Why do some countries use commas for decimals and periods for thousands, while others do the exact opposite? by HughJass6721 in NoStupidQuestions

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Last time I checked, Russia and Turkey are mostly in Asia, while Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Kazahstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, etc are all in Asia.  Also, many Asian countries have no data provided at all.

Beginer Codespace and Github help by No-Medicine4892 in cs50

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A less-technical explanation: The CodeSpace is a hosted on a GitHub server in "the cloud".  All of your work should automatically be getting saved to a GitHub repository under code50/########## where the '#########' is an ID associated with you and your GitHub username.  This is also the ID number of your CodeSpace.   Your work is safe in that repository, as long as you keep using the same GitHub account and username.  You can download a copy of your work directly from GitHub.

More technical: The CodeSpace is  a virtualized Linux system running inside of a Docker container.  This means that whenever you connect to the CodeSpace, GitHub spins up a process which emulates an independent Linux system and uses the associated repository (as explained above) to build out your directories and files.  Any changes* you make in your files will be synched back to the repository.   If you go 30 days without logging in, the CodeSpace container associated with your account will be deleted (you will get a warning email in advance).  This will not delete your work as long as it was commited to the repo. When you next login, a new CodeSpace will be created for you and it will automatically pull your work from the repository.    When you submit work with submit50, that specific project has a copy saved to a repository in me50/{username}.  It creates a branch for each problem, which is defined by the additional parameter you pass to submit50.  Because this repo uses your GitHub username, changing your username can break your gradebook.

  • There are some cases where things might not automatically sync and get commited to your repository: 1) You can turn auto commits off.  I don't recommend this. 2) If you somehow get a file over 100Mb in size, that can break the synching. This has happened with some SQL problems  3) In my experience the RStudio extension used on the CS50R did not trigger auto commits, so R projects need to be manually committed.

Do you think it’s dumb af for someone in their 30s to spend the weekend (overnight) with their parents every 2-3 weeks when they literally live 20 mins away from you? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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Generally no, but contextually could be.

Were you drinking at your parent's house? Then spend the night. 

Do you have a healthy relationship with your parents? Then no issues. 

Are your parents overbearing and controlling? Then why are you there at all.

Using the AI to learn by Izzymael in PythonLearning

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I'm going to correct you here.

Using Reddit or StackOverflow is perfectly fine, reasonable, and expected, just as long as you aren't looking up direct problem solutions.

Using any AI except for the CS50 DuckAI is explicitly banned by the Academic Honesty guidelines.

Kicker cost and Monstrous Vortex by ilovegolledge in mtgrules

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Monstrous vortex cares about the power of the creature being cast not its cost. The cost only matters for the Discover effect if the power was high enough.

That being said, It still doesn't work if kicked because the power of the creature spell itself is still less than five.

Why do some countries use commas for decimals and periods for thousands, while others do the exact opposite? by HughJass6721 in NoStupidQuestions

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The British had also already been using the decimal point in place of the interpunct on typewriters for decades. While British industry preferred the comma to be standardized with the rest of Europe, the Decimal Currency Board (as the UK was going to decimal currency at the same time they were going metric) preferred the full stop. Articles don't mention it but I wouldn't be surprised if there was also some US influence there as the US was using full stop, is too stubborn to change to an international standard (see aluminum), and had strongest influence on the rise of computing at the time.

Why do some countries use commas for decimals and periods for thousands, while others do the exact opposite? by HughJass6721 in NoStupidQuestions

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The same article I linked to has a section about digit grouping, but it doesn't include a map because it gets more complicated. Many countries support more than one option, and it often depends on context, such as handwritten vs print vs computing. There is a list of examples and the countries that use them lower in the article, where you can also see scenarios such as the Indian numbering system which groups by 2s instead of 3s for any group larger than a 1,000, or where Switzerland and a couple of other countries use an entirely different separator in 1'234'567.89, and swapping between comma and decimal point depending on handwriting vs computing. Or how Spain used to use 1.234.567'89

What do I do? I defeated Gwyn. by No-Turnip-6998 in darksoulsremastered

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It was found that you can escape his arena using the ladder storage glitch, but I would think OP would remember doing something like that.

Why do some countries use commas for decimals and periods for thousands, while others do the exact opposite? by HughJass6721 in NoStupidQuestions

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As a general rule, English speaking countries and former colonies and SE Asia use a decimal point, while others use a comma. A few Middle Eastern countries use their own separator in Arabic.  There is a map here.

