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93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
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] | Consider Titivilus
==================
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes includes a number of devils that you can draw on for your campaign. One of these is [Titivilus](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/titivilus) who can innately cast [*Alter Self*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/alter-self) and [*Nondetection*](https://... | A hat of disguise could easily allow an erinyes pass off as an aarakocra or winged elf, either of which would stand out in a crowd, but wouldn't be barred entrance to a city. |
93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
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] | Hide in plain sight. There are two good options for this:
**Erinyes** Based on the picture on MM 73, these creatures are mostly humanoid, but have wings. The horns on the helmet may or may not cover any natural horns; it's unclear. Either way, you could throw on a cloak to hide your wings, then claim to be a Tiefling.... | When you say 'devil', would *any* devil do? If so, and given your "anything else that would normally interact with a party around a town" then - for a given definition of "interact" an imp works. It's technically a devil and can shapechange at will into a spider, rat or raven, all of which can be encountered in a town ... |
93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/93391",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | Hide in plain sight. There are two good options for this:
**Erinyes** Based on the picture on MM 73, these creatures are mostly humanoid, but have wings. The horns on the helmet may or may not cover any natural horns; it's unclear. Either way, you could throw on a cloak to hide your wings, then claim to be a Tiefling.... | Would [Shapechange](http://engl393-dnd5th.wikia.com/wiki/Shapechange) go? It only lasts for an hour, but the caster can transform into any creature with same or lower challenge rating. Limitations are "not a construct or an undead, no class levels or the Spellcasting trait, and you must have seen the sort of creature a... |
93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/93391",
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] | You had requested no homebrew creatures, and I'm not sure this qualifies as homebrew or just refluff, but you could easily take the Deva (MM pp16) and have it be "fallen" (think Lucifer.)
Instead of an Angel, it is a Fallen Angel, but still has all of the attributes which allows for Change Shape with everything you'r... | Would [Shapechange](http://engl393-dnd5th.wikia.com/wiki/Shapechange) go? It only lasts for an hour, but the caster can transform into any creature with same or lower challenge rating. Limitations are "not a construct or an undead, no class levels or the Spellcasting trait, and you must have seen the sort of creature a... |
93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/93391",
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"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/29455/"
] | You had requested no homebrew creatures, and I'm not sure this qualifies as homebrew or just refluff, but you could easily take the Deva (MM pp16) and have it be "fallen" (think Lucifer.)
Instead of an Angel, it is a Fallen Angel, but still has all of the attributes which allows for Change Shape with everything you'r... | When you say 'devil', would *any* devil do? If so, and given your "anything else that would normally interact with a party around a town" then - for a given definition of "interact" an imp works. It's technically a devil and can shapechange at will into a spider, rat or raven, all of which can be encountered in a town ... |
93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/93391",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/29455/"
] | Hide in plain sight. There are two good options for this:
**Erinyes** Based on the picture on MM 73, these creatures are mostly humanoid, but have wings. The horns on the helmet may or may not cover any natural horns; it's unclear. Either way, you could throw on a cloak to hide your wings, then claim to be a Tiefling.... | Why not try using the disguise of an entirely different person?
In the MM, all the stronger devils seem to have telepathy of 120ft. They could use their telepathy in order to communicate through another person that is in service to the devil. I think it would make sense that a higher more prestigious devil would empl... |
107,980 | I took a bunch of screenshots and I want to make them pages in a single PDF. Selecting all four in Preview and exporting to PDF only exports two (?), separately. The "Export to PDF" File menu function adds a strange white border around the screenshots (and orients the page as portrait). So I converted each to PDFs indi... | 2013/11/01 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/107980",
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"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/21351/"
] | There is an Automator action - **New PDF from images**. It creates a single multi-page document from input images. You can create a workflow or app that would process your images that you drop onto it.
If I create an application in Automator with that single action, I can drop my images onto it, and it'll create a PDF... | Preview's "Export As PDF..." places the converted image onto the default paper size, e.g. A4 or US Letter. That's why you get the "strange white border" around the image.
Using Preview's "Export..." menu item, and selecting PDF as the format will merely convert the image to PDF without placing it on a page.
Apple's A... |
35,573 | I'm looking for all possible sources of clinically tested human SNPs. There is a handful of databases that store SNPs (like dbSNP), but I only need those that have validated presence/absence of phenotypic effects with some additional metadata. Thank you in advance. | 2015/06/27 | [
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] | You can search by traits (mostly diseases) for genome wide association, in these databases:
* [Gwasdb2](http://jjwanglab.org/gwasdb)
* [Human genome variation Database](https://gwas.biosciencedbc.jp/): it also links to a Copy number Variation (CNV) database. | Just to make this post a tiny bit more useful, I must add that there are several additional sources I've found:
* UniProt has an open dataset called `humsavar`
* ClinVar database
* HGMD database
* OMIM
* A [paper](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25552646) with a manually collected database based on recent publicati... |
4,029 | I plan to ask about how to restore some defunct human genes. The GULO pseudo gene is the first one I am going to ask about. Should the question maybe be split into several question? The intended question is as follows.
A lot of base pairs in the defunct GULO pseudo gene in humans are missing to make a functional enzym... | 2020/01/10 | [
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] | **NO: we should stick to the current threshold of 5.**
I have noticed wayy too many circumstances in which a question was being voted to be closed by 2-3 users *inappropriately* (i.e., the close votes were unfounded/not supported or the wrong close reason was chosen). Reasons for these inappropriate VTCs range from no... | **Yes: we should try a reduced threshold of 3 votes**
In the last moderator election, one of the questions was about moderator use of the unilateral close vote. I think the general consensus has been that it's best to let the community handle whatever is possible for the community to handle, and yet sometimes the mode... |
4,029 | I plan to ask about how to restore some defunct human genes. The GULO pseudo gene is the first one I am going to ask about. Should the question maybe be split into several question? The intended question is as follows.
A lot of base pairs in the defunct GULO pseudo gene in humans are missing to make a functional enzym... | 2020/01/10 | [
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] | UPDATED ANSWER -- 2 years later (May 2021):
Dropping vote-to-close thresholds has been a topic discussed across many SE sites for years. As of May 2021, there's now a formal effort to test minimizing the threshold to 3 votes across the SE network. The 45-day 3-vote test will occur on 13 sites (Not Biology) throughout ... | **Yes: we should try a reduced threshold of 3 votes**
In the last moderator election, one of the questions was about moderator use of the unilateral close vote. I think the general consensus has been that it's best to let the community handle whatever is possible for the community to handle, and yet sometimes the mode... |
4,029 | I plan to ask about how to restore some defunct human genes. The GULO pseudo gene is the first one I am going to ask about. Should the question maybe be split into several question? The intended question is as follows.
A lot of base pairs in the defunct GULO pseudo gene in humans are missing to make a functional enzym... | 2020/01/10 | [
"https://biology.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4029",
"https://biology.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | **NO: we should stick to the current threshold of 5.**
I have noticed wayy too many circumstances in which a question was being voted to be closed by 2-3 users *inappropriately* (i.e., the close votes were unfounded/not supported or the wrong close reason was chosen). Reasons for these inappropriate VTCs range from no... | This answer is in the nature of a reflection, with a suggestion that we try to accumulate more information on which to make a decision. To provide a one-liner:
**We should determine how difficult it is to find 5 votes to close an off-topic question on SE Biology, and drop the requirement to 3 votes if the barrier is t... |
4,029 | I plan to ask about how to restore some defunct human genes. The GULO pseudo gene is the first one I am going to ask about. Should the question maybe be split into several question? The intended question is as follows.
A lot of base pairs in the defunct GULO pseudo gene in humans are missing to make a functional enzym... | 2020/01/10 | [
"https://biology.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4029",
"https://biology.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11654/"
] | UPDATED ANSWER -- 2 years later (May 2021):
Dropping vote-to-close thresholds has been a topic discussed across many SE sites for years. As of May 2021, there's now a formal effort to test minimizing the threshold to 3 votes across the SE network. The 45-day 3-vote test will occur on 13 sites (Not Biology) throughout ... | This answer is in the nature of a reflection, with a suggestion that we try to accumulate more information on which to make a decision. To provide a one-liner:
**We should determine how difficult it is to find 5 votes to close an off-topic question on SE Biology, and drop the requirement to 3 votes if the barrier is t... |
218,488 | My house's 240v circuit for the cooktop is a /2 cable. (black, white and bare copper). The new whirlpool cooktop has a 3 wire connection (black,red and bare copper). Whirlpool's instructions do not cover this wiring example. Their 3 wire to 3 wire example assumes you have a red wire from the house. Is there an easy pat... | 2021/03/10 | [
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] | If that is indeed a 240V circuit, the white wire *kinda shoulda* been re-marked with tape to indicate that it is a hot wire. Prior to about 20 years ago, they were allowed to skip the marking "if the usage was obvious". The reason for the change is that their "obvious" is not your "obvious".
