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Can brain cells move? By movement I mean long distance migration (preferably within the brain only). | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. This is a very interesting question, however, it's not really a brain question, but a brain matter question, which I will an... |
In our computer systems lecture we were introduced to the MIPS processor. It was (re)developed over the course of the term and has in fact been quite easy to understand. It uses a RISC design, that is its elementary commands are regularly encoded and there are only few of them in order to keep the wires simple.
It was ... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. And how important is the ability to understand assembly code for each version of the processor? For CISC you should have a d... |
View tabular file such as CSV from command line, having horizontal and vertical scrolling would be great. | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. The file should be accessible for search and reverse search such as a search tool. To implement a search tool on the site, w... |
Slater type orbitals (STO) are considered to be more accurate than gaussian type orbitals (GTO) for atomic and molecular QM calculations because - among other reasons - they decay with $e^{-\alpha r}$ as $r \to \infty$. But GTOs are more popular because they are easier to calculate with. GTOs decay with $e^{-\alpha r^2... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. I am aware of the fact that $e^{-\\alpha r}$ decays like $e^{-\\alpha r^2}$ for $r \\to \\infty$. I am also aware of the fact that the wavefunctions decay like $e^{-\\alpha r}$ for $r \\to \\infty$, but what is the reason ... |
Explain what "git reset" does. I come from a SVN background and Git is a whole new paradigm. I got mercurial easily, but Git is much more technical.
I think ```git reset``` is close to ```hg revert```, but it seems there are differences. Please include detailed explanations about:
* the options ```--hard```, ```--soft... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. I really look forward to this, there can't be more cool tutorials then this!",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers u... |
I am looking to use Java to get the MD5 checksum of a file.
How is it done? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. I am looking to use Java to get the MD5 checksum of a file. How is it done?",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers us... |
What are the primary objections Democrats have to a border wall? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. There is no wall. There is a fence along the border. What do you think about the idea of a wall?It’s expensive. It’s going t... |
I'm converting a video to GIF file with ```ffmpeg```:
```ffmpeg \
-i input.flv \
-ss 00:00:00.000 \
-pix_fmt rgb24 \
-r 10 \
-s 320x240 \
-t 00:00:10.000 \
output.gif
```
It works great, but output gif file has a very low quality.
Any ideas how can I improve quality of converted gif? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. If help here's gif. - ``` ffmpeg -r 8 -f gif image_2560px.gif ``` then I get file, with quality: 80k",
"You are a helpful ... |
Tor can only handle TCP connections, but DNS is a UDP protocol. How does Tor route DNS requests over its TCP based network? Why can the same approach not be used to route all UDP traffic over Tor? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. It's about IP addresses. If you want to use IP address based routing then your best bet is to just route the IP traffic over... |
Why does this throw ```NullPointerException```
```public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Boolean b = true ? returnsNull() : false; // NPE on this line.
System.out.println(b);
}
public static Boolean returnsNull() {
return null;
}
```
while this doesn't
```public static void main(String[] ... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Why does this throw ```NullPointerException``` ```public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Boolean b = true? returnsNull() : false; // NPE on this line. System.out.println(b); } public static Boolean retur... |
How do DOS games like DOOM benefit from a PCI graphics card? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. The DOOM graphics chip doesn't require a dedicated graphics card, so you could use a PCI card. However, the graphics chip in DOOM is actually a video chip, so it is only capable of displaying two dimensional graphics. This... |
I need to be able to open a document using its default application in Windows and Mac OS. Basically, I want to do the same thing that happens when you double-click on the document icon in Explorer or Finder. What is the best way to do this in Python? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. I have had no success with 'open' the 'application' of choice, but opened the application itself without opening the file as... |
Why does PRC devalue its currency on purpose, but Turkey is worried about the devaluation of its currency? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Turkey is worried about the devaluation of its currency. It is a global currency. The currency of a country is the devaluation of its currency. A country with a global currency has a currency that is the devaluation of its... |
Is it worth patenting an algorithm if I don't have the money to defend against infringements? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Answer: I don't know about other countries, but here in the US we don't have to worry about this. There's a patent law that ... |
"I have a ```String[]``` with values like so:
```public static final String[] VALUES = new String[] {""AB"",""BC"",""CD"",""AE""};
```
Given ```String s```, is there a good way of testing whether ```VALUES``` contains ```s```?" How do I determine whether an array contains a particular value in Java? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. [CQLQ]I've used the indexOf function for this... but I've missed a bit. What am I supposed to think in this case: Does index... |
Does Java casting introduce overhead? Or the compiler just resolves everything and there is no cost at run time?
Is this a general things, or there are different cases? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Java doesn't introduce any overhead and that's a given. In fact if you look at some of the Java specs that list optimization... |
How can I copy a string (e.g "hello") to the System Clipboard in C#, so next time I press CTRL+V I'll get "hello"? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. I need the full working title of this forum, so i have to guess (please ignore!). As far as I can tell, there's no way aroun... |
I want to put a draft watermark using the below script but the problem is that the watermark don't come over the images and I want it to come over it.
