alexfabbri/answersumm huggingface dataset:
Forum: workplace.stackexchange.com
Tags: <professionalism><resume>
Title: Adding a Humorous "Skills" line to Resume: Yes or No?
Question: So if you don't 'see' it, then please look at the last 'skill' in the image. I think it's a nice way to end the resume as my 'education' portion resulted in no degree but is there to show that I am educated - just not formally.   So, yes or no?

Answers:
sents: text: Bad idea.
text: Unless you're applying for a job as a comedian (in which case think of a better joke).
text: For any serious job, you stick with conventional style and let your accomplishments do the rest.
text: For a very low level job it might be ok.
answer_details: author: workplace.stackexchange.com/users/40669/Kilisi
score: 16
sents: text: Humor is contextual.
text: You can't build a context in a resume, nor do you know your audience.
text: It may work once or twice, but that will be the exception, not the rule.
answer_details: author: workplace.stackexchange.com/users/9264/Wesley Long
score: 10
sents: text: Your resume is a formal document, just the fact of trying to use humor in it will be seen as unprofessional by some.
text: You don't know who will see your resume, and you'd better try to avoid being rejected immediately for such a small addition.
text: If your resume is "terrible" as you wrote in a comment, humor is not the way you should solve the problem.
text: Be sure to keep your resume short and focused on yourself and your work experience.
text: You can find a lot of tips on writing a successful resume on many sites.
text: Last of all, it's normal not to receive a reply if they're not interested in your position, and that's why you should be applying to a lot of places at once, expecially if you're in an oversaturated job market or if you have no previous experience.
answer_details: author: workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90688/BgrWorker
score: 6
sents: text: I would have to say NO do not do it.
text: You may find it funny
text: but how can you guarantee your viewer will?
text: If they don't find it funny, they'll bin it without a second thought.
text: They may not even realise it's a joke
text: and if you get through to the interview stages they may ask why you put it on which could lead to awkwardness when you tell them it was meant to be humorous
text: and they don't laugh.
text: Additionally I don't think the use of progress bars is useful.
text: Don't measure your skills like that.
text: Anything you put on your CV, make sure you're good at it.
text: Sell yourself.
text: Right now you're giving off the vibe that you're not as good at multitasking as I would like you to be.
answer_details: author: workplace.stackexchange.com/users/61527/Bugs
score: 4
sents: text: Imagine your employer humorously says
text: "Our job offer is ranging from $0.5555555 - $50.5555555 per day depending on your experience" If you want to be looked as a professional.
text: You have to act professionally.
text: First impression is very important.
answer_details: author: workplace.stackexchange.com/users/47708/Jon
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Don't do it.
You should definitely not include humourous "skills" on your resume.
Forum: ebooks.stackexchange.com
Tags: <epub><creation><calibre>
Title: How to build an epub starting from a bunch of HTML files?
Question: I have a number of short HTML files (actually they are XHTML) with small problems and answers, which I post on my blog every Sunday, and I'd like to merge some of them in an ebook.I already did it once, just by stripping the headers and footers and merging them together; then I create the epub skeleton with Calibre and tweaked it with Sigil. But since there are a lot of internal links, it is a time-consuming process.  Is there a simpler way?

Answers:
sents: text: I assume you don't write the HTML directly, but use something like MarkDown or reST.
text: But even if you do, you should look at Pandoc .
text: The program can read HTML and generate EPUB 2 or EPUB 3 (among others).
answer_details: author: ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/60/Anthon
score: 10
sents: text: Since you mention you post to your blog each Sunday, if you have or can provide an RSS feed you may find the following online free service useful http://newstoebook.com/
text: I've been using it to create ebooks of one of my project blogs.
text: The resulting ebook (I create .mobi books for Kindles) have been readable.
text: I expect there will be limitations so YMMV for your blog posts.
answer_details: author: ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/134/JulianHarty
score: 4
sents: text: You can use Papyrus for creating ebooks from blog posts or any webpage.
text: If you already have a blog, you can use this link to convert your blog to book )
text: Your book will be generated in EPUB, Mobi(Kindle) and PDF formats.
text: Disclosure: I am the creator of this site.
answer_details: author: ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/247/gt5050
score: 3
sents: text: Calibre can convert XHTML 1.1 + CSS 2.1 to epub.
text: It's only guaranteed to output valid epub if the input is valid.
text: It's free and open-source.
answer_details: author: ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/276/Ben Crowell
score: 3
sents: text: If your files really are genuinely valid XHTML, you could even write an XSLT2 script to do the job yourself.
text: That way you can cater for any idiosyncracies in your XHTML which other systems may not be designed to handle.
answer_details: author: ebooks.stackexchange.com/users/339/Peter Flynn
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
You can use Papyrus to create ebooks or Calibre.
There are software programmes available that could perform this task for you, including Papyrus or Calibre. However, if your files are in XHTML format, you could use an XSLT2 script to automatically create the epub.
Forum: history.stackexchange.com
Tags: <israel><napoleon><french-empire>
Title: Did Napoleon ever visit Modern Israel?
Question: Did Napoleon Bonaparte ever try capturing what is today considered modern day Israel? Did he ever visit the land independently of capturing it?

