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Q: Old tire blew out of the rim

AzulShivaI'm fixing an old bike I got out of a dumpster. The tubes needed replacing and the tires had cracks all over the surface (picture 3). Since tires are held together by a weave and not just rubber I imagined it would still be somewhat safe to ride. About an hour after inflating it to 4.5bar (the ma...

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Q: How to count when bass and treble clefs share notes or chords

geeheebI'm totally new to piano. I have a background in guitar, programming and some math, therefore I tend to think a little in an "exact number of boxes" fashion or "an array of numbers" as in programming. From the little I've learnt so far, I've become used to finding a complete subdivision of the ti...

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Q: Is heating element resistance linear?

Ri DiI know light bulbs resistance varies depending on heat. What about heating elements? Would 2000W heating element have 26.45 Ohm (230V / 26.45 Ohm = 8.7A, so 8.7A * 230V = 2000W) resistance both in room temperatures and at 100 C degrees?

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Q: My battery drains fast on my iphone-13 - is there a way to determine which app(s) have been using the most CPU in the last month?

Alexander Millsjust like the question says - My battery drains fast on my iphone-13 - is there a way to determine which app(s) have been using the most CPU in the last month? (In other words, I don't want a snapshot from just the last 10 seconds or whatever, but rather in total over the last month).

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Q: Through various editions of D&D, why would you use a shortbow rather than a longbow?

Marc Le BihanSince my beginnings with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons until now (playing Wrath of the Righteous, having played 2e and Pathfinder in between), I'm still asking myself: Is there, in term of D&D game mechanics, an interest of equipping a normal show bow rather than a normal long bow? Immediately, the...

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Q: How to develop Lightning LWC and Aura Components after Winter 24 Release without 10 minutes waiting and without cache clear and without Debug Mode?

Uwe HeimToday I went nearly crazy while working on an Aura component. I'm saving my work but the UI does not update. Damn! Waiting a while (about 10 minutes) my changes are finally showing up. This is unacceptable for development! For sure I have disabled "Enable secure and persistent browser caching to ...

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Q: What is the best way to mitigate the spark when a PCB is connected to power?

DrewI'm designing a moderately powerful motor controller (integrated into a product). The board runs on 24V and has a 100uF electrolytic input cap, as well as 2 10uF ceramics near the switcher. Whenever I connect this board to power, there is a hearty spark. It hasn't noticeably damaged anything yet,...

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Q: Do Starfleet officers get to go on leave during times of war?

Sovereign InquiryIt seems unlikely that Starfleet officers would be allowed to "take a break" during times of war, such as during the Dominion War. However, Starfleet isn't 100% a military organization, so I could be wrong. Are there any known scenarios of Starfleet officers going on leave during war?

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Q: Change Priority of ServiceProvider class

JaypanI have a module, pod. I am attempting to alter another service (group.relation_handler.access_control.group_content_menu), by implementing Drupal\pod\PodServiceProvider::alter(). This is working picked up, and I am able to swap out the backend class. However, this alteration/swap is happening too...

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Q: Do larger rockets tend to have a better mass ratio due to the square cube law?

KrzysiekDo larger rockets tend to have a better mass ratio due to the square cube law? I mean, larger tanks have a better surface-to-volume ratio, so their weight-to-volume should be improved

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Q: What's the best hack to ripen avocados quickly?

cthom7890Anything that has avocados in the recipe is ten times better in my opinion, in tacos, in salad, on toast, on soup, etc... but it's a tricky fruit. Often the grocery store only has tough, green avocados that aren't ready to be cut and eaten, but you need them that night for your dinner recipe. How...

02:04
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Q: Were babies found with their heads decapitated in Israel after the Hamas attack?

Evan CarrollAccording to this tweet by CNN, The Israel Prime Minister spokesman just confirmed babies and toddlers were found with their "heads decapitated" in Kfar Aza in southern Israel after Hamas attacks in the kibbutz over the weekend. That has been confirmed by the prime ministers office. Has any out...

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Q: Paperback from the 80s where a fight against aliens attacking Earth begins with an F15 intercepting them over Colorado

john zehrbachI read a paperback in the early 80s, can't remember the title. Aliens were going to attack Earth but Earth was warned as scouts attacked early around Colorado and we figured them out. The planet got together and built a huge grazer (LASER except for Gamma rays, not light) to destroy the incoming ...

02:27
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Q: Powershell Export function to create environment variables with bash syntax

JohnLBevanA lot of the time when working in DevOps, documentation and code snippets from colleagues will be based on bash. Most of those same commands work seamlessly in PowerShell; but setting environment variables doesn't; e.g. export DEMO_CLIENT_ID="ff3b7b84-e041-4e76-993e-239930808aa7". I've written t...

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Q: Why do we adjust the drift in the geometric brownian motion

JohnI am building a monte carlo based on the GMB, and I am having a hard time understanding why we subtract 1/2 variance from the drift. If I have a drift of 12% and a volatility of 50%, that would give me "mean" drift of -.24% based on this. That doesn't make sense to me. If I am expecting the asset...