```\usepackage{draftwatermark}
\SetWatermarkText{DRAFT}
\SetWatermarkScale{1}
``` | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Here is an example: The watermark will need to be put inside a `\\par box` to have anything to watermark. Please sign in or ... |
Understanding the Rails Authenticity Token | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. This token is used to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questio... |
Why is FIFA against adding instant replay to the game? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. It has to be said that the FIFA football game has been the biggest selling game of the decade so far. It has been a long time since a game was so popular with the players. There is a big demand for the FIFA game among the ... |
If we should encrypt the message rather than the method of transfer, why do we care about wifi security? Is this just security theatre? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. We are using the same password to access the network and internet. If the network gets hacked, then the password becomes vulnerable and that means we are at risk. The best we can do is to protect ourselves from the possibl... |
Applying filter in scipy.signal: Use lfilter or filtfilt? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. It's not a problem to use the same code. The only problem is that the code you show has a problem: it uses scipy.signal.fftc... |
What do different people in the department expect from a postdoc?
By different people I mean the advisor, graduate students and PhD students.
I know it mainly depends on the job description but there are few basic things that a postdoc must be expected to do. How aggressive (proactive) must one be? This question is imp... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. * What do different people in the department expect from a postdoc?",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user quest... |
Can someone explain to me what the ```contentInset``` property in a ```UIScrollView``` instance is used for? And maybe provide an example? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. You need to understand where to put the code in your UIScrollView . You need to understand what code in each section is f... |
How is arc defined in TikZ? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. How do I use the \\arabicnumeral macro in TikZ? In my first post, I asked how to define an arc with TikZ. I found the answer there. The answer to my first question is as follows: \\begin{tikzpicture} \\fill[red] (0,0) -- (... |
How to connect mysql workbench to running mysql inside docker? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. You can connect MySQL Workbench to running MySQL inside Docker. The application does not need to be installed and runs as a Docker container. To do this, you need to create a container.",
"You are a helpful assistant tha... |
Can meat spoil outside the fridge if it's baked into bread as a filling? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. No, meat does not spoil outside the fridge if it is baked into bread as a filling. It will, however, spoil if it is left unc... |
I'm wondering how the XML Schema specification handles these cases:
```
```
No maxOccurs given -> Is this the cardinality [1..1]?
```
```
I suppose this is simply invalid?
```
```
Is this the cardinality [0..2] or [1..2]?
Is there an "official" definition on how the XML Schema spec handles these cases? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Is there an \"official\" definition on how the XML Schema spec handles these cases? We may think of this case as \"the gener... |
Were there any flying dinosaurs? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. I'm not sure that the dinosaurs were actually flying, but the birds were very well adapted to flying and living in the sky."... |
Say, a table ```car``` has one-to-one relationship to tables ```electric_car```, ```gas_car```, and ```hybrid_car```. If a ```car``` is ```electric_car```, it can no longer appear in ```gas_car``` or a ```hybrid_car```, etc.
Is it a bad practice to have several mutually exclusive one-to-one relationships in database d... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Answer: **NO** because this design makes multiple usage from a specific table easier. A general rule is 1 table should not h... |
I see a low use of Mathematica in Kaggle competitions. Why would one use the Wolfram Language versus R, Python, or Julia for machine learning? Besides prettier plots and the Manipulate function, do we have something that is useful for ML that other languages are lacking? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. As far as I know, some are using Python 3.x for regression based Machine Learning. So the final step, when you apply the fin... |
I'm using wp_nav_menu and am trying to create custom output for the sub-level drop downs. I came across the "items_wrap" argument but there's really not much information as to what it is, how it works, and what kind of things can be done with it.
What exactly is "%1$s" and "%2$s"? (Can anyone explain it in layman's... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. This is my code: wp_nav_menu('menu_name', 'args', $args); This is what I'm getting: http://i41.tinypic.com/2jw7l7n.jpg The f... |
I've noticed that people on YouTube and even on TV would sometimes say things like "I used to take lots of coke a few years ago" or "I used to smoke weed daily until this and that" or "Yea, I smoke weed every once in a while," or "I used to pirate games a lot when I was a bit younger" or "I used pirated Windows and Pho... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. You know what they say about the Devil and the pen. People like Bill, \"Alot of you people don't even understand what the Bi... |
Did two dissenting Supreme Court justices agree that Trump was "absolutely immune" to the Manhattan DA's subpoena? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday issued a subpoena for former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, to appear before a grand jury in Manhattan on Monday. The subpoena was issued on the same ... |
Just curious, given how heavily from Tolkien D&D drew, and the fact that games like Wizardry used Hobbits, is there a good design reason why Gygax and company used Halflings (a term that also appears in Tolkien) vice Hobbits as the term for our little friends? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Also since Mancat is a \"word\" in Hobbit land, does this then apply for any DnD game that uses the language of \"word\"? I ... |
My USB drive used to be originally 8GB when I bought it.