Answers:
sents: text: In 1799, Napoleon went from Egypt , where his bases were, through modern Israel to Acre (Acco).
text: In Acre he attempted a siege , lost it, and returned to Egypt.
text: Acre was the northernmost point he reached in Israel.
text: Napoleon was not in Israel before or after 1799.
text: Other places he passed through in Israel were: Gaza, Jaffa , Haifa, Mount Tabor and Jordan River.
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/74/Andrei
score: 19
sents: text: Modern Israel, Egypt, Palestine and Syria were all part of the Ottoman Empire during the time of Napoleon.
text: Under him, the French led an expedition from Malta to Egypt, which later travelled through modern Israel, capturing several port cities on the way.
text: The answer is then yes, Napoleon tried and succeeded in taking a couple of cities in what is modern Israel, though they were only briefly held and his real objective was to take Egypt.
text: He did not ever return to the Middle East.
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/380/SigueSigueBen
score: 6
sents: text: It should be noted that there are several places today in Israel today in which one might find Napoleon's legacy, such as the cannons on Mount Carmel in Haifa pointing towards Acre.
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/576/dotancohen
score: 3
sents: text: Yes.
text: Napoleon did take several coastal cities in what is today considered modern day Israel.
text: You can read about it here .
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/1562/Steve Jepson
score: 1
sents: text: Modern Israel (1949–) did not exist during the life of Napoleon (1769–1821).
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/876/Samuel Russell
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Napoleon did travel through Israel and take several coastal cities.
Yes, Napoleon did visit and successfully capture cities in what is now modern Israel.
Forum: history.stackexchange.com
Tags: <construction>
Title: What is the oldest building in the world still in use?
Question: What's the oldest building in the world that is still in use (i.e. used for something other than a tourist spot).

Answers:
sents: text: The Epidaurus Theatre (ca. 300-340 BC), the Delphi theatre (4 th century BC) and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus (161 AD) in the Acropolis of Athens (known locally as the the Herodeon), still fulfil their original purpose, all three are constantly used as venues for various festivals .
text: The ancient theatre in Dion is also used occasionally.
text: The Colosseum (completed in 80 AD) could also qualify, while not in constant use as with the Pantheon that DVK already mentioned , it is used by the catholic church for the Via Crucis ceremony on Good Friday .
text: Furthermore in July 2000 the National Theatre of Greece performed Oedipus Rex in the Colosseum .
text: Lastly, the remains of the Temple of Hera (590 BC, destroyed by an earthquake in the 4 th century BC) in Ancient Olympia is the location where the torch of the Olympic flame for the Modern Olympics is lit.
text: A continuous flame was maintained at the sanctuary of the temple during the Ancient Olympics, and the temple was also the location where the olive wreaths for the victors were displayed during the games.
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/739/yannis
score: 35
sents: text: Pantheon in Rome (126 AD).
text: Most of the older buildings in the Wiki list ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_buildings_in_the_world ) are either not in use, or used as tombs only, or were reconstructed significantly.
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/332/DVK
score: 22
sents: text: The upper story of the Theater of Marcellus (ca 13 BC) in Rome is a block of apartments.
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/850/Victor Sonkin
score: 13
sents: text: While not exactly a building, the Western Wall in Jerusalem ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall ) is a site in which daily praying takes place.
text: It was constructed around around 19 BCE.
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/1594/the L
score: 10
sents: text: The Roman theatre in Caesarea .
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/1569/Felix Goldberg
score: 6
sents: text: I think is possible that only Roman buildings are still in use.
text: In Spain we have the Theatre of Mérida , inaugurated 15 B.C and today it is used to play Roman tragedies, and Hercules' Tower , a Roman lighthouse in A Coruña, still in use.
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/19449/Pedro
score: 4
sents: text: Stonehenge and other megalithic sites in Britain are still, or pehaps more accurately, once again used for religious purposes.
answer_details: author: history.stackexchange.com/users/10058/jamesqf
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
The oldest known buildings in the world are the Pantheon and the Roman theatre in Caesarea.
Possible contenders for the oldest building still used for its original purpose could be the Roman theatre in Caesarea or the Pantheon in Rome.
Forum: boardgames.stackexchange.com
Tags: <history>
Title: History of board games
Question: Is there a good book about the history of board games?   Preferably the book would cover all the way from the ancient games to the newest fads in the market.