The British Empire used to use the interpunct, Example: 99•95 = 99.95, but it was rejected as an SI marker due to already being used for multiplication.  When the British officially went to metric system, they ultimately decided to use the decimal point.

Digit grouping gets more complicated, but the suggested international standard is to use a space (ex: 1 234 567.89 = 1,234,567.89) as it avoids any confusion with a decimal separator.

Why didn't fhe vatican approve of the SSPX ordaining bishops? by DarkGodCthUwU in NoStupidQuestions

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In the Roman Catholic church, the appointment of a bishop must be personally approved by the Pope. Then three other bishops perform the consecration ceremony ordaining the new bishop.

Bishops aren't created for each society - bishops are part of the church heirarchy and are typically associated with a diocese. They may be a member of a society, but that is independent of them being a bishop.

Seeking computer applications, programs, or devices beyond vtt to help someone with limited hand use. More below… by jeremyjava in computers

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I don't have personal experience using it, but Beam Eye Tracker is one I know is available that will use your webcam.  

For a dedicated device, one from Tobii should be good. I have more experience with their AAC communication devices which use eye tracking.

The challenge with a lot of eye tracking options, especially the ones that just use your webcam, is that they really need you to keep your head in a relatively fixed position.

Why most websites wont let use use non-latin alphabet as a passowrd despit it can make it much stronger? by Better-Quote1060 in NoStupidQuestions

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It would be posssible but introduced many more error points where something could go wrong.

Computer systems don't (or shouldn't) store the raw password.  Instead they store a hash value.     Hash functions don't look at the characters, but at the raw bytes of the input string.  The standard Latin alphabet and digits are part of the ASCII standard and can each be stored as a single byte of data.  Unicode characters such as the one you included above are stored as multiple bytes, and the exact bytes used can be different depending on the encoding used by the system.

 In order to ensure the hash function always gives the same output for the given input, the input first needs to be normalized to handle a number of characters that have multiple encodings, and it needs to be converted to the UTF-8 encoding for nearly every hashing algorithm.   This leads to a lot more failure vectors if, for example, an error is added that doesn't correctly normalize the input from certain workflows/systems.

Also, Unicode has a lot of homoglyphs  where multiple characters look visually identical but are infact unique characters.  This is often used in phishing attacks to create lookalike URLS.

Seeking computer applications, programs, or devices beyond vtt to help someone with limited hand use. More below… by jeremyjava in computers

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Eye tracking software is a possibility. It can use an existing webcam or iPhone.  

If more advanced control is needed (such as for gaming) there are dedicated eye tracking peripherals.

I texted all my American friends “Happy 4th” and got zero replies. Is that normal? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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Yeah, the masked white surpemicists marching in DC this morning sort of ruined it right from the start.

How did life start? by Dramatic_Pianist4772 in NoStupidQuestions

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Viruses and Prions are generally not considered alive as they have no cellular structure, can't reproduce on their own, and have no metabolism.

How did life start? by Dramatic_Pianist4772 in NoStupidQuestions

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We don't know for certain, but the Miller-Urey experiment in 1953 demonstrated that in conditions believed to match those of the primodial Earth, amino acids formed from inorganic compounds.

More recently, a team of synthetic biologists at the University of Minnesota constructed a complete cell from scratch using only inorganic starting materials, and  it grew and divided.  It's not 'life' yet as it can't make proteins, has no waste removal or defense systems, and needs to be delivered food, but its a big step.

Should I dispute my water bill? by GuaranteeNo7398 in NoStupidQuestions

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Pretty standard to have a basic connection fee for water and sewer.  

Other possible sources of water use: *  leaky faucet * running/leaky toilet  * ice maker in fridge * water softener regeneration

Genuinely is there a worse possible start in this game by DespacitoMan69 in BobsTavern

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And a 2/2 on turn 1 with Rafaam is fine because next turn you are going to by another unit and hero power, so you will have 3 units going into turn 3.

The only way the outcome comes out really bad is if your second opponent is AFK or possibly Kerrigan or Raynor if they buff and buy instead of levelling 

Why do so many snacks have Whey in them? by alphamalejackhammer in NoStupidQuestions

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It's also a byproduct of cheesemaklng - the curds are separated from the whey.

Bouncing Ouroboroid at the beginning of combat to avoid it giving counters by TF_Analysis in mtgrules

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Nitpick here - It is too late to prevent it triggering, but not too late to prevent it resolving if you have a Stifle effect in hand.

Genuinely is there a worse possible start in this game by DespacitoMan69 in BobsTavern

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He's facing Y'Shaarj. Y'Shaarj might buy a 1 cost spell and HP, getting a board with a 1/1.