If you are confident that ... | Their wiring is based on a 240V/120V circuit with hot/hot/neutral/ground, which is *typically* black/red/white/green-or-bare. Normally white = neutral. However, if you have a pure 240V circuit wired with cable (as opposed to individual wires in conduit), it is perfectly legitimate for it to be hot/hot/ground using blac... |
61,852 | *How do you even read these runes?*
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7yv5Q.png)
*Note: Click image for full size* | 2018/03/13 | [
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] | It says
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> THINGS LOOK A BIT OFF DONT THEY
>
>
>
if we
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> replace each wingding character with the character at the same code point in the ordinary ASCII character set.
>
>
>
This isn't all; it turns out that
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> the white background isn't all quite white, and a bit of colour-remapping produces this:... | If we use
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> a Least Significant Bit detector,
>
>
>
we can find:
>
> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vUZMB.png)
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>
>
However these runes currently elude me...
The fifth block appears to say:
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> ... CM Postal Company, Type of correct... |
61,852 | *How do you even read these runes?*
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7yv5Q.png)
*Note: Click image for full size* | 2018/03/13 | [
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] | As described in [Gareth's answer](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/61853/20521) (go upvote that if you haven't already), the first step is to notice that:
>
> the white background isn't all quite white, and a bit of colour remapping produces [this image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IoRmt.png).
>
>
>
From there... | It says
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> THINGS LOOK A BIT OFF DONT THEY
>
>
>
if we
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> replace each wingding character with the character at the same code point in the ordinary ASCII character set.
>
>
>
This isn't all; it turns out that
>
> the white background isn't all quite white, and a bit of colour-remapping produces this:... |
61,852 | *How do you even read these runes?*
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7yv5Q.png)
*Note: Click image for full size* | 2018/03/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/61852",
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] | It says
>
> THINGS LOOK A BIT OFF DONT THEY
>
>
>
if we
>
> replace each wingding character with the character at the same code point in the ordinary ASCII character set.
>
>
>
This isn't all; it turns out that
>
> the white background isn't all quite white, and a bit of colour-remapping produces this:... | Wrap-up: The Making Of *Unintelligible Batch of Wingdinglish*
=============================================================
*This is not a solution to the puzzle, but provides notes from its poser. This type of answer has been [approved by the community](https://puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5420/).*
---
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61,852 | *How do you even read these runes?*
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7yv5Q.png)
*Note: Click image for full size* | 2018/03/13 | [
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] | As described in [Gareth's answer](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/61853/20521) (go upvote that if you haven't already), the first step is to notice that:
>
> the white background isn't all quite white, and a bit of colour remapping produces [this image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IoRmt.png).
>
>
>
From there... | If we use
>
> a Least Significant Bit detector,
>
>
>
we can find:
>
> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vUZMB.png)
>
>
>
However these runes currently elude me...
The fifth block appears to say:
>
> ... CM Postal Company, Type of correct... |
61,852 | *How do you even read these runes?*
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7yv5Q.png)
*Note: Click image for full size* | 2018/03/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/61852",
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"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/46455/"
] | If we use
>
> a Least Significant Bit detector,
>
>
>
we can find:
>
> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vUZMB.png)
>
>
>
However these runes currently elude me...
The fifth block appears to say:
>
> ... CM Postal Company, Type of correct... | Wrap-up: The Making Of *Unintelligible Batch of Wingdinglish*
=============================================================
*This is not a solution to the puzzle, but provides notes from its poser. This type of answer has been [approved by the community](https://puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5420/).*
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61,852 | *How do you even read these runes?*
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7yv5Q.png)
*Note: Click image for full size* | 2018/03/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/61852",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/46455/"
] | As described in [Gareth's answer](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/61853/20521) (go upvote that if you haven't already), the first step is to notice that:
>
> the white background isn't all quite white, and a bit of colour remapping produces [this image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IoRmt.png).
>
>
>
From there... | Wrap-up: The Making Of *Unintelligible Batch of Wingdinglish*
=============================================================
*This is not a solution to the puzzle, but provides notes from its poser. This type of answer has been [approved by the community](https://puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5420/).*
---
... |
186,718 | The Bearer: Background
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On Alternate Earth, studies and cases have shown that a *small percentage of the population (10%) is responsible for 90% of the bad luck*.
**These people are targeted by bad luck**, almost by cosmic forces: they are struck by lightning out of a sunny day, hit by cars... | 2020/10/03 | [
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] | ***Two Roads:***
There are two directions your society can take with regards to bearers, and it somewhat depends on how the actual "ability" functions. The tetroid wave situation is complex, and I think only you fully understand it. Both of these solutions can be applied, or can be exclusive. It's up to you.
1. **Exi... | What about The Fortunate?
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The fortunate would be the opposite end of the spectrum-the people for whom bad luck simply doesn't happen. They are the ones who could build a rocket out of a tin can and successfully circumnavigate the moon down to your simply lucky people who play a good stock mar... |
186,718 | The Bearer: Background
----------------------
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On Alternate Earth, studies and cases have shown that a *small percentage of the population (10%) is responsible for 90% of the bad luck*.
**These people are targeted by bad luck**, almost by cosmic forces: they are struck by lightning out of a sunny day, hit by cars... | 2020/10/03 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186718",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/68848/"
] | ***Two Roads:***
There are two directions your society can take with regards to bearers, and it somewhat depends on how the actual "ability" functions. The tetroid wave situation is complex, and I think only you fully understand it. Both of these solutions can be applied, or can be exclusive. It's up to you.
1. **Exi... | There is a certain amount of bad luck in the world; we need the Bearers, because otherwise we'd be suffering all that bad luck ourselves
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Is it true? Doesn't matter! The most humane r... |
186,718 | The Bearer: Background
----------------------
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On Alternate Earth, studies and cases have shown that a *small percentage of the population (10%) is responsible for 90% of the bad luck*.
**These people are targeted by bad luck**, almost by cosmic forces: they are struck by lightning out of a sunny day, hit by cars... | 2020/10/03 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186718",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | ### Vigilantism, Genocide & Eugenics
I'm sorry to basically go full Nazi on the first answer here.
History shows us what happens when we scapegoat a particular group of people as being responsible for all the suffering in the world. Replace ["The Eternal Jew"](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-pr... | What about The Fortunate?
=========================
The fortunate would be the opposite end of the spectrum-the people for whom bad luck simply doesn't happen. They are the ones who could build a rocket out of a tin can and successfully circumnavigate the moon down to your simply lucky people who play a good stock mar... |
186,718 | The Bearer: Background
----------------------
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On Alternate Earth, studies and cases have shown that a *small percentage of the population (10%) is responsible for 90% of the bad luck*.
**These people are targeted by bad luck**, almost by cosmic forces: they are struck by lightning out of a sunny day, hit by cars... | 2020/10/03 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186718",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/68848/"
] | ### Vigilantism, Genocide & Eugenics
I'm sorry to basically go full Nazi on the first answer here.
History shows us what happens when we scapegoat a particular group of people as being responsible for all the suffering in the world. Replace ["The Eternal Jew"](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-pr... | There is a certain amount of bad luck in the world; we need the Bearers, because otherwise we'd be suffering all that bad luck ourselves
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Is it true? Doesn't matter! The most humane r... |
64,206 | As the title suggests, a friend and I are writing a manga-plot
and there is this character that is having the speech disorder - he stutters.
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Writing the question directly to avoid confusion.
Afterwards providing some attempts to clarify both what the question is about & details.
Finally I will add *Background*,... | 2023/01/15 | [
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] | So if I'm interpreting this correctly, you want to write a character who stutters based off yourself, but want to know how to avoid them coming off as cliché or offending other people who stutter/stutterers due to being nonrepresentative, right? And have attempted to search for resources only to find a sum total of not... | I'm not sure it can work, but maybe you can sometimes express your character thoughts using some graphical convention like specific speech bubble and sometimes use ordinary speech bubble where he stutter. It may even be possible to use both at once to show what the character wants to tell and how he fails to do it.
Ju... |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
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> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | This sounds like one of those rules that someone made up because they could think of examples where breaking it caused problems, but didn't try to think through if breaking it would ALWAYS cause problems.
