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521,702 | I am a LaTeX newbie. I am curious to hear your recommendations about the best places to learn it. More precisely, I am going to start writing my doctoral thesis in it. Our school already has a template but I would like to get the basics first before diving into that template. With that, I plan to continue writing my jo... | 2019/12/23 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/521702",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
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] | My go to is [Wiki](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX). It literally has everything you need. It is laid out pretty great where you can both learn, and use it as a reference. I use it often. Also, the TeX - LaTeX StackExchange is an excellent place to get answers to specific problems.
Once you have an appropriate tem... | I suggest that you just start using LaTeX for small projects, perhaps at [sharelatex](https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=sharelatex&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) or [overleaf](https://www.overleaf.com/). If you're really brand new to it, search online for *latex tutorial*.
Once you are underway, learn feat... |
521,702 | I am a LaTeX newbie. I am curious to hear your recommendations about the best places to learn it. More precisely, I am going to start writing my doctoral thesis in it. Our school already has a template but I would like to get the basics first before diving into that template. With that, I plan to continue writing my jo... | 2019/12/23 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/521702",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/203832/"
] | My go to is [Wiki](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX). It literally has everything you need. It is laid out pretty great where you can both learn, and use it as a reference. I use it often. Also, the TeX - LaTeX StackExchange is an excellent place to get answers to specific problems.
Once you have an appropriate tem... | Check out the IITB LaTeX course at edX |
521,702 | I am a LaTeX newbie. I am curious to hear your recommendations about the best places to learn it. More precisely, I am going to start writing my doctoral thesis in it. Our school already has a template but I would like to get the basics first before diving into that template. With that, I plan to continue writing my jo... | 2019/12/23 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/521702",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/203832/"
] | Little known fact: arXiv is great for this. Look for papers in your field on arXiv, and instead of downloading the pdf, download the source file (changing the file type if needed, so that it will open). Not only will you learn how to make fancy tables, pictures, etc... --- you will also often get to read all the commen... | I suggest that you just start using LaTeX for small projects, perhaps at [sharelatex](https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=sharelatex&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) or [overleaf](https://www.overleaf.com/). If you're really brand new to it, search online for *latex tutorial*.
Once you are underway, learn feat... |
521,702 | I am a LaTeX newbie. I am curious to hear your recommendations about the best places to learn it. More precisely, I am going to start writing my doctoral thesis in it. Our school already has a template but I would like to get the basics first before diving into that template. With that, I plan to continue writing my jo... | 2019/12/23 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/521702",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/203832/"
] | I suggest that you just start using LaTeX for small projects, perhaps at [sharelatex](https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=sharelatex&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) or [overleaf](https://www.overleaf.com/). If you're really brand new to it, search online for *latex tutorial*.
Once you are underway, learn feat... | Check out the IITB LaTeX course at edX |
521,702 | I am a LaTeX newbie. I am curious to hear your recommendations about the best places to learn it. More precisely, I am going to start writing my doctoral thesis in it. Our school already has a template but I would like to get the basics first before diving into that template. With that, I plan to continue writing my jo... | 2019/12/23 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/521702",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/203832/"
] | Little known fact: arXiv is great for this. Look for papers in your field on arXiv, and instead of downloading the pdf, download the source file (changing the file type if needed, so that it will open). Not only will you learn how to make fancy tables, pictures, etc... --- you will also often get to read all the commen... | Check out the IITB LaTeX course at edX |
26,932,366 | As a previous result of a bad TFS project management, several tasks has been created in the wrong work item. Now I need to move several tasks to different work items. Is there an easy way to do it?
So far, I have to edit each task, remove the previos link to primary element and create a new one, but this is taking a l... | 2014/11/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26932366",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/897383/"
] | I suspect that the easiest way to do it would be from Excel. Create a Tree-based query that shows everything, then move the child records in Excel using simple cut and insert cut cells. Excel will then allow you to publish the new structure in one go.
If you need to move items up to a higher or lower level, place the ... | MS Project is extremely good with modifying hierarchies of work items. The steps are exactly the same as setting it up in Excel, but project inherently handles parent/child relationships, giving them a drag-and-drop interaction.
jessehouwing's Excel answer will be easier if you have never worked with project before.
... |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | I have exactly the same situation at work (with CVS instead of subversion and the rest of the team using KDevelop but that's no big deal). Just start a new Qt Gui project using the Qt - Eclipse integration features and then remove all the auto generated files. Now using the "Team" features of eclipse and choose to shar... | Second nikolavp - Checkout, and mark the option to use the new project wizard, then select Qt project. I've done this (with ganymede) and it successfully finds everything and builds correctly. |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | OK, I've been playing around with this idea, and it has some merit. I can switch to the "SVN Project Exploring" perspective (which I hadn't noticed before), and do a checkout from the head of the sub-project I want. I get a nice SVN-linked copy of the tree in my Eclipse workspace for editing. Eclipse even "understands"... | The only way I could get this to work was to check out the project with eclipse and then copy over the .project and .cdtproject files from another Qt-project. Then do a refresh on the project. This is a horrible hack but it gets you started.
You might need to define another builder for 'make'. |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | I would create a new QT project in eclipse, then switch perspectives to subclipse and simply do a SVN checkout into the new eclipse project. You should be good to go. | OK, I've been playing around with this idea, and it has some merit. I can switch to the "SVN Project Exploring" perspective (which I hadn't noticed before), and do a checkout from the head of the sub-project I want. I get a nice SVN-linked copy of the tree in my Eclipse workspace for editing. Eclipse even "understands"... |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | I would create a new QT project in eclipse, then switch perspectives to subclipse and simply do a SVN checkout into the new eclipse project. You should be good to go. | Checkout the project. It will ask you some options like if you want to start with a blank project, or want to use the tree to make a new project. Choose the latter and you should be ok :). It seems to work for me with Ganymed and subversive(not sure about subclipse and i don't remember.) :) |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | OK, I've been playing around with this idea, and it has some merit. I can switch to the "SVN Project Exploring" perspective (which I hadn't noticed before), and do a checkout from the head of the sub-project I want. I get a nice SVN-linked copy of the tree in my Eclipse workspace for editing. Eclipse even "understands"... | My solution:
1. go to the svn-view and add the repository location for your project
2. check out the project some temporary location with svn or any client you like
3. choose 'File->Import...' and say 'Qt->Qt project'
4. browse to the location of the \*.pro file, select and hit the OK-Button
5. you are in the game wit... |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | I have exactly the same situation at work (with CVS instead of subversion and the rest of the team using KDevelop but that's no big deal). Just start a new Qt Gui project using the Qt - Eclipse integration features and then remove all the auto generated files. Now using the "Team" features of eclipse and choose to shar... | I would say the same as the last one,
but instead of the two first steps I would set up the Qt-Eclipse integration:
[Qt-Eclipse integration](http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/eclipse-integration) before looking for the \*.pro file. |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | OK, I've been playing around with this idea, and it has some merit. I can switch to the "SVN Project Exploring" perspective (which I hadn't noticed before), and do a checkout from the head of the sub-project I want. I get a nice SVN-linked copy of the tree in my Eclipse workspace for editing. Eclipse even "understands"... | I would say the same as the last one,
but instead of the two first steps I would set up the Qt-Eclipse integration:
[Qt-Eclipse integration](http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/eclipse-integration) before looking for the \*.pro file. |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | OK, I've been playing around with this idea, and it has some merit. I can switch to the "SVN Project Exploring" perspective (which I hadn't noticed before), and do a checkout from the head of the sub-project I want. I get a nice SVN-linked copy of the tree in my Eclipse workspace for editing. Eclipse even "understands"... | Checkout the project. It will ask you some options like if you want to start with a blank project, or want to use the tree to make a new project. Choose the latter and you should be ok :). It seems to work for me with Ganymed and subversive(not sure about subclipse and i don't remember.) :) |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | OK, I've been playing around with this idea, and it has some merit. I can switch to the "SVN Project Exploring" perspective (which I hadn't noticed before), and do a checkout from the head of the sub-project I want. I get a nice SVN-linked copy of the tree in my Eclipse workspace for editing. Eclipse even "understands"... | Second nikolavp - Checkout, and mark the option to use the new project wizard, then select Qt project. I've done this (with ganymede) and it successfully finds everything and builds correctly. |
71,815 | Most of the work being done at my company is Qt-based C++, and it's all checked into a Subversion repository. Until now, all work on the codebase has been done purely with nano, or perhaps Kate. Being new here, I would like to take advantage of setting up Eclipse -properly- to edit my local copy of the tree. I have the... | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71815",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11959/"
] | I would create a new QT project in eclipse, then switch perspectives to subclipse and simply do a SVN checkout into the new eclipse project. You should be good to go. | My solution:
1. go to the svn-view and add the repository location for your project
2. check out the project some temporary location with svn or any client you like
3. choose 'File->Import...' and say 'Qt->Qt project'
4. browse to the location of the \*.pro file, select and hit the OK-Button
5. you are in the game wit... |
45,731,858 | i am running the airflow pipeline but codes looks seems good but actually i'm getting the airflow.exceptions.AirflowException: Cycle detected in DAG. Faulty task:
can u please help to resolve this issue | 2017/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/45731858",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8259305/"
] | This can happen due to duplicate task\_id'a in multiple tasks. | Without the code, it's kind of hard to help you. However, this means that you have a loop in your DAG. Generally, thie error happens when one of your task has a downstream task whose own downstream chain includes it again (A calls B calls C calls D calls A again, for example).
