Why did I lose 6 reputation without any record of it? This all started from the day before yesterday. I logged into my account and found out 2 reputation was gone. I checked my reputation changes, but didn't find any record. The same thing occurred yesterday and today.  What is wrong?
How do I read the history of my reputation? When I visit the reputation tab of my profile, I see a lot of stuff. I can make out some of it, but not all.   What do all the event types mean? Why do some events show an odd reputation gain or not show any reputation change at all? Why are some events sometimes highlighted in yellow? My reputation suddenly dropped, but I don't see anything. What happened? Why do some events disappear from my reputation history?
Is there a possibility to make reference to the line in the lstlisting environment? I was wondering if it is possible to refer to the lines of the code enclosed in lstlisting environment rather than just manually write a number of the line I want to describe. I have never met with this feature, is this available? Is there a word that means "a span of six months"? That is, I want to connote a stretch of time that lasts half a year, not an event that happens every six months. Ok... so this is embarrassing.  I typed in "boobs" on EncyclopediaDramatica's search because, well, it's a really funny page.  But now I've got a problem... EVERY TIME I click a search field in Chrome now, it shows "boobs" as the first suggestion in the drop down!  This is not really socially acceptable as this laptop goes with me everywhere and Chrome is my primary browser.  Is there a way I can isolate and remove just that one entry? Why use Chef/Puppet over shell scripts? New to Puppet and Chef tools. Seems like the job that they are doing can be done with shell scripting. Maybe it was done in shell scripts until these came along.  I would agree they are more readable. But, are there any other advantages over shell scripts besides just being readable? How can I make my typing "stick" to box side? What equipment and settings do I use for panning shots of moving objects? How do you go about getting great panning shots of things like cars and bicycles so that the background is nice and blurred but the target is sharp as can be. I have tried on many occasion to do panning shots and I just can't get the setup right.  What lens setup, shutter speed would be a good place to start? $$\frac{1}{z-\sin z}$$ $$\frac{1}{z(1-\frac{\sin z}{z})}$$  the laurent's transform is also used to simplify the function.  the residue is found a $\frac{2*36*2}{5}$ but the actual answer is given as $\frac{3}{10}$ the residue is given as The solution is incorrect and also the pole is of the order 3. I have a table similar to this:  CREATE TABLE example (   id integer primary key,   name char(200),   parentid integer,   value integer);   I can use the parentid field to arrange data into a tree structure.  Now here's the bit I can't work out. Given a parentid, is it possible to write an SQL statement to add up all the value fields under that parentid and recurse down the branch of the tree ?  UPDATE: I'm using posgreSQL so the fancy MS-SQL features are not available to me. In any case, I'd like this to be treated as a generic SQL question.  BTW, I'm very impressed to have 6 answers within 15 minutes of asking the question! Go stack overflow! Was Dumbledore aware that Professor Snape took points from Harry/Gryffindor unfairly? In many situations, we see Professor Snape behave in an unfair manner.   Snape unfairly and arbitrarily takes house points away from Harry/Gryffindors.  Was Dumbledore aware of this and, if so, did he just not care, or did he support this to somehow help Snape's double agent role? Proof of Wolstenholme's theorem Who turned on the lightsaber? Spoilers for The Last Jedi:      Just before Snoke is slain,   he narrates Kylo Ren's thoughts/feelings (saying things like "he turns the lightsaber towards his enemy" and so on) we see the Skywalker lightsaber being manipulated through the Force to point towards and then slay Snoke. My question is, do we know for sure who was using to Force to use the Skywalker lightsaber in this scene?   It could have been   A) Kylo Ren was turning igniting the Skywalker lightsaber with the Force. Snoke assumed the thoughts/feelings he was sensing were directed at Rey but they weren't.   Or... B) Snoke was so preoccupied with Kylo's thoughts that he wasn't paying any attention to Rey's thoughts. Rey takes advantage of this and uses the Force to turn and ignite the Skywalker lightsaber to slay Snoke. This option is reinforced by the fact that  1) the Skywalker lightsaber then zooms into Rey's hand, not Kylo's.  2) after the ensuing scuffle, Kylo Ren reveals that he hasn't switched sides; he is still a believer in the First Order.  3) Kylo Ren even tells Hux that Rey slew Snoke. I am wondering if I can minimize a multi-variable function one variable at a time. In other words, is it true that:  $min_{x_1,x_2} f(x_1,x_2)=min_{x_1} min_{x_2} f(x_1,x_2)$ The popup when you click on your newest badge in your user profile has a &quot;Learn more&quot; button, but its alignment is suboptimal; it's too close to the top of its container:  It looks better with a 4px top margin: When can I say that $\cup H_i$ is a group? Let $G$ be a group and $\{H_i\}_{i\in I}$ a family of subgroups. I would like to find a condition that will imply that $\cup_{i\in I} H_i$ is a subgroup. I know that it's not true in general, I need help to find this condition.  Any help is welcome.  Thanks a lot. Prove that every prime larger than $3$ gives a remainder of $1$ or $5$ if divided by $6$ Can we prove that every prime larger than $3$ gives a remainder of $1$ or $5$ if divided by $6$ and if so, which formulas can be used while proving? Remove linux version 3.19.31 Postdoc before PhD completion I am in a situation where my PhD funding runs out in 5 months and I need to have secured a job regardless of whether I have submitted due to having a family.   Although I think I may be close to submitting by then, it may take longer. Is it worth applying for postdoc positions or would universities not consider you until you have completed the PhD? I assume that the pass rates of PhDs are very high if the candidate has got to the submission stage.   Edit: This question is aimed at the people that are are the submission stage but haven't yet defended their thesis. It is not a question asking if I can get a post-doc without a PhD. How to limit execution time of a function call? There is a socket related function call in my code, that function is from another module thus out of my control, the problem is that it blocks for hours occasionally, which is totally unacceptable, How can I limit the function execution time from my code? I guess the solution must utilize another thread. Using find with grep, one can locate files that match a pattern:  # find | grep error ./solr-modifiedSolr4/SolrPhpClient/phpdocs/errors.html ./error_log ./includes/classes/error_log   However, using find alone the first file is not found:  # find . -name error* ./error_log ./includes/classes/error_log   Why doesn't find locate the errors.html file when not used with grep? How is find used to show this file as well? order of a sylow p-subgroup