Well, off the top let me point out that the rule as worded, "never use two possessives in a row", is clearly wrong... | "Our today's meeting" means literally "(the) meeting of our today". This is why it's wrong. I believe we all agree that nobody would say "meeting of our today". |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
>
> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | I've answered essentially the same question over at english.stackexchange.com: [Why is “our today's meeting” wrong?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251561/why-is-our-todays-meeting-wrong)
Usually, a noun phrase in English must have exactly one determiner: you can say "I drove this car" or "I drove my car"... | It's either:
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> Last week's meeting
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or:
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> Our meeting last week
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but I agree with your teacher that:
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> Our last week's meeting
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sounds awkward and should probably be avoided. |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
>
> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | There isn't a rule that you can't use two possessives, but they don't indicate possession of the noun at the end, but instead each one modifies the next phrase.
>
> Our last week's meeting
>
>
>
Is naturally read as
>
> (Our last week)'s meeting
>
>
>
So, unless you are talking about meeting someone with i... | You can use two possessives in a row, that is not an issue. For example, if I have a cat, and my cat has a toy, I can say "my cat's toy." If there is a manufacturer for that toy, it would be somewhat acceptable, although convoluted, to say "my cat's toy's manufacturer," which would be three possessives in a row. If tha... |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
>
> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | There is no such rule: "our last week's meeting" is perfectly grammatical. There could be a last week's meeting that is not our: "the other team's last week's meeting raised the issue that we covering in our this week's meeting".
The phrase "in our last week's episode" is often heard in broadcasting, from native speak... | "Our today's meeting" means literally "(the) meeting of our today". This is why it's wrong. I believe we all agree that nobody would say "meeting of our today". |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
>
> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | I've answered essentially the same question over at english.stackexchange.com: [Why is “our today's meeting” wrong?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251561/why-is-our-todays-meeting-wrong)
Usually, a noun phrase in English must have exactly one determiner: you can say "I drove this car" or "I drove my car"... | There isn't a rule that you can't use two possessives, but they don't indicate possession of the noun at the end, but instead each one modifies the next phrase.
>
> Our last week's meeting
>
>
>
Is naturally read as
>
> (Our last week)'s meeting
>
>
>
So, unless you are talking about meeting someone with i... |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
>
> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | I've answered essentially the same question over at english.stackexchange.com: [Why is “our today's meeting” wrong?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251561/why-is-our-todays-meeting-wrong)
Usually, a noun phrase in English must have exactly one determiner: you can say "I drove this car" or "I drove my car"... | >
> Our last week's meeting
>
>
>
is a little akward, but I for one do **not** think that it is incorrect.
The answer by Tanner Swett says "it's never acceptable for a noun phrase to have more than one determiner." However, [the Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_determiners#Combinations_of... |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
>
> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | I've answered essentially the same question over at english.stackexchange.com: [Why is “our today's meeting” wrong?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251561/why-is-our-todays-meeting-wrong)
Usually, a noun phrase in English must have exactly one determiner: you can say "I drove this car" or "I drove my car"... | This sounds like one of those rules that someone made up because they could think of examples where breaking it caused problems, but didn't try to think through if breaking it would ALWAYS cause problems.
Well, off the top let me point out that the rule as worded, "never use two possessives in a row", is clearly wrong... |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
>
> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | >
> Our last week's meeting
>
>
>
is a little akward, but I for one do **not** think that it is incorrect.
The answer by Tanner Swett says "it's never acceptable for a noun phrase to have more than one determiner." However, [the Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_determiners#Combinations_of... | You can use two possessives in a row, that is not an issue. For example, if I have a cat, and my cat has a toy, I can say "my cat's toy." If there is a manufacturer for that toy, it would be somewhat acceptable, although convoluted, to say "my cat's toy's manufacturer," which would be three possessives in a row. If tha... |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
>
> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | I've answered essentially the same question over at english.stackexchange.com: [Why is “our today's meeting” wrong?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251561/why-is-our-todays-meeting-wrong)
Usually, a noun phrase in English must have exactly one determiner: you can say "I drove this car" or "I drove my car"... | You can use two possessives in a row, that is not an issue. For example, if I have a cat, and my cat has a toy, I can say "my cat's toy." If there is a manufacturer for that toy, it would be somewhat acceptable, although convoluted, to say "my cat's toy's manufacturer," which would be three possessives in a row. If tha... |
212,569 | Following a previous discussion about **I would like** vs **I would have liked**, I have a similar question.
What is the difference between
>
> I wanted to come to your party but I couldn't
>
>
> I would have liked to come to your party but I couldn't.
>
>
> | 2019/05/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/212569",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/96204/"
] | It's either:
>
> Last week's meeting
>
>
>
or:
>
> Our meeting last week
>
>
>
but I agree with your teacher that:
>
> Our last week's meeting
>
>
>
sounds awkward and should probably be avoided. | "Our today's meeting" means literally "(the) meeting of our today". This is why it's wrong. I believe we all agree that nobody would say "meeting of our today". |
23,241 | I'm sure there will be variation depending on what the contaminated item or surface is made of - linens, I could imagine, would remain dangerous for longer than a door-knob. But if the items are not decontaminated in some way, how long can the virus survive outside a host? | 2014/10/17 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/23241",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/9817/"
] | This really depends on the environment, one study (listed below as reference 1) found that the Ebola virus can survive under ideal conditions on flat surfaces in the dark for up to six days - see the figure from the same publication.
However, the v... | I found this safety sheet in the topic.
>
> SECTION IV – STABILITY AND VIABILITY
>
>
> DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY: Unknown. S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase
> inhibitors have been found to have complete mortality protection in
> mice infected with a lethal dose of Ebola virus (30).
>
>
> DRUG RESISTANCE: There are no... |
5,485,338 | What version of Eclipse do I need for Google Web Toolkit? I see about 7 versions, but none make any references to GWT. Google doesn't mention it to. I did install the PHP version. | 2011/03/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5485338",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/340761/"
] | Since GWT means Java programming I would recommend the Java (default) Version of Eclipse or Java EE Version because they contain the Java Development Tools which will help you very when coding in Java | I suppose you should install JavaEE version.. Because GWT produce a war file, and it should be deployed to a web application server. |
5,485,338 | What version of Eclipse do I need for Google Web Toolkit? I see about 7 versions, but none make any references to GWT. Google doesn't mention it to. I did install the PHP version. | 2011/03/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5485338",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/340761/"
] | Definitely the Java EE version. The regular java version doesn't seem to work with the google plugin. | Since GWT means Java programming I would recommend the Java (default) Version of Eclipse or Java EE Version because they contain the Java Development Tools which will help you very when coding in Java |
5,485,338 | What version of Eclipse do I need for Google Web Toolkit? I see about 7 versions, but none make any references to GWT. Google doesn't mention it to. I did install the PHP version. | 2011/03/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5485338",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/340761/"
] | Well I download the Eclipse for Java EE:
<http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-ee-developers/heliossr2>
But one which is great is Spring STS (based on eclipse). You can choose to install GWT at the beginning.
<http://www.springsource.com/downloads/sts> | I suppose you should install JavaEE version.. Because GWT produce a war file, and it should be deployed to a web application server. |
5,485,338 | What version of Eclipse do I need for Google Web Toolkit? I see about 7 versions, but none make any references to GWT. Google doesn't mention it to. I did install the PHP version. | 2011/03/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5485338",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/340761/"
] | Definitely the Java EE version. The regular java version doesn't seem to work with the google plugin. | I suppose you should install JavaEE version.. Because GWT produce a war file, and it should be deployed to a web application server. |
5,485,338 | What version of Eclipse do I need for Google Web Toolkit? I see about 7 versions, but none make any references to GWT. Google doesn't mention it to. I did install the PHP version. | 2011/03/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5485338",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/340761/"
] | Definitely the Java EE version. The regular java version doesn't seem to work with the google plugin. | Well I download the Eclipse for Java EE:
<http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-ee-developers/heliossr2>
But one which is great is Spring STS (based on eclipse). You can choose to install GWT at the beginning.
<http://www.springsource.com/downloads/sts> |
1,772,475 | I'm running a LAMP box with PHP running as fcgid. APC is installed and working well. However, each PHP process gets its own cache. This is a problem, because it would make far more sense to have 10 PHP processes with 300MB shared APC cache than 10 PHP processes, each with a redundant 30MB unshared APC cache.