That's not permitted by Airflow (and DAGs... |
7,812 | I'd like to make some extra icepacks to put in my coolbag. The 2 commercial icepacks it comes with don't maintain the temperature for long enough, so I've tried supplementing them with plastic bottles of water that I've frozen. This works reasonably well but are there other containers that would work better and is ther... | 2015/07/27 | [
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] | ### Use a mixture to modify the water's properties
You could use an antifreeze/water mixture that you put in a bottle. You will have a much lower freezing and higher boiling point that just water. This will allow you to keep your frozen packs at a lower temperature than plain ice for longer.
### Safety Concerns
You ... | The "R" value of the cooler insulation as well as the seal around the lid are important in retaining the cold. The size of the cooler is also important because the ratio of ice to the product you are trying to keep cool is also a factor. You can get pink RV anti-freeze used to winterize drinking water pipes and tanks i... |
7,812 | I'd like to make some extra icepacks to put in my coolbag. The 2 commercial icepacks it comes with don't maintain the temperature for long enough, so I've tried supplementing them with plastic bottles of water that I've frozen. This works reasonably well but are there other containers that would work better and is ther... | 2015/07/27 | [
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] | ### Use a mixture to modify the water's properties
You could use an antifreeze/water mixture that you put in a bottle. You will have a much lower freezing and higher boiling point that just water. This will allow you to keep your frozen packs at a lower temperature than plain ice for longer.
### Safety Concerns
You ... | Place you whole cooler in extra isolation, like a good sleeping bag or several old blankets.
This works best if you do not have to open the cooler much or at all.
You can take out the beers all at once and keep them cool by rolling them, individualy, in a big towel.
That allows the cooler to stay at a steady tem... |
7,812 | I'd like to make some extra icepacks to put in my coolbag. The 2 commercial icepacks it comes with don't maintain the temperature for long enough, so I've tried supplementing them with plastic bottles of water that I've frozen. This works reasonably well but are there other containers that would work better and is ther... | 2015/07/27 | [
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] | Insulate your cooler more effectively.
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You didn't mention what type of cooler you are using, so I am guessing that you have a standard injection molded plastic cooler. If you have Styrofoam, then this answer won't work for you.
Drill a hole into the injection molded plastic at o... | The "R" value of the cooler insulation as well as the seal around the lid are important in retaining the cold. The size of the cooler is also important because the ratio of ice to the product you are trying to keep cool is also a factor. You can get pink RV anti-freeze used to winterize drinking water pipes and tanks i... |
7,812 | I'd like to make some extra icepacks to put in my coolbag. The 2 commercial icepacks it comes with don't maintain the temperature for long enough, so I've tried supplementing them with plastic bottles of water that I've frozen. This works reasonably well but are there other containers that would work better and is ther... | 2015/07/27 | [
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"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
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] | Insulate your cooler more effectively.
--------------------------------------
You didn't mention what type of cooler you are using, so I am guessing that you have a standard injection molded plastic cooler. If you have Styrofoam, then this answer won't work for you.
Drill a hole into the injection molded plastic at o... | Place you whole cooler in extra isolation, like a good sleeping bag or several old blankets.
This works best if you do not have to open the cooler much or at all.
You can take out the beers all at once and keep them cool by rolling them, individualy, in a big towel.
That allows the cooler to stay at a steady tem... |
7,812 | I'd like to make some extra icepacks to put in my coolbag. The 2 commercial icepacks it comes with don't maintain the temperature for long enough, so I've tried supplementing them with plastic bottles of water that I've frozen. This works reasonably well but are there other containers that would work better and is ther... | 2015/07/27 | [
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] | I've never done this myself, but I've camped with people who have used dry ice to keep things cold/frozen over the course of four days.
Dry ice is much colder than regular ice, so you may actually have to insulate things you don't want to freeze from it. Keep it at the bottom of the bag, or maybe move it to the top if... | The "R" value of the cooler insulation as well as the seal around the lid are important in retaining the cold. The size of the cooler is also important because the ratio of ice to the product you are trying to keep cool is also a factor. You can get pink RV anti-freeze used to winterize drinking water pipes and tanks i... |
7,812 | I'd like to make some extra icepacks to put in my coolbag. The 2 commercial icepacks it comes with don't maintain the temperature for long enough, so I've tried supplementing them with plastic bottles of water that I've frozen. This works reasonably well but are there other containers that would work better and is ther... | 2015/07/27 | [
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] | I've never done this myself, but I've camped with people who have used dry ice to keep things cold/frozen over the course of four days.
Dry ice is much colder than regular ice, so you may actually have to insulate things you don't want to freeze from it. Keep it at the bottom of the bag, or maybe move it to the top if... | Place you whole cooler in extra isolation, like a good sleeping bag or several old blankets.
This works best if you do not have to open the cooler much or at all.
You can take out the beers all at once and keep them cool by rolling them, individualy, in a big towel.
That allows the cooler to stay at a steady tem... |
7,812 | I'd like to make some extra icepacks to put in my coolbag. The 2 commercial icepacks it comes with don't maintain the temperature for long enough, so I've tried supplementing them with plastic bottles of water that I've frozen. This works reasonably well but are there other containers that would work better and is ther... | 2015/07/27 | [
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"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
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] | This may seem to be a simple approach but here it goes. 2 options:
1. 2 separate coolers, one for beers one for food. If you don't open the food cooler till the morning the cooling will last much longer.