Answers:
sents: text: The Oxford History of Board Games is a very thorough book that discusses board games from their ancient inception to the (almost) present-day dividing into Race Games, Space Games, Chase Games, Displace Games, and War Games (such as chess).
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 11
sents: text: While not a direct answer, check out the recent " Hobby Games, the 100 best " book.
text: It has games from the last 100 years and there is a lot of history contained within its page.
text: Each entry is written by a game designer as well.
text: I enjoyed the book very much, learned a ton.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/40/Pat Ludwig
score: 8
sents: text: I think A History of Board Games Other Than Chess is one of the definitive books in this category.
text: The Library Thing page I linked to also has several related books to check out.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/118/Don Kirkby
score: 4
sents: text: R.C
text: Bell wrote several books on board games, though I don't think they were as structured as the Oxford book that Jeremiah already mentioned.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/118/Don Kirkby
score: 2
sents: text: Dork Tower #34: A Brief History of Gaming is a comic book featuring the early history of board games.
text: John Kovalic is the author/illustrator (he is also a game designer) who created Dork Tower, a comic book that frequently features gaming of all kinds.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/201/livingtech
score: 2
sents: text: I am currently reading (and very much enjoying) A World of Chess: Its Development and Variations Through Centuries and Civilizations , by Jean-Louis Cazaux and Rick Knowlton.
text: It's very much specific to chess, but of course chess was and continues to be a big part of the history of board games.
text: What I'm finding particularly awesome about the book is that it goes into the mechanics of chess in each of its many incarnations over the times and places its been played.
text: Anyone interested in this topic (history of board games) will absolutely find it fascinating.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/201/livingtech
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
Try the Oxford History of Board Games, A History of Board Games and a Brief History of Gaming.
The  Oxford History of Board Games  is a book that goes into great depth discussing board games from their ancient inception to the present-day. It is divided into Race Games, Space Games, Chase Games, Displace Games, and War Games (including chess).  A History of Board Games Other Than Chess  is another book in this category. Dork Tower #34: A Brief History of Gaming  is a comic book that features on the early history of board games.
Forum: gardening.stackexchange.com
Tags: <vegetables><manure><carrots><root-vegetables>
Title: Why are we instructed not to use manure before planting carrots?
Question: It's said that we shouldn't use manure when preparing ground intended for carrots. Is it that carrots don't thrive on manure, or is it that they fork and splinter too much?  What about other roots? Radishes, beetroots etc?

Answers:
sents: text: The root cause (no pun intended) is that excess nitrogen will make the roots fork.
text: I've heard two different theories as to why: "Hot" fertilizer like fresh manure burns off the fresh roots and makes them fork.
text: A lot of nitrogen in shallow soil fails to encourage the plant to scavenge deep in the soil for nutrients, and they send out roots sideways instead.
text: Or it could be combination of the two -- but the latter came from a more reliable source and fits more with my experience.
text: (One of my books versus something seen on the internet -- sorry I can't remember exact sources.)
text: Even in soil where I haven't added extra nitrogen but was very fertile with other nutrients, I have seen carrots develop not so much forked roots as fat sideways roots instead of the usual fine "hairs".
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/51/bstpierre
score: 18
sents: text: Fresh manure can cause carrots to fork.
text: If you use any fertilizer, make sure it's well-rotted manure instead.
text: ( source )
text: I've read that the same goes for beets as well.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/6/Doresoom
score: 14
sents: text: I grow carrots and I don't believe roots branching off has anything to do with manure.i use kelp for manure.
text: I sift my soil and mix it with sand
text: and I have perfect 16 to 18in carrots every time with no roots branching off.
text: Prior to doing this I didn't sift my soil or mix with sand and my carrots had branches everywhere.
text: I think the branches on carrots are caused by hard soil
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/11331/Ben
score: 7
sents: text: Fresh manure also can transfer E. Coli to garden vegetables, so you should always make sure your manure is well composted, for around 3-4 months.
text: If it's still smells very strongly, it's probably too fresh.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/6944/Jeff-Inventor ChromeOS
score: 5
sents: text: Leads to forking of the tap roots (which are the carrots)Leads to high vegetative growth leading to small tap roots (carrots)
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/15603/B. O. Wangao
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Excess nitrogen will make roots fook. The plants no longer need to dig deep for nutrients so they grow sideways roots instead.
Excess nitrogen in shallow soil fails to encourage the plant to scavenge deep in the soil for nutrients, and they send out roots sideways instead and fork. Fresh manure also can transfer E. Coli to garden vegetables.
Forum: gardening.stackexchange.com
Tags: <trees><plant-recommendations><growth><maple>
Title: What's the fastest growing shade tree?
Question: I've heard there are many fast growing trees. Can  anyone tell me the fastest growing one suitable as a shade tree near a house? I bought a new house and need a super fast growing tree. I love maples.