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DIY
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Q: What is this lightbulb fixture, and how do I change it?

terranmoccasinThis is the lightbulb above my shower. I have removed an outer fixture covering already, but now I am faced with a light bulb that cannot be unscrewed easily. It is mounted to the ceiling in a plastic fixture I have not seen before. What is the appropriate way to replace this bulb? Am I able to r...

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Q: Why do electrons not remain at higher energy levels?

user7777777I am beginning to learn some very basic electronics. I was learning how and why lightbulbs light up. It turns out it happens because they have a very thin filament which makes the passage very narrow for electrons so they lose a lot of energy colliding with the molecules making up the filament in...

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Q: Reasons for ADSB PAPR Report Altitude Errors

The DocWe have just test flown a new 1090 ADSB installation, using Apareo Stratus ESG Transponder, which has internal GPS. The PAPR for the test flight show both Baro Alt and Geo Alt errors in the Missing Elements Table. The MCF count is identical for both, and the %Fail percentage is 8.27%. All ground ...

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Q: Divisor chain counts (1 3 3 7 ...)

Jonathan AllanThe divisors of a natural number form a poset under the relation of "a divides b?", \$a | b\$. This challenge is to produce the number, \$C\$, of non-empty chains of such posets for natural numbers, \$N\$. This is A253249 in the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. That may sound complicated...

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Q: From Windows, can I control default Linux file permissions for a new file created via SMB?

kshetlineI'm batch processing a lot of video files stored on an Unraid array with code running on Windows, accessing files on the array via SMB. Whenever I create a new MKV file it ends up flagged as user-executable (it's not an executable file type), with read/write permissions for everyone (766). I want...

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Q: How to repair clear ACL?

oromeOn a recent support call I was asked to run the following command: sudo chmod -R -N ~/Library/Containers/com.someco.someapp/ but on further examination I see that that directory contains a subfolder with the following contents: ... lrwxr-xr-x 1 Orome staff 19 Feb 27 2019 Desktop@ -> ../....

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Q: Is L1(a,b) <= L1(c, d) if and only if L2(a,b) <= L2(c, d)? L1 vs L2

AliMI am doing machine learning and in one stage, I have to measure tensor vector differences to find the minimum distance. Lets say I have a set of linear tensors with dimension 100. I want to find a best pair, which in this case is a pair with minimum distances from each other. So, I have to find t...

04:26
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Q: Can I expense guest amenities for my AirBnB?

MatthewI own an AirBnB in California. This is a standalone house, I do not live there. In the course of operating it we furnish amenities such as Roku devices, or Foosball tables, or BluRay discs. Can these items be deducted as expenses or otherwise be advantageously considered for tax reasons?

DIY
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Q: Can I create two or three more cutouts in my 6' Load Bearing Knee wall to build a closet System

TudoRafter123I have a 1927 Tudor. The second floor owners bedroom has a 17 foot long knee wall that is clearly load bearing (holds up the rafters). It has two doors in it currently that open into the pretty large cavity. The back side was all shiplap which I took down to see inside and find the layout. I've a...

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Q: Interpretion of apparent contradition in Numbers 16:38 in relation to fire pans of sinners becoming sacred

João Víctor MeloIn the passage: The fire pans of those who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made into hammered sheets as plating for the altar—for once they have been used for offering to יהוה, they have become sacred—and let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel. And in Hebrew...

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Q: Opposite of "Educated Guess"?

RakibWhat's the antonym for educated guess? Is it 'uninformed guess' or just 'guess'? Is there such thing as 'uneducated guess'? I couldn't use it as it only negates part of a phrase and doesn't seem opposite of 'informed/educated guess'.

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Q: Why does the Squeeze theorem say that limit exists when the 'paths' method says otherwise?

partresults09I don't understand where is the flaw in my logic, or where my mistake lies. It would appear that either the squeeze theorem is wrong or that it has some limitations in showing that a limit does exist in three dimensional space (implying I didn't make any mistakes). If I have a function $f$ such t...

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Q: How can the next block fee be less than the mempool purging fee rate?

StevenOver the weekend, the Bitcoin mempool size exceeded the default 300mb limit and was purging transactions. Most transactions in the mempool consisted of these large batches/consolidations at ~1.5sat/vb. What was strange was that the min mempool fee rate for my default node was higher than some of ...

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Q: Where to put vibrator when transit flight goes through UAE and dubai

Ruanmy girlfriend and I are flying from Ireland to Australia but have 2 stop overs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, (about 3hrs for stop over in Dubai and 4 in Abu Dhabi, one self check-in and the other is just a connecting with no self-check in ) We have a vibrator, small and compact, are we able to put this...

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Q: Norfolk Island Aussie citizen status when entering the USA

MidavaloNorfolk Island is a territory between* Australia and New Zealand. Up until 2016 it was self-governing, however in the middle of that year Australia changed its status, and most Australian laws now also cover the territory as well. We have a young Norfolk friend coming to visit soon, who we told ...

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Q: Converting Keplerian Orbital Elements into 2D State Vectors in Unity C#

EthanI have done an extensive amount of research into this topic, but am really struggling to implement the math necessary to pull this off correctly. Just for some context: I'm trying to create a semi-realistic 2D simulation of Keplerian orbits in Unity. To achieve this, I have two functions which ar...