2. The easier option: place your beers in the freezer as well not long enough for them to freeze but maybe 5 hours ... | The "R" value of the cooler insulation as well as the seal around the lid are important in retaining the cold. The size of the cooler is also important because the ratio of ice to the product you are trying to keep cool is also a factor. You can get pink RV anti-freeze used to winterize drinking water pipes and tanks i... |
7,812 | I'd like to make some extra icepacks to put in my coolbag. The 2 commercial icepacks it comes with don't maintain the temperature for long enough, so I've tried supplementing them with plastic bottles of water that I've frozen. This works reasonably well but are there other containers that would work better and is ther... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/7812",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/5304/"
] | This may seem to be a simple approach but here it goes. 2 options:
1. 2 separate coolers, one for beers one for food. If you don't open the food cooler till the morning the cooling will last much longer.
2. The easier option: place your beers in the freezer as well not long enough for them to freeze but maybe 5 hours ... | Place you whole cooler in extra isolation, like a good sleeping bag or several old blankets.
This works best if you do not have to open the cooler much or at all.
You can take out the beers all at once and keep them cool by rolling them, individualy, in a big towel.
That allows the cooler to stay at a steady tem... |
175,583 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [Where does this concept of “favor composition over inheritance” come from?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/65179/where-does-this-concept-of-favor-composition-over-inheritance-come-from)
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I have colleagues at work who claim that "Inheritance is an a... | 2012/11/12 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/175583",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/65385/"
] | You're sort of looking at it backwards. Composition isn't preferred because of some unseen benefit of composition, it's preferred because it avoids the drawbacks of inheritance. Inheritance adds the significant benefit of substitutability. However, that benefit comes with the significant cost of tight coupling. Inherit... | I think the difference between the two things is in their intent. Is the class you are writing really meant to be used as replacement / specialisation of its Base class or is it just using some functionality? If the First Case is true you should go with inheritance. If the latter is true go for composition. In my exper... |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | Personally, I feel that the beauty of the badges is in their names. Some are very creative and others are well, some may say abstract.
As much as part of me is curious/excited to see how the graphical badges might turn out, I feel that it will dilute the names' impact.
Having say that, maybe someone can come out with... | For some reason, this reminded me of [a scene from *Time Bandits*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmS_hMnFNVM#t=1m12s). View last few seconds starting from about 1:12. |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | You can see graphical badges on some of the Stack Exchange sites -- epic advice and VFX overflow come to mind.
While I fully support this kind of customization for SE, I am not sure it really fits well with the highly-text oriented, no frills nature of the trilogy at the moment. | For some reason, this reminded me of [a scene from *Time Bandits*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmS_hMnFNVM#t=1m12s). View last few seconds starting from about 1:12. |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | It doesn't sound real useful even for visual effect, since the badges are only seen when you look at your profile page or the badge page. | For some reason, this reminded me of [a scene from *Time Bandits*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmS_hMnFNVM#t=1m12s). View last few seconds starting from about 1:12. |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | My eyes are already bleeding | You can see graphical badges on some of the Stack Exchange sites -- epic advice and VFX overflow come to mind.
While I fully support this kind of customization for SE, I am not sure it really fits well with the highly-text oriented, no frills nature of the trilogy at the moment. |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | Personally, I feel that the beauty of the badges is in their names. Some are very creative and others are well, some may say abstract.
As much as part of me is curious/excited to see how the graphical badges might turn out, I feel that it will dilute the names' impact.
Having say that, maybe someone can come out with... | You can see graphical badges on some of the Stack Exchange sites -- epic advice and VFX overflow come to mind.
While I fully support this kind of customization for SE, I am not sure it really fits well with the highly-text oriented, no frills nature of the trilogy at the moment. |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | Personally, I feel that the beauty of the badges is in their names. Some are very creative and others are well, some may say abstract.
As much as part of me is curious/excited to see how the graphical badges might turn out, I feel that it will dilute the names' impact.
Having say that, maybe someone can come out with... | It doesn't sound real useful even for visual effect, since the badges are only seen when you look at your profile page or the badge page. |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | We do have a very large community here.
Of programmers, system administrators and computer power users.
I'm not sure I'd count too heavily on this community for engaging, attractive, consistent (from a design language perspective) graphical icons.
Now, if you want a bunch of awesome freehand MS Paint art, you are to... | For some reason, this reminded me of [a scene from *Time Bandits*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmS_hMnFNVM#t=1m12s). View last few seconds starting from about 1:12. |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | You can see graphical badges on some of the Stack Exchange sites -- epic advice and VFX overflow come to mind.
While I fully support this kind of customization for SE, I am not sure it really fits well with the highly-text oriented, no frills nature of the trilogy at the moment. | It doesn't sound real useful even for visual effect, since the badges are only seen when you look at your profile page or the badge page. |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | My eyes are already bleeding | It doesn't sound real useful even for visual effect, since the badges are only seen when you look at your profile page or the badge page. |
38,330 | Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...
I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!
With ... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38330",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/142697/"
] | My eyes are already bleeding | We do have a very large community here.
Of programmers, system administrators and computer power users.
I'm not sure I'd count too heavily on this community for engaging, attractive, consistent (from a design language perspective) graphical icons.
Now, if you want a bunch of awesome freehand MS Paint art, you are to... |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | Well I responded to some posts above that had incorrect information, but I figured I should just post my own response to better explain.
Anonymous is made up of basically 2 subgroups:
1. Skiddies (script kiddies) and newbies who have only the most basic security knowledge, and just sit in their IRC and basically be ... | Maybe you should read [this PDF](http://cryptome.org/0003/anonymous-barr.pdf). They are not so anonymous. The LOIC tool used for DDOS, leaks the original IP of the person using it. You can use the browser (JavaScript) version of the same tool, maybe hiding behind Tor.
HBGary Federal exposed their names and addresses i... |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | In addition to the answers that have already been given, another reason it is so hard to catch **anonymous** is because **anonymous** can be anyone, literally. I mean this in two ways. First, hackers can use a combination of malware, spyware, and bots to access and use/loop through other peoples computers anywhere in t... | Maybe you should read [this PDF](http://cryptome.org/0003/anonymous-barr.pdf). They are not so anonymous. The LOIC tool used for DDOS, leaks the original IP of the person using it. You can use the browser (JavaScript) version of the same tool, maybe hiding behind Tor.
HBGary Federal exposed their names and addresses i... |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | One of the most important aspects of an attack like this is covering your tracks. There are lots of different ways to do this, as it depends on the technology. To address your specific questions:
When they DDoS: If the flood was coming from their own machines, then it would be fairly easy to track them. The problem li... | In addition to the answers that have already been given, another reason it is so hard to catch **anonymous** is because **anonymous** can be anyone, literally. I mean this in two ways. First, hackers can use a combination of malware, spyware, and bots to access and use/loop through other peoples computers anywhere in t... |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | One of the most important aspects of an attack like this is covering your tracks. There are lots of different ways to do this, as it depends on the technology. To address your specific questions:
When they DDoS: If the flood was coming from their own machines, then it would be fairly easy to track them. The problem li... | [Here is an article](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=tracking-cyber-hackers) asking (and answering) just that very question from the Scientific American site posted this month. The short answer to the question is spoofing of source addresses and the use of proxies. |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | The thing about a DDoS is that you use *other people's* IPs, not your own. It's relatively simple to become untraceable on the Internet -- just route your traffic though a host that is not keeping traffic logs. As someone who frequently has to try to track these people down, I can tell you what an impossible nightmare ... | Maybe you should read [this PDF](http://cryptome.org/0003/anonymous-barr.pdf). They are not so anonymous. The LOIC tool used for DDOS, leaks the original IP of the person using it. You can use the browser (JavaScript) version of the same tool, maybe hiding behind Tor.
HBGary Federal exposed their names and addresses i... |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | There are NUMEROUS ways for a hacker to cover their tracks..
