it seems anytime a new Eruv is built there’s always a chorus rabbinic voices preaching against, at least in the 21st century. The Manhattan eruv is a great example, but I ...

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Q: What is a Heavenly Word™?

pocoInspired by JLee's original Word™/Phrase™ puzzles. If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Heavenly word. Use the examples to find the rule: Heavenly Words™ Non-Heavenly Words™ behead decapitate alabaster gypsum paywalls purchase inverse contrary unjoin detached Wolfr...

13:10
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Q: The Consistency of a Certain Omega-Inconsistent Theory

E8 HeteroticI'm having some trouble understanding how a certain first-order theory isn't just straight-up inconsistent. Let $PA$ be the axioms of (first-order) Peano arithmetic and let $C$ be the following statement: $\not \exists $ $n$, $n$ is the Gödel Number of a proof that $1 = 0$. Since $PA$ proves (rat...

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Q: Bhagavata saptaha for wandering souls

Suresh kunjithayaA priest in a prashne had advocated bhagavata saptah for one of my relatives who had lost his ancedtors (coming under sapindikas) in the pamban train crash in 1964 and the bodies were never recovered. I was left quizing of how our reading help those wandering souls. When I saw one of madhwa pries...

13:34
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Q: I feel like I'm being pressured to quit from my boss

KathydinerI work for a corporation in healthcare and I'm a manager of a practice. Just over a month ago I had a meeting with my boss where she told me some negative feedback she had gotten from my team. I was told that the team wasn't happy with my management style, they didn't feel I was approachable and ...

14:25
2
Q: Size of packaging of Battery Box 88015

Humphrey ApplebyI am interested in the dimensions of the packaging of this product. I am able to find only the dimensions of the battery box itself, but not the box.

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Q: What is this folded paper in Brand New Cherry Flavor, episode Hair of the Dog?

rrauenzaIn Brand New Cherry Flavor, Hair of the Dog when Lisa’s visitors leave, one of them places a piece of paper folded into a star on the table by the door. What is its significance? Is this revealed later, or are we supposed to already recognize its significance?

GIS
GIS
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Q: Combined cql_filter for multiple layers in WMS request to GeoServer

MeyraIs there a way to combine same cql_filters for multiple layers? The cql_filters are the same for most of the layers. The request is getting very long. To optimize it, it would be great to simplify things. Some cql_filter parts are the same (create date filter, applications name, etc.). So it migh...

 
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Q: Sci-fi novel where a student temporarily transports the school director to hell

MateuszLI can't recall novel I read probably in late 90'/early 00' in Polish (most likely to be translation of somewhat older work). What I remember: Definitely sci-fi (space travel) Protagonist has some psychic powers. Not sure how unique he is and what exactly is their nature. I believe the powers wer...

16:04
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Q: dired - view file in other window?

balangaIs there some way to have two windows open with a dired buffer in one and a file view of current file in the other? v loads the file into the dired buffer. o loads the file into the other window but changes focus. I would like the ability to browse the contents of a directory using two windows, b...

16:34
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Q: DrupalDateTime showing the date of the previous day and not the correct date while setting it

Ali RizviI have got the date from the url query parameter but while setting it to the default value of field_date form element it is showing the date of the previous day and not the correct date. use Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime; function time_form_alter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state...

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Q: Replacing rhum in baba au rhum

L.DutchI have some baba and would like to make baba au rhum. However I don't have rhum at home, and would like to use some other liquors. How should I go about picking the replacement? Which aspects should I consider?

16:56
1
Q: some_variable vs some-variable in zsh

HarvWhy is it that zsh seems to understand what to do with some_variable=1 command, but not some-variable=1 command? E.g.: $ fs_screen=1 mpv --fs-screen=${fs_screen} someFile.mp4 works fine but $ fs-screen=1 mpv --fs-screen=${fs-screen} someFile.mp4 results in zsh: command not found: fs-screen=1 I we...

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Q: int seems to be not int in a used perl library

numchrunA peculiar phenomenon is on my mind. As you may know, dealing with a mail server directly exposed to the internet can be quite the 'joy' with various individuals attempting to break into it or use it as a relay. I don't have any issues with manually blocking addresses or ranges that annoy me thro...

DSP
DSP
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Q: Smallest Eigenvalue in the Derivation of the MUSIC Algorithm

NaetmulI am seeking clarification on a particular step in the derivation of the MUSIC algorithm as presented in a specific paper. Here, there is an intermediate step I cannot follow and I would appreciate any insights or explanations. We start with the equation $$ \mathbf{X} = \mathbf{A}\mathbf{F} + \ma...