Answers:
sents: text: Fast growing trees are lovely to create a mature looking space quickly, but .....
text: They then continue to grow fast when they've outgrown the space you've got for them.
text: You may then have a monumental problem of pruning, pruning and more pruning.
text: Grow something that fast to create a boundary whilst others mature more slowly, then cut down the fast growers leaving the more beautiful specimens behind to do the job you want.
text: You could also invest in large plants to start with which would give you maturity more quickly.
text: Choose wisely not impulsively for this one.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 8
sents: text: Lindens/Tilia have a medium growth factor ( 13 to 24 inches per year ).
text: With their large leaves they create a very tight shade.
text: Plus, the flowers release a very pleasant and sweet scent in the Summer.
text: Eucalyptus can grow extremely quick but their shade is sparse.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/13142/blabs
score: 3
sents: text: All species of Ficus grow very fast, however they have vigorous and invasive root systems.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/13742/Viv
score: 2
sents: text: If you want shade in a hurry maybe consider a clumping bamboo of an appropriate height.
text: You could then plant the trees you want long-term and eventually remove the bamboo.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/13843/Ed'
score: 2
sents: text: I will suggest both trees to use and trees to avoid.
text: Maples are good in temperate climates.
text: Some grow faster than others.
text: My Japanese maple grew slower.
text: I had a maple that produced seeds twice a year.
text: Anyone know what that was?
text: Elm, but don't use elm.
text: They are considered junk trees and are the first trees to fall over in a storm, and their lifespan is fairly short.
text: As a matter of principle I pull up any elms I find as I find them.
text: Chinese Mulberry, but
text: I advise against it.
text: Very fast growing, but the berries are prolific and can make a big mess.
text: The area around my mulberry tree often smelled like a brewery in the warm summer months.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/11061/Bulrush
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Linden trees and ficus grow very fast. Maples are also good in warm climates.
Lindens have a medium growth factor of 13 to 24 inches per year.  In addition, all species of Ficus grow very fast, however they have vigorous and invasive root systems and maples are good in temperate climates.
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <starcraft>
Title: How is 300 actions a minute possible?
Question: I was watching this video ' 300 actions a minute? Truly mastering StarCraft '  And I'm bewildered at how fast they are playing.  How is this possible?  I can't even think about my next move so fast, let alone be typing shortcut keys that fast.

Answers:
sents: text: You know how some people can type 100 words per minute?
text: That's more than 300 actions per minute.
text: The pro SC players have just wired their brains differently than your traditional secretary.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/126/McKay
score: 31
sents: text: It's a combination of the keyboard and mouse.
text: I'm sure we've all used shortcuts on our keyboards and that's most likely what the gamers do - use shortcuts.
text: If you think about the beginning stages of the game: you click on your hatchery or whatever, build a drone, you can use a keyboard shortcut to build the drone for you.
text: Then you click on a drone, tell them all to go collect minerals
text: and then you click on one drone and tell it to build a spawning pool (also a shortcut).
text: We probably all use ctrl+c , ctrl+v pretty quickly - the gamers have just, like McKay said, tuned their brains to all the shortcuts for Starcraft.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/499/warrenyang
score: 15
sents: text: Practice.
text: Lots and lots of practice.
text: And the implant of course. :-)
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/422/John Parker
score: 5
sents: text: APM is primarily limited by what you can remember to do, not what you are physically able to do.
text: McKay's secretary example is also correct, when typing you generally know which key you are going to press next.
text: If you always know what you are going to do next in Starcraft 2 your APM will skyrocket.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/901/Jantix
score: 4
sents: text: If you look at the rest of the documentary ( http://vimeo.com/12730027 ) you will notice how much of their life they pour into this game.
text: It's not only that they spend their entire life doing it, but only select few get that high that it appears to be a combination of practice and natural skill.
text: It is not much unlike other sports where people spend a long time training and still only some excel.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/311/Seravy
score: 3

Summary of the answers:
It's a combination of keyboard and mouse. Gamers most likely use shortcuts. They also spend a long time in training.
It is not much unlike other sports where people spend a long time training and still only some excel. Only a select few get that high that it appears to be a combination of practice and natural skill.  And achieved by a combination of the keyboard and mouse and using shortcuts
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <dwarf-fortress>
Title: How should I learn to play Dwarf Fortress?
Question: I am interested in learning how to play Dwarf Fortress. Where should I start, as an absolute beginner?

