For example, "Not going? Be sure to cancel at least 24 hours in advance." has an implied "Are you…" in front. Is there a term for this concept?  Is it proper grammar (or at least accepted in business communication)? I feel I've seen this structure use a lot.  Update  Is this just an example of ? I'm guessing "conversational" means it would be generally okay for marketing and user interfaces but not for a memo to the CEO (or other more formal documents).
"Thought you'd never ask" is "I thought you'd never ask" with "I" omitted. "Hope this helps" is "I hope this helps" with "I" omitted.   In English grammar, normally every sentence should have a subject, right?   My first thought is that these two examples are so often used that they are like set phrases. But these are not really set phrases. You can alter the words after "thought" and "hope".  Another possible explanation is the tendency to drop the subject if it is the first person pronoun. It seems that in many languages, such as Spanish, Italian and Japanese, the first person subject is usually omitted. Maybe English is going the same way? (Not exactly the same, since in Italian, verb forms change according to the person, so the subject is not necessary to understand who one's referring to.)  And, apparently, such omission is more common in spoken English than in written English.  Are there more examples of such first person subject omission? How frequent is it?
A term for words that change pronunciation with part of speech I'm talking about words like:   construct: CON-struct(n.), cun-STRUCT(v.) present: PRE-sent(n.), pre-SENT(v.) record: RE-cord(n.), ri-CORD(v.)   They are pronounced differently based on whether they are a noun or a verb.  Here are the terms I DON'T think would apply:   Homograph: same spelling, different meanings: for example, bark (the sound of a dog) and bark (the skin of a tree). Homophone: same pronunciation, different meaning: for example, to and two Homonym: same pronunciation and spelling, different meanings: for example: bank (river bank or savings bank) Heteronym: same spelling,  different pronunciations and meanings: for example bow (the front of a ship) and bow (a ranged weapon)   Bow is particularly interesting. It is a heteronym based on the two nouns I described. But in the sense of the body movement, the noun and the verb are pronounced alike (rhyming with wow), thus, not belonging to the category I've explained.  In fact none of the terms explained  satisfy my requirement.  I'm looking for the term for words that have same (or related at best, NOT different) meanings, same spelling and different pronunciation.  Specifically, different pronunciation depending on the part of speech. As against the words which have the same pronunciation in different parts of speech like bill, turn, case (or bigger ones like manoeuvre)  TL;DR:  Fill in the blank:     The noun and verb forms of construct are pronounced differently   because the word construct is a _____   or      The noun and verb forms of construct are pronounced differently   because they are _____s. Case-insensitive attribute-value selector with Jquery Java logical operator short-circuiting What's the recommended way to move a VirtualBox VM to another computer? I use VirtualBox 4.1.x on my Ubuntu machine and I’ve set up several virtual machines. Since there are several ways one can move a virtual machine in VirtualBox to another computer, I was wondering which one is the recommended way:   Use the “Import/Export utility.” Copy the entire virtual machine folder, containing the .vdi and .vbox files. Clone the VDI using “Virtual Media Manager” and then recreate a VM on the target machine but using the cloned VDI as the hard disk.   I have successfully used the 1st method several times and it has always worked. The problem is that after exporting and importing, the disk image is transformed into VMDK and not VDI anymore!  The 2nd method is probably the easiest but I’m not sure that simply copying the files will work or not on the target machine. When searching about this method, I found some people had problems in which they had to edit the VirtualBox.xml file to solve it!  At last, there’s the 3rd method, but it requires the extra work of creating a VM similar to the original VM configuration, which is not desirable.  It’s clear from the above explanation that my desired method is the 2nd one, but I need expert advice on this if it works or not. I don't want any XML editing getting in my way!  