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Q: Examples of bilimits that aren't 2-limits, and some related questions

EmilyRecently I've received an email from Sori Lee about an earlier question I had asked, and we ended up with a number of questions about 2-limits and 2-bilimits which I couldn't quite answer, and decided to ask here. Throughout this question let XXX = lax, oplax, strong/pseudo, or strict. The first ...

ELL
ELL
1
Q: How to take 'but nonetheless regular'?

Mr. Wang Non-standard varieties have their own regular syntactic patterns, different in many respects from the patterns of the standard variety but nonetheless regular. Does it have the same meaning of Non-standard varieties have their own regular syntactic patterns, different in many respects from the...

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Q: Bugs in pine nut container, safe to eat?

Reine AbstraktionI bought prepackaged pine nuts and to my suprise, I found bugs in it. The expensive price of the pine nuts make me a bit hesitant to throw it out (about 6 euros for 90 grams ish). My question is, can i use pine nuts after washing? could it be possible that the bug laid eggs inside the nuts? How w...

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Q: The multiples are missing

LaikoniGiven a number \$n\$, you are to compute the sequence of positive numbers where for each number \$a\$, the \$n\$-times multiple \$n\cdot a\$ is missing. Example We always start with the sequence of all positive numbers: $$1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15, \dots$$ For \$n=2\$, going left-to-rig...

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Q: Triangular Connect Wall + Colouring In

happystarYour task is to divide the 15 words shown into five categories and assign each word the correct colour. Each category has a different number of words between 1 and 5. All words within the same category must be the same colour. Different categories do not necessarily have different colours. The to...

CS
CS
1
Q: Energy in capacitor paradox

MoraRecently I have been thinking about a circuits problem that caused me a lot of confusion. First of all we know from thermodynamics that energy is conserved. I wanted to show a problem that seemed to contradict itself. So the problem is: Consider an ideal 8\$\mu\$F capacitor that we place in an RC...

TeX
TeX
17:48
1
Q: `{` in the definition of a macro?

Przemysław ScherwentkeI know that using article to obtain chapters is idiotic, but the code to improve is long and depends on this. In the following code I define a new macro \Section*, but I must remove curly braces from the original argument of \section*. \documentclass{article} \let\oldsection\section \def\Section...

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Q: Dropping condition from conditional probability

NidjsiConsider 3 random variables $X$, $Y$ and $Z$. Under which conditions would we have $P(X\mid Y,Z) = P(X\mid Z)$?

TeX
TeX
18:13
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Q: Dashed line that stops when there is a node in Tikz

ZedssadI want to write text that goes through a dotted circle such that the dashed line disappears where the text and the line meet. I'm currently at this point in a graph I'm trying to do for a textbook. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,arrows} \begin{document} \b...

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Q: How to specify own equation numbers in context? Compared to align* in Latex?

NasserHow can I reproduce this in context? I am using TL 2023 \documentclass[12pt,notitlepage]{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{align*} \sin x &= \int_{0}^\infty \cos x \,dx \tag{101} \\ \sin y &= \int_{0}^\infty \cos y \,dy \tag{ABC} \end{align*} \end{document} I can't figu...

DBA
DBA
1
Q: CDC is not working after restoring the databse

Imran Qadir Baksh - BalochI have just restored my database using the below script, USE [master] GO RESTORE DATABASE [MyDB] FROM DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.SQLSTANDARD\MSSQL\Backup\mydb.bak' WITH FILE = 1, NOUNLOAD, REPLACE, STATS = 5, KEEP_CDC GO USE MyDB GO EXECUTE sys.sp_cdc_add_job '...

RPG
RPG
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Q: Do pots of Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments act like a consumable item that is fully consumed when activated or can a pot be activated multiple times?

felThe popular interpretation of Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments is that a pot can be opened and only a portion of the paint can be used with the remainder being saved for later use. Often discussions of the item specifically mention tracking the amount of paint used. This gave rise to the idea that you...

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2
Q: Why half-illuminated planet cannot support life at all?

trejderHere is my own translation of the Polish version of the Drake equation article in Wikipedia: (...) They must provide the right amount of heat. The smaller the star, the less heat it gives and the closer the planet must be until it reaches a limit. After this limit it becomes so bound to the star...