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Q: Conditional variance notation

RomanWhy does the formula ${Var} (Y|X)= {E} {\Big (}{\big (}Y- {E} (Y\mid X){\big )}^{2}\mid X{\Big )}$ condition $EY$ on $X$, but does not for $Y$?

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Q: Can I connect a hardware wallet to Bitcoin Core using HWI?

Eoin McQuinnPresumably HWI on github.com is to do with creating a hardware wallet interface with Bitcoin Core. Am I correct? What stage is development at presently? Will one be able to connect a hardware wallet to Bitcoin Core with this interface?

 
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Q: Why is Indirect Speech used with an Historic Infinitive in this Quote from Ovid?

tonyOvid's Fasti 5. 353-4: "et monet aetatis specie, dum floreat, uti: contemni spinam, cum cecidere rosae." "and she warns that, while it flourishes with the appearance of youth, when the roses fall the thorn is to be despised." (i) What exactly is "uti" doing here; there's no subjunctive involv...

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07:58
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Q: Can a Champion use a polearm and shield?

Aria NicholasI'm building a Champion of Shelyn and like the glaive, but I planned on being the group tank. Is there a way in 2E for someone to use something heavier than a buckler while wielding a polearm?

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Q: What is the physical meaning of "flow" or "circulation" in fluid dynamics?

ashpoolIn fluid dynamics, the line integral of velocity field is called "flow," or "circulation" if the curve is closed. But does velocity times length correspond to any physically meaningful quantity?

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Q: Were Dior, Eluréd, and Elurín given the same choice as the other Peredhil?

SpencerAt the end of the First Age, the surviving Half-Elven were given the choice to be either fully Elves or fully Men. Elrond chose Elven-kind and Elros chose Mankind. It appears that Elrond's children all chose Mankind. Eärendil and Elwing have a special fate, but, remaining in Arda, we'd have to pe...

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Q: using counter in multirow commande

FrancoisFEMI'd like to create a macro that creates a table from a list, with the first column merged. I still have 2 problems, the first being to obtain the size of my list, for the moment I'm getting size + 1 ;(, the second being to use the result in the first argument of \multirow. I was thinking of somet...

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Q: Am I correct that this digital IO protection diode choice doesn't make sense?

BrioniusI'm currently redesigning a breakout board for an expensive FPGA data acquisition device we work with frequently. The designer of the past version added some components between the FPGA's digital IO (DIO) ports and the breakout outputs which I believe are meant to protect the FPGA from whatever i...

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Q: Are there any Pokemon cards banned in unlimited format?

Gabriel TellezThe Pokemon website says that no cards are banned in unlimited format. Is this true? Are cards such as _____’s Pikachu or Ancient Mew banned? What about jumbo cards?

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Q: Word for 'eroded' with a positive connotation

GuestThe context is a path being eroded with use, except it's more like the path is being crafted with love by use. Are there any better words or phrases to fit this use?

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Q: Altus 9-speed shifters&derailleur paired with a 10-speed road bike cassette

LLRLMy family has a road bike, set with Altus 9-speed shifters and a rear derailleur, paired with a Shimano HG200-9 cassette. Recently, I replaced the cassette with a 10-speed road bike cassette, As a result, it can shift gears, and all 10 gears on the rear derailleur can be accessed. Some shifts are...

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Q: What game is being played in the movie Hatari?

JBHDallas and Luis are playing a game. It appears to be a four-tier play field, each tier having approximately 8x8 (64) squares. They're playing with colored discs. What is this game?

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Q: Can Atonement be Accomplished through Good Deeds? (Daniel 4:27)

Dan FeffermanSpeaking to the King of Babylon, the prophet Daniel says: O king, may my advice be acceptable to you; atone for your sins by good deeds, and for your misdeeds by kindness to the poor; then your contentment will be long lasting. The chapter concludes with the story of Nebuchadnezzar's descent in...

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Q: arcpy Geometry pointFromAngleAndDistance method

FelixIPIn my workflow I decided to use pointFromAngleAndDistance method and was surprised by output. Script below: import arcpy import prettytable from prettytable import PrettyTable maxDistance = 100.0 SR = arcpy.SpatialReference(2193) pS = arcpy.Point(1750485,5915301) pG = arcpy.PointGeometry(pS,SR) ...

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Q: Fcc lattice with two atom basis equivalent to tetragonal lattice?

rahman62I am trying to follow this tutorial from the FLEUR DFT code's official website. The tutorial goes over calculating the ground state energies for the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic configurations of fcc Fe. I understand that one needs to have at least two atoms in a primitive cell to have an ...

DBA
DBA
11:27
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Q: Why MySQL binlog contains only one record: log rotation

Steve WuOne of my slave mysql instances contains several unusal binary log files mysql-bin.023896 250.01MB mysql-bin.023897 2.27GB mysql-bin.023898 15.67MB mysql-bin.023899 281Bytes mysql-bin.023900 250.01MB By usual I mean the size should be 250MB, but mysql-bin.023897 conatins 2.27GB, and the su...