Here is one very generalized example:
A hacker can compromise a third party machine and use it to do attacks on the hackers behalf. Because the system is compromised, the hacker can delete/modify logs. A hacker can also piggyback machines, such as, log into... | Several post discuss the technical difficulties in finding the persons behind these groups. It is not at all easy to backtrack their activity when using many machines to create a sense of anonymity.
Another very important aspect is that the police, the intelligence communities around the globe and the different counti... |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | Maybe you should read [this PDF](http://cryptome.org/0003/anonymous-barr.pdf). They are not so anonymous. The LOIC tool used for DDOS, leaks the original IP of the person using it. You can use the browser (JavaScript) version of the same tool, maybe hiding behind Tor.
HBGary Federal exposed their names and addresses i... | **Hackers can be caught, Anonymous cannot.** Anonymous is such a lose collective that it is not materially hurt by law enforcement striking out at its individual hackers. However, it does respond violently against any organization that attempts to do so. This means
* Its very hard to strike down Anonymous just by catc... |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | From some experience with law enforcement and forensics, I can say one of the biggest issues is that ISPs really don't want to have to track users. Once they get beyond a certain level of management they lose 'common carrier' status and become liable for an awful lot of what their customers may do.
Also, many countrie... | There is one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet: the human factor.
These groups do not have a hierarchy as such, instead they form around a set of ideas. Most of the time, the only idea in common is "the governments are wrong, we must do justice by hacking", which is probably a feeling that's only getting stronger, ... |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | My answer pokes at the original question. What makes you think that they don't get caught?
The CIA and DoD found Osama bin Laden.
Typical means include OSINT, TECHINT, and HUMINT. Forensics can be done on Tor. Secure deletion tools such as sdelete, BCWipe, and DBAN are not perfect. Encryption tools such as GPG and Tr... | [Here is an article](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=tracking-cyber-hackers) asking (and answering) just that very question from the Scientific American site posted this month. The short answer to the question is spoofing of source addresses and the use of proxies. |
2,231 | I'm not security literate, and if I was, I probably wouldn't be asking this question. As a regular tech news follower, I'm really surprised by the [outrage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29#Activities) of [Anonymous (hacker group)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29), but as a critical... | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/2231",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1152/"
] | Well I responded to some posts above that had incorrect information, but I figured I should just post my own response to better explain.
Anonymous is made up of basically 2 subgroups:
1. Skiddies (script kiddies) and newbies who have only the most basic security knowledge, and just sit in their IRC and basically be ... | [Here is an article](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=tracking-cyber-hackers) asking (and answering) just that very question from the Scientific American site posted this month. The short answer to the question is spoofing of source addresses and the use of proxies. |
22,204 | Ven. Members of the Sangha (of Bhikkhus), Ven. fellows, valued Upasaka and Upasika, dear readers and interesed,
This question is intellectual and theoretical, or literary, but also/merely inviting self-reflection; but of course it can also be answered with words of the Buddha in "should-form" (in the later case, excha... | 2017/08/19 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/22204",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/11958/"
] | Generally Buddhist take refuge in Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha.
In that regard, I would say I support Sangha. Because they protect Dhamma. Which helps to attain Buddhahood. Generally, Sangha means Ariya Sangha. But here I meant any person who can guide me in the right direction. | If I ever knew , I forgotten many times before remembering.
I forget and get caught up into the world. I suppose I am loyal to the world but more and more I am loyal to the naked truth of the Dhamma.
On the frontlines of the world is were learning is, right in the defilement! I don't know if I need a monastery. I don'... |
22,204 | Ven. Members of the Sangha (of Bhikkhus), Ven. fellows, valued Upasaka and Upasika, dear readers and interesed,
This question is intellectual and theoretical, or literary, but also/merely inviting self-reflection; but of course it can also be answered with words of the Buddha in "should-form" (in the later case, excha... | 2017/08/19 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/22204",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/11958/"
] | >
> **self-reflecting...**
>
>
>
*Atta-manasikara-self-reflecting*.
>
> **In regard of what are... able to claim being loyal?**
>
>
>
Anatta ([SN 22.59](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.mend.html)). Sunnata ([SN 35.85](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.085.than.html... | If I ever knew , I forgotten many times before remembering.
I forget and get caught up into the world. I suppose I am loyal to the world but more and more I am loyal to the naked truth of the Dhamma.
On the frontlines of the world is were learning is, right in the defilement! I don't know if I need a monastery. I don'... |
22,204 | Ven. Members of the Sangha (of Bhikkhus), Ven. fellows, valued Upasaka and Upasika, dear readers and interesed,
This question is intellectual and theoretical, or literary, but also/merely inviting self-reflection; but of course it can also be answered with words of the Buddha in "should-form" (in the later case, excha... | 2017/08/19 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/22204",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/11958/"
] | Everyone who can give me the whole 6 benefits: 1)own benefit, 2)other benefits, 3)public benefit, 4)this life benefit, 5)next life benefit, and 6)nibbāna benefit.
**Everyone** mean I try listen everyone.
**The whole** mean I trust in no separate benefits.
Infinity, until I will parinibbāna. | If I ever knew , I forgotten many times before remembering.
I forget and get caught up into the world. I suppose I am loyal to the world but more and more I am loyal to the naked truth of the Dhamma.
On the frontlines of the world is were learning is, right in the defilement! I don't know if I need a monastery. I don'... |
134,341 | I am designing a simple 16 bit adder circuit in Digilent's Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA. The Verilog design accepts two 16 bit inputs A and B and returns the 16 bit sum C = A+B. I am ignoring carry in and carry out.
I want to send A and B from PC to FPGA using serial port as well send the sum C from FPGA to PC using serial p... | 2014/10/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/134341",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/35416/"
] | I would suggest either writing a UART module from scratch or finding one online. Then all you would need to do is write a wrapper that interfaces the UART to your registers. Here is one possible open source Verilog UART module that I wrote a while ago:
<https://github.com/alexforencich/verilog-uart>
This particular m... | Ken Chapman (Xilinx employee) provides a simple and lightweight UART module as an external I/O device for his 8-bit processor (PicoBlaze). These UART modules (RX and TX) can be used on every Xilinx FPGA. Each module has a simple byte interface. This processor and it's periphery comes with a lot of documentation and exa... |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/199696",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/50442/"
] | VirtualBox can run VMWare VMDK images, which gives you a lot more options. (There are also ways to convert VMDK virtual hard drives to native VirtualBox format.) You can almost certainly find what you want here: <http://www.vmware.com/appliances/>
Why not intstall the VirtualBox support software and just use shared fo... | [Linux from Scratch](http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/)
I just finished doing just what you want to do, to have a base very minimal Linux OS for dev work. I did the install by hand because I wanted to, but they have automated installers for it. Final disk use is around 700MB.
Normally I'd just use [Gentoo](http://www.... |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/199696",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/50442/"
] | Turnkey linux has a number of preconfigured server images that will work in virtualbox
<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/>
<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/installation-appliances-virtualbox> | VirtualBox can run VMWare VMDK images, which gives you a lot more options. (There are also ways to convert VMDK virtual hard drives to native VirtualBox format.) You can almost certainly find what you want here: <http://www.vmware.com/appliances/>
Why not intstall the VirtualBox support software and just use shared fo... |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/199696",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/50442/"
] | >
> If such a thing doesn't exist, I'd still appreciate suggestions of the best distro to use that will get me to my requirements fastest without a lot of tweaking.
>
>
>
I don't believe you'll easily find anything prebuilt that matches your requirements. I'd suggest [Ubuntu Server](http://www.ubuntu.com/server) t... | If I understand your question correctly, you are wanting a VBox image that is a pre-made linux distro that you will run, but ssh into to communicate, to do some non-gui development? But you do not have a lot of RAM?
