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Q: I forgot to sterilize my jars

Charlotte ThomaselloI forgot to sterilize my jars but I did wash them. I made stock and broths and had them in a pressure canner for 45 minutes. Are the stocks and broths safe?

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Q: Help with formatting an ugly equation

Jonathan NewmanI need to reproduce this equation in a document. I want to do it as displayed math, but it's very difficult (for me!) to get something that displays nicely. Any suggestions on how to approach this problem? Thanks in advance! \documentclass[12pt, letterpaper,oneside]{book} \usepackage[top=3cm,...

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Q: why does the UnmatchedIndex warning appear in the execution plan, even though the index is being used?

Suleyman Essaso in AdventureWorks22, I created an index like: create index IX_FirstName on Person.Person(PersonType,NameStyle) where Firstname = 'Ken' I wanted to see the error in the execution plan so I declared a variable so the index won't match: DECLARE @FirstName NVARCHAR(50); SET @FirstName = 'Ken'; SE...

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Q: Proof of a theorem about derivatives of real functions (Rudin's PMA)

ElvisIn Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis the following theorem is presented: 5.12$\quad$Theorem$\quad$Suppose $f$ is a real differentiable function on $[a,b]$ and suppose $f'(a)<\lambda<f'(b)$. Then there is a point $x\in(a,b)$ such that $f'(x)=\lambda$. The provided proof is the followin...

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Q: Is it viable to defend against brute force attacks by rejecting correct passwords?

gaazkam (found on reddit) [translation: the website is programmed to reject the login if it is the correct password and if it is the first login attempt] Assume that the scheme is to reject the first correct login attempt - because otherwise it doesn't make much sense. In the form presented in the comic...

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Q: The boundary map relating unstable to stable spherical fibrations

John KleinMotivation: Let $V_{q}$ be the infinite dimensional Stiefel manifold given by the quotient $SO/SO_q$, where $SO_q$ is the Lie group of oriented linear isometries of $\Bbb R^q$, and $SO$ is the limit as $k\to \infty$ of $SO_{q+k}.$ Then there is a fibration $$ SO_q \to SO \to V_q . $$ It is known...

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Q: How should I differentiate between they and those?

bianca I have a dog and a cat . "They" are really cute. Why is "they" used in this sentence? Why can't we say "Those" are really cute.

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Q: A Boundary Condition That Passes Waves Through

TomiI'm trying to model a wave in a box. 3 sides are reflective and so DirichletCondition[u[t, x, y] == 0 One edge (x=1, 0<y<1) I want to appear to mimic open area or an infinite domain, letting waves exit. I thought I could do this with Neumann boundary =0, NeumannValue[0, x == 1 && 0 <= y <= 1]), B...

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Q: What does it mean for an AGPL licensor to "decline to grant rights for use of our trademarks"?

einpoklumIn the AGPL v3.0 license for the OnlyOffice suite, here, it says (as of January 2025): Pursuant to Section 7 § 3(e) we decline to grant you any rights under trademark law for use of our trademarks. (they are refering to item (e) in paragraph 3 of article 7 of the license.) So, suppose I modify ...

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Q: Adjusting margin using fancyhdr package

Ulisses I'm using the fancyhdr package, but I don't want it to be used on the first page. I used \thispagestyle{firstpage} to solve this and it worked. My question is that I want to reduce the top margin of my document because there is a lot of white space. I tried using newgeometry and it didn't work. C...

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Q: Is there a "Jordan Big Curve" theorem?

LavenderLet the "Big Circle" denote the one-point compactification of the long line, and the "Big Plane" the Cartesian product of the long line with itself. Define a "Jordan Big Curve" to be an injective continuous embedding of the big circle into the big plane. Does an analogue of the Jordan Curve Theor...

01:55
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Q: Is truth value a property of propositions?

lee pappasWe are accustomed to saying objects have properties. There are several synonyms for property. Attribute Quality Characteristic Trait Consider the statement, "The ball is red." It means the ball, an existing thing, has the property of being red. Would it be wrong to say the proposition represent...

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Q: CC BY-ND 4.0 and Third-Party Graphics in Publications

user169063As a publisher, we release publications under the following license: This publication is provided under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution – NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0). Some of these publications include graphics from third-party sources, such as Getty Image...