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11:47
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Q: "+" and "-" not aligned in tikz in multiple math fonts

Firestar-Reimu\documentclass{article} \usepackage{newtxmath} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[help lines] (-1,-1) grid (2,2); \draw (0,0) node[left] {$+$}; \draw (0,0) node[right] {$-+$}; \draw (0,1) node[left] {$\times$}; \draw (0,1) node[right] {$\div$}; \end{...

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Q: How large a closed system does the 2nd law of thermodynamics require?

Merci chaoDoes the second law of thermodynamics apply to a single electron in deep space? Or two electrons? Or 100? (assume the electrons are restricted in a finite area) From which point we can start to talk about the entropy of a closed system?

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Q: How were printouts done on Commodore PETs

cupIn the old PC mags, there were often printouts of code from Commodore PETs. How were these done? Even though the PET had a GPIB interface, it didn't have a print command. The method that we used in 1978 was a little machine code program to show one line at a time on the top of the screen and th...

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Q: Are gravitational waves emitted equally in all directions?

PeterI have a question regarding gravitational waves that I can't figure out. Hope some wise minds here can help a simple amateur without technical or scientific education. Two black holes rotating around each other generate and emit gravitational waves. But, in what pattern do they spread? Do they sp...

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Q: Why does a guitar scale shape have more than 7 notes?

trequartistaAs the title suggests, I wonder the number of notes in a scale shape on guitar. Let's take the G major scale in 2 octaves: G A B C D E F# G A B C D E F# G, there are 15 notes. I found that in many guitar resources, they play more than 15 notes. This is called the first position. Play from the fir...

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Q: Who is Mrs LeFay in "The Magician's Nephew"?

LeoValdezIn The Magician’s Nephew, Andrew refers to his godmother, Mrs LeFay, who gave him the powder he used to make the rings. Other than this and a reference to her possessing "fairy blood", nothing else is known about her. Does anyone have any more answers within canon? If not, speculations within the...

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Q: How do I change the dimensions of an object without affecting the dimensions of an interior window?

Temp AccountI have a rectangular object that measures 265.3m wide x 74m tall. That rectangle has a window cutout within it that is 51m wide by 40m tall. I am trying to resize the 265.3m width of the rectangle to about 75m. However, when I change the X dimension (under Options > Transform) the size of that wi...

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Q: How to calculate average from a column when consecutive cells are similar in different columns?

DebI wonder how can I calculate the average of column 7 (WPS_win) when consecutive cells in column 2, column 3, and column 1 are the same. The file is in bed format (tab-separated format). The original file is very large. The first few lines of the file look like this, chrom start_pr end_pr wi...

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Q: How to remove files accordng to their MIME type?

UnixTooI want to remove files according to their MIME type with a command, in a folder and its sub-folders, say .webp end .png pictures. I have almost 0 computing knowledge but I already managed to remove them according to their extension. First going on the wanted folder: cd /my-folder Then: find \( -...

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Q: How to correct a Roth conversion pro-rata rule mistake on form 8606?

samiI have an after-tax IRA and pre-tax IRA. In 2022 I converted $30,000 from the pre-tax IRA to a Roth IRA. I wasn't aware of the pro-rata rule. According to pro-rata rule, I was supposed to convert $4,000 from the after-tax IRA to the Roth IRA. I will convert the $4,000 from the after-tax IRA to th...

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Q: Is there a colloquial equivalent for 提出する?

StarckmanIs there a colloquial equivalent for 提出する? For instance in a situation where an employee needs to transmit/give a file to the administration, or a student needs to transmit/give a homework to the teacher. Is it possible to simply use あげる/くれる?

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Q: Ultra low power inductance - disadvantages?

Jonathan_the_seagullI was reading certain datasheets for GaN MOSFETs and came across manufacturers saying about achieving "Ultra Low Inductance". If I am correct, it has to do with increasing the trace width within the PCBs. This enables fast charging of the gate of a MOSFET. But, if the inductance is ultra-low, it ...

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Q: Scale Tool Not Scaling Inwards - Only Scales Face Size

Carlos RodriguezI've been trying to scale some faces inwards while working on the accessory rail for an M4 rifle model. However, every time I try to scale the corner faces inwards, they scale individually instead of all of them moving to the center of the object. My pivot point is correctly centered as well as t...

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Q: New cs variants

User23456234In the very recent 2023-10-10 l3kernel update, (See: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel), it looks like many new argument-specifier variants of existing control sequences were added to the kernel, mostly switching from x to e expansion variants. I have written a package which begins with \NeedsTeX...

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Q: Best Dinner cruises in sydney?

april scottWhat are the most scenic and popular routes for a Sydney dinner cruise, and what kind of dining experiences can passengers expect while enjoying the stunning harbor views?

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Q: Why do I get the error "dh key too small" when the RSA key is 2048 bits?

geckels1When I try to connect to the site https://api-mte.itespp.org with OpenSSL (openssl s_client -connect api-mte.itespp.org:443 -brief), it complains that the DH key is too small. But when I analyze its certificate, it says the RSA key is 2048 which I understand is a standard size for a secure key. A...

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Q: How can Israeli compliance with the Geneva Conventions be tracked in Gaza in the coming weeks?