I guess my first concern is that even with just running a CLI interface, won't VBox take up your RAM a... |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/199696",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/50442/"
] | Turnkey linux has a number of preconfigured server images that will work in virtualbox
<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/>
<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/installation-appliances-virtualbox> | [Linux from Scratch](http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/)
I just finished doing just what you want to do, to have a base very minimal Linux OS for dev work. I did the install by hand because I wanted to, but they have automated installers for it. Final disk use is around 700MB.
Normally I'd just use [Gentoo](http://www.... |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/199696",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/50442/"
] | VirtualBox can run VMWare VMDK images, which gives you a lot more options. (There are also ways to convert VMDK virtual hard drives to native VirtualBox format.) You can almost certainly find what you want here: <http://www.vmware.com/appliances/>
Why not intstall the VirtualBox support software and just use shared fo... | If I understand your question correctly, you are wanting a VBox image that is a pre-made linux distro that you will run, but ssh into to communicate, to do some non-gui development? But you do not have a lot of RAM?
I guess my first concern is that even with just running a CLI interface, won't VBox take up your RAM a... |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/199696",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/50442/"
] | You can try [virtualboximages.com](http://virtualboximages.com/) - they have plenty of distros, but they charge a token sum ($.99-3.99) per download - which, i assume, goes to cover their bandwidth costs. | [Linux from Scratch](http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/)
I just finished doing just what you want to do, to have a base very minimal Linux OS for dev work. I did the install by hand because I wanted to, but they have automated installers for it. Final disk use is around 700MB.
Normally I'd just use [Gentoo](http://www.... |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/199696",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/50442/"
] | You can try [virtualboximages.com](http://virtualboximages.com/) - they have plenty of distros, but they charge a token sum ($.99-3.99) per download - which, i assume, goes to cover their bandwidth costs. | If I understand your question correctly, you are wanting a VBox image that is a pre-made linux distro that you will run, but ssh into to communicate, to do some non-gui development? But you do not have a lot of RAM?
I guess my first concern is that even with just running a CLI interface, won't VBox take up your RAM a... |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
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<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/>
<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/installation-appliances-virtualbox> | You can try [virtualboximages.com](http://virtualboximages.com/) - they have plenty of distros, but they charge a token sum ($.99-3.99) per download - which, i assume, goes to cover their bandwidth costs. |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
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<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/>
<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/installation-appliances-virtualbox> | If I understand your question correctly, you are wanting a VBox image that is a pre-made linux distro that you will run, but ssh into to communicate, to do some non-gui development? But you do not have a lot of RAM?
I guess my first concern is that even with just running a CLI interface, won't VBox take up your RAM a... |
199,696 | Long story short, I am trying to find a pre-made Linux development environment for VirtualBox so I don't have to worry about installing a distro, getting all packages installed, and so forth, since last time I did that it took me a full day to get something that remotely did what I wanted.
I've got a few semi-weird re... | 2010/10/15 | [
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<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/>
<http://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/installation-appliances-virtualbox> | >
> If such a thing doesn't exist, I'd still appreciate suggestions of the best distro to use that will get me to my requirements fastest without a lot of tweaking.
>
>
>
I don't believe you'll easily find anything prebuilt that matches your requirements. I'd suggest [Ubuntu Server](http://www.ubuntu.com/server) t... |
160,224 | I've read everywhere that you can't have more than 4 partitions because of GPT on intel Macs. But what happens if you make more than 4? On my iMac I have EFI, Macintosh HD, Windows, Linux, and Linux swap partitions and I am able to boot from all three operating systems with rEFIt. So, I have 5 partitions, so why does i... | 2010/07/05 | [
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The limitation ... | It's not because of GPT. It's because of MBR. There are many problems with MBR and GPT compatibility which limit partition number to 4. If you aren't using MBR at all, which could be happening, everything should work fine. New versions of windows support GPT, so there is a chance that MBR isn't being used.
If you are... |
160,224 | I've read everywhere that you can't have more than 4 partitions because of GPT on intel Macs. But what happens if you make more than 4? On my iMac I have EFI, Macintosh HD, Windows, Linux, and Linux swap partitions and I am able to boot from all three operating systems with rEFIt. So, I have 5 partitions, so why does i... | 2010/07/05 | [
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The limitation ... | I found [this article](http://www.rickycampbell.com/the-intel-mac-partitioning-system-efi-and-gpt/) which explains the partitioning scheme.
Essentially, if I understand the article correctly, there is an “Extended Boot Record” on one of the partitions on one of the primary four partitions which describes the extra "ex... |
160,224 | I've read everywhere that you can't have more than 4 partitions because of GPT on intel Macs. But what happens if you make more than 4? On my iMac I have EFI, Macintosh HD, Windows, Linux, and Linux swap partitions and I am able to boot from all three operating systems with rEFIt. So, I have 5 partitions, so why does i... | 2010/07/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/160224",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | Intel-based Macs use the GUID Partition Table (GPT) by default. GPT in turn supports up to 128 partitions by default (that value can be increased if necessary, although most partition tools don't enable you to do so). Thus, there's no problem with having more than four partitions on an Intel-based Mac.
The limitation ... | While Windows 7 x86\_64 supports GPT, it only supports UEFI or BIOS. Windows 7 does not support "Apple EFI" which is an amalgam of Intel EFI 1.1, and some bits of Apple's own and some bits of UEFI 2.x. It is not strictly a UEFI 2.x implementation which is what all non-Mac OS operating systems require. So this in effect... |
3,742 | Usually one constructs a graph and then asks questions about the adjacency matrix's (or some close relative like the [Laplacian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplacian_matrix)) eigenvalue decomposition (also called the [spectra of a graph](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_graph_theory)).
But what about the revers... | 2010/12/11 | [
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3,742 | Usually one constructs a graph and then asks questions about the adjacency matrix's (or some close relative like the [Laplacian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplacian_matrix)) eigenvalue decomposition (also called the [spectra of a graph](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_graph_theory)).
But what about the revers... | 2010/12/11 | [
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15,337 | I have a Vauxhall Corsa "C" (2003)(EU) which is a standard 16v 1.2 petrol, the engine is chain driven and sits at 50k. I don't think it was well looked after (service wise) in previous lifes.
Recently it sounds a bit more like a diesel when cold, but not too loud -and a common issue with the Corsa, however at the mome... | 2015/02/06 | [
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] | Corsa's (actually Vauxhalls/Opels in general) sometimes have noisy hydraulic lifters. I drove mine for 60 thousand kilometers with this noise before I upgraded to a Turbo Coupe and gave the car to my mom. No problems so far. The Coupe had the same stupid tick. Again, I drove it for 30 thousand kilometers before trading... | I think this is a dual overhead camshaft engine. In that case, one of your lifters or springs may be going bad. This would slow down the return of the lifter as the cam moves away from it. that would create a momentary space and then a click when the lifter contacts the cam again. Just a guess.
Your mechanic probably ... |
15,337 | I have a Vauxhall Corsa "C" (2003)(EU) which is a standard 16v 1.2 petrol, the engine is chain driven and sits at 50k. I don't think it was well looked after (service wise) in previous lifes.
Recently it sounds a bit more like a diesel when cold, but not too loud -and a common issue with the Corsa, however at the mome... | 2015/02/06 | [
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] | I think this is a dual overhead camshaft engine. In that case, one of your lifters or springs may be going bad. This would slow down the return of the lifter as the cam moves away from it. that would create a momentary space and then a click when the lifter contacts the cam again. Just a guess.