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02:17
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Q: How should I reconnect this PVC pipe to my furnace?

user3850700I see this lower PVC pipe detached from the HVAC unit. What issues will this cause? Should I get it repaired immediately? Can I fix it myself with some strong tape?

02:40
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Q: How would a humanoid species with long necks design rifles?

Klaus HaukensteinAn alien species with long necks (e.g. the Kaminoans from Star Wars) would be unable to easily aim rifles designed for humans. Rifles require being pressed up against a shoulder to take the kickback of the weapon. For humans, it's easy (well, for a loose definition of easy) to use a scope because...

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Q: Chebotarev's lemma and a infinite descent argument.

thomas martinelliIn his article https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0312398, Frenkel offers an elegant proof of the very well known Chebotarev's lemma, stating that for $p$ a prime number and $z = e^{\frac{2i\pi}{p}}$ the minors of the matrix $(z^{ij})_{i,j \in \{0,\dots,p-1\}}$ are non-zero. My main question is regarding...

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02:59
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Q: In Exodus 20:4-5, does the prohibition against making and exulting artificial images include photography?

OneGodOneLordExodus 20:4 You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. Iconoclastic Jews, Muslims, and Early Christians understood this ordinance to cover all artificial imagery depicting anything God has created. Both th...

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Q: How to describe assigning undue importance to an instrumental goal?

kaayFull question: How to succintly describe the mistake of treating an instrumental goal as if it were a terminal goal (or value)? [edit] An instruental goal is "a means to an end". Enshrining an intermediate item, perhaps even losing sight of the reason. "But we MUST do A, boss said so!" - "No, bos...

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Q: Basic mathematics. Can't understand the inequalities property and its algebra.

BatataBeing objective, this is my question: how to prove that $(a\leq b \leq c) \hspace{0.3cm} \wedge \hspace{0.3cm} (a \leq d \leq c) \\ \Rightarrow b=d$ is false? The reason to this thought is that, separating the inequalities and using its properties, we could have that $b-d\leq c-c$ and $a-a\leq b-...

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03:22
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Q: Can kitchen lights to be on the same breaker as the counter top outlets?

NickThe home was remodeled 3-4 years ago down to the studs and the electrician put a lot of things on one breaker: lights in 3 rooms in the basement + lights in kitchen + front porch light. There are dedicated breakers for the microwave, dishwasher, oven, fridge and garbage disposal. Furthermore, the...

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03:43
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Q: How does the Aetherial Sphere work?

TimothyAWisemanDirect Question: Can you learn the spell stored in the Aetherial Sphere? And once you learn the spell, how is a new spell chosen? The Aetherial Sphere is fully described on page 604 - 605 of the main book. The most relevant language is "If the owner knows the Charm Terrestrial Circle Sorcery, thi...

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Q: Which feature of C++23 allows converting std::array to std::tuple?

Bertwim van BeestThe following code snippet implicitly converts a std::array to a std::tuple: std::array<int,3> arr = {2,4,6}; std::tuple<int,int,int> tup; tup = arr; // c++23 or later The assignment tup = arr fails to compile with C++20, but does work with C++23. Which feature/rule of C++23 makes this poss...

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Q: How well can common mice swim?

TooTeaAccording to other questions on this site (1, 2), mammals should generally be able to swim to some extent. Wikipedia currently claims that "Mice are good jumpers, climbers, and swimmers, … [citation needed]". If a common non-domesticated house mouse (Mus musculus, of EU origin if that matters) u...

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Q: Looking for lecture(s) on the topic of "Quantum physics and Judaism"

Man of faithI’m curious whether or not quantum mechanics, especially Interpretations such as the Copenhagen interpretation which emphasize indeterminacy, is compatible with Jewish metaphysics? If so, are there any parallels, or discussions in Jewish sources about quantum physics? I heard in a lecture by Rabb...

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Q: Question on bitensors

B.HueberI apologize in advance if this question seems too basic, but I am struggeling to find any references for what appears to be quite simple. In various contexts, especially in general relativity and semiclassical analysis, one often encounters bitensors, namely tensor fields defined on product manif...

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Q: How to interpret the "Touch Move" & "Illegal Move" rules in a common scenario?

iammilindIf a piece is deliberately only touched with an intent to move but it cannot be moved then will it be considered an illegal move? Suppose a piece is moved & the hand is lifted but the clock is not pressed. Player takes back the bad move & plays a correct one & presses the clock. Is it considered ...