Answers:
sents: text: I like this set of tutorials .
text: It's based on the old version but it goes through the steps of building a fortress pretty well.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/625/Bonnici
score: 24
sents: text: Captain Duck has a great series of video tutorials ( http://www.youtube.com/user/captnduck ).
text: Most of them are for pre-2010 versions, but they still give a great intro to the game, and he has started to make a couple of videos for the 2010 version.
text: He starts the tutorials at the absolute beginning, and walks you through everything.
text: If you have any specific questions, the dwarf fortress wiki is a great place to look ( http://df.magmawiki.com/ ).
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/344/Quantumgeek
score: 19
sents: text: Different styles work better for different people, but I learned the fun way: Begin Lose Figure out what happened Repeat
text: If you're stuck on something specific, there's nothing wrong with looking at a tutorial or checking the wiki , but try not to over-research before you really get your feet wet.
text: One of the coolest things about learning to play DF is discovering all of the neat/interesting/
text: strange/complex things that the world does and researching too much before hand will diminish the sense of discovery.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/15546/edsobo
score: 7
sents: text: Learn how to feed and hydrate your dwarfs.
text: Specifically, learn how to farm : mill plants into flour with a quern and cook that flour into meals at a kitchen , and brew alcohol at a still .
text: There's a Quickstart guide at
text: The Dwarf Fortress Wiki , which is an invaluble reference site.
text: I didn't have any issues applying the previous version's tutorial(v0.28.181.40d) to the current version(v0.31.10).
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/39/antony.trupe
score: 6
sents: text: Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress is a book that's been recently released and is a great way to learn to play.
text: It's by Peter Tyson, the same guy who wrote the The Complete and Utter Newbie Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress .
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/19595/skeletalmonkey
score: 5
sents: text: I would also recommend the #DwarfFortress channel on quakenet.
text: If you do not know how to use IRC you can plug that channel into http://webchat.quakenet.org and get on.
text: There is usually tons of people around, just be patient as they might not instantly answer
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/421/PsycHosis
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Try Getting Started with Dwarf's Fortress or the channel or quakenet.
There is a book that was recently released, which helps with learning the basics. Getting help from people on quakenet is also a good idea.
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <terminology>
Title: How can a game be 2.5D?
Question: I've noticed some games be described as 2.5D. How can a game be 2.5D? Dimensions are discrete entities, aren't they?

Answers:
sents: text: 2.5D usually refers to "gameplay in an otherwise three-dimensional video game that is restricted to a two-dimensional plane."
text: It can also refer to the viewpoint the player has.
text: Such as an isometric-type view on a 3D world.
text: Wiki - 2.5D
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/659/Präriewolf
score: 28
sents: text: The original 2.5D game was DOOM .
text: They called it 2.5D because it did feature all three dimensions (length, width, and height), and allowed map makers to create maps that made prominent use of the third dimension, but it still wasn't true 3D in two important senses.
text: First, sectors (i.e., rooms) could not be placed on top of other sectors, so the overall layout remained a strictly 2D diagram that allowed different sector heights.
text: And second, the DOOM renderer was not a true 3D renderer; it was highly optimized for 2D plus heights but could not have rendered true, arbitrary, 3D geometry unlike Quake .
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/451/Phileosophos
score: 15
sents: text: Orthogonal-view games like Diablo are "2.5D":
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/644/Dave Swersky
score: 12
sents: text: 2.5D can refer to a few things: A game which has fundamentally two-dimensional gameplay but features a 3D presentation (see Shadow Complex).
text: A game which has fundamentally three-dimensional gameplay but features a 2D or partially 2D presentation (see Duke Nukem 3D).
text: There's also a very uncommon, loose definition: A game which has not-quite two-dimensional or three-dimensional gameplay and/or presentation.
text: For example, I believe Starcraft has an internal concept of "high ground" even though it has a 2D presentation.
text: Or, something like Little Big Planet which is really just three 2D planes stacked together.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/705/DRK
score: 8
sents: text: 2.5D refers to any time that there's really only 2D stuff going on, but they "fake" a third dimension.
text: Orthogonal view games like Diablo fake it because they don't have to do full 3D rendering, but they can give the appearance of 3D.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/126/McKay
score: 3

Summary of the answers:
2.5D can refer to gameplay that is two dimensional in an otherwise three-dimensional video game. It can also be a game that has not-quite-two-dimensional gameplay.
It seems that users refer to 2.5D when a 3D video game is restricted to a 2D plane.
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <starcraft-2>
Title: How to signal on the minimap in Starcraft 2?
Question: Nothing to add to the title of the question.