Your mechanic probably ... | I'm going with a leaking exhaust manifold for the ticking. Try tightening the manifold bolts a little. They will have a torque specification but hand tight will have a noticeable affect on the ticking if the manifold is your problem. Go back later and torque them properly. As far as the car running at 2000 RPM on start... |
15,337 | I have a Vauxhall Corsa "C" (2003)(EU) which is a standard 16v 1.2 petrol, the engine is chain driven and sits at 50k. I don't think it was well looked after (service wise) in previous lifes.
Recently it sounds a bit more like a diesel when cold, but not too loud -and a common issue with the Corsa, however at the mome... | 2015/02/06 | [
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] | Corsa's (actually Vauxhalls/Opels in general) sometimes have noisy hydraulic lifters. I drove mine for 60 thousand kilometers with this noise before I upgraded to a Turbo Coupe and gave the car to my mom. No problems so far. The Coupe had the same stupid tick. Again, I drove it for 30 thousand kilometers before trading... | I'm going with a leaking exhaust manifold for the ticking. Try tightening the manifold bolts a little. They will have a torque specification but hand tight will have a noticeable affect on the ticking if the manifold is your problem. Go back later and torque them properly. As far as the car running at 2000 RPM on start... |
15,337 | I have a Vauxhall Corsa "C" (2003)(EU) which is a standard 16v 1.2 petrol, the engine is chain driven and sits at 50k. I don't think it was well looked after (service wise) in previous lifes.
Recently it sounds a bit more like a diesel when cold, but not too loud -and a common issue with the Corsa, however at the mome... | 2015/02/06 | [
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] | Corsa's (actually Vauxhalls/Opels in general) sometimes have noisy hydraulic lifters. I drove mine for 60 thousand kilometers with this noise before I upgraded to a Turbo Coupe and gave the car to my mom. No problems so far. The Coupe had the same stupid tick. Again, I drove it for 30 thousand kilometers before trading... | I had similar ticking noise when accelerating after changing my engine oil on Toyota Corolla 1NZE. I came to find out that the oil does not reach to the most parts of the engine and it was caused by a poor performance of the oil strainer. The strainer was blocked by some bad oil left overs. Get the straigner cleaned an... |
15,337 | I have a Vauxhall Corsa "C" (2003)(EU) which is a standard 16v 1.2 petrol, the engine is chain driven and sits at 50k. I don't think it was well looked after (service wise) in previous lifes.
Recently it sounds a bit more like a diesel when cold, but not too loud -and a common issue with the Corsa, however at the mome... | 2015/02/06 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/15337",
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] | I had similar ticking noise when accelerating after changing my engine oil on Toyota Corolla 1NZE. I came to find out that the oil does not reach to the most parts of the engine and it was caused by a poor performance of the oil strainer. The strainer was blocked by some bad oil left overs. Get the straigner cleaned an... | I'm going with a leaking exhaust manifold for the ticking. Try tightening the manifold bolts a little. They will have a torque specification but hand tight will have a noticeable affect on the ticking if the manifold is your problem. Go back later and torque them properly. As far as the car running at 2000 RPM on start... |
3,472 | I am working on [this code](https://github.com/nfmcclure/tensorflow_cookbook/blob/master/09_Recurrent_Neural_Networks/02_Implementing_RNN_for_Spam_Prediction/02_implementing_rnn.py) for spam detection using recurrent neural networks.
Question 1. I am wondering whether this field (using RNNs for email spam detection) ... | 2017/06/10 | [
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] | There's a strong sentiment towards the idea that medical diagnosis is largely [Abductive Reasoning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abductive_reasoning). See [this presentation](https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/jonw/files/2015/04/Aliseda2012.pdf) for additional details. One approach to automated abductive reasoning is [parsimoni... | You may infer some mental problems using text processing. Any text written by an individual contains a lot of clues about their mental state, probably including any health problems.
However, I believe pursuing this would prove to be difficult due to lack of ground truth. Not many people makes it public that they have... |
3,472 | I am working on [this code](https://github.com/nfmcclure/tensorflow_cookbook/blob/master/09_Recurrent_Neural_Networks/02_Implementing_RNN_for_Spam_Prediction/02_implementing_rnn.py) for spam detection using recurrent neural networks.
Question 1. I am wondering whether this field (using RNNs for email spam detection) ... | 2017/06/10 | [
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] | There's a strong sentiment towards the idea that medical diagnosis is largely [Abductive Reasoning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abductive_reasoning). See [this presentation](https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/jonw/files/2015/04/Aliseda2012.pdf) for additional details. One approach to automated abductive reasoning is [parsimoni... | It's already being done, and apparently with very good results.
See: [Predicting Risk of Suicide Attempts Over Time Through Machine Learning](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2167702617691560?journalCode=cpxa&), Walsh, Ribiero, Franklin
Here is the abstract from the paper:
>
> Traditional approaches to t... |
3,472 | I am working on [this code](https://github.com/nfmcclure/tensorflow_cookbook/blob/master/09_Recurrent_Neural_Networks/02_Implementing_RNN_for_Spam_Prediction/02_implementing_rnn.py) for spam detection using recurrent neural networks.
Question 1. I am wondering whether this field (using RNNs for email spam detection) ... | 2017/06/10 | [
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] | It's already being done, and apparently with very good results.
See: [Predicting Risk of Suicide Attempts Over Time Through Machine Learning](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2167702617691560?journalCode=cpxa&), Walsh, Ribiero, Franklin
Here is the abstract from the paper:
>
> Traditional approaches to t... | You may infer some mental problems using text processing. Any text written by an individual contains a lot of clues about their mental state, probably including any health problems.
However, I believe pursuing this would prove to be difficult due to lack of ground truth. Not many people makes it public that they have... |
22,184 | Assuming that there are no known complete graph invariants in the spirit of [Harrsion's question](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/11631/complete-graph-invariants) that do not depend on any labelling (see [graph property](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_invariant) at Wikipedia), I wonder if there are graph invaria... | 2010/04/22 | [
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] | I'm not sure I understand the question well enough to know whether this is a reasonable answer. But a standard observation concerning the graph isomorphism problem is that there is an approach that feels as though it almost works: work out the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the adjacency matrix.
There is a small tec... | Though painfully slow to compute, I've yet to find a counterexample to the first invariant proposed in [this](http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0503316) paper by Mehendale: a vector of integers counting, for each n, the number of labeled subgraphs of G which are trees on n vertices.
Update: I've since discovered several count... |
145,215 | Which is the real one? What is the other one? How did I get it?
 | 2014/09/14 | [
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] | TL;DR: keep the one that looks like a bag, it is now a universal app. The cart one was the iPad specific one.
Looks like the one of the left (with the shopping cart icon) is the old one. Launching it now directs me to the new one, but it didn't when I was trying to figure this out before. Here's what I get when launch... | The old iPad Store APP is obsolete and has been updated and replaced with this new one. |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
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] | Your compassion is admirable but is not unique. Other answers have provided more detailed answers about grading, content prep and presentation, students 'earning' their grade and that is all true.
Responsibility vs Accountability
--------------------------------
With my answer I want to add to the discussion the poi... | I generally design my exams so that even a student with relatively limited understanding of the course can pass. I would really only consider a student who has achieved the highest grade (> 80%) to have a good understanding of the material, and I often see just-passing exams (50-60%) where I think that the student real... |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
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] | **You are responsible for teaching the students to the best of your ability, and to judge their capacities to use what they have learned**. That judgment is made based on their grades. So you have several things to think about here.
