This question, , asks whether units of a continuous quantity should be spoken of as discrete or continuous. The top answer states  The rule is simple, and you obviously know it: discrete quantities require the use of &quot;fewer&quot; and continuous quantities require the use of &quot;less&quot;. Calorie, as a unit, requires the use of &quot;fewer&quot;. Energy, as a continuum, requires the use of &quot;less&quot;. &quot;Fewer calories means less energy.&quot;  I do not understand the logic here though.  Calorie is a unit, yes, but it is a continuous unit (it is possible to have half a calorie, or 4.582394 calories).  Since a calorie is such a small unit of energy compared to what it is usually used for (food energy and human metabolism), it is very seldom expressed in a fractional form and instead is rounded (usually to the nearest 10 or higher). Why then should &quot;fewer&quot; be used with calorie instead of &quot;less&quot;?  Is there another relevant rule than just &quot;continuous quantities use &quot;less&quot; and discrete quantities use &quot;fewer&quot;?
I've just received a memo which says (effectively)      As more people leave, there will be less people available.   I want that word to be fewer. Are there guidelines for which word ought to be used when?
pattern matching in vim Suppose I have a paper with the following text:     Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you [3],[4].   As one can see, the author got the information from two other references. If I want to add this information in my thesis, do I also have to reference [3] and [4] or can I just reference this particular paper, I got the information from? Can bosons that are composed of several fermions occupy the same state? It is generally assumed that there is no limit on how many bosons are allowed to occupy the same quantum mechanical state. However, almost every boson encountered in every-day physics is not a fundamental particle (with the photon being the most prominent exception). They are instead composed of a number of fermions, which can not occupy the same state.  Is it possible for more than one of these composite bosons to be in the same state even though their constituents are not allowed to be in the same state? If the answer is "yes", how does this not contradict the more fundamental viewpoint considering fermions? In Revenge of the Sith, after first being Force-choked by Anakin and then given births to Luke and Leia, Padme Amidala eventually lost her life on Polis Massa. We later, however, see her in the funeral procession on Naboo. The question is, how did she get there?    I mean, whoever delivered her there must have faced a lot of difficult questions, not just from her family but also from both the people and the authorities, since she was the former queen of the planet. Whoever it was, he could not have been just somebody, because it most certainly must not have been an easy task. It most likely was not any of the Jedi, since the world was probably half full of Palpatine's collaborators who would have immediately given them away.  So, who was it? And how was it carried out, in practice? My wife has a Nikon D3100 that I've been using to film, but the battery typically won't last through long shoots.  I've gathered from searching around that I can't charge the camera with USB, but I wondered if there's ANY way to do that. It seems at least possible that an adapter could exist that would fill in for the battery and plug into the wall, but I haven't been able to find such a thing.  Is there such a product or technique? It would be nice to not buy a second battery, I'm really hoping for a "set it and forget it" solution. Domains in cell membrane css class definition with multiple identifiers I'm mainly a C# developer, but I'm currently working on a project in Python.  How can I represent the equivalent of an Enum in Python? How to use maths symbols in text mode? I try to add a center dot with \circ but it fails to compile. How to use maths symbol in text mode? The error message is   ovak, slovenian, spanish, swedish, turkish, turkmen, ukrainian, uppersorbian,  welsh, loaded. (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)) (./untitled-1.aux) ! Missing $ inserted. &lt;inserted text&gt;              $ Why are we limited to six questions per day? Fetch the row which has the Max value for a column Table:   UserId, Value, Date.   I want to get the UserId, Value for the max(Date) for each UserId. That is, the Value for each UserId that has the latest date. Is there a way to do this simply in SQL? (Preferably Oracle)  Update: Apologies for any ambiguity: I need to get ALL the UserIds. But for each UserId, only that row where that user has the latest date. In R, what does qqnorm actually do? qqnorm(x) plot(qnorm(seq(80)/81),sort(x))   Finding that the plots produced by the commands above are slightly different from each other, I tried this:  qqnorm(qnorm(seq(80)/81))   I got a slightly less than perfect line.  I'd have tried regressing the result of qnorm(seq(80)/81) on the variable that was plotted on the $x$-axis and plotting residuals against the predictor, expecting to see some graceful curve, but for the fact that I don't know what to use as the predictor.  Possibly such a residual plot would reveal more than just the graceful S-shaped thing I'd anticipate.  So my question is this: if the thing on the $x$-axis in the plot produced by qqnorm is not what I get from qnorm(seq(80)/81) (and what I did shows that indeed it is not), then what is it? How do I make my textures show in cycles? I am admittedly new to Blender, and of course cycles. I am working on a scene and I have textures set to my objects that render with internal engine just fine. However, when I go into cycles, everything is greyish. I have two light sources that should be sufficient (I think), I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. This is a screenshot of the cycles result. I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 and I'm not keen on the desktop environment. I want the desktop env. I used to have in Ubuntu 14.04. How can I get it?  I've attempted to use , but when I try to install the Unity's 7.2.5 version using the command:  apt install unity=7.2.5   it gives me   E: Version '7.2.5' for 'unity' was not found   For sure I need to add a PPA for this, but which one!? $f$ differentiable except in $1$ point Assume we have a function $f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that  $f$ is differentiable for all non-zero $x$, $f$ is continuous at $0$ and  $$\lim_{x \uparrow 0} f'(x) = \lim_{x \downarrow 0} f'(x) &lt; \infty. $$  Is it then true that $f$ is also differentiable at $0$?  If we drop the hypothesis that $f$ is continuous, this is not true since the signums function is a simple counterexample. But what if $f$ is continuous? I don't think this is true but I can't find a counterexample... Typesetting a function defined by case analysis Can any one suggess me the code to write this equation in LaTeX. What is a NullPointerException, and how do I fix it? As homework, I have to prove that     $\forall n \in \mathbb{N}: n^3-n$ is divisible by 6   I used induction  1) basis: $A(0): 0^3-0 = 6x$ , $x \in \mathbb{N}_0$ // the 6x states that the result is a multiple of 6, right?  2) requirement: $A(n):n^3-n=6x$  3) statement: $A(n+1): (n+1)^3-(n+1)=6x$  4) step: $n^3-n+(n+1)^3-n=6x+(n+1)^3-n$  So when I resolve that I do get the equation: $n^3-n=6x$ so the statement is true for $\forall n \in \mathbb{N}$  Did I do something wrong or is it that simple? Find asymptotic of recurrence sequence Given a sequence $x_1=\frac{1}{2}$, $x_{n+1}=x_n-x_n^2$. It's easy to see that it limits to $0$.  The question is: is there exists an $\alpha$ such, that $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}n^\alpha x_n\neq0$.  I tried to find explicit formula for $x_n$, but did not succeed. I stucked at that point: if $a_1=(\frac{1}{4})^2$, $a_n=(a_{n-1}+\frac{1}{4})^2$, then $x_n=-a_{n-2}+\frac{1}{4}$ for $n\ge3$.   Thanks for any ideas and help. How to install Oracle 18c (Enterprise Edition) on Ubuntu 18.04? This question is unanswered since Oracle 18c has been released. Except Ubuntu Linux platform, most of the other Linux platform supports Oracle 18c installation. I, myself, tested this on CentOS 7 and oracle 18c got installed without any glitch!  It is unfortunate that Oracle Corporation has not documented the installation procedure particularly for Ubuntu Linux platform, nevertheless one good thing is that the image file db_home.zip is a generic one, installable across all Linux platforms.    So how can I install Oracle 18c (Enterprise Edition) on Ubuntu 18.04?