Italian Philosophers 4 MonicaArticle 51 of Protocol I to the Geneva Convention, (protocol to which Israel is not a signatory) puts the following constraints on attacks in civilian areas: Article 51 — Protection of the civilian population 5 b) an attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, inju...

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Q: Can a roofing company charge me more money for the cost of the roof 2.5 years after they were paid and job completed?

Kim DeleoI had my roof done (in Florida) 2.5 years ago. I paid my deductible and they were paid by my insurance company just after that. Now, just 2 months ago, again 2.5 years later, I get a call from them that they made another claim for my roof and the insurance company sent me a check for about $3000 ...

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Q: Is the second locative used with при?

Attila the PunGrammars and various other linguistic publications generally state that the second locative is used only with в and на (e.g. в лесу, в аэропорту). However, it seems to me that I have come across examples with при as well.

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Q: 70cm perfect focus dept of field for product photography

Marioplease look at this photo below, on the left the full product, on the right there are 100% crops of the same photo. The guitar is around 100cm tall, if you incline by around 45° you have about 70cm of dept of field. As you can see the photo is perfect focus from top to bottom. My setup for produ...

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Q: Impact of mining technology on global bitcoin energy usage?

Dr. Hans-Peter StörrI often hear that improvements of mining technology (more hashes per kWh) would improve Bitcoin energy usage. Isn't that just a misunderstanding? Isn't the energy usage hardly dependent on the actual technology used by the miners, because improvements just lead to a difficulty raise? Consider thi...

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Q: Helen helped Liam become best carpenter north of _?

Will Octagon GibsonMultiple choice question: Helen helped Liam become best carpenter north of ____? A) Australia B) England C) France D) Iceland

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Q: How to find all InformationUnits by code method?

yodeAs I know, the "Megabytes" and "Gigabits" both are "InformationUnit": UnitDimensions["Megabytes"] UnitDimensions["Gigabits"] {{"InformationUnit", 1}} {{"InformationUnit", 1}} Is there any method to find all unit in "InformationUnit" by code method?

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Q: C-1 visa, can you transfer airports?

BenI am traveling from Paraguay to Finland. My layover is in LAX. flying cheaper from John Wayne after I land in LAX. Does anybody know if you are allowed to switch airports? Thank you

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Q: How to change the shell used by \write18?

yegor256I'm on macOS (the same happens on Ubuntu). Here is my default/current shell: $ ps -p $$ PID TTY TIME CMD 5835 ttys002 0:00.13 -bash Then, here is my document foo.tex: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \immediate\write18{ps -p $$ > stdout} \end{document} I'm compiling it a...

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Q: An automorphic function with no poles is constant.

一団和気Daniel Bump calls $f$ an automorphic function if it satisfies the formula $$f\left(\frac{az+b}{cz+d}\right)=f(z)$$ where $\begin{pmatrix} a&b\\ c&d \end{pmatrix}\in\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})$ in his Automorphic Forms and Representations. Now I want to verify that an automorphic function with no po...

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16:28
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Q: I don’t understand what a hot-swappable battery is

村中小次郎Some time ago, my dad bought a 60V 30AH hot-swappable battery. After working on it for a long time, I couldn't figure out what it was used for. Many results found online were conflicting. So I came here to ask for advice. What is a hot-swappable battery?

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Q: Why is this script treating the files with the same names as the same files?

John Smith#!/usr/bin/bash install_wm() { echo "$(dirname "$0")" cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd mkdir -p /root/.config && cd /root/.config && git clone https://git.suckless.org/dwm && cd dwm && pwd && diff "$(dirname "$0")/config.def.h" /root/.config/dwm cp -f "$(dirname "$0")/config.d...

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Q: Which report is sent to Canonical after installation?

Corrado VenturiniAfter installing Ubuntu, a report is sent to Canonical about my installation. I see two reports: /var/log/installer/telemetry and ~/.cache/ubuntu-report/Ubuntu.23.10. The second one is much more complete. Which of the two reports is sent?

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Q: Is electron a quantum observer?

ZZ WaveAn electron can receive information and can modify internal state according to it. Is electron itself a quantum observer or it's applicable to classic objects only?

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Q: Is there precedent in official material for small creatures to mount bipedal creatures 2 sizes larger than them?

Milo KurainRules for Mounted Combat A willing creature that is at least one size larger than you and that has an appropriate anatomy can serve as a mount, using the following rules. Once during your move, you can mount a creature that is within 5 feet of you or dismount. Doing so costs an amount of movemen...

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Q: Thunderbolt, with other stuff

oAltFind 1) the correct path through the maze and 2) a six-letter thematic answer. Text version: Blood Father Metal Too strong Data storage device Capital's inlet Capital Code Polar climate US soap opera Radiation Road Radiation Schooling Weather Thunderbolt Any adjacent cells ...

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Q: Brass wire brush to clean plated fasteners?

Wait But WhyAlmost always when working on vehicles you need to clean the threads of an old fastener, especially if you're re-applying loctite. Using a bench grinder with a steel wire wheel works real good but the steel very quickly strips off the protective zinc or nickle plating on the fastener - the bolt l...