DSP
DSP
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Q: Total delay of cascade FIR filters

Gabriel Galeote-ChecaI have a doubt regarding the total delay in terms of taps for cascade filters. Imagine that I have an SOS IIR Filter (2 delays) and an FIR filter of 10 taps (10 delays) and another of 20 taps (20 delays). The total delay of the group is 20 + 10 + 2=32 delays or is it the maximum of all of the as ...

GIS
GIS
1
Q: Missing data when querying administrative regions in the Overpass API

BritishSteelI would like to get the administrative regions for Somalia. I tried two queries: area["ISO3166-2"~"SO-"]; rel[admin_level=5](area); out geom; and: rel["ISO3166-2"~"SO-"] [admin_level=5] [type=boundary] [boundary=administrative]; out geom; The queries work but both results are missing t...

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Q: After updating Cocoapods to 1.13.0 it throws error

Alex MotorI updated Cocoapods to 1.13.0 and after calling pod install it throws an error: conversions.rb:108:in 'class:Array': undefined method 'deprecator' for ActiveSupport:Module (NoMethodError) bundler: failed to load command: pod (/opt/homebrew/opt/bin/rbenv/versions/3.2.2/bin/pod) /opt/homebrew/opt/b...

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Q: Conjunctive "cum" + indicative in Menaechmi

Kotoba Trily NgianIn the last scene of Menaechmi, Plautus wrote Pol profecto haud est dissimilis, meam cum formam nescito. (Line 1065) Henry T. Riley's translation gives: Troth, it really is not unlike, so far as I know my own form. Conjunctive cum has too many meanings, and what I can remember is [cum + ind. ...

CS
CS
1
Q: Complexity of zero-one loss vs logistic loss functions

Tran KhanhIn Machine Learning: The Basics, Alexander Jung, Spinger, the author states that using the zero-one loss function defined by:$$\mathit{L}((\mathbf{x}, y), h)= \begin{cases} 1, y \ne \hat{y}\\ 0\ otherwise, \end{cases}\\ (with\ \hat{y}=1\ for\ h(\mathbf{x}) \ge 0, and\ \hat{y} = −1 \ for \ h(\math...

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Q: Geometry problem inspired by the masonic square and compass symbol

euvagelos kazazisLet $AB = AC, AB \perp AC, H$ point such that $AH$ is the bisector of the angle $BAC$ and $BHC = 45^{\circ}$. Find the length of $AH$. I am sure this problem is easy, but I have not been able to solve it. I realize we can deduce lot's of information about angles. Any hints or solutions are welcome.

19:57
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Q: Transform PointCloud message

renanI am receiving a sensor_msgs::msg::PointCloud (base_link frame) in my callback. I want to transform this PointCloud to the camera frame, so that I can do a projection of that point cloud view. I am having problems to convert a sensor_msgs::msg::PointCloud into a pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ> clo...

2
Q: Travelling to America under a different name than before

Richard whiteA few years ago I traveled to America under a different name to my birth name and had my fingerprints and retina scan taken I’ve since changed my name back to my birth name will this cause me a problem in returning to America

UX
UX
20:22
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Q: Serious visual hierarchy guidelines

drabsvI have been looking for guidelines on visual hierarchy with precise and substantiated recommendations, yet I have found only generic tips, such as "you can use contrast and font size" to add visual weight to an item. How much contrast and how big font size, and what leverage between the two, rema...

20:48
1
Q: Does the Oort Cloud lose mass with time?

Adrdav22Can blocks of ice escape from the Oort cloud and away from the solar system forever?

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Q: Space saved by squashing and grinding corpses with super strength

SImone Dario NardellaFirst time poster here. I play roleplaying games (Vampire the Dark Ages currently) and like to write a lot of homebrew material or suggest creative solutions to our Game Master. Here is my latest conundrum: I am trying to devise a good way to dispose of exsanguinated corpses soon after they are b...

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Q: std::ranges::find vs std::find

SupAlConsider this code: #include <vector> #include <iostream> #include <cstdint> #include <ranges> int main() { struct S { int a; int b; bool operator==(int other) const { return a == other; } }; std::vector<S> iv{ {1, 2}, {3, 4} }; // t...

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1
Q: what is the difference between window size and context length of language model?

Vinay Sharmais window size and context length of language model one and the same thing? ******** following text is added as question with ONLY above text was not allowed ***** I am trying to understand how GPT model is trained and this question to my mind. I tried to search answer on google but couldn't find...