I'm trying to reformatted in Windows 7 by right clicking on the drive and selecting ```Format...```. But the capacity only shows 250MB.
Is there something I can do to get the original size back? Maybe it got partitioned in a weird way?
The flash drive is a SanD... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. 1. The SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB is made by SanDisk. 2. You might not have paid attention to the date and serial number on ... |
I am a Tor developer. I understand that the .onion address is a public key of sorts, but not much more than that (I can vaguely guess, though). When nobody knows the IP of the .onion address, how do requests reach it? Are they bounced between nodes in the P2P network till someone decrypts it with the corresponding priv... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. I am a Tor developer. I understand that the.onion address is a public key of sorts, but not much more than that (I can vaguely guess, though). When nobody knows the IP of the.onion address, how do requests reach it? Are th... |
I have been offered a PhD position by an inexperienced professor in a great institution in Europe. Despite the fact that the institution is very strong in my area, since the position was offered by this particular professor, I would have to commit myself to working with him for my thesis. This professor is young, and r... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. I can relate to your interest in working with the professor in question. This professor looks like a bit of an academic novi... |
Is there a phrase that means "too important" and "attracting too much attention"? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. It's not the same as \"too important\" and \"attracting too much attention\" is not a phrase. When you're the only one that ... |
This guy claims that Olympic powerlifters working in the 1-6 rep range can increase strength without increasing muscle size.
> Trained Olympic lifters, for example, were shown over a two-year period to have significant strength increases with barely noticeable increases in muscle mass (Hakkinen et al, 1988). I had a ... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. How to find out which one you have: - Stand back to back with another person. One person will lift something heavy, and the ... |
What are the major concerns about planting trees to create carbon offsets? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. In the 70’s, planting trees to offset carbon emissions was a popular practice. But, in recent years, tree planting has becom... |
I am wondering how to generate uniformly distributed points on the surface of the 3-d unit sphere? Also after generating those points, what is the best way to visualize and check whether they are truly uniform on the surface $x^2+y^2+z^2=1$? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. For you case: $X=4$$~$$ \\mathbb{R}-3 \\times X\\times(-4 \\leq z <0)$$ $y=2$$ x=1$$ w=3$$ z=-1=0$$y=2$$$$ 2x=4$$y=-1$$x=4$z... |
In Shutter Island, at the end of the movie Teddy had a chat with Chuck, in that scene Teddy told to Chuck as,
Which would be worse: To live as a monster, or to die as a good man?
What's the implicit meaning of this dialogue? Who's the monster as Teddy mentioned?
And, who's a good man? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Why wasn't Teddy punished that the sentence has not been punished by killing all the humans? The murderer remains undetected... |
To set the minimal distance between flexbox items I'm using ```margin: 0 5px``` on ```.item``` and ```margin: 0 -5px``` on container. For me it seems like a hack, but I can't find any better way to do this.
```#box {
display: flex;
width: 100px;
margin: 0 -5px;
}
.item {
background: gray;
width: 50px;
hei... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Thanks! It has been tricky to get things to be so easy on Twitter and now I'm convinced. If you get an upvote, feel free to ... |
Is there a Git for data? The key improvement I'd want is to Diff/Merge more intelligently. e.g. in CSV rather than line vs line comparison, it would do cell vs cell.
And ordering is usually not significant, e.g. rows in a CSV, whereas Git does care and presents the user with 'conflicts'. | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Git for data is a product we are contemplating for the future. We will, however, keep this thread up to date with progress o... |
I have been puzzling over where to put the submit button, on the left or the right. In researching, I noticed that many sites put buttons on the bottom right in dialogue boxes, and on the bottom left in forms.
It makes sense: in a dialogue box it seems to denote finality, being in the endpoint of the window for left–ri... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Yes, please center. Where is the submit button when form is empty? When there are no options for the form, nothing submits, ... |
Is it at all possible to update object's properties with ```setState```?
Something like:
```this.state = {
jasper: { name: 'jasper', age: 28 },
}
```
I have tried:
```this.setState({jasper.name: 'someOtherName'});
```
and this:
```this.setState({jasper: {name: 'someothername'}})
```
The first results in a syntax er... | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Is it at all possible to update object's properties with ```setState```? Something like: ```this.state = { jasper: { name: 'jasper', age: 28 }, } ``` I have tried: ```this.setState({jasper.name:'someOtherName'}); and this:... |
What is the difference between Non-Player Characters (NPCs) and bots in video games? | [
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time.",
"You are a helpful assistant that answers user questions differently and concisely each time. Non-Player Characters (NPCs) are characters that are not controlled by a player in a video game, while bots are a type of co... |
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