There was... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1772475",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/199475/"
] | As far as I know it's still not possible to use shared memory cache with any PHP cacher amongst multiple processes... anyway, unless you're under extremely heavy load you should be fine with separate caches, I suppose, since they'll be filled pretty quickly. And hey, RAM is cheap nowadays! | It turns out that this is still not possible if you are truly using different processes: <http://pecl.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=11988> (updated 11/13/2009 by the author of the relevant portion of APC). |
1,772,475 | I'm running a LAMP box with PHP running as fcgid. APC is installed and working well. However, each PHP process gets its own cache. This is a problem, because it would make far more sense to have 10 PHP processes with 300MB shared APC cache than 10 PHP processes, each with a redundant 30MB unshared APC cache.
There was... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1772475",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/199475/"
] | As far as I know it's still not possible to use shared memory cache with any PHP cacher amongst multiple processes... anyway, unless you're under extremely heavy load you should be fine with separate caches, I suppose, since they'll be filled pretty quickly. And hey, RAM is cheap nowadays! | I was reading about it just minutes ago in the bug tracking of PHP <https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=57825> it's fixed but you must use spawnfcgi or php-fpm <http://php-fpm.org/>
Quoted from Ramus
>
> It works fine if you use spawnfcgi or php-fpm. Any process manager
> that launches a parent process and spawns child... |
1,772,475 | I'm running a LAMP box with PHP running as fcgid. APC is installed and working well. However, each PHP process gets its own cache. This is a problem, because it would make far more sense to have 10 PHP processes with 300MB shared APC cache than 10 PHP processes, each with a redundant 30MB unshared APC cache.
There was... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1772475",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/199475/"
] | I was reading about it just minutes ago in the bug tracking of PHP <https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=57825> it's fixed but you must use spawnfcgi or php-fpm <http://php-fpm.org/>
Quoted from Ramus
>
> It works fine if you use spawnfcgi or php-fpm. Any process manager
> that launches a parent process and spawns child... | It turns out that this is still not possible if you are truly using different processes: <http://pecl.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=11988> (updated 11/13/2009 by the author of the relevant portion of APC). |
65,235,190 | I am thinking of setting up a bitnami mongodb replicaset in K8s, as explained [here](https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/master/bitnami/mongodb#architecture).
However, as a note they mention this while upgrading:
>
> Note: An update takes your MongoDB replicaset offline if the Arbiter is enabled and the number of... | 2020/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/65235190",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3848107/"
] | Bitnami developer here
>
> Is it that, while performing the upgrade, the replicaset will have
> only one mongodb server working, while both, the other mongo db server
> and arbiter, are offline and being upgraded?
>
>
>
That will depend on how many replicas you have. If you install the chart with 2 replicas + 1 a... | I don't know what Helm is or what it does or why it takes down two nodes at a time, but:
>
> I this case, it will not imply downtime, just that momentarily, there is just one server available (instead of two), so similar to a standalone setup.
>
>
>
A standalone accepts writes whenever it's up. A replica set node... |
229,878 | This is part of a series of questions.
*Context*: a friend of mine is writing a novel about a rogue planet around the mass of Mars passing by the solar system before continuing its journey in interstellar space (it must not be captured by the Sun). Given sufficient heads-ups, Earth sends a research mission to land on ... | 2022/05/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229878",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/76461/"
] | "Passing through the solar system" I guess means in this case "passing through the inner solar system". If it only passes the Kuiper belt or the Oort cloud, there would be no serious perturbations (no "showering the inner solar system" or the like").
When passing through the inner solar system there will be no perturb... | Considering that the solar system is a multi-body system, we are sure it is a chaotic system in the long run. For the solar system, its [Lyapunov time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyapunov_time) is 5 million years.
This means that the effect of any perturbation on the system cannot really be reliably predicted past ... |
229,878 | This is part of a series of questions.
*Context*: a friend of mine is writing a novel about a rogue planet around the mass of Mars passing by the solar system before continuing its journey in interstellar space (it must not be captured by the Sun). Given sufficient heads-ups, Earth sends a research mission to land on ... | 2022/05/12 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229878",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/76461/"
] | **Numbers**
I concur with Avun Jahei's answer, but feel that it's worth quantifying the minimum non-catastrophic close approach distance.
This object has a mass comparable to Mars - 6.9 x 1023 kg
Earth's moon has a mass of 7.35 x 1022 kg and orbits at an average distance of 3.8 x 108 m.
For the purposes of calculat... | Considering that the solar system is a multi-body system, we are sure it is a chaotic system in the long run. For the solar system, its [Lyapunov time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyapunov_time) is 5 million years.
This means that the effect of any perturbation on the system cannot really be reliably predicted past ... |
8,147,696 | I can't find this information online or in the documentation, does anyone know what versions of Android and iOS the AIR 3.0 captive runtime is compatible with? I'm assuming there is some restriction there, but short of actually compiling a program and trying it on iPhone for example, which I don't have, how can I tell ... | 2011/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8147696",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/997477/"
] | System requirements using captive runtime are the same as without - in other words, quoting from the [reqs page](http://www.adobe.com/products/air/tech-specs.html):
* Android™ 2.2, 2.3, 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2
* iPod touch (3rd generation) 32 GB and 64 GB model, iPod touch 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2
* iOS 4 and a... | I would suppose captive runtime apps work on all the devices which originally support AIR. Captive runtime just packages the AIR packages (which would otherwise be separately installed) into your application so that a separate download is not required.
As for iOS, I believe the compiler creates native iOS code (becaus... |
97,092 | I am in the process of building myself a fancy schmancy Raspberry Pi "laptop", and am trying to power it with a single cord/power supply. My strategy is to put together a small project box with 120VAC inputs, and the innards from a couple wall warts to provide 5VDC and 12VDC power. Before I start wiring crap together, ... | 2014/01/20 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/97092",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/10660/"
] | I think this is not a good idea. You should use a 120V power cord attached to a fused power entry module <http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/connectors-interconnects/power-entry-connectors-inlets-outlets-modules/1442743>, in turn connected to the right 5V/12V AC to DC converter rated for the currents you're inter... | Using hacked together power supplies can be dangerous if you aren't sure what you are doing.
Luckily there are tons of off the shelf power supplies thay already do exactly what you want - 5v and 12v in one supply. You will find them for many external hard drives with a 3 (5v, 12v and gnd) or sometimes 4 pin (seperate ... |
97,092 | I am in the process of building myself a fancy schmancy Raspberry Pi "laptop", and am trying to power it with a single cord/power supply. My strategy is to put together a small project box with 120VAC inputs, and the innards from a couple wall warts to provide 5VDC and 12VDC power. Before I start wiring crap together, ... | 2014/01/20 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/97092",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/10660/"
] | Areas of concern:
1. The mains connections between the wall-wart PCBs and the mains wires going to the cord. Ideally these need to be tied together in a mechanically secure manner - soldered and taped would be fine, as would bringing them to a terminal block with ring terminals.
2. The mechanical security of the wall-... | Using hacked together power supplies can be dangerous if you aren't sure what you are doing.
Luckily there are tons of off the shelf power supplies thay already do exactly what you want - 5v and 12v in one supply. You will find them for many external hard drives with a 3 (5v, 12v and gnd) or sometimes 4 pin (seperate ... |
58,252 | I am currently doing a 3-month paid internship program - it started 3 weeks ago and will be conclusive in 3 months. This company does not promise to provide me with a position afterwards.
Now I've received a full-time job offer from another company.
* If it ethical to jump ship?
* What might some possible consequenc... | 2015/11/24 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/58252",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/44326/"
] | Is it a ***nice*** thing to do? **No.**
Is it a ***good*** thing to do? **Depends who you're asking.**
Make no mistake, you are screwing your boss over by quitting. However, as you yourself have said, the company you're with right now is offering no guarantees whatsoever. That job offer, on the other hand, is **a cer... | Think of it this way, you're leaving a temp/contract position for a full-time position. That situation is pretty much what many people in temp positions look for, unless they only want to do temp/contract work. If they brought you on knowing that you would eventually leave, they weren't prepared to make an offer to kee... |
1,451,281 | I'm just starting, and yes, i haven't written any tests yet (I'm not a fundamentalist, I don't like compile errors just because there is no test), but I'm wondering where to get started on doing a project that parses fixed length flat file records according to an XML mapping, into a class that represents the superset o... | 2009/09/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1451281",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8741/"
] | It's all about decomposing the problem into parts. Some examples:
* File/stream reader
* Input mapper
* Input mapper loader
* File layout
* File layout collection
* Data access layer
Try to give each class a single responsibility, determine its dependencies, and inject those in. That, with the help of mocks/stubs, wi... | Well, you want to do testing but you don't want to mock. I believe that it leaves you to write [integration tests](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration_testing) or [acceptance tests](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_test). It means that you have to do a lot of setup in your tests that probably will make your... |
12,992,432 | thanks for looking at my question.