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Q: Solve the following integral with trig substitution or properties for school work

Arnav Agarwal$$ \int_0^{\pi/2} \frac{ \sqrt[3]{\tan x} }{ \left( \sin x + \cos x \right)^2 }\, dx $$ This question I use the Kings Property and I equal to cube root of $\tan x$ plus cube root of $\cot x$ divided by $(\sin x+\cos x)^2$ but was stuck after that. Or if we pull out $\cos x$ from the denominator, ...

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Q: Copy photos from iPhone to Windows without quality loss

sonic boomWhat’s the best approach to copy photos and videos from iPhone to windows 11 without the loss of quality? I’m not using iCloud as of now. Thanks.

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Q: What does "nosse" mean?

Tyler DurdenWhat does nosse mean? I cannot find it in Lewis & Short. For example: Quam ob rem, quod quaesivit ex me P. Apuleius, homo et multis officiis mihi et summa familiaritate coniunctus et vobis amicissimus, ita respondebo ut ea quibus non interfuistis nosse possitis. The grammar at the end of the sent...

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Q: What are the last common blocks of Bitcoin and its hard forks (Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV etc.)?

FilipWhat are the last common blocks of Bitcoin and its most popular hard forks like Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Diamond etc.?

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Q: Binary expansion and partition numbers

NotamathematicianNot sure if it's correct to ask such a question on this site, but let's try. Let a(n) be a sequence of positive integer such that a(1) = 1. To reproduce the sequence a(n) through itself, use the following rule: if binary 1xyz is a term then so are 110xyz and 1XYZ where the last one is the same as...

ELL
ELL
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Q: the meaning of on-the-nose lines

Jones They’re not really characters, but mouthpieces delivering on-the-nose lines—“The only man I let walk all over me is you,” Emily says—leaving Dynevor and Ehrenreich, both capable actors, lost in their roles. From an article in the Atlantic I've found nothing useful to explain on-the-nose lines f...

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Q: MGF of "generalised" Negative Binomial distribution

JaFrankeWould the "extended" Negative Binomial have the same MGF as Negative Binomial? (See the definition of "extended" Negative Binomial below by Wikipedia) Could someone please help provide the derivation of the MGF for "extended" Negative Binomial? In this case should we treat X as a continuous rand...

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Q: How to convert a uint256 array to a bytes32 array in Solidity?

Paul Razvan BergSuppose I have a uint256[] array in Solidity. What's the easiest way to convert it to a bytes32 array?

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Q: Possible to create a curve + array of collection instances?

GoroToroI'm looking to create a looping background to create the illusion of trees scrolling past the camera. I want the trees to be parented to a circular ground plane (that is controlled by an empty that spins the plane at a set rate), and to save on rendering out hundreds of frames, I'm thinking I can...

SQA
SQA
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Q: What to do if a QA tester mistakenly deleted a table from the QA Database?

QA234QA tester mistakenly deleted a table from QA testing env database. Should this be a big deal?

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Q: `RegionWithin` returns incomprehensible result

Ulrich NeumannI try to get the condition "ball inside cube" RegionWithin[Cuboid[{0, 0, 0}, {a, b, c}], Ball[{x, y, z}, r]] but Mathematica v12.2 gives error Thread::tdlen: Objects of unequal length in {0,0,0}<={-r+x,r+x} cannot be combined. and returns {-r + y, r + y} && {a, b, c} && {-r + x, r + x} && {0, 0...

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Q: pKa and pKb in solvents other than water

JackI know that when you have aqueous solutions, then the pKa and the pKb are linked to each other (pKa + pKb = 14). Is there an equivalent relationship between pKa and pKb in non aqueous environments? I'm currently looking at a paper where they have measured pKb values in glacial acetic acid (https:...

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Q: My ~/.zprofile (paths, configuration and env variables)

The_AHThis is my .zprofile, it recently got nuked so I remade it. I made it clearer and better then my previous .zprofile and then I heard about this site so I want to know how can I improve this code. # Setting PATH for Python 3.11 export PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin:$PATH

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Q: What exactly does "apt purge ?config-files" do?

SybilI read this command in a posting about Raspberry. With a web search, I found several Ask Ubuntu answers, but I don't know the details of this command. apt purge ?config-files What does this do, exactly?

DIY
DIY
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Q: Prevent shower door from sliding open?

RS3We recently had our bathroom remodeled. The contractor that did the work is well regarded around town and did a wonderful job. My wife and I purchased all of the materials. For the shower we decided to go with this: Elan Matte Gold 56-in to 60-in x 74-in Frameless Sliding Shower Door (Lowes.com l...

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Q: Why does burnt milk on bottom of pan have cork-like pattern?

Pumpkin_StarI accidently burnt the milk while boiling it today. After transfering the salvagable milk in a new vessel, I noticed that the burnt milk formed crystal or cork like structures/patterns on the bottom of the pan. Why is this pattern being formed?

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Q: How to reuse the return type of a function call inside a requires expression?

cigienI'm writing a concept that checks if a type can be used in an expression that composes 2 functions: template<typename T> concept C = requires(T t) { f(g(t)); }; i.e., I want to check if for a given object t of type T, I can call g(t) and then use the resulting value as an argument to f. e.g....