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05:10
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Q: Can asteroids impacting the moon affect (or even endanger) life on Earth?

2080The Chicxulub asteroid (10km diameter) impact on the Earth released an energy of about 100 million megatons of TNT - would the resulting fragments or radiation of a similarly sized impact on the Moon harm life on Earth? Could some previous lunar impacts have affected life on Earth?

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Q: Adding a gap in TikZ angles

pelegsI would like to be able to have a gap between an arc created using TikZ's angles library and some path. Compare for example these two pictures: the first one has no gap between the vectors and the arc (which is also an arrow), while the second has such gap. A MWE for creating the first picture:...

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Q: Mathematica 14.2 and Workbench

GeorgeWolfram Workbench doesn't seem to work well with 14.2. In Eclipse Window->Preferences->Wolfram, I see 14.0 and 14.1 but no 14.2. I can add 14.2 manually, but 14.2 disappears from preferences when I restart Eclipse. Any suggestions? Thanks George

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Q: Origin of the pattern of prime symbols in writing short exact sequences

Joe LamondIn many sources that discuss short exact sequences, there is a curious notational convention to write them with the following pattern of prime symbols: $$0\to M'\to M\to M''\to 0 \, .$$ That is, the first nonzero term appears with one prime, the second with none, the third with a double prime. Th...

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Q: Interpretation of Structure Coefficients in Equivalent Structural Equation Models

flevinBombastusThis paper describes the problem of statistically equivalent structural equation models, where the associations between variables (namely the directions of causality) vary but the fit indices are identical. As an example they show the structure coefficients for the following two models: Between ...

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Q: Correcting impedance at the feedpoint vs. at the radio

user1172763Recently I have been trying out some upgrades to my station. For all of 2024, I was using a Xiegu G90 (20W PEP) with 50' of RG-8 connecting it to a balun with a 5:1 transformer and a stainless steel vertical whip antenna (18.4' for a long time, then I upgraded to 25'). This setup worked very well...

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06:38
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Q: when I'll have built the platform

prof1589John is developing some software, which he plans to monetize in a not-so-distant future. He and Peter are talking to each other. He mentions what he's currently working on and then says to Peter: 1. By the end of 2025, when I'll have built the platform and established some security for myself, I'...

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Q: Many different subscripts/superscripts in math?

controlgroupI’m currently writing a paper on some relativity research; it involves typesetting a lot of equations where a particular asymmetric tensor has both contravariant indices (superscript) and covariant indices (subscript) in a very particular order on a single symbol. What I’m using right now (to my ...

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07:00
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Q: Is it a fire hazard to cover an unfinished basement ceiling with sheets?

seattlelite88I just moved into a house that we’re renting. It’s a 100 year old house with an unfinished basement with open ceilings (can see cords and wires and between beams). It has a low ceiling and we want to spruce and clean it up a bit for storage so we don’t get spiders all over and in our stuff and no...

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Q: Strange symbol from Wolfram Alpha when finding closed-form solution of a number

OmniscienceI am trying to find an exact symbolic representation of a numerical solution to a transcendental equation: $$ \cosh{x} = e^{0.5 x} $$ I know the numerical solution is approximately $$1.218755726872$$ When I type this number into Wolfram Alpha, one of the possible closed-form solutions is very int...

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07:21
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Q: Do individual channels in a stereo audio cable interfere with each other?

askvictorConsider your typical headphone cable - two individually insulated cores, with a common shield/ground surrounding both of them. Can a typical audio signal (2VAC) on one channel interfere with/induce a signal in the other channel, given they are so close together, and (typically) are not shielded ...

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07:43
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Q: Adding diodes in parallel with a load

efaa So apparently Sensitive electronics only sees voltages between 0.7 and -0.7 I don't quite understand, I tried simulating it but: Where am I wrong

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Q: How to compute implied probability of Bitcoin price given noisy option data?

Maria TorresI am trying to calculate the implied probabilities of Bitcoin being within specific price ranges using option chains from Deribit. The challenge I am facing is dealing with bid-ask spreads, which are typically in the range of 5-10%, even for the most liquid strike prices. Here’s what I have so fa...