Basically what I'm trying to do is find all images that look like the first and the third image here: <http://imgur.com/a/IhHEC>
and remove all the ones that don't look like that (2,4).
I've tried several libraries to no avail.
Another acceptable way to do this is to check if the... | 2012/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12992432",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/679184/"
] | If those are the actual images you're going to use, it looks like histogram similarity will do the job. The first and third are very contrasty, the second and fourth, especially the fourth, have a wide range of different intensities.
You could easily make a histogram of the shades of grey in the image and then apply ... | Due to my background in working more with text from images than image objects, I would do this in post-OCR process, by searching the text content for 'keywords' or checking for 'regular expression' representing your desired data. This means that the entire job needs to be separated into two stages: image-to-text OCR (f... |
1,089,644 | I've just upgraded from Outlook 2013. When I opened my To-Do List view, all flagged emails were displayed in a narrow list on the left hand side. The currently selected email were opened in a reading pane on the right hand side.
Now, after the upgrade to Outlook 2016, the previously narrow list view takes up the whole... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1089644",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/389544/"
] | Couple suggestions:
1) Ensure the Reading Pane is enabled for the Tasks/To-Do view. Check *View* tab -> *Reading Pane* -> Ensure it's set to something other than "*Off*".
2) Try *View* tab -> *Reset View* while looking a the Tasks/To-Do list. | on windows 10 go to:
"View"
"To-Do Bar"
select "tasks"
you will now be able to see your flagged emails on the right of your screen. |
1,089,644 | I've just upgraded from Outlook 2013. When I opened my To-Do List view, all flagged emails were displayed in a narrow list on the left hand side. The currently selected email were opened in a reading pane on the right hand side.
Now, after the upgrade to Outlook 2016, the previously narrow list view takes up the whole... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1089644",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/389544/"
] | Couple suggestions:
1) Ensure the Reading Pane is enabled for the Tasks/To-Do view. Check *View* tab -> *Reading Pane* -> Ensure it's set to something other than "*Off*".
2) Try *View* tab -> *Reset View* while looking a the Tasks/To-Do list. | If you are using Outlook Office 365, you can just click the Filter button up and to the right of your email list. Then choose Flagged. It shows all your Flagged emails. Other options to Filter are: Unread, To me, Flagged, Mentions, Attachments and Sort. |
1,089,644 | I've just upgraded from Outlook 2013. When I opened my To-Do List view, all flagged emails were displayed in a narrow list on the left hand side. The currently selected email were opened in a reading pane on the right hand side.
Now, after the upgrade to Outlook 2016, the previously narrow list view takes up the whole... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1089644",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/389544/"
] | Couple suggestions:
1) Ensure the Reading Pane is enabled for the Tasks/To-Do view. Check *View* tab -> *Reading Pane* -> Ensure it's set to something other than "*Off*".
2) Try *View* tab -> *Reset View* while looking a the Tasks/To-Do list. | Click View- Click Arrange BY. go down to view settings. click sort by. change the first to flag status, and the second sort to by received decending. Flagged emails will now be at the top |
1,089,644 | I've just upgraded from Outlook 2013. When I opened my To-Do List view, all flagged emails were displayed in a narrow list on the left hand side. The currently selected email were opened in a reading pane on the right hand side.
Now, after the upgrade to Outlook 2016, the previously narrow list view takes up the whole... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1089644",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/389544/"
] | on windows 10 go to:
"View"
"To-Do Bar"
select "tasks"
you will now be able to see your flagged emails on the right of your screen. | If you are using Outlook Office 365, you can just click the Filter button up and to the right of your email list. Then choose Flagged. It shows all your Flagged emails. Other options to Filter are: Unread, To me, Flagged, Mentions, Attachments and Sort. |
1,089,644 | I've just upgraded from Outlook 2013. When I opened my To-Do List view, all flagged emails were displayed in a narrow list on the left hand side. The currently selected email were opened in a reading pane on the right hand side.
Now, after the upgrade to Outlook 2016, the previously narrow list view takes up the whole... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1089644",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/389544/"
] | on windows 10 go to:
"View"
"To-Do Bar"
select "tasks"
you will now be able to see your flagged emails on the right of your screen. | Click View- Click Arrange BY. go down to view settings. click sort by. change the first to flag status, and the second sort to by received decending. Flagged emails will now be at the top |
1,089,644 | I've just upgraded from Outlook 2013. When I opened my To-Do List view, all flagged emails were displayed in a narrow list on the left hand side. The currently selected email were opened in a reading pane on the right hand side.
Now, after the upgrade to Outlook 2016, the previously narrow list view takes up the whole... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1089644",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/389544/"
] | If you are using Outlook Office 365, you can just click the Filter button up and to the right of your email list. Then choose Flagged. It shows all your Flagged emails. Other options to Filter are: Unread, To me, Flagged, Mentions, Attachments and Sort. | Click View- Click Arrange BY. go down to view settings. click sort by. change the first to flag status, and the second sort to by received decending. Flagged emails will now be at the top |
73,787 | 1. I couldn't afford that **big a** car.
2. It was so **warm a** day that I could hardly work.
The sentences stated above have been taken from *Practical English Usage* by Michael Swan. If I write-
3. I couldn't afford that big car.
4. It was so warm day that I could hardly work.
These make sense. But placement of a... | 2015/11/20 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/73787",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Short answer**
----------------
If an adjective is being modified by a deictic degree adverb such as *so, too, as, this* or *that* then the adjective and adverb must go before, not after, the indefinite article. They can also appear as a postmodifier after the noun:
* a day so warm
**Full answer**
---------------
... | Regarding example (1), I think the emphasis of "that big a car" considerably differs from "that big car." "That big a car" could be rephrased as a "a car as big as that," which shows that you are comparing the car in question to some standard of a car that you have in your mind. "That big car" on the other hand seems t... |
4,607,039 | We have around 3 people working on a project in TFS. Our company set our TFS project to single checkout. But Sometimes, we have 1 person checking out certain files, solution files, etc. Is it bad practice to have multiple checkout enabled and let the merging or diff tool handle the problem if we both accidentally overw... | 2011/01/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4607039",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/400861/"
] | It is true that having multiple checkout disabled is simpler to work with, and it safeguards you against having to do manual merges and perhaps overwrite work.
However, it can also hinder productivity and development, especially on medium to large teams. If John can't get his feature done before Susan checks her versi... | I worked on a team of 3+ developers for a long time and shared checkout is fantastic. Your team will need the discipline to *communicate with each other* if they run into merge conflicts that aren't straightforward, but I have experienced nothing but upside in enabling shared checkout.
Make sure that you use a merge t... |
101,759 | I was wondering if there are any ledgers to make such entries. I trade regularly and I would like to make a good record of it. | 2018/11/03 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/101759",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/78593/"
] | Have a look at the Asset functionality of common accounting packages. It allows you to record prices and quantities of 'things' at purchase and sale. For shares, each stock code can be considered a separate 'thing' with buy and sell prices and quantities held in 'inventory'.
Each accounting package has its own process... | It's fairly easy to set up a spreadsheet that records trades and reconciles the gains and losses. It becomes more time consuming if you trade frequently and scale in and out of positions. And it gets onerous if your trading involves numerous wash sales.
AFAIK, US brokers provide Forms 1099-B and 8949 that break down ... |
101,759 | I was wondering if there are any ledgers to make such entries. I trade regularly and I would like to make a good record of it. | 2018/11/03 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/101759",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/78593/"
] | Have a look at the Asset functionality of common accounting packages. It allows you to record prices and quantities of 'things' at purchase and sale. For shares, each stock code can be considered a separate 'thing' with buy and sell prices and quantities held in 'inventory'.
Each accounting package has its own process... | Since softwares are being recommended I can post my comment as an answer:
The shareware software, KBH Investor Accounting, accounts both long and short positions and computes an overall mark-to-market accounting. The realized buy/sell transactions can be printed out in the form of an IRS 4797 but assumes that no long ... |
122,741 | We are traveling from Tbilisi to Ataturk airport and then with a transit to Antalya; both legs were sold under a single ticket by Turkish Airlines.
* Do they automatically put luggage for transit?
