How does the "is:answer" search order the answers when sorted by relevance?  On here, Meta.SE, they are clearly sorted by votes:        On Ask Ubuntu they are neither sorted by votes or date or views, and if I click relevance again, the order changes. There is a variance in votes between 0 and 18, but none less than 0:        Skeptics may be ordered by date? Although I can't actually check for some reason - the tool tip isn't working. And anyway, they're all Feb 25th / 26th, and today is the 22nd of March.        So how is this being ordered by default, and why does it vary site to site?
I frequently prefer to look for questions on superuser .    I have never been able to determine how these search results are ordered.  Typically, search results are returned in order of relevance and the search help says they are "weighted heavily towards question title matches", but in this case, you would think that the search would order them based on whatever tab is currently selected (newest, hot, active)?  I ordinarily never stray outside of 'newest', but it's clear the results are not sorted by age.
A different approach in distributing $8$ distinct balls into $6$ distinct boxes Find the number of ways in distributing $8$ distinct balls into $6$ distinct boxes such that there is at least $1$ ball in each box.  We are well acquainted with the traditional Inclusion-Exclusion principle in solving this and it will come up as $191520$ ways.  I tried in this way:  When we distribute $8$ balls into $6$ boxes we have two possible cases  Case $1.$ There are exactly $2$ boxes with $2$ balls each  Case $2.$ There is exactly $1$ Box with $3$ balls in it.  For Case $1$, the distribution is done by choosing $2$ boxes from $6$ boxes and $2$ balls from $8$ balls and those two balls can be arranged in $2!$ ways. But I require another two balls from remaining $