2
Q: Cannot Zip folder that is in to many sub folders

AndrewHI am unable to zip a folder if the folder is in too many sub folders. My company uses Dropbox so we have a lot of folders in a folder. For example, a path to a folder might look like this: C:\Users\Computer Username\Company Dropbox\Company Folder\Folder 2023\Event Name 2023\Event Name 2023 Brandi...

2
Q: How many platonic ideals are there?

Dimitris02Suppose you have an unripe banana that is yellow with a greenish tint. We could say that this banana partially embodies the platonic ideal of yellowness. We could also say that to a lesser degree it embodies the property of greenness. Then again, we could say that it's the perfect embodiment of #...

1
Q: How to observe transition pathway of a stochastic matrix?

Tugrul TemelGiven a stochastic matrix, m, I like to observe the transition path converging to the limiting distribution. ClearAll[m]; m = {{0.2, 0, 0.8}, {0.1, 0.3, 0.6}, {0.5, 0, 0.5}}; MatrixPower[m, 5] How can I use StepMonitor :> Print[m] or a similar code to keep records of iterated matrices? My purpos...

1
Q: Brew - How to stop losing app settings when updating?

Otavio MiguelI am using Brew for almost every app in my Mac, and I'm always trying to keep all these apps updated, so I set up the brew autoupdate command to run daily. The problem is I did realize that every time it updates my apps, it keeps replacing the app for a new one, and because of that the Mac keeps ...

21:39
1
Q: Not able to download magento2.4.6-p2

VivekUsing = php8.1 composer version = 2.2 In side auth.json updated repo.magento.com public/private key and all PHP package which is dependant with this version. still greeting this issue. **Guide me on this please** auth.json { "bitbucket-oauth": {}, "github-oauth": {}, "gitlab-oauth": {}, "gitlab...

Law
Law
22:03
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Q: When must someone identify themself after damaging someone else's property?

Tom VAfter a car collision the law (in the UK at least) requires the drivers to give their name and address to each other. Does this apply to car accidents on private property, such as carparks? Are there other occasions when a person is required to identify themself to someone who might want to take ...

1
Q: Should I trust my recruiter?

MinosIllyrienI am currently looking for a new job. My boss is ok with this, he has written a nice letter of recommendation and no dates are set for anything. This is Denmark, so he currently has 4 months of notice if he wanted to let me go, and I have 1 month. There's this company (500-1000 employees) which I...

1
Q: How to reconcile Deuteronomy 13 and 18

Aryan anandIn Deuteronomy 13 the warning is sometimes a prophet prophecies come true but then he teaches worshipping false gods so that makes him a false prophet even if his prophecy or miracles come true but then in Deuteronomy 18 the test of true prophet is he speaks in the name of the LORD so he is speak...

2
Q: Number fields with prescriped prime decomposition

Jeff HPick your favorite prime $p$, as well as three positive integers $e,f,g$. For each such choice, does there exist at least one Galois number field $K/\mathbf{Q}$ of degree $n=efg$ in which $p$ has ramification index $e$ and inertial degree $f$?

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Q: Traveling from BRU-AUH-DEL-KTM with only hand luggage: denied doarding in BRU due to lack of Indian Transit Visa

arnoudvandeneerenbeemtOn 11-9-23 in BRU, Etihad denied our boarding for flight EY58 to AUH (with only hand luggage), which connected to EY218 to DEL T3. From T3, we would proceed with AI213 to KTM. The ground personnel of Etihad in BRU said, "You need an Indian transit visa for DEL. You will also lose all your returni...

TeX
TeX
22:27
1
Q: Mainmatter creates blank page

SayneI'm currently writing my Bachelor's thesis and I'm a bit confused as to why \mainmatter creates a blank page between my List of Tables and my first Chapter "Introduction". I'm using a thesisclass as my documentclass and openany doesn't help. For the directories and the title page I used: \frontma...

3
Q: verbatim not aligned properly - XeLaTeX

MadyYuviI've tried with: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec}% \usepackage[bold-style=TeX]{unicode-math}% \setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX, Path = ./ , UprightFont= MinionPro-Regular.otf, BoldFont= MinionPro-Bold.otf, ItalicFont= MinionPro-It.otf, BoldItalicFont= MinionPro-BoldIt.otf, ]{MinionPro}% \...