Answers:
sents: text: 2 Ways: Alt+G, then click (can be changed to a different key in the keybindings) Ctrl+Alt+Click (can be changed to a different key in the keybindings)
text: Click on the ping icon next to the minimap, then click.
text: The clicking can be done either in the game window, or on the minimap.
text: The Keybindings can be found under: Menu->Options->HotKeys->Global->Unit Management
text: And either: Ping Minimap Quick Ping Choose Ping Target
text: Also, you can click directly at the game window, no need to go to the minimap (even though the keybinding says "Ping Minimap"
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/126/McKay
score: 20
sents: text: Two ways: Click the Ping icon (looks like radio waves, sorta like ((•)) ), then click anywhere in the minimap.
text: Press Alt+G on the keyboard, then click anywhere in the minimap.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/2534/VxJasonxV
score: 10
sents: text: 1) You can hold alt and click on the minimap. 2)
text: Hold alt + g and click on the map.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/2562/Doug
score: 2
sents: text: alt + Click or ⌥ + g + click for Mac
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/24643/Dr.W
score: 1
sents: text: You can modify the keybindings in the menu - for example, I changed my ping back to ALT
text: +
text: Left-Click.
text: Patch 1.5 also modified the behavior so that you could ping your minimap by ping-clicking on the actual playfield you're looking at.
text: Thus you no longer have to mouse down to the minimap, find your current view location, and then ping
text: - you can simply ping-click the main playfield in front of you and the ping appears on their minimap at the correct location.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/31909/bfishman
score: 1
sents: text: In patch 1.5 Blizzard changed the default keyboard mapping such that holding alt and clicking on the map or minimap no longer worked.
text: To revert this change, load up the hotkeys dialogue and look for Quick Ping in Global - Unit Management and simply change this back to alt.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1162/sequentiallee
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
Alt+G then click, or click the Ping icon and click anywhere in the map.
There are two key combinations you can use,  Ctrl+Alt+Click and Alt-G, however you can also use the Ping icon and then click.
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <minecraft-java-edition>
Title: What causes an item to disappear in Minecraft?
Question: Possible Duplicate:  What persists after a respawn in Minecraft?     I've apparently lost my diamond sword due to a death far from my spawn point. Was I just unlucky or do items disappear if you are so far/if they are on the ground for X minutes?

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sents: text: Items will disappear if they are on the ground for 5 minutes after you die.
text: This timer starts ticking as soon as you die; even on the death screen that timer is going to keep counting, so if you go take a break to grab some food and come back to find out your character's been lying around dead for 10 minutes, your items are gone.
text: Also, dying in lava or fire will make you lose any items that fall into the flames.
text: Items that fall onto cactus are also destroyed.
text: Caveat: if you spawn far enough away from where you died and the chunk becomes unloaded, the item timers will freeze until the chunk is loaded again.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/207/Mana
score: 25
sents: text: As per this question , your inventory will stay around the point where you died for approximately 5 minutes.
text: If you die with creepers around, be aware that an exploding creeper (after your items have dropped) will probably destroy some/all of them.
text: From personal experience, sometimes the items kind of spray out around where you died, so do a few laps when you get there to make sure you got everything.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/816/sjohnston
score: 8
sents: text: Just for the purpose of being complete: items that fall into or are thrown into lava are destroyed immediately.
text: (You can use this to your advantage if you're sick of storing stacks of dirt or something.)
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/304/JavadocMD
score: 4
sents: text: Also, if the game crashes while you're on your "body-run" there is a high likelihood that your stuff is gone even well inside the five-minute window.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/2888/clweeks
score: 2
sents: text: Some more info: Items get scattered in an area around you on death, and there is a glitch where they go through walls.
text: Another glitch makes your corpse pick up the items after they were scattered, and they get destroyed.
text: I believe these glitches account for the "there's a chance that items get destroyed on death" you read on the forums over and over again.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4892/RotHorseKid
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Items will disappear if they are on the ground for 5 minutes after you die.
Items stay around for 5 minutes after death, however they may glitch through walls too.
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <minecraft-java-edition>
Title: Is it possible to skip past night in Minecraft single player?
Question: I have an essentially brand-new Minecraft world.  Problem is, I haven't found anything I can use to make light yet, so as soon as night falls I get totally lost.  And I then have to sit still with the application open waiting for dawn so I can figure out where the Hell I am.  (I can't even alt-tab out, since that pauses the game.)  Is there any way to skip night so I can get back to trying to do something?