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Q: Flipping coins - a solitaire game

Nis JørgensenHere is a little game I thought up - it has probably been invented before. It is inspired by this coin tossing puzzle (and the solutions, and predecessor puzzles). I start by picking up a number (N) of fair coins, and flipping them all at the same time (that is, throwing them in the air so that t...

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Q: Human diplomat acts weird to soothe alien feelings - 1980s SF story

AndrewI think this was from Analog in the 1980s - there's a human embassy/scientific base on an alien planet: one with an alien civilization almost as advanced as humanity. Relations are peaceful between the humans and aliens, but the aliens feel inferior because a) they are a bit behind the humans in ...

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Q: If the liar paradox is a statement, is it a simple or compound statement?

lee pappasA sentence is a sequence of words. A statement is a sentence that symbolizes a proposition. A proposition is an existing thing with truth value. A simple statement is a statement that does not contain another statement as a part. A compound statement is a statement that does contain another state...

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Q: What is the cmd syntax to delete temp files with "~" in the filename? It seems that cmd doesn't even recognize that these files exist

Mike HegedusI have lots of old, stale temp files from apps like MS Word, Excel, etc. with name like "~my file.docx". The apps are closed but the temp files remain.

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Q: What is the best technique for creating a seamless slope?

Mark RoeI have been practicing creating cliffs via sculpt mode in Blender recently and UV applying vertex paint images to the relevant cliff faces to give it colour as well as going into texture paint mode to add finishing touches such as shadows and highlights. However the one thing I am struggling with...

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Q: How does Keruga, the Macrosage work with MDFC cards?

Wesley de WoldeKeruga, the Macrosage can be used as a companion as long as your deck has only cards with a mana value of 3+ or are a land. How does that work with the many MDFC cards out there that have a land on the flip side? Does the front facing card have to fit the requirements of 3+ mana value as well as ...

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Q: In Beamer, get upside-down numbers in enumerate

emagarIn Beamer, when setting up an enumerate environment such as 1. Idea One 2. Idea Two 3. Idea Three is it possible to obtain a slide with upside-down numerals in each bullet, but text that is not upside down? I.e. \rotatebox[origin=c]{180}{1}. Idea One \rotatebox[origin=c]{180}{2}. Idea Two \rotat...

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Q: What do the little colored dots mean in Crumble?

jchadwickI'm trying to debug my stim code by comparing it to a reference circuit that implements the same code. As far as I can tell, the detecting regions all match up, but there are big differences in these small colored dots throughout the circuit. What do these dots represent? Can they be used to find...

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10:15
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Q: How prerequisites work here (Dimensional Dervish)

Nec XelosLink to ability: https://aonprd.com/FeatDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Dimensional%20Dervish Ability to use the abundant step class feature or cast dimension door, Dimensional Agility, Dimensional Assault, base attack bonus +6. My question: what does "or" apply to here? What is actually required using p...

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Q: If a real polynomial sends irrationals to irrationals, must it be of this form?

user107952I read in a textbook that if a real polynomial $f$ sends rationals to rationals and irrationals to irrationals, then $f$ must be a 1st degree polynomial with rational coefficients. I thought of weakening the hypothesis of that theorem to see what still holds. So, then, here is my question. Suppos...

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Q: Baking Image Texture: Getting Black Areas on Color Map

Sohrab FallahiI am trying to bake an image texture of a sponge, but I keep getting black areas on the color image texture.

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Q: Union of subgroups is a subgroup only if one is a subset of the other

APGG_B08I am a high school student trying to prove that the union of two subgroups $H$ and $H'$ of a group $G$ is a group if and only if one of them is a subset of the other. I have already proven the part that $H\cup H'$ is a group if one of the subgroups is a subset of the other. However, I can not ver...

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12:06
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Q: Fix inconsistent line spacing and alignment

DaniCeeI have the following MWE in which I am trying to put my contact details on top in an organized fashion, both left and right aligned entries on the same line. I do the following: \documentclass{article} \RequirePackage[quiet]{fontspec} \setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX, Color=textcolor]{Linux Libertine O...

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12:26
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Q: Comparision of time taken between two points along different paths

Manvendra Singh GehlotI was wondering about a question which is as follows we have a body if mass $m$ at point (1,1) on the cartesian plane and gravity is acting along $-y$ axis. If we release the ball and there are $n$ paths each $y=x^n$. Now the body is released and time taken is noted along each path as tn to rea...

