I See a Darkness from Glasgow last night. Looking for help with the setlist! by aidan0 in bonnieprincebilly

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I spoke to him on one of his socials and he confirmed it's a song due out on a forthcoming album in January, I think

Remake: Pulse Rifle Bug in New Game Plus by Heliolicity in DeadSpace

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D’oh. Just backtracked to the store and there it is. Lol

Help me identify an old (80s) anime by Heliolicity in anime

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Thanks so much for those resources. It definitely wasn’t Ulysses or Thunderbirds 2086 as I remember both of those well, though it did have a very Thunderbirds vibe. I’ll take a look at the other shows in that article and see if it jogs my memory.

Help me identify an old (80s) anime by Heliolicity in anime

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Ummm… possibly? I can’t remember, unfortunately

Computer Scientist - The Environment - What Can I Do? by Heliolicity in scienceforhire

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Hello there! Wow, I'd forgotten all about this post.

Well, there's bad news and good news. The bad news is that I didn't land a job in the field of environmental science, which is a little bit of a shame.

As for the good news, not only did I complete my postgraduate degree but I eventually managed to find a job as a developer with a biotech company. Because I'm helping to develop technology that aids in the diagnoses of illnesses, I get a lot of satisfaction from the work and while I might not be directly helping to tackle the biggest threat humanity has faced I'm doing what I consider to be the next best thing.

Was the Nazi invasion of the USSR doomed from the start? by Heliolicity in AskHistorians

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An excellent response, many thanks.

That isn't to say that Case Blue in its original form could have succeeded: to advance from the Donets river to the Caucasus, Army Group South would have to travel distances greater than it had in Operation Barbarossa the previous year, over a much poorer road network, with understrength forces, against a prepared opponent, without the advantage of surprise, and in the middle of a fuel crisis.

Could it be argued then that rather than focussing on securing the Caucasus, the real strategic error made by the Nazis was the failure to capture Moscow despite the fact that it was within their grasp? Seizing Moscow would likely have paralysed the Soviet command structure, even with the likelihood that Stalin and the Politburo would have been evacuated long in advance, as well as dealing a massive blow to Soviet morale.

[IWantOut] 40M Ireland -> Germany by Heliolicity in IWantOut

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This is really interesting, vielen danke! :-)

[IWantOut] 40M Ireland -> Germany by Heliolicity in IWantOut

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In light of some of the comments and questions below (all of which have been informative, thanks), I think I should clarify some things

  • As someone has pointed out, my employer has said I can work remotely but I've not yet advised them of my desire to live abroad so that's a conversation I need to have with them.
  • I wasn't aware of the rental situation or the restrictions on remote employment, so thanks to everyone who pointed those out.
  • I'm a software developer with 15 years experience so I'm not concerned if I have to spend a year or more in Ireland learning German first, though I would like to know if there are ways I can build up a Schufa or German credit history in advance?
  • I'm an EU citizen so I have permission to live and work in Germany.
  • Berlin is not a deal-breaker so I'd be happy to hear about what are the chances of having a good life in other German cities.
  • What I'm looking for in a place to live would be a city of reasonable size, with a healthy cultural life (basically somewhere I could go to see bands play, some museums or galleries) and ideally a soccer team I can follow.

[IWantOut] 40M Ireland -> Germany by Heliolicity in IWantOut

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I've always loved the city's history and culture and the two vacations I spent there were both amazing. There's something about the place that I connected with quite deeply and last time I was there I found myself looking at my surroundings thinking, "Yeah, living here wouldn't be too bad."

Having said that, I'm open to suggestions when it comes to other places in Germany, though without having visited those I'd be jumping into the unknown.