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sents: text: Yes, use a bed .
text: Build it like this (spoiler, hover above the grey box): Three times wool above three times wooden planks Also, you can use a Furnace as temporary light source and as by-product obtain charcoal : Get some wood, build a workbench and there a wooden pickaxe.
text: Dig down until you reach stone, get 8, build a Furnace, use unprocessed wood as input and wooden planks as fuel.
text: You obtain light plus charcoal for torches.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/88/Zommuter
score: 21
sents: text: This is how you make a bed: And this is how you make charcoal:
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/5029/John the Green
score: 9
sents: text: Well there are four most popular ways.
text: Make a bed...
text: As Tobias suggested Wait it out with the window open
text: Open your inventory ('e' or 'i'), then switch window.
text: This stops the game frompausing.
text: Hacks :P
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/9677/Joel
score: 2
sents: text: If you have a bed already you can sleep during the night with following construct.
text: __ xxx
text: x xgggggggggggg
text: Where g stands for ground, x is any material that can float (so no sand or gravel) and __ is your bed.
text: When you build it like this you are save for to sleep in that bed (granted there isnt a ridge nearby where a skeleton could start shooting you.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/20041/Philipp
score: 2
sents: text: If you have access to commands, you can use /gamerule
text: doDaylightCycle false .
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/54353/Jack
score: 1
sents: text: Build a bed!
text: Get one wood log and craft it into a plank (to make a crafting table), get another log and craft it too, and kill a couple of sheep for wool.
text: Then use the crafting table like this: e e e - emptyw w w - woolp p p - planks
text: If you have cheats enabled, use the /time code!
text: To make it dawn, just hit / and type in /time
text: set 0 (the / will be there already) and you'll have skipped the night!
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/38517/Wyatt Spycher
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
You can make a bed to sleep during night hours. You can also use a cheat command like doDaylightCycle false to skip nighttime.
Making a bed or using special commands and enabling cheats can help with skipping past night.
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <age-of-empires-ii-the-age-of-kings><age-of-empires>
Title: Age of Empires (1+2) online?
Question: Can I still play Age of Empires 1 or 2 online? The GameSpy room for AOE 1 is always empty.

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sents: text: You may have some better success finding games to play on GameRanger .
text: I just logged on and saw 250 rooms for Age of Empires 2.
text: For Age of Empires there were only about 30.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6745/Weegee
score: 11
sents: text: Voobly: They got a rating system where you receive and lose points for each battle win or loss.
text: They got some nice features like download of recorded games of other games played.
text: Maps for custom scenario, random maps like Michi, Land Nomad, Arabia and Black Forest usually played there.
text: GameRanger:
text: Very fast client software (faster than voobly).
text: They usually play maps like Black Forest, Arabia and custom scenario with rules like NR (no rush) and Diplomacy (you choose allies during gameplay).
text: Garena: never played there.
text: Another option.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13643/Victor
score: 8
sents: text: Age of Empires II : Conquerors has been re-released as Age of Empires 2 HD on Steam .
text: It includes all the usual Steam-based matchmaking features and runs on Win 7, 8 and 10.
text: You're going to find a larger player pool if you don't mind paying for it again.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3404/Drew
score: 7
sents: text: You can still play them online, if other people are actually in the lobbies is a different detail all together.
text: Your best bet is to get friends to play the game with you.
text: I'm not promoting illegal activity but disk sharing if they don't have it could get you some AoE1 and 2 online goodness.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/7998/Jeff Langemeier
score: 4
sents: text: Found a online service called http://www.hellaoe.de/ which offers to play AOE together via Hamachi .
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/10296/powtac
score: 2
sents: text: I don't know about Age of Empires I, but people still play Age of Empires: Conquerer's Edition online, on Tunngle.
text: It's available here:
text: http://www.tunngle.net/index.php?l=en Just register with a username, download the software, login, join the network of the game you want to play, go to LAN connection section in the game to view servers and start playing.
text: Have fun!
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/25411/Forbidden Overseer
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Try using Gameranger or Voobly instead. They usually play maps like Black Forest or Arabia with rules like NR.
Age of Empires (1+2) can be played online on a variety of platforms.
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <deus-ex-human-revolution>
Title: How can I not snap people's necks (or only snap it a little bit)?
Question: So the wall-punching augmentation (in the Cybernetic Arm Prosthesis augmentation tree) allows you to punch through weak walls, but will automatically have you snap the neck of anyone standing on the other side of them.  Am I correct in assuming this will ruin a pacifist playthrough?  Is there any way to do a non-lethal wall-punch and only snap his neck a little bit?