Law
Law
1
Q: Can a private contract obligate someone to exercise their right to a jury trial?

interfectSay I think my local DA is pursuing too many low-quality cases, and pressuring people into plea deals, when they don't really have the evidence to convict. Can I and several thousand of my closest, most-likely-to-be-arrested friends contract with each other and agree to insist that any criminal c...

CS
CS
1
Q: What is the copper frame around this high speed input signal called?

YudopI was watching a teardown video for a scope and saw that the high speed input circuit has a copper frame around each input. What is the purpose of this and what is it called? It has a heatsink on top that makes contact on those copper traces. It is displayed in this video at minute 7:47.

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Q: 70s Kids Show - Creepy Space/Time Travelling Puppets with Human Hands

GenXerTrying to identify a kid's show from the late 1970s, probably American, that featured puppets or marionettes with human hands. The puppets were kids who built some kind of space/time vehicle in their backyard that was kind of cone-shaped. They had creepy adventures with aliens and such. Again,...

GIS
GIS
1
Q: ArcGIS Pro define projection issue

BillI have a shapefile currently in WGS84 within a map projected in British National Grid. The shapefile gets displayed in the right location when in WGS84. I wanted to redefine its projection to British National Grid so I can send it to other parties and when doing so the layer moves far off despite...

22:52
1
Q: List all modification times of a file

cerebrouThere are several methods to find the last modification time of a file. But is there a way to find all modification times of a file?

DIY
DIY
3
Q: Help Identifying PVC Drain Connector Type

BelacyrfI need help. Can anyone help me identify this type of connection currently used under my bathroom sink? All I can find are threaded pipe connections. Unfortunately my wall connection is this same type of twist/lock connector. Any help you can provide that will help me locate replacement pa...

CS
CS
2
Q: What is the proper name of this PCB "slide blade" spring female connector?

bureaucratI have an appliance with two PCBs, which can be connected to each other by a "slide blade spring" connector (my term for that). I want to buy this connector, but all the "spring" styled receptacle connectors I found are for attaching wires, not a counterpart "blade" male connector. I have attache...

2
Q: Confusion about Two Way ANOVA test vs Chi-square test for independence. Which one to use here?

Slow NinjaA certain drug is claimed to be effective in curing cold. In an experiment on 500 persons suffering from cold, half of them were given the drug and the other half were given the sugar pills. Patients' reactions to the treatment are recorded in the following table (pls refer attached image). On th...

2
Q: Incorrect current direction in an NPN transistor

user1700890My circuit is below. It has an NPN transistor. In NPN transistors, the current is supposed to flow from collector to emitter (from positive to negative), but CircuitLab shows negative current. Here is a snapshot: I am looking at the line labelled I(R1.nA). I am sure CircuitLab is correct, but I ...

DIY
DIY
23:17
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Q: How can I anchor a knee wall to my basement slab?

user174938I'm looking to add a knee wall into my basement. Any guides I've found online have been for wood floors, but mine will be going into a concrete floor. What's the best way to do this to reduce wobbliness? The left wall will be framed up from the floor to make a flat wall as well.

4
Q: Make a super fair number

Wheat WizardAn even distribution number is a number such that if you select any of it's digits at random the probability of it being any particular value (e.g. 0 or 6) is the same, \$\frac1{10}\$. A precise definition is given later on. Here are a few examples: \$\frac{137174210}{1111111111} =0.\overline{1...

6
Q: Playing Mastermind against an angel and the devil

quaragueThis puzzle is based on a card game. The are 7 suspects and 3 of them committed a crime. The game contains 35 cards that contain the 35 possible choices of 3 out of the 7 suspects. One card is drawn at random and hidden from you, these are the 3 criminals you are supposed to identify. You are the...

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Q: When trying to say “She was not [adjective]”, when do I use “Elle n’a pas été” instead of “Elle n’était”?

Evan EscobarTo provide some context, I am very new to French and I am still trying to learn simple phrases. Of course, there are always multiple ways to express the same thing — but, I am not sure if there is a rule that I should know about. When using Google Translate as a guide, it translates “She was not ...

1
Q: Struggling to parse a specific sentence

ValevalorinFrom a Bunpro grammar exercise regarding the "-がち" grammar point. それは初心者にありがちのミスですね。 The given translation is: "That is a mistake beginners tend to make." If the sentence were: それは初心者のミスですね。i.e. "That is a beginner's mistake.", that makes perfect sense to me. But the addition of the にありがち after t...


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