What’s the best method of safely transferring my VM’s to another computer with VirtualBox? Inheriting constructors Why does this code:  class A {     public:          explicit A(int x) {} };  class B: public A { };  int main(void) {     B *b = new B(5);     delete b; }   Result in these errors:   main.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: main.cpp:13: error: no matching function for call to ‘B::B(int)’ main.cpp:8: note: candidates are: B::B() main.cpp:8: note:                 B::B(const B&)   Shouldn't B inherit A's constructor?  (this is using gcc) Installing Ubuntu on a single partition I’m trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 alongside with Windows 7. My HDD supports only 4 partitions. Three of the partitions are taken up by windows. The fourth one is labelled as free space.   Now, how do I make root, swap and home partitions? Should I format my free space as primary with EXT4 first (if so, what should be the mount point?) and then create logical partitions for root/Home/swap? How do I go about this?  Edit: I tried to use the automatic installation option for dual boot. However I got the error ubi partman exit code 141. Probably because it tried to create two separate partitions for root and swap.   $ sudo parted -l Model: ATA ST1000DM003-1CH1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags:   Number  Start   End    Size   Type     File system  Flags  1      1049kB  106MB  105MB  primary  ntfs         boot  2      106MB   277GB  277GB  primary  ntfs  3      277GB   903GB  627GB  primary  ntfs What focal length lens do I need for photographing the moon? I would like to know whether it is possible to photograph moon without any flaws with a canon EOS 550d..   Also to get an image of the moon as close as the following image, what kind of equipment(lens,etc) is need to be used with the 550d Body Prove that $\sum_{k=0}^{m}\frac{\binom{m}{k}}{\binom{n}{k}}=\frac{n+1}{n+1-m}$ Prove that $\sum_{k=0}^{m}\dfrac{\binom{m}{k}}{\binom{n}{k}}=\dfrac{n+1}{n+1-m}$.  We know, n > m. From the right side. we have $\dfrac{n+1}{n+1-m}=\dfrac{1}{1-\dfrac{m}{n+1}}$. since n > m. $0&lt;\dfrac{m}{n+1}&lt;1$. Then $\dfrac{1}{1-\dfrac{m}{n+1}}=1+\dfrac{m}{n+1}+(\dfrac{m}{n+1})^2+...$ I don't know what to do next? Did I choose the right path? Should 'using' directives be inside or outside the namespace? I have been running  over some C# code, and it keeps reporting that my using directives should be inside the namespace.  Is there a technical reason for putting the using directives inside instead of outside the namespace? Prove there is an increasing sequence ($s_n$) of points in $S$ such that $\lim s_n = \sup S$. Let $S$ be a bounded set. Prove there is an increasing sequence ($s_n$) of points in $S$ such that $\lim s_n = \sup S$. Note: If $\sup S$ is in $S$, it’s sufficient to define $s_n = \sup S$ for all $n$.  What I have tried so far:  Let $M=\sup S, L = \lim\, s_n,\,|s_n-L|&lt;\epsilon/2$, then $M-\epsilon &lt; L- \epsilon/2 &lt; s_n &lt; M &lt; M+\epsilon$. But I get this based on $M &lt;= \epsilon+L$, because $\epsilon+L$ is an upper bound for $s_n$.   However, as $s_n$ are just points in $S$, so I don't know if it's sufficient to say $M$, which is the $\sup$ of $S$, is smaller than $L+\epsilon$. What does each SPECIAL stat in Fallout Shelter do? Besides its workplace uses, like Charisma in Living Quarters, Strength in Power Generators, Agility in Diners.   Do we know if Endurance increases HP in the Dwellers, or that strength helps in melee damage / survivability in the wastelands? And Perception? How to make a traditional division How to make the traditional division? Like that:  a |b_ r  c We encountered a Vampire Spawn in the 10-foot-high basement of an old church. The first strike was mine, after which the creature attacked my ally and retreated onto the ceiling as the thundering roar of my Booming Blade punished its retreat. Still inexperienced and unsure about my reach, after a short consultation with my mind, I decided to spend my turn switching to my trusty crossbow and make some distance.  However this turned out to be a mistake, since right after, the creature was in in my face trying to gouge out my eyes. Due to my nimbleness I managed to avoid its attacks. Regretting my earlier choice to change weapons I was left with the options to switch weapons and miss another turn, attack with disadvantage, or use my crossbow as an improvised melee weapon and trust in Booming Blade to hold the enemy in place after I disengaged.  