* How far is the second terminal, and where we should go for passport control? | 2018/09/23 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/122741",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/84484/"
] | For International to Domestic connections on Turkish Airlines, your bags will be automatically transferred to the domestic flight IF (and only if!) the domestic destination you are travelling to has customs facilities at the airport.
In the case of Antalya, they DO have such facilities, so your bags will be automatica... | * I just always ask about luggage at the check-in when I drop it off to be extra sure. I expect that it would be transferred automatically in your case.
* There is no way that you will miss the passport control (just follow the signs), and Ataturk is a single large building so different places in it can't be very far. |
1,617,855 | The question is basically it but here's the background of the story if curious:
My eyes woulld ache since I spend 12+ hours a day looking at a computer screen, so I decided to give night light a try and turned it to 70% strength. The colors were uglier than normal but I used it for about a year (always on) and now whe... | 2021/01/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1617855",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1233850/"
] | >
> is leaving night light on long periods of time bad for my computer?
>
>
>
What night light setting does is just to decrease light of display, and maybe not equally all colours, but blue is reduced a bit more then the others.
So the answer for your question is **NO**, using night light will not cause any negat... | Well, it depends on the strength of the Night Light. If it's Normal then It's Beneficial for your Health but if you set it to Extreme Kinda Ultra Instinct then you need to check whether you are color blind for red because it's bad for your display as it uses the red color at its max then all time. So Just Consider the ... |
774,809 | I'd like to make a tool bar with icons that get's bigger when you mouse over them. I don't mind reinventing the wheel, but if anyone can suggest a good:
1. Image Format (not sure bitmaps'll work here and not sure how to do Vectors)
2. Existing Control (pay or free, so long as I can use it in a close source app)
3. Con... | 2009/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/774809",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1765/"
] | I've not used it yet personally, but maybe check out TMS TAdvSmoothDock rather than reinventing wheel..?
<http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/advsmoothdock.asp> | There is some sample code doing exactly this on the delphi.about.com website.
The link below shows the code as well as an example image of the dock while running.
<http://delphi.about.com/od/fullcodeprojects/a/mac-doc-launch.htm>
I don't know if the code is D2009 compatible or not, but even if it isn't the code shou... |
9,071,174 | As part of strengthening session authentication security for a site that I am building, I am trying to compile a list of the best ways to register a user's computer as a second tier of validation - that is in addition to the standard username/password login, of course. Typical ways of registering a user's computer are ... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9071174",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/708034/"
] | Simply calling read doesn't guarantee that you will receive all the 63 bytes or that you receive the 63 bytes you were hoping for.. I would suggest that you somehow determine how much data you need to receive(send the data length first) and then put the recv function in a loop until you have all the data.. The send fun... | How about trying to close the socket at the end of dostuff()?
The server may be getting too many open connections. |
9,071,174 | As part of strengthening session authentication security for a site that I am building, I am trying to compile a list of the best ways to register a user's computer as a second tier of validation - that is in addition to the standard username/password login, of course. Typical ways of registering a user's computer are ... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9071174",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/708034/"
] | Simply calling read doesn't guarantee that you will receive all the 63 bytes or that you receive the 63 bytes you were hoping for.. I would suggest that you somehow determine how much data you need to receive(send the data length first) and then put the recv function in a loop until you have all the data.. The send fun... | Solution: The error was that the XOpenDisplay was inside an infinite loop without being closed. I simply moved the XOpenDisplay command before the infinite loop in dostuff().
It was in fact not a socket error. |
1,668,531 | What are some key bindings that aren't included? | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1668531",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/178019/"
] | You can find the complete list of limitations in MonoTouch at [Xamarin](http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/about/limitations).
A short list of .NET features not available in MonoTouch:
* The Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)
* Generic Virtual Methods
* P/Invokes in Generic Types
* Value types as Dictionary Keys
* System.Refle... | Here is a link of the assemblies that it ships with: <http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/about/assemblies>
Here is a summary of the .Net framework assemblies:
>
> **mscorlib.dll**
>
> *Silverlight, plus several .NET 4.0 types*
>
>
> **System.dll**
>
> *Silverlight, plus types from the following namespaces:*
>
> ... |
1,668,531 | What are some key bindings that aren't included? | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1668531",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/178019/"
] | You can find the complete list of limitations in MonoTouch at [Xamarin](http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/about/limitations).
A short list of .NET features not available in MonoTouch:
* The Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)
* Generic Virtual Methods
* P/Invokes in Generic Types
* Value types as Dictionary Keys
* System.Refle... | One thing to also mention is you cannot reference .NET assemblies that haven't been built/compiled using the .NET MonoTouch configuration.
So if you have a favourite .NET 2.0 library you will need to re-import the source into a new MonoTouch project, compile it, and then reference it. There may be an easier way of doi... |
1,668,531 | What are some key bindings that aren't included? | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1668531",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/178019/"
] | Here is a link of the assemblies that it ships with: <http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/about/assemblies>
Here is a summary of the .Net framework assemblies:
>
> **mscorlib.dll**
>
> *Silverlight, plus several .NET 4.0 types*
>
>
> **System.dll**
>
> *Silverlight, plus types from the following namespaces:*
>
> ... | One thing to also mention is you cannot reference .NET assemblies that haven't been built/compiled using the .NET MonoTouch configuration.
So if you have a favourite .NET 2.0 library you will need to re-import the source into a new MonoTouch project, compile it, and then reference it. There may be an easier way of doi... |
507,894 | Is it safe if my server will create a SSH key pair for my client?
Scenario: I(server admin) will create a ssh key pair and put public key into authorized\_keys and give the private key to client so he can access my sftp server. | 2019/03/22 | [
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/507894",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/343037/"
] | Your customer should be **generating their own keys** and **securing them with a passphrase**, then giving you their **public key** to store on the server you manage and that they need to access. **Their private key should never be given to anyone and it should be encrypted** (i.e. secured with a passphrase). | To allow access vith ssh/scp/sftp you can use public/private key pair. (\*)
I you generate and install such pair you will controll who will access a specific part of your server (in your case sftp directory).
If you have two or more customer/partner, be sure to generate one key per partner.
This way customer1 will a... |
81,929 | I have acquired a lot of nice blue and green equipments ~lvl 20. I have no use for these since my class can't equip them. Should I just npc these or salvage them? What is the most profitable way? | 2012/08/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/81929",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/27998/"
] | The most profitable way to get rid of rare equipment is often the Black Lion Trading Post. For common equipment, the trade price is not even high enough to account for the cost to post the item. In those cases, it is more profitable to just sell them to a merchant.
I would just sell them to a merchant unless you reall... | Most common equipment is better off salvaged than sold. Even if you're not going to do crafting, you can usually sell the components you salvage in the TP for more than what you can sell the original item for. For 'green' items and above, better to sell them to the merchant or TP. You can check the prices in the TP whe... |
81,929 | I have acquired a lot of nice blue and green equipments ~lvl 20. I have no use for these since my class can't equip them. Should I just npc these or salvage them? What is the most profitable way? | 2012/08/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/81929",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/27998/"
] | The most profitable way to get rid of rare equipment is often the Black Lion Trading Post. For common equipment, the trade price is not even high enough to account for the cost to post the item. In those cases, it is more profitable to just sell them to a merchant.
I would just sell them to a merchant unless you reall... | It really depends also on what you are aiming at, for example Legendary weapons require different behavior, but basically that's what I do:
76+ rare/exotic weapons: save for throwing in Mystic Forge for legendary precursor
68+ rare/exotic weapons/armors: salvage with Black Lion Kit for Globes of Ectoplasm (to craft n... |
13,695 | I have been working for this couple of investors for around 18 months. The set up is, these two people will buy small online businesses and I will run these businesses from a single office. Currently I have 5 businesses to manage on my own.
Around a year ago, my boss decided to come up with a forfeit scheme, every tim... | 2013/08/07 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/13695",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10218/"
] | >
> Is it OK what my boss is doing?
>
>
>
It's not appropriate for a boss to humiliate a worker - in private or in public.
And if it's at the point where you feel concerned about being at work, then it's clearly NOT OK.
Tell your boss "No" next time, and mean it. Don't let your boss guilt you into doing somethi... | Ask your boss to show you where in your agreement, you must be perfect? Are you being paid a perfect salary? Does your employment agreement perfectly fit with local labor laws?
When he asks how you are going to pay him back for mistakes, tell him you're not. Now, what does he plan on doing about it? Continuing to both... |
13,695 | I have been working for this couple of investors for around 18 months. The set up is, these two people will buy small online businesses and I will run these businesses from a single office. Currently I have 5 businesses to manage on my own.