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Q: How can I work well with a fellow student whose speech I cannot understand?

ReedI am a graduate student, and I am having trouble understanding one of my cohort mates. They are an international student, and it is often impossible for me to understand their speech well. They are obviously fluent in English; the problem is that they have an incredibly thick accent. I can someti...

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Q: How does Legendre symbol reveal if g^a odd or even

pacmanAccording to wikipedia(markdown is striped below) for Decisional Diffie–Hellman assumption: the DDH assumption does not hold in the multiplicative group Z(p), where p is prime. This is because if g is a generator of Z(p), then the Legendre symbol of g^a reveals if a is even or odd. For example...

1
Q: Hi-hat cymbals' differences

TimJust had another pair of hi-hat cymbals, and notice that there's one marked 'top' or 'T', the other 'bottom' or 'B'. Is there a difference between the two? What would that be? Is it crucial that they are placed accordingly? Surely it's not a ploy to sell more cymbals?!

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Q: Comparing two mixed-effects model, one of which was singular fit

NemoI wanted to compare two lmer models. One included a random intercept, the other included both random intercepts and random slopes. Although the output of anova showed the second model had more explanatory power, I'm not sure I should accept it due to the fact that it had a boundary (singular) fit...

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Q: How much is a Berry in One Piece worth?

JontiaIn One Piece the major currency appears to be the Berry. Bounties for various pirates seem to clock in at around the 10 to 20 million range. When Nami is looking at ducking out from the Straw hat crew a life to the nearest shore is quoted as 6,000 berry. In episode 9 we see Arlong has promised to...

20:41
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Q: Convert durations to a single unit

LocustHordeIn the codebase I inherited, I have this function which converts a number and unit into milliseconds: function convertToMs(duration){ const matcher = new RegExp(/-?(\d+)(ms|[smhd])/); const matches = matcher.exec(duration); const digit = Number(matches[1]); const suffix = matches[2];...

CS
CS
1
Q: Type of sensor used in rear view mirror compass

Sittin HawkI've been messing around with hall effect style compass sensors, which need calibrated at their location to work properly. I noticed the rear view mirror in my car has some kind of compass indicator, and it just seems to work no matter where I am without recalibrating. Does anyone know the type o...

TeX
TeX
21:05
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Q: Image composite/blending modes (multiply) in LaTeX?

UbiquitousIn Photoshop (and many other computer graphics applications) there are are various ways that images/layers can be composited with their underlying background. These are sometimes called blending modes. One blending mode in particular is multiply, which has the convenient feature that it eliminate...

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Q: When I switch on multilingual in Hugo, the main directory is redirected to the default language

AtahanCHWhen you configure the defaultContentLanguageInSubdir setting with true, it causes the site to automatically redirect to the default language version, example.com/en, when accessing the root directory, example.com. However, I have concerns about potential routing conflicts because I intend to imp...

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Q: Could a low cost gliding bomb go through modern military defences?

FluidCodeA warfare that involves nations with a little military budget. One of the two decides to build gliders made out of fibreglass because it is transparent to radio and radar waves. The glider in mounted on top of a solid fuel rocket with the wings folded. The explosive is not completely transparent,...

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Q: Square wave generator generates a shorter pulse from time to time

JanwI am using an arduino Micro to generate 8 square waves on 8 pins. The idea is as follows: on pin 13 is the main square wave. It represents a certain BPM (beats per minute). The other 7 pins should give multiplications or divisions of that BPM. It uses timer1 to trigger an interrupt at BPM/192 (t...

TeX
TeX
21:29
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Q: Automatic scope detection and red box drawing

lichengIn the following tikz code, there are three sets of graphs, each enclosed within its own scope environment. I'm looking to enclose the middle graph with a rectangular box. While I can achieve this using absolute coordinates, is there a better way to identify the scope's extent? \documentclass[tik...

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Q: Tensor product and semisimplicity of perverse sheaves

Doug LiuLet $X/\mathbb{C}$ be a smooth algebraic variety. Let $D_c^b(X,\bar{\mathbb{Q}}_{\ell})$ be the category defined in 2.2.18, p.74 of "Faisceaux pervers" (by Beilinson, Bernstein and Deligne). Let $\mathrm{Perv}(X)$ be the subcategory of perverse sheaves. If $M,N$ are two simple objects of $\mathrm...

1
Q: Apply Catalog Price Rule Excluding Tax

Baby in MagentoI Created New catalog price rule in 2.4.5. Product A = Price = 103 [ 100 + 3 ] Where 100 is Product Price & 3 is Tax. After I created Catalog Price rule, Now the discount is applying to 103, but i want to apply discount for only 100. I do not want to apply discount for TAX [ 3 ]. or Can we do ...

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Q: Why are these U-shaped bodies of water frequent near Kura river?

Snack ExchangeI was looking at the Kura river in Google Maps satellite mode and I saw these U-shaped bodies of water: There are other U-shaped bodies of water too: 40.615881° N, 47.205031° E 40.101139° N, 47.963825° E And so many others. Why are these U-shaped bodies of water frequent in the region?