Perhaps I should have switched weapons, but I decided that 1d4 (improvised weapon) + 1 (magic ring) + 1d8 (booming blade) was good enough. I missed.  On the plus side, it was my crossbow's sneak attack assisted bolt that finally slayed the Vampire by piercing its heart.    In this situation, would it have been possible to just attack upwards instead of changing to the crossbow?  In session, this was something to be looked up later and decided against, but I haven't found any rules on attacking in 3D.  With me being more than 5 feet in height and my melee attack range considered to be 5 feet, I should have been able to reach the ceiling itself, not to mention the Vampire Spawn hanging from it.    As for exact measurements (read this part only if you enjoy pointlessly over-analyzing things):  My character is 5 feet 6 inches/5.5 feet, which gives an  (for a human, my character is a Kenku), . This should give me a height of 8.3 to 8.9 feet from standing statically.    Testing it in real life, my estimated and standing reach match to less than 0.2 inches of the estimation on the site and I'm just shy of reaching my ceiling standing statically. As a test I tried moving as if I was attacking my ceiling and based on where I could feel my hand touch the ceiling, the length of my fingers and how much distance I lacked to reach my ceiling, I estimate about 0.4 feet in additional height. Considering that I'm taller than my character, let's say that gives 0.3 feet, increasing the height to 8.6 - 9.2 feet and that's still without changing how you hold the handle of the sword. In addition, just lying on the ground, my torso and legs measure about 0.6 feet.  Because my Kenku isn't a human, only a humanoid, it's impossible to estimate arm length which influences standing reach, however, considering that birds usually have a high wingspan and long legs, I think it's reasonable to assume that the arms should be as long, if not longer than, a human's.    So that would require the Vampire Spawn to be flat against the ceiling without any parts hanging down more than 0.2 to 0.8 feet for it to be outside of my reach. I consider that unlikely.  What are the actual rules for this type of scenario, or how do you handle it in your group? Should I be allowed to melee attack an enemy that's on a ceiling or low in the air? I've got a PHP script that needs to invoke a shell script but doesn't care at all about the output. The shell script makes a number of SOAP calls and is slow to complete, so I don't want to slow down the PHP request while it waits for a reply. In fact, the PHP request should be able to exit without terminating the shell process.  I've looked into the various exec(), shell_exec(), pcntl_fork(), etc. functions, but none of them seem to offer exactly what I want. (Or, if they do, it's not clear to me how.) Any suggestions? Broken image link on the new Stack Exchange blog Before I jump on to the problem, let me first congratulate  and his team for the newly re-designed Stack Exchange blog. I like it very much, great job! While searching on Google, I stumbled upon  blog post of Jeff Atwood and found few broken images. There are currently four images are broken on this post, Here is one of them:    Upon doing an inspect element on one of the broken image (same goes for all other broken images on the post), I found out that it is currently pointing to: https://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/stackexchange-genuine-example11.png The newly re-designed Stack Exchange blog is now moved to a new location:  and the old blog URL i.e.  has the correct mapping of URL redirection (also called URL forwarding) and works perfectly. But, the problem lies in the latter part i.e. /wp-content/uploads/ directory structure does not exist anymore at the new blog location. I read the Jon Chan's  post (nice writeup! btw) where he talks about his custom Python script. Here is the relevant excerpt taken from that post:  I wrote a Python script to go through all the imported posts, looked for references to WordPress hosted content, download all the static assets into images/wordpress in the repo, and changed all the links to relative paths on Jekyll. Worked surprisingly well.  