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Q: Movie identification: Apocalyptic giant two-leafed plant with worldwide roots makes world toxic

Monty WildI saw this movie in the last 5 years or so, on a streaming service, perhaps Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Stan. It seemed to be an American or perhaps British production, with english dialog. It had an alien invasion type scenario. There was a seed that fell to earth and the authorities debated dest...

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Q: why can't spacecrafts remain in orbit forever?

Aerospace_NerdI've heard a few times that certain spacecrafts can only stay in orbit until like 3 years or a certain time. Is this true? and if so, why?

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Q: Can a PhD Student write a recommendation for a friend?

FloI have a friend who I've known since high school. We went to different institutions for undergrad, but we remained connected throughout. They are on the verge of graduating and are looking into graduate programs. They requested formally via email if I would be willing to write a letter of recomm...

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Q: 7 x 7 Ripple Effect puzzle

Will.Octagon.GibsonThis Ripple Effect puzzle is similar to the Block Party puzzles posted here and here but the rules are slightly different. PUZZLE: Fill this grid according to the rules given below. RULES: Rule 1: Fill each polyomino region with all the digits 1 through N (using each exactly once), where N is ...

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13:12
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Q: How do I ensure that my vertical row names show up without getting obscured by the row colours?

Rahul GopinathMy minimum viable example is below \documentclass{article} \usepackage{rotating} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{colortbl} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{multirow} \definecolor{headingcolor}{RGB}{255,182,182} \definecolor{grayrow}{RGB}{242,242,242} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{l l r r r ...

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Q: Looking for a term to refer to a certain drums pattern (not a drumroll)

Cal-linuxIn popular (i.e., non-classical) music, especially in rock/pop and similar styles: is there a term used to refer to a pattern where the drums delineate a transition between two distinct passages, or to provide an "entrance" to some prominent element/figure in the progression of the piece/song? In...

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Q: Can I Find Earth with Star Maps?

skoutSo, in this story, I have a guy who gets access to a powerful magical artifact, and he travels to a powerful magical planet, and using this powerful magical artifact on the powerful magical place on the powerful magical planet allows him to teleport... everything. This guy lives in the Trappist-1...

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Q: Is "double apostrophe" a millennial or post-millennial innovation for the double-quote character "?

hippietrailI recently started contributing to an open source project that is actually a grammar / usage / style checker. I'm a Gen X language nerd and I think the key people in the project are much younger than me, possibly younger than Millennial. I've noticed they are referring to the " character as a dou...

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Q: How can I install TeXLive bbm.sty without the full 3 GB install?

SRobertJamesI have a fairly large (~ 1 GB) texlive install on Ubuntu 24 LTS: $ apt list --installed | grep texlive WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts. texlive-base/noble,now 2023.20240207-1 all [installed,automatic] texlive-binaries/noble,now 2023.20230311.66589-...

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Q: What’s up with the format of the block files?

AlexThe blk00000.dat file for early versions of Bitcoin Core it contains the usual format. There are magic bytes and all transactions. The blk000000.dat file from the old versions of the regular format is normal And in the new new versions of bitcoin core, the blk00000.dat file is in an obscure form...

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Q: Why people don't use Supervised Learning in Transfer Learning for Reinforcement Learning?

mathgeekI am reading some books and papers on Transfer Learning for Reinforcement Learning and have some questions. Suppose previous MDPs and target MDP share the same state space, action space and transition function, but differ in their reward functions, parameterized as $r_{\theta}(s,a)$ with differen...

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Q: Why does the parented object to bone move too far from the bone even with weights 0.001?

Megan LoveI have a Rigify rig with a bottom teeth object parented to bone teeth.B. Since I don't need any deformation, my process was to just parent the object to the armature as an object (not using Armature Deform, just Object), and then in Pose mode, I parent it again to the bone teeth.B. As far as I un...

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15:22
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Q: Is it possible to globally change the color of a single letter?

JoelI've got a large document (hundreds of pages), and I've used one letter (S) for two meanings. I've changed to using a different font for meaning #2, using a new command \S which is defined to be \mathrm{S}. I want to make sure I've replaced all instances that should change, so I'd like to make ...