Around a year ago, my boss decided to come up with a forfeit scheme, every tim... | 2013/08/07 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/13695",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10218/"
] | Ask your boss to show you where in your agreement, you must be perfect? Are you being paid a perfect salary? Does your employment agreement perfectly fit with local labor laws?
When he asks how you are going to pay him back for mistakes, tell him you're not. Now, what does he plan on doing about it? Continuing to both... | It seems to be a very toxic situation and i think there are concerns on your well-being here.
There are some key questions that you need to think about -
1. Firstly you should but a stop to complying with his humiliating requests and make him aware of the toll it is taking on your ability to work there and your mor... |
13,695 | I have been working for this couple of investors for around 18 months. The set up is, these two people will buy small online businesses and I will run these businesses from a single office. Currently I have 5 businesses to manage on my own.
Around a year ago, my boss decided to come up with a forfeit scheme, every tim... | 2013/08/07 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/13695",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/10218/"
] | >
> Is it OK what my boss is doing?
>
>
>
It's not appropriate for a boss to humiliate a worker - in private or in public.
And if it's at the point where you feel concerned about being at work, then it's clearly NOT OK.
Tell your boss "No" next time, and mean it. Don't let your boss guilt you into doing somethi... | It seems to be a very toxic situation and i think there are concerns on your well-being here.
There are some key questions that you need to think about -
1. Firstly you should but a stop to complying with his humiliating requests and make him aware of the toll it is taking on your ability to work there and your mor... |
41,829 | The answer to this is likely "It is not possible.", and from what I know about filesystems and storage, I would say the same thing. But, I thought I would try the great wisdom of SuperUser:
I'm looking for a NAS device that will serve the same content over USB and via SMB.
I have a device (let's call it the reader) w... | 2009/09/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/41829",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9588/"
] | Basically, if I read you correctly, you want a Network Attached Storage device that allows you to access the data stored on it via USB and via an SMB network share simultaneously.
To muse a bit more with you, I think it is possible. It may not actually exist out in the world (yet), but it is possible to build somethin... | I've accepted sheepsimulator's answer. But I thought I would post my own just to get this out there. I've thought about this some more, and here's the only way I can imagine this working:
Have a disk enclosure that has both a USB port and an Ethernet port. There's a bit of firmware in the enclosure the runs a webserve... |
41,829 | The answer to this is likely "It is not possible.", and from what I know about filesystems and storage, I would say the same thing. But, I thought I would try the great wisdom of SuperUser:
I'm looking for a NAS device that will serve the same content over USB and via SMB.
I have a device (let's call it the reader) w... | 2009/09/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/41829",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9588/"
] | Basically, if I read you correctly, you want a Network Attached Storage device that allows you to access the data stored on it via USB and via an SMB network share simultaneously.
To muse a bit more with you, I think it is possible. It may not actually exist out in the world (yet), but it is possible to build somethin... | I dont know if you ever solved this, but have a look at this, I just ordered one, had a similar requirement to you, I want to carry a pc around with me and thats it, and need to be able to easily share the data on it like a drive , such as AV progs or Hirens disc etc with other pc's
<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-Go-Link-... |
41,829 | The answer to this is likely "It is not possible.", and from what I know about filesystems and storage, I would say the same thing. But, I thought I would try the great wisdom of SuperUser:
I'm looking for a NAS device that will serve the same content over USB and via SMB.
I have a device (let's call it the reader) w... | 2009/09/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/41829",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9588/"
] | Basically, if I read you correctly, you want a Network Attached Storage device that allows you to access the data stored on it via USB and via an SMB network share simultaneously.
To muse a bit more with you, I think it is possible. It may not actually exist out in the world (yet), but it is possible to build somethin... | It is not possiblwe. USB disk file-systems are managed by a host computer which is aware of blocks, allocations, which files are open, where they are, etc. It is just a block device.
A NAS on the other hand maintains internal awareness of all of these factors and they won’t match the awareness of the computer that has... |
41,829 | The answer to this is likely "It is not possible.", and from what I know about filesystems and storage, I would say the same thing. But, I thought I would try the great wisdom of SuperUser:
I'm looking for a NAS device that will serve the same content over USB and via SMB.
I have a device (let's call it the reader) w... | 2009/09/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/41829",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9588/"
] | I dont know if you ever solved this, but have a look at this, I just ordered one, had a similar requirement to you, I want to carry a pc around with me and thats it, and need to be able to easily share the data on it like a drive , such as AV progs or Hirens disc etc with other pc's
<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-Go-Link-... | I've accepted sheepsimulator's answer. But I thought I would post my own just to get this out there. I've thought about this some more, and here's the only way I can imagine this working:
Have a disk enclosure that has both a USB port and an Ethernet port. There's a bit of firmware in the enclosure the runs a webserve... |
41,829 | The answer to this is likely "It is not possible.", and from what I know about filesystems and storage, I would say the same thing. But, I thought I would try the great wisdom of SuperUser:
I'm looking for a NAS device that will serve the same content over USB and via SMB.
I have a device (let's call it the reader) w... | 2009/09/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/41829",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9588/"
] | I dont know if you ever solved this, but have a look at this, I just ordered one, had a similar requirement to you, I want to carry a pc around with me and thats it, and need to be able to easily share the data on it like a drive , such as AV progs or Hirens disc etc with other pc's
<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-Go-Link-... | It is not possiblwe. USB disk file-systems are managed by a host computer which is aware of blocks, allocations, which files are open, where they are, etc. It is just a block device.
A NAS on the other hand maintains internal awareness of all of these factors and they won’t match the awareness of the computer that has... |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | Well, if you don't use SSL, you will always be at a higher risk for someone trying to sniff your passwords. You probably just need to evaluate the risk factor of your site.
Also remember that even having SSL does not guarentee that your data is safe. It is really all in how you code it to make sure you provide the ex... | Plain HTTP is vulnerable to sniffing. If you don't want to buy SSL certificates, you can use self-signed certificates and ask your clients to trust that certificate to circumvent the warning shown by the browser (as your authenticated users are just a few known admins, this approach makes perfect sense). |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | In the scenario you describe regular users would be exposed to session hijacking and all their information would also be transferred "in the clear". Unless you use a trusted CA the administrators might be exposed to a Man-in-the-middle attack.
Instead of a self-signed cert you might want to consider using a certificat... | Plain HTTP is vulnerable to sniffing. If you don't want to buy SSL certificates, you can use self-signed certificates and ask your clients to trust that certificate to circumvent the warning shown by the browser (as your authenticated users are just a few known admins, this approach makes perfect sense). |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | Well, if you don't use SSL, you will always be at a higher risk for someone trying to sniff your passwords. You probably just need to evaluate the risk factor of your site.
Also remember that even having SSL does not guarentee that your data is safe. It is really all in how you code it to make sure you provide the ex... | In the scenario you describe regular users would be exposed to session hijacking and all their information would also be transferred "in the clear". Unless you use a trusted CA the administrators might be exposed to a Man-in-the-middle attack.
Instead of a self-signed cert you might want to consider using a certificat... |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | Since only your admins will be using the secure session, just use a self-signed certificate. It's not the best user experience, but it's better to keep that information secure. | In the scenario you describe regular users would be exposed to session hijacking and all their information would also be transferred "in the clear". Unless you use a trusted CA the administrators might be exposed to a Man-in-the-middle attack.
Instead of a self-signed cert you might want to consider using a certificat... |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | Since only your admins will be using the secure session, just use a self-signed certificate. It's not the best user experience, but it's better to keep that information secure. | Use HTTPS with a free certificate. [StartCom](http://cert.startcom.org/) is free, and included in by Firefox browsers; since only your administrators will be logging in, they can easily import the CA if they want to use IE.
Don't skimp on security. Anecdotally, I have seen websites that sound similar to yours defaced ... |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | Since only your admins will be using the secure session, just use a self-signed certificate. It's not the best user experience, but it's better to keep that information secure. | Plain HTTP is vulnerable to sniffing. If you don't want to buy SSL certificates, you can use self-signed certificates and ask your clients to trust that certificate to circumvent the warning shown by the browser (as your authenticated users are just a few known admins, this approach makes perfect sense). |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | Use HTTPS with a free certificate. [StartCom](http://cert.startcom.org/) is free, and included in by Firefox browsers; since only your administrators will be logging in, they can easily import the CA if they want to use IE.