In other words, all of the old /wp-content/uploads/ static assets is now resides under the /images/wordpress/ directory at the new blog location. So, Jon's find and replace script should have worked (which it did for the most of the part) as intended to be but apparently it did not catch few of them. At least on  blog post and few other like ,  or . We could possibly have more but these are the ones I have found so far. I believe it's a minor bug somewhere in the script and could be fixed with few lines of code tweaking. Also, the static content link mapping problem would not have occurred at all if the directory name was unchanged as the URL redirection (as stated above) would have taken care of it. But, there must a reason for this change. Upon investigating further, I found out that the issue with broken images does not end here. They will still appear as broken even if Jon's script replaces the path to the correct one. Because the images have not been uploaded (or copied) to the blog's new /images/wordpress/ directory at all. They are missing! For example, try clicking on the following link: ## I replaced old dir. path /wp-content/uploads/ to the new /images/wordpress/  So, in a nutshell, in order to fix this broken images link problem, we need to make sure that not only they are pointing to new path i.e. /images/wordpress/ but also do exists (i.e. uploaded) at the blog's new location. Please fix this at your earliest. Could you vs would you Could you write your name? Would you write your name?   When you are asked to do this, are there any situation in which you hear weird if either is used (but the other sounds pretty natural .) How to change the default fonts in Windows 10 I have read the entries for other OS versions.    Changing the MS Shell Dlg (2) entries in FontSubstitues registry key doesn't seem to work (in Windows 10), or it works in two minor places.  I don't have access to a Windows 95/98/etc. machine, the "earliest" I have is Windows 8.1, so I can't use the Plus directory trick either (directory doesn't exist). For the WindowMetrics registry entry, I seem to have all the *Font keys to be set to the font I want, but that doesn't seem to be doing the trick (on Windows 10). For Windows 8/8.1, there was a program called Windows 8 Font Changer, which worked like a charm, but doesn't seem to on Windows 10 (though it was probably that program run that changed the fonts in the WindowMetrics).   Thanks.   Update: One more method that came out that is perhaps still not the solution: Winaero Tweaker (winaero.com), as it has some issues, the biggest two of which seem to be:   If you have changed the size of text etc. from: "Settings –> Display –> Advanced display settings –> Advanced sizing of text and other items –> set a custom scaling level (not recommended)", the changes do not stick upon a logoff-login or restart. You need to have changed it, if at all, only through "Settings –> Display –> Change the size of text, etc." (which goes up to only a certain percentage, depending on the maximum resolution of your device – 125% on a tablet of mine, which I was able to set to 175% or even 200% with the other, older method that is now apparently listed as not recommended).  Even though it lists a number of items to change the font and size of, not everything gets changed. A typical example of this is the right click menu on the desktop, which still shows the View, Sort By, etc. items in the default font, however much it has a clear 'Change menu font' item. How can I detect when an Exception's been thrown globally in Java? How can I detect when an Exception has been thrown anywhere in my application?  I'm try to auto-magically send myself an email whenever an exception is thrown anywhere in my Java Desktop Application.  I figure this way I can be more proactive.  I know I could just explicitly log and notify myself whenever an exception occurs, but I'd have to do it everywhere and I might(more likely will) miss a couple.  Any suggestions? Why is the top bar not changed on Stack Exchange, Area 51 and Ask Ubuntu? I have a table story_category in my database with corrupt entries. The next query returns the corrupt entries:  SELECT *  FROM  story_category  WHERE category_id NOT IN (     SELECT DISTINCT category.id      FROM category INNER JOIN         story_category ON category_id=category.id);   I tried to delete them executing:  DELETE FROM story_category  WHERE category_id NOT IN (     SELECT DISTINCT category.id      FROM category        INNER JOIN story_category ON category_id=category.id);   But I get the next error:      #1093 - You can't specify target table 'story_category' for update in FROM clause    How can I overcome this?