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sents: text: I've done this trick on my last playthrough, smashing the wall and knocking out the person on the other side.
text: As I expected, I got Pacifist at the end.
text: So, in short, no, this technique does not disqualify you for Pacifist.
text: That said, the criteria for Pacifist are quite weird, I think the game is designed to be lenient.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 17
sents: text: What you can do (instead of wall punching) is to use a revolver with explosive bullets on the wall.
text: It will render the person on the other side unconscious when the wall breaks, instead of killing him (2 rounds AFAIK).
text: It made the Tracer Tong mission extremely easy (playing non-lethal).
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13263/Elijan9
score: 9
sents: text: After taking the wall breaking perk, I found myself in the situation of breaking through walls leading the lethal deaths.
text: I noticed that the wall had a health rating, like crates do, taking a indestructible object, a barrel, I threw it against the wall multiple times
text: until it broke, this alerted the guards but this method works without any expenditure of grenades or explosive shots from a revolver.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/38694/User 78
score: 6
sents: text: If you don't have a revolver with explosive bullets, you can also toss a frag grenade at the wall.
text: The wall will come down, but the person on the other side will only be knocked unconscious.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/5398/Steve V.
score: 3
sents: text: You don't need explosives.
text: It takes a few shots
text: but I was able to break through a wall with my silenced 10mm pistol.
text: I do however have the armor piercing on it
text: but I tried it with my shotgun(not modded) and after about 5 shots I broke through.
text: It did a non lethal knockout on the guy on the other side of wall for those pacifists out there.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/137398/LUCKYe 13
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
This does not disqualify you as a pacifist. Try tossing a frag. The wall will come down but the person on the other side will only be knocked unconscious.
Several techniques can be used in order to do a non-lethal wall punch and it does not disqualify a player from doing a pacifist walkthrough
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <the-elder-scrolls-5-skyrim><pc>
Title: How can I increase Skyrim's Volume?
Question: Compared to every other program on my PC, Skyrim is nearly deathly quiet by comparison. I looked into the in-game sound menu, but it's already cranked to max!  Is there anything I can do to avoid having to double my system volume settings each time I want to play Skyrim?

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sents: text: If you're on windows 7 (I think Vista as well?), try the following: While Skyrim is running, alt-tab back to your desktop.
text: Click the volume icon in the system tray, then click "mixer".
text: In there, there are separate settings for each application currentlyrunning.
text: Move Skyrim's slider higher, and it should raise the volume relativeto your other applications
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4775/Dave McClelland
score: 8
sents: text: Likely your volume on the mixer is already at max, so the best way to do this is go to 'playback devices', click the one you're using, head to enhancements and turn on 'loudness equalization'.
text: Was having the same problem
text: but this fixed it instantly.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/14336/Matt
score: 7
sents: text: Loudness Equalization is bad, as it negatively affect the full experience of the audio by limiting the range.
text: Now probably if you're using a laptop or some cheap speakers it won't make much difference but otherwise another solution is preferable.
text: There is another solution here .
text: (...) if you have Realtek onboard sound and are using stereo speakers or headphones, switch the speaker configuration to 5.1 and uncheck the center channel / sub / rear speaker options.
text: This worked for me.
text: The reason, according to that forum post, is because The game was designed to support 2.1, 5.1, and 7.1 sound.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1657/Bleep Bloop
score: 3
sents: text: You can change it in under SkyrimPrefs.ini Audio section.
text: fAudioMasterVolume
text: .The
text: in-game slider only takes it up to 1.000 but you can enter a higher value in the .ini.
text: I have mine at 1.5.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/16559/Asdafgh
score: 2
sents: text: whoa...
text: this this is pretty old...
text: anyway, there's mod to fix this problemi
text: don't know if this is gonna work for everyone http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/41982/ ?
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/132494/Putra Agung
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Within the volume icon you can find separate settings for each application. Move Skyrim's slider higher.
The customisation of Windows or game audio settings is suggested.
Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <the-elder-scrolls-5-skyrim>
Title: What quest is the object Dravin's Bow from?
Question: So apparently I've found a quest item  Dravin's Bow  somewhere in my travels. Anyone found this quest, since I can't drop the item, I'd like to complete it quick-fastly, as I subscribe to the 'pick up everything that's not nailed down' school of thought.

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sents: text: You can also put it on any weapon display if you own a home and don't feel like doing quest yet.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/14282/BlahBlah
score: 17
sents: text: He is in MerryFair Farm directly west from riften stables, However if he is already dead (like it was for me)
text: Then you can just place the bow on his body and take whatever you want as a reward from his corpse - I only took half his gold, im not greedy you know :)
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/15154/Haydn
score: 14
sents: text: What you picked up was a miscellaneous objective, Bow to the Master when you were in the Ratway Warrens.
text: To complete it, return the bow to Dravin.
text: You can find him at the Merryfair Farm.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 12
sents: text: You can give it back to Dravin, a guy in a farm near the Goldenglow Estate (an island where you have to go for a quest for the Guild of Thieves)
text: Actually I'm not sure if the guy is called Dravin.
text: It is an elf working in a farm in front of the island where Goldenglow is.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/11525/Mario F
score: 3
sents: text: This bow is part of the quest Bow to the Master .
text: Take the bow to Dravin Llanith at Merryfair Farm to trade it for some gems.
text: If Draven's dead, you're stuck with the bow unless you're playing on the PC and can remove it via the console command: player.removeitem 0006b9ad 1 Bug - PC-
text: Completing the quest removes the bow but not it's weight.
text: PC users can do this anyway after completing the quest (successfully or not) to solve the problem.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13845/agent86
score: 3

Summary of the answers:
This bow is part of the quest Bow to the Master? You can take it to Dravin at Merryfair Farm.
Apparently it is part of the quest Bow to the Master.