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Q: The sum of prime reciprocals

Liam VerdonI have been trying to find some way to relate the zeta function to a similar function which only sums prime reciprocal powers, $\sum_{n\in p}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n^s}$, where $p$ is the set of prime numbers. I started by defining two functions $\phi(s)$ and $\chi(s)$. $$\phi(s)=\sum_{n\in p}^{\infty...

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15:43
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Q: Notching/drilling flat 2x4s nailed perpendicular to the roof truss bottom chords

toukoAre there any structural concerns for notching or drilling into the 2x4s nailed flat across the bottom chords of roof trusses? If so, is there a way to reinforce them? I'm trying to run a 1/2" metal flex conduit between a switch box and bathroom fan, but the indoor wall top plate is right under o...

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Q: What exactly is being portrayed is this photography scene in the movie "Hostiles"?

uhohIn the YouTube clip Captain recruits the Best Rangers in the U.S. Army | Hostiles after about 01:40, a group photo is depicted, taking place in 1892. The group tries to remain motionless as the photographer removes the lens cover, which I assume serves as a shutter for a very slow photographic me...

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16:06
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Q: Text equivalent of unicode-math in Lualatex/Xelatex

MasumUnicode-math can be used to specify ranges of characters to use from different fonts. Is there any such package that allows us to do the same for non-math texts? For example, I have this font https://fontsgeek.com/fonts/OldTimes-Regular which is a heavier times font so it's better for readability...

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Q: When creating stored procedure, are the comments before the definition always preserved?

Yano_of_QueenscastleWhen I wrote some comments before the CREATE PROCEDURE command, those comments seem to be preserved as part of procedure definition. For example, when I create procedure like this /*Comment header*/ CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE example_procedure AS SELECT 1 AS Id The /*Comment header*/ is stored a...

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16:25
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Q: In a single-phase device, where does the neutral current go in a three-phase transformer system

serkanWe are using a single-phase system at home, but the electricity coming to the house is from a three-phase system. In a balanced three-phase system, if the neutral current is zero, where does the current flowing through the single-phase circuit in the house go?

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Q: What are some necessary and sufficient conditions for a true or false statement to be a "fact" and not an "opinion"?

Toothpick AnemoneMotivation Perhaps we are trying to formalize some informal definitions of the English words "fact" and the English word "opinion". Suppose that someone wanted to make some arguments related to the idea that there is no such thing as good or bad (ethical nihilism).Specifically, the concepts of go...

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Q: Do non-physical and immaterial things exist, according to science?

user7772024In science, do immaterial or/and nonphysical things exist? Is thought non-physical and/or immaterial? Is science(math, physics etc.) non-physical and/or immaterial?

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Q: I erroneously rejected a paper - what now?

Dr.MI was recently invited by a respected journal in my field to review a submission. The submission was an epidemiological study and I assessed the paper carefully. The paper had several shortcomings and appeared outdated (comparable studies have been published two years ago). At this stage, I would...

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Q: What's the mechanism that skips the vertical space above a section title if that title is at the top of the page?

BinarusThis is a general question and therefore (hopefully) does not require a MWE: When a section title is the first object on a page (to be precise: in the body of a rendered page), it is shifted at the top of the body and does not have additional vertical space above it. This behavior is desired. Whe...

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17:09
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Q: Does Double Aptitude allow Ability Boon to apply twice?

Verdict00The following is taken from the class features of the Chameleon (Races of Destiny, p. 111) prestige class: Ability Boon (Ex): At 4th level, when choosing an aptitude focus, you also gain a +2 competence bonus to an ability score of your choice. This bonus lasts until you change your aptitude foc...

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17:31
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Q: Using voltage divider to adjust voltage on operational amplifier input (technique)

DavidCould someone please solve my doubts about the pros and cons over using these two techniques when I want to adjust the voltage on the operational amplifier's + input. All potentiometers are 1 turn. Technique 1. Technique 2.

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Q: Invitation letter Problem in Sweden

Hani AbdullahI am a housewife of Pakistani nationality and I live in Sweden with my husband. My husband sent an invitation to my brother to come to Sweden and admitted in it that he is responsible that my brother will go back after the visa expires. Now my brother does not want to go back and wants to apply f...

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Q: Will Joining Instances with 'Join Geometry' in Geometry Nodes Affect Performance?