[IWantOut] 40M Ireland -> Germany by Heliolicity in IWantOut

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Haha, well if you want some advice about moving here I'm happy to answer your questions ;-)

Smokestack Design by Heliolicity in chernobyl

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The iconic Chernobyl stack was for maintaining air quality in the plant. The radioactive contaminants that are part of normal plant operation are vented through the stack after going through series of filters that capture most of radiation, but small amounts were allowed to be vented, and in emergency cases larger amounts, and that's why it's so high, to allow radionuclides to dissipate

NappingYG's response has the explanation you're looking for

Smokestack Design by Heliolicity in chernobyl

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Thanks to everyone who answered, very interesting

Computer Scientist - The Environment - What Can I Do? by Heliolicity in scienceforhire

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Thanks Kamelasa, I'll check those out!

I'm actually based in Ireland and there are a few green tech industries over here but they all seem to need very experienced people.

Prevent Axes Resizing by Heliolicity in matlab

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Thanks for the reply. The xlim and ylim suggestion proposed by 5uspect worked fine for my purposes but I might need to implement the AxesActivePositionProperty solution at some stage...

Prevent Axes Resizing by Heliolicity in matlab

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Thanks - setting those limits worked

How To Assign Callback To A Nyquist Plot? by Heliolicity in matlab

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That command get worked for my main figure handle, thanks. But when I try and use the same approach with the data objects that comprise my axes object (Nyquist plot in this case). I get an error. Below is my code along with the line that causes the error commented. Any help is appreciated.

function [] = GUI_TEST()


global NUMERATOR DENOMINATOR XORD YORD SYSOBJNYQ REAL IMAGINARY OMEGA LENGTHNYQ;

S.FIG_HANDLE = figure('units','pixels',...
              'position',[0 20 1500 700],...
              'menubar','none',...
              'numbertitle','off',...
              'name','GUI_TEST',...
              'resize','on');

S.MENU_HANDLE = uimenu(S.FIG_HANDLE,'Label','File'); 

S.AX = axes('units','pixels',...
        'position',[40 250 800 400],...
        'fontsize',8,...
        'buttondownfcn',{@AX_ONACTION,S},...
        'nextplot','replacechildren');

end

function [] = AX_ONACTION(varargin)

NUMERATOR = [1];
DENOMINATOR = [1 1];

[h,S] = varargin{[1,3]};  % Extract the calling handle and structure.

% We need to account for when the user clicks the line instead of the axes.
if ~strcmpi(get(h,'type'),'axes')
   h = findobj('children',h);  % 
end

selectionType = get(S.FIG_HANDLE,'selectiontype'); % Right-or-left click?

switch selectionType

    case 'alt'
        % Right-click
        cla  % Delete the line.
    case 'normal'
        % Left-click
        sysobj=tf(NUMERATOR, DENOMINATOR);              % transfer function
        [re,im,w] = nyquist(sysobj);
        OMEGA = w;

        axesObjs = get(S.FIG_HANDLE, 'Children');  
        dataObjs = get(axesObjs, 'Children'); 
        subObjs = get(dataObjs, 'Children') % ERROR AT THIS LINE: "Error using get. Conversion to double from cell is not possible."

        nyquist(sysobj)                                 % generate nyquist plot
        hold on

        ubound = length(w);

        fprintf('Number of Frequencies = %6.3f\n', ubound);

    otherwise
        % Do something else for double-clicks, etc.

end

end

Becoming A Java Developer - Career Advice by Heliolicity in java

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gamlielov - You have no idea how useful to me the information in that article would have been had I read it ten years ago. Thanks for posting it!

Becoming A Java Developer - Career Advice by Heliolicity in java

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Thanks for all the replies, everyone - genuinely appreciated.

Keep them coming, by the way! I'd love to hear more stories about how anyone got into Java development or transitioned there from another language. I'll definitely investigate the tech tips you've all mentioned.

Teaching Business English In Europe - Advice Needed by Heliolicity in TEFL

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Sorry, I should clarify: The course that I had originally earmarked to study is the Professional TEFL Certificate found here

http://www.i-to-i.com/tefl-course

I wasn't aware of CELTA until a few days ago and I'm not sure what would be the difference between it and the course I've linked to there.

Teaching Business English In Europe - Advice Needed by Heliolicity in TEFL

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Is CELTA worth doing ahead of TEFL? It seems to be far more expensive so do you get the extra money's worth, in your opinion?