DIY
DIY
21:53
1
Q: Standard light wiring

Daniel JonesI am wiring a standard light fixture with a black and white wire. The box that I am hooking the light to has 4 wires coming out. 2 black and 2 white. I have tried wiring it to each set of black and white wires and I have tried putting all three black and all three white together. I’m not sure how...

Vi
Vi
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Q: Vim syntax highlighting: conceal does not work when opening files from netrw

0x706173696D75I use Vim version 8.2.4919 without 3rd party plug-ins on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS running via WSL2. I want to have italic syntax highlighting for words encapsulated in underscores in comments of my cpp files. Following is the content of my .vimrc that does that: "italic syntax highlighting autocmd File...

RPG
RPG
22:18
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Q: AnyDice code for rolling pools of dice, ignoring all 6s, and adding up the remainder; whoever rolls highest wins

HugoBI'm trying to ascertain the probabilities of the following pool system. If anyone could crunch some numbers in AnyDice so much the better. Two opponents roll a pool of d6. These pools vary from 1-10. Both pools ignore all 6s and add up all the remaining dice. Whoever rolls highest wins. With ties...

DIY
DIY
22:39
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Q: Where to place exterior 120volt for water heater

DrewI have an interior wall outlet around the location on the picture... lower on the wall. I need an outlet for the water heater. Would you suggest I drill directly through the brick where the outlet is or to put it higher? I also plan to power two water pipe heater wires so maybe having it closer t...

23:01
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Q: Getting over a bad PhD start

Throw_away46Backstory - I was accepted for a PhD at an excellent university in a new and exciting field I've been working towards for a long time. Due to a number of issues, I had to delay my start date for 6 months. One of those issues was the death of a parent I've been struggling to get over since it happ...

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Q: What is the role of the "safety plate" on a Shimano Hollowtech II crank?

RenaudThe left crankarm of an HollowTech II crank has a little part called "safety plate" (number 4 on the drawing below). What is exactly its role, and what kind of 'safety' does it offer given the forces applied on a crank, it's unlikely that it will make a difference if the bolts get loose)? Is it a...

1
Q: Rigid Body: Object sinks into another, compound parent

gerionI'm very new to Blender, so maybe there is a simple solution. I just learned the Rigid Body animation. My aim is to let a somewhat simple object (a carrot by wojtekgr from here) fall onto a plane. However, it always fells through the plane. Directly setting the carrot to a rigid body (with convex...

TeX
TeX
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Q: How to write a long \rightharpoonup?

AimarHow to write a long $\rightharpoonup$ with the possibility to write something above and below the arrow. I need to write below $k \to +\infty$, so the $\rightharpoonup$ must be as long as $k \to +\infty$.

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Q: Can a Speed role count as a Might attack?

ALS46jkakaHGJMy friends and I disagreed playing the zombie attack of Haunt 21. The rules say that zombies are only killed by attacks from Might weapons. Any other attacks will only stun them. Some people say that since Speed and Might are both Physical attacks, a Speed attack counts as a Might attack and will...

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Q: Getting paid to like Instagram's posts?

Ugly DuckMy dad just told me that he had accepted a passive income job offer on Whatsapp where the task is to like the linked Insta post every 20 mins to earn money. The amount is too good for such job and my dad had really received the money and cashed some of it out. I can't help but think that this is ...

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Q: Is it possible to wrap a mesh around another?

TheNuvolariI am modeling a Nissan Z GT500 and I am wondering if it is possible to wrap a mesh on a curved object. I don't know how to explain so I try to show what I want to do with a picture: Basically I want to wrap my Z mesh like on the balloon on left picture, not cutting into it but to be on the surfa...

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Q: Evaluation control in function definition: Total interferes with Evaluate

SoonerHere is a simple example to illustrate my problem: expr = {a + b*Exp[-r t], a - b*Exp[-r t]} (* {a + b E^(-r t), a - b E^(-r t)} *) g[t_, b_] := Total[Evaluate[expr], {2}] g[10, {b1, b2}] (* {a + b E^(-r t), a - b E^(-r t)} *) It looks is like Total[] undoes the Evaluate[] statement. Indeed: g...

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Q: why hamming function is differnt in R and Matlab?

TpellirnI wonder why the hamming function in R give different values to Matlab Matlab hamming(76) 0.0800 0.0816 0.0864 0.0945 0.1056 0.1198 R library(gsignal) hamming (76) 0.08695652 0.08851577 0.09318288 0.10092597 0.11169213 0.1254078

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Q: Derivation of Feynman rules in many-body theory

JasperIn textbooks on many-body quantum physics (e.g. Fetter and Walecka), Feynman diagrams are typically introduced after formulating the Dyson perturbative expansion of the Green's function using Wicks theorem. Then the Feynman diagrams follow as a way to conveniently represent the resulting integral...

RPG
RPG
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Q: What spells or features can be reasonably used to convey inspiration in place of an instrument for a bard with an action or reaction?

Milo KurainOne of the common rulings my DM allows at my table is the usage of any source of music or wordplay to grant Bardic Inspiration, if you have that class feature. For example, I commonly use Minor Illusion to keep my hands free as a bard, seeing as it allows you to create music or discrete sounds ov...


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