Pieter LéonI’ve created a complex road system in Blender using Geometry Nodes. The system is based on a curve, and I extrude profiles and scatter objects along that curve. The setup has about 180 individual sockets, which is starting to feel overwhelming in a single Geometry Nodes modifier. To make it more ...

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Q: Why are identical passive components priced differently?

SeanJA 10uF component on our BOM is obsolete and I'm going to pick a substitute. I have to admit, I'm a bit confused at the pricing. Supplier Part Number Unit Price Description Tolerance Op Temp Price 478-KGM21AR71A106KUCT-ND $0.29 CAP CER 10UF 10V X7R 0805 ±10% -55°C ~ 125°C 207.1% 399-C0805...

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Q: How to measure the UV in Blender?

Denis PoturoevHow can this distance be measured in a UV scan? Or maybe there is an addon that allows you to do this, or an addon that makes an object scan in the workspace?

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Q: Why is it stated that the errors on the quiescent state of the surface code don't affect the logical state?

GaussStrifeI was looking through some old notes in Surface codes: Towards practical large-scale quantum computation, and came across a strange statement in it. They state: "Errors that are not erased through the surface code measurement cycle cause changes in the quiescent state $|\psi\rangle$, as indicated...

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Q: Should setters silently sanitize input — or should they just throw?

Sergey ZolotarevSuppose the code's inside some FullName class And suppose I want only capitalized name elements (let's ignore the fact that in some cultures, name elements may start with a lower-case letter) Should I throw here if the method's client passes a lower-case last name? Or should I silently capitalize...

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Q: Apple Music as a server

André Alçada PadezI have a home server (MacMini M4) to which i can connect from the outside through an IP address managed by a VPN server. I want my Iphone to be able to play my music, stored on my server, wherever i go, without having to download the music to my iphone. Can Apple Music + Iphone Music do this? If ...

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Q: How to automate the process of disabling compress when doing a save as

vikiI have a blender 3.6.5 version. As I have 100s of files with compress enabled I need a script to disable the compress option while doing a save as. In the info panel the operator I can see bpy.data.window_managers["WinMan"].(null) = True for Compress, Remap Relative and Save a Copy. So I don't kn...

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Q: Did the Biden administration earmark $50M for condoms in Gaza?

LevinasIt was reported by multiple media agencies[1][2][3][4]: "The White House claims the previous administration had earmarked $50 million for a condom distribution program in the Gaza Strip". As mentioned in the media articles, the former administrations denied and some explained that it was used f...

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Q: Is it France, Netherlands or Poland?

ArnauldBelow are simplified versions of the flags of France, Netherlands and Poland respectively, as 9x6 pixels: See here for a plain text version. (Many other flags use this color scheme, but I think a smaller number of flags allows for more creative solutions.) Task Given a pair \$(x,y)\$ of coordina...

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Q: How to bend/curve a specific part of Object?

mejj2I'm currently having issues when modelling a hockey stick. I can create the base shape however am struggling when it comes to the curve of the blade. When I have tried using modifiers and the ⇧ Shift + W it just breaks my mesh and doesn't really do what I'm looking for. Not got a lot of modelling...

RPG
RPG
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Q: How are a Monster's skills/skill points calculated?

NeomerArcanaI'm looking at the Worg from the Monster Manual and I cannot figure out its skill points. This is what I've figured out so far: It has 4 HD As a Magical Beast, it gains 2+INT Skill Points per HD (MM p290, Table 4-1: Creature Improvement by Type) It has an Intelligence of 6, giving it -2 INT, me...

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Q: How to find m(∠N) in a triangle with m(∠MST)=150∘ and PM=MS=ST?

zenin1I’m working on a geometry problem that I can’t seem to figure out. I understand that the equal segments suggest some symmetry, but I’m not sure how to use this information effectively. I’ve tried exploring angle-sum properties and relationships between the angles, but I’m stuck Any help would b...

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Q: Is the space of based loops with non-degenerate parametrization homotopy equivalent to the space of all based loops?

Grisha TaroyanConsider a manifold $M$ with a base point $*$. Denote by $\Omega^\textrm{nd}_*M$ the space of all smooth loops based at $*$ with non-degenerate parametrization, i.e. the tangent vector with respect to the parametrization is nowhere vanishing. It includes into the space of all smooth based loops $...