1. **Are you teaching the best you can?** Teaching does not mean "downloading facts", ... | Being put on academic probation was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I switched to community college, took art, music, and math classes, learned who I **really** was instead of who I **thought** I was, and eventually graduated with a Bachelor's and have had a lovely career doing things that are truly me... |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
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] | Being put on academic probation was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I switched to community college, took art, music, and math classes, learned who I **really** was instead of who I **thought** I was, and eventually graduated with a Bachelor's and have had a lovely career doing things that are truly me... | Here in Germany universities are quite strict. After my daughter failed the very last maths exam three times, she was out.
However, strict does not mean heartless or planless. Her uni had an arrangement with the tech unis; one of them agreed to accept the exams she had already passed and enrol her in a similar course,... |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
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] | The other answers are great, but I want to stress one thing not really mentioned in other answers: **if you are concerned, talk to them before they fail**. Don't single them out for help because again it won't be fair, but still: tell them explicitly that if they continue performing as they have, they are going to fail... | Here in Germany universities are quite strict. After my daughter failed the very last maths exam three times, she was out.
However, strict does not mean heartless or planless. Her uni had an arrangement with the tech unis; one of them agreed to accept the exams she had already passed and enrol her in a similar course,... |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
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] | Take the example of a medical student. Do you want to pass someone who does not have the necessary knowledge to treat patients correctly? It is your duty to make sure that only the ones who know what they are doing will pass. This may be less strict in other subjects but the principle is the same.
--- EDIT ---
Another... | Here's an added perspective: If you start passing students for non-academic reasons (or really even just start spending mental energy considering that), there is *no lower bound* to that concern. Wherever you decide to set your threshold, there will always be students further down academically. There will always be som... |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
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] | Take the example of a medical student. Do you want to pass someone who does not have the necessary knowledge to treat patients correctly? It is your duty to make sure that only the ones who know what they are doing will pass. This may be less strict in other subjects but the principle is the same.
--- EDIT ---
Another... | All things in life can cause you economic ruin these days. House mortgages, car loans, hacking, frauds.
It is basically a society based on debt-based servitude where the banks are our overlords. You are likely just one well-meaning person in this huge mess and likely cannot affect this fact. As far as I know you also... |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
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] | Some of the discussion surrounding this question demonstrates that people are viewing it through two different implicit lenses, and I'd like to make them explicit.
* **Considered as an act in isolation** A single decision to give a student a "kindly" mark has quite diffuse negative consequences. As long as we assume t... | Going to college in a country with high tuition fees is a risk. A potentially very huge risk.
I think it is important to establish a scheme that makes sure that weak students notice this immediately. This means that in the very first year, it should become clear to the students whether they will make it or not. |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
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] | I think you are trying to assume too much responsibility.
The way you grade your students (assuming no malicious intent on your part) is not what is (possibly) causing their ruin. What might be causing it (besides, perhaps, some bad decisions of their own) is the system which forces them to go into debt or does not pr... | All things in life can cause you economic ruin these days. House mortgages, car loans, hacking, frauds.
It is basically a society based on debt-based servitude where the banks are our overlords. You are likely just one well-meaning person in this huge mess and likely cannot affect this fact. As far as I know you also... |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
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] | Something other answers did not yet address - by giving unfairly good grades to undeserving students, ***you are dramatically, and unfairly, penalizing good students***.
Students - in large part - choose to attend a university based on its academic reputation. Perhaps, paying premium.
If your lax grading methods grad... | I generally design my exams so that even a student with relatively limited understanding of the course can pass. I would really only consider a student who has achieved the highest grade (> 80%) to have a good understanding of the material, and I often see just-passing exams (50-60%) where I think that the student real... |
130,607 | The issue has crept up on me slowly over the last several years. I am increasingly aware of the massive debt that many of my students are taking on, debt which is far beyond the sort of debt that I incurred as an undergraduate in the 1980s. Because of this, in recent semesters I have found it somewhat difficult to fail... | 2019/05/15 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/130607",
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] | Take the example of a medical student. Do you want to pass someone who does not have the necessary knowledge to treat patients correctly? It is your duty to make sure that only the ones who know what they are doing will pass. This may be less strict in other subjects but the principle is the same.
--- EDIT ---
Another... | You're not failing the students. Assuming you performed your teaching job well, and you're grading them fairly, the students are failing themselves. They didn't study well enough to pass the class, or maybe they just don't have a talent for this material. Giving someone a passing grade when they haven't earned it is no... |
3,214 | For Category theory there is a well known and quite active research mailing list <https://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/> Do similar mailing lists or usenet groups exist for other branches of mathematics? For example in metric geometry, conformal geometry,... Or do most research related discussions now take place on MO? | 2017/04/18 | [
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/3214",
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net",
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net/users/54495/"
] | Here is a list of some mailing list for specific areas of mathematics. (This is posted as a [community wiki](https://meta.mathoverflow.net/tags/community-wiki/info), if you are aware of some other mailings lists, do not hesitate to add them to the list. And also if you have some additional useful information related to... | Sci.math, sci.math.research, alt.sci.(whatever) are some of the newsgroups that dealt with mathematics and various branches. You can find histories of them and other information on them with web searches.
The unmoderated groups became spam wastelands, especially after Google instituted their version called Google Grou... |
5,377,732 | After reading [an article on REST](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-grails09168/index.html) ("Restful Grails"), I have gotten the impression that it is not possible to truly conform to a REST style in a service that demands a lot of parameters. Is this so? All the examples I have seen so far seem to imp... | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5377732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/200987/"
] | Feel free to use as many parameters as you need to identify the resource you wish to access. REST doesn't care. | Why would you think it is not possible?
Google uses REST for their charts api, and they take alot of params:
<http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bvg&chs=350x300&chd=t:20,35,10&chxr=1,0,40&chds=0,40&chco=FF0000|FFA000|00FF00&chbh=65,0,35&chxt=x,y,x&chxl=0:|High|Medium|Low|2:||Task+Priority||&chxs=2,000000,12&chtt=... |
5,377,732 | After reading [an article on REST](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-grails09168/index.html) ("Restful Grails"), I have gotten the impression that it is not possible to truly conform to a REST style in a service that demands a lot of parameters. Is this so? All the examples I have seen so far seem to imp... | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5377732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/200987/"
] | You can see the querystring as a filter on the resource you are GETing. Here, your resource is the stock prices of yahoo. Doing a GET on that resource give you all the available data, or the most recents. The query string filter the prices you want. Content negociation allow you to change the representation, e.g. a png... | Why would you think it is not possible?
Google uses REST for their charts api, and they take alot of params:
<http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bvg&chs=350x300&chd=t:20,35,10&chxr=1,0,40&chds=0,40&chco=FF0000|FFA000|00FF00&chbh=65,0,35&chxt=x,y,x&chxl=0:|High|Medium|Low|2:||Task+Priority||&chxs=2,000000,12&chtt=... |
5,377,732 | After reading [an article on REST](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-grails09168/index.html) ("Restful Grails"), I have gotten the impression that it is not possible to truly conform to a REST style in a service that demands a lot of parameters. Is this so? All the examples I have seen so far seem to imp... | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5377732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/200987/"
] | You can see the querystring as a filter on the resource you are GETing. Here, your resource is the stock prices of yahoo. Doing a GET on that resource give you all the available data, or the most recents. The query string filter the prices you want. Content negociation allow you to change the representation, e.g. a png... | Feel free to use as many parameters as you need to identify the resource you wish to access. REST doesn't care. |
347,170 | Unfortunately the printer being used to print envelopes uses a LPR port which can only be attached to an old machine running Windows 98. The rest of the systems in the network are running Windows 7 and need to have the ability to send print jobs to Windows 98 print server.