Don't skimp on security. Anecdotally, I have seen websites that sound similar to yours defaced ... | Realistically, it's much more likely that one of the computers used to access the website will be compromised by a keylogger than the HTTP connection will be sniffed. |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | Well, if you don't use SSL, you will always be at a higher risk for someone trying to sniff your passwords. You probably just need to evaluate the risk factor of your site.
Also remember that even having SSL does not guarentee that your data is safe. It is really all in how you code it to make sure you provide the ex... | Use HTTPS with a free certificate. [StartCom](http://cert.startcom.org/) is free, and included in by Firefox browsers; since only your administrators will be logging in, they can easily import the CA if they want to use IE.
Don't skimp on security. Anecdotally, I have seen websites that sound similar to yours defaced ... |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | Since only your admins will be using the secure session, just use a self-signed certificate. It's not the best user experience, but it's better to keep that information secure. | Realistically, it's much more likely that one of the computers used to access the website will be compromised by a keylogger than the HTTP connection will be sniffed. |
878,520 | I'm working on a small website for a local church. The site needs to allow administrators to edit content and post new events/updates. The only "secure" information managed by the site will be the admins' login info and a church directory with phone numbers and addresses.
How at risk would I be if I were to go without... | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/878520",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108893/"
] | Use HTTPS with a free certificate. [StartCom](http://cert.startcom.org/) is free, and included in by Firefox browsers; since only your administrators will be logging in, they can easily import the CA if they want to use IE.
Don't skimp on security. Anecdotally, I have seen websites that sound similar to yours defaced ... | Plain HTTP is vulnerable to sniffing. If you don't want to buy SSL certificates, you can use self-signed certificates and ask your clients to trust that certificate to circumvent the warning shown by the browser (as your authenticated users are just a few known admins, this approach makes perfect sense). |
226,735 | I am looking at establish a circuit allowing to detect when one or two wire are cut such as a tamper system. When the wire are cut it should signal this a GPIO.
I suppose I need to use a transistor connected to GPIO but I have a bit some difficulty to see how. | 2016/04/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/226735",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/104309/"
] | 
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fA8UqT.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
*Figure 1. GPIO normally pulled low by tamper loop. Cutting loop causes GPIO to be pulled high by R1.*
C1... | An alternative to detecting change in voltage on the GPIO pin would be to use a dedicated [current loop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_loop) controller. There exists many [4–20mA](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/tags/4-20ma/info) control circuits that will have a indicator pin for when there is no current... |
226,735 | I am looking at establish a circuit allowing to detect when one or two wire are cut such as a tamper system. When the wire are cut it should signal this a GPIO.
I suppose I need to use a transistor connected to GPIO but I have a bit some difficulty to see how. | 2016/04/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/226735",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/104309/"
] | 
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fA8UqT.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
*Figure 1. GPIO normally pulled low by tamper loop. Cutting loop causes GPIO to be pulled high by R1.*
C1... | Pull up the GPIO externally to HIGH. Configure a cheap uC to trigger an interrupt when the pin value changes from HIGH->LOW.When you enter the ISR,you'l know that your circuit was tampered/cut.
If you want to go a little further,you could use an [Event Monitor](http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/PCF2127.pdf) to c... |
226,735 | I am looking at establish a circuit allowing to detect when one or two wire are cut such as a tamper system. When the wire are cut it should signal this a GPIO.
I suppose I need to use a transistor connected to GPIO but I have a bit some difficulty to see how. | 2016/04/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/226735",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/104309/"
] | 
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fA8UqT.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
*Figure 1. GPIO normally pulled low by tamper loop. Cutting loop causes GPIO to be pulled high by R1.*
C1... | It depends on what level of tampering you want to be able to detect. The minimum approach is described by transistor.
Note that a clever tamperer can simply ground the top line, then cut the loop and perform mischief. A more robust system uses two pins. The processor drives one with different values, then checks the o... |
226,735 | I am looking at establish a circuit allowing to detect when one or two wire are cut such as a tamper system. When the wire are cut it should signal this a GPIO.
I suppose I need to use a transistor connected to GPIO but I have a bit some difficulty to see how. | 2016/04/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/226735",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/104309/"
] | An alternative to detecting change in voltage on the GPIO pin would be to use a dedicated [current loop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_loop) controller. There exists many [4–20mA](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/tags/4-20ma/info) control circuits that will have a indicator pin for when there is no current... | It depends on what level of tampering you want to be able to detect. The minimum approach is described by transistor.
Note that a clever tamperer can simply ground the top line, then cut the loop and perform mischief. A more robust system uses two pins. The processor drives one with different values, then checks the o... |
226,735 | I am looking at establish a circuit allowing to detect when one or two wire are cut such as a tamper system. When the wire are cut it should signal this a GPIO.
I suppose I need to use a transistor connected to GPIO but I have a bit some difficulty to see how. | 2016/04/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/226735",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/104309/"
] | Pull up the GPIO externally to HIGH. Configure a cheap uC to trigger an interrupt when the pin value changes from HIGH->LOW.When you enter the ISR,you'l know that your circuit was tampered/cut.
If you want to go a little further,you could use an [Event Monitor](http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/PCF2127.pdf) to c... | It depends on what level of tampering you want to be able to detect. The minimum approach is described by transistor.
Note that a clever tamperer can simply ground the top line, then cut the loop and perform mischief. A more robust system uses two pins. The processor drives one with different values, then checks the o... |
126,532 | So I have generic fantasy Human Empire, relatively Good folks, but mostly Orderly. Racially mostly homogeneous, some elves and dwarves are present, but 99% humans. And there is the Monster Empire, which is ruled by dragons, but has all kinds of naturally Evil monsters (and by Evil I mean DnD like alignments, so tangibl... | 2018/10/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/126532",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/55884/"
] | The US and Britain worked with the USSR in WW2.
-----------------------------------------------
It's not exactly like your scenario, though, since the US+Britain and USSR made Germany fight a three-front war whereas your scenario is a one-front war.
More importantly, there were people in US+Britain who were deluded i... | Continued from my comment...
There's a TV show running just now, "Britannia", that tells a story (a story expanded and exaggerated for the sake of romance/theatrics) of the second attempt of the Roman empire to invade Britain.
As the story is told (minor spoiler), **after the Romans establish a foothold, while consi... |
301,927 | So, I'm playing this video game and I came across this sentence that uses "stem from" in an alien way to me.
"Their zeal is admirable, but their ideas impractical for a society that must maintain secrecy and organization **to stem** its own genocide **from** coming about."
I know that "stem from" means Originate from... | 2021/11/10 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/301927",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/140013/"
] | Both are correct. But how?
These sentences both use "unreal" grammar. The reason they're both correct will make more sense if we change them back to real sentences with the same meaning:
>
> (1) We **have been** able to come here because it isn't raining.
>
>
> (2) We **were** able to come here because it wasn't r... | One does not say, "If it was..", but "If it were..." This is the subjunctive mood, used in stating a condition *known* to be false.
[Tevye is grammatically correct](https://genius.com/Topol-if-i-were-a-rich-man-lyrics) asking, "If I were a rich man." |
301,927 | So, I'm playing this video game and I came across this sentence that uses "stem from" in an alien way to me.
"Their zeal is admirable, but their ideas impractical for a society that must maintain secrecy and organization **to stem** its own genocide **from** coming about."
I know that "stem from" means Originate from... | 2021/11/10 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/301927",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/140013/"
] | Both are correct, it depends on the time. You say the second one, for instance, when you tell this memory to a friend a year later because it's the third conditional. It's explained on British Council Learn English website as;
''The third conditional is used to imagine a different past. We imagine a change in a past s... | One does not say, "If it was..", but "If it were..." This is the subjunctive mood, used in stating a condition *known* to be false.
[Tevye is grammatically correct](https://genius.com/Topol-if-i-were-a-rich-man-lyrics) asking, "If I were a rich man." |
301,927 | So, I'm playing this video game and I came across this sentence that uses "stem from" in an alien way to me.
"Their zeal is admirable, but their ideas impractical for a society that must maintain secrecy and organization **to stem** its own genocide **from** coming about."
I know that "stem from" means Originate from... | 2021/11/10 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/301927",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/140013/"
] | The simple past ("was") is used to discuss possibilities. The past perfect ("had been") is used to discuss counterfactuals. That is, if you're uncertain about whether something happened, and want to discuss the consequences of it being the case, the simple past is appropriate. For instance, "If it was raining, they wil... | One does not say, "If it was..", but "If it were..." This is the subjunctive mood, used in stating a condition *known* to be false.
[Tevye is grammatically correct](https://genius.com/Topol-if-i-were-a-rich-man-lyrics) asking, "If I were a rich man." |
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