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Q: Notation sources for both rhythm and chords

Richard KroyerI can't seem to find a notation that shows how chords show up in a measure with lyrics. Tab shows how the chords show up in the measure, but no lyrics. It's easy to find lyrics and chords, but they never display measures...so the rhythm is implied through the lyrics. Is the only solution learning...

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Q: Strange WindingCount behavior on polygon's border and how to fix it?

AntonConsider this code: polyPts = {{0., 0.}, {1., 0.}, {1., 1.}, {0., 1.}}; tstPts = Join[polyPts, {{0., .5}, {.5, 0.}, {1., .5}, {.5, 1.}}, {{.5, .5}}]; WindingCount[Line@polyPts, tstPts] Graphics`PolygonUtils`PointWindingNumber[Polygon@polyPts, tstPts] Which both output {1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0...

CS
CS
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Q: Where did the English counting system come from?

Whiter FoxAccording to modern studies the language closest to English is Western Frisian.I was looking up the counting system and I noticed that Western Frisian uses the German counting system for numbers below 100 and above 21 for example the number 34 translated from Western Frisian is 4+30, not 30+4.How...

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Q: A Non-Jew stole your car after you toveled your pots. Do the pots need another tevilah?

sam pineIf a person Toveled his pots and put them into his car.Then the car was stolen by a non-Jew. 2 days later the car and its contents were returned.Do the pots need Kashering and/or a 2nd Tevilah. Please explain why

TeX
TeX
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Q: Write chemical formulas on an arrow

NicolasIn a previous intervention (Write as a subscript above a reaction arrow), I saw how I could subscript text placed on an arrow in a reaction environment This method is not very suitable when writing chemical formulas because it requires adding the $\sb{XX}$ commands several times to obtain, for ex...

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Q: Role of Causality in SEM, via an Example

flevinBombastusI asked a previous question about SEM and interpreting the structure coefficients, but I've found a more substantive example and decided to ask a new question to help me understand. In the book "Structural Equation Modeling: A Second Course" by Hershberger et al., this pair of models is discussed...

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Q: AI told me that Mistral 7B is an experimental sailplane?

gsamarasI asked Llama (Meta's competitor to ChatGPT) about Mistral 7B, and I got back this answer: I couldn't find any information on a specific aircraft or vehicle called "Mistral 7B". However, I did find information on the Mistral 7B being an experimental sailplane designed by the French company, Soci...

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Q: Are there any legal/regulatory requirements about seats that doesn't recline?

AndréI was on a flight from Iberia, about 12 hours, where some seats on the plane wouldn't recline. It wasn't my seat and I didn't know how it was handled by the passengers and staff. In such a situation, are there any regulation or law saying the passenger has the right to a properly working seat or ...

Vi
Vi
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Q: What causes TODO et al to be *very* highlighted when not on the current line?

gcbThe only tool I have to check what is setting the syntax/hi/syn of a term is to move the cursor over it and call synstack()... but that doesn't help since moving the TODO to the current line change it's appearance. My colorscheme have an entry for Todo, but it is the color I see when it is near t...

CS
CS
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Q: In Colossian 1:5, is "the gospel" Paul's gospel (1 Cor 15:1-3) or Jesus' "the gospel of the Kingdom"; or are they the same gospel?

Ruminator [Col 1:5-6 NASB95] [5] because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel [6] which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as [it has been doing] in you also since the day you h...

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Q: Two ways to bypass the V+ pin of MAX3232

GNZWhen I asked a question about the MAX3232 previously, I've noticed that the example projects use different way of connecting the V+ pin. Here is the related part of my current schematic for which I plan to make a PCB (using 100nF ceramic capacitors for the MAX3232.) As you see below, the V+ is by...

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Q: How do you achieve that unique takeaway pizza taste at home?

GreybeardI don't have any difficulty baking a fairly decent pizza at home. I'm happy with the sauce, the consistency of the dough, the toppings and a pizza steel adds a decent leopard print to the bottom. The results are excellent, but something is definitely lacking. Having visited Pizza Hut and Pizza Ex...

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DBA
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Q: double quotes on a sql server code inside powershell - in visual code - how to make it work?

Marcello Miorellidouble quotes are used in sql server, and their behaviour can be defined by the option SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON\ OFF double quotes are also used in powershell. SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER must be ON when you invoke XML data type methods. this is a partial view of a stored procedure that I want to deplo...


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