Are there any alternatives? Unfortunately Lin... | 2011/10/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/347170",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/79947/"
] | Get a [USB-to-parallel](http://www.google.com/search?q=usb%20to%20parallel%20adapter) adapter, it's around $7. Connect this printer with this adapter to any computer running Windows. HP LaserJet drivers are available for modern Windows versions too.
This is what... | D-Link makes a parallel print server that plugs directly into the parallel port on the printer. You plug a network cable into it, and access it as a standard TCP/IP LPR port. We've been using one on our old hp LaserJet 4100 series printer that was used as the mainline printer back when printer built-in networking was a... |
115,602 | Context
=======
I'm working on very complex enterprise solution. We have this table that shows list of let's call them contracts. Every contract (row) can contain one or more customers (and one or more products).
Problem
=======
I need to think of these use cases:
1. People want to copy & paste customer IDs.
2. P... | 2018/02/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/115602",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108493/"
] | 1. You can add a copy link in front of each customer ID on hover.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LMt7G.jpg)
2. Add filters on table headers
3. Highlight the selected rows or make customer ID a badge when selected
4. Making customer ID badge would make ... | Why don't you add a context menu (invoked by right mouse click) containing "Copy" and "Copy all" items?
To know which customer ID you are about to copy a hover (on mouse over above each ID) helps.
The balloon closes on mouse out event.
It can be programmatically challenging to add a context menu on a balloon but on... |
115,602 | Context
=======
I'm working on very complex enterprise solution. We have this table that shows list of let's call them contracts. Every contract (row) can contain one or more customers (and one or more products).
Problem
=======
I need to think of these use cases:
1. People want to copy & paste customer IDs.
2. P... | 2018/02/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/115602",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108493/"
] | 1. You can add a copy link in front of each customer ID on hover.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LMt7G.jpg)
2. Add filters on table headers
3. Highlight the selected rows or make customer ID a badge when selected
4. Making customer ID badge would make ... | Usman Mani already proposed an elegant solution, however for anyone seeing this after... I had similar questions and stumbled upon a very useful article about building tables for reusability.
<https://uxdesign.cc/designing-tables-for-reusability-490a3760533>
TLDR: It's ok to not show all of the information in a row, ... |
115,602 | Context
=======
I'm working on very complex enterprise solution. We have this table that shows list of let's call them contracts. Every contract (row) can contain one or more customers (and one or more products).
Problem
=======
I need to think of these use cases:
1. People want to copy & paste customer IDs.
2. P... | 2018/02/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/115602",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108493/"
] | 1. You can add a copy link in front of each customer ID on hover.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LMt7G.jpg)
2. Add filters on table headers
3. Highlight the selected rows or make customer ID a badge when selected
4. Making customer ID badge would make ... | An easier and cleaner way would be to provide an Edit icon for each Contract row and open the whole thing in a modal overlay, provided the form does not run too long. |
6,666 | My wife doesn't work anymore and she has a 401(k) of about $80,000 from an old job. I have been kicking around the idea of taking that money out or rolling into an IRA so that I can have better access to this money. Given the interest rates I want to purchase a new home and would like to leverage this money as a down p... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/6666",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Unless that 401K has very low [expense ratios](http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/expenseratio.asp) on its funds, you should roll it into an IRA and choose funds with low expense ratios.
After rolling it over you should *not* take the 10% penalty and use it to purchase a home. Unless you use that home as an income pr... | It's not your money. What does your wife think of this?
You know, the withdrawal is subject to full tax at your marginal rate as well as a 10% penalty. That's quite a price to pay, don't do it. |
6,666 | My wife doesn't work anymore and she has a 401(k) of about $80,000 from an old job. I have been kicking around the idea of taking that money out or rolling into an IRA so that I can have better access to this money. Given the interest rates I want to purchase a new home and would like to leverage this money as a down p... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/6666",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Don't borrow from your future to live in the present. | It's not your money. What does your wife think of this?
You know, the withdrawal is subject to full tax at your marginal rate as well as a 10% penalty. That's quite a price to pay, don't do it. |
18,667,032 | I found this answer here regarding graphic design:
<https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/265/font-face-loaded-on-windows-look-really-bad-which-fonts-are-you-using-that-rend>
This is exactly what my fonts are doing, but I'm trying to find out if there's a way to prevent this using html or css or anything we... | 2013/09/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18667032",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2666084/"
] | An answer from [this similar question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11225654/xcode-how-to-connect-xib-to-viewcontroller-class/18003928#18003928):
"Here's a more step-by-step way to associate your new UIViewController and .xib.
Select File's Owner under Placeholders on the left pane of IB. In the Property Inspe... | If it's a UITableViewController, simply create a new XIB file via Xcode (File -> New -> iOS -> UserInterface -> View) and then add set the file's owner to your subclassed UITableViewController.
You'll likely want to re-do how the user interface looks -- in terms of dropping objects like the table view and buttons or w... |
10,943 | I'm doing a total kitchen renovation with solid hardwood flooring. Do I go hardwood all the way under the cabinets to the wall or stop just past the toe kick and finish the rest with ply of the same thickness? | 2011/12/27 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/10943",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/4711/"
] | You can do either, but in my opinion it's better to use plywood as the base because:
* it's a lot cheaper than hardwood flooring.
* if you need to replace the hardwood flooring at some point in the future, it will be a lot easier to remove just the hardwoods: if you run planks under the cabinets, you'll have to cut th... | I ran mine all the way to the wall. Turned out to be a good thing because I made a cabinet change which pushed everything down six inches. |
10,943 | I'm doing a total kitchen renovation with solid hardwood flooring. Do I go hardwood all the way under the cabinets to the wall or stop just past the toe kick and finish the rest with ply of the same thickness? | 2011/12/27 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/10943",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/4711/"
] | In your situation, using real 3/4" hardwood flooring should be a lifetime floor. I cannot see any reason to remove it as any other type of flooring in the future could be installed right over it. Since it is much more likely to have some type of cabinet upgrade rather than actually needing to remove the hardwood, I wou... | I ran mine all the way to the wall. Turned out to be a good thing because I made a cabinet change which pushed everything down six inches. |
13,433,844 | I've been doing C# with XNA for a year or so now, and I'm pretty comfortable with 2D games. But after some reading, I'm worried about XNA's future since it isn't supported in Windows 8 and stuff like that.
So I've been considering switching to Unity 3D? What are the benefits of Unity over XNA/C# and it is worth the mo... | 2012/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13433844",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1739071/"
] | **XNA**
XNA still works on Windows 8. The issue is that they are not supporting XNA based games in Windows 8 Modern UI. XNA still works for Windows 8 desktop games. The terminology is extremely confusing.
XNA will either get a serious overhaul when the new XBox console is released or something brand new will be desi... | **[MonoGame](http://monogame.codeplex.com/)** is a free XNA-compatible library that allows you to make games in C# for WinRT, Windows Store apps and Windows Phone 8, and on top of the [Xamarin](http://www.xamarin.com) tools also for iOS and Android. This works on top of SharpDX, the optimized managed wrapper for Direct... |
40,378 | I am performing 10-folds cross-validation to evaluate the performances of a series of models (variable selection + regression) with R. I created manually the folds with this [code](https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/61090/how-to-split-a-data-set-to-do-10-fold-cross-validation).
At the moment I'm performing fir... | 2018/10/29 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/40378",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
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] | I recommend trying both (more than once), and exploring any differences. In my experience, using the same set of folds for all models or using a new set of folds for each model doesn't make any material difference. Post if you find different!
Regarding "I'm performing first variable selection, then hyperparameters tun... | If you want to evaluate the performance of different models i.e. Model Benchmarking, it is necessary to keep the input environment same i.e. any external input like CV (number of folds).
While you can tune the model-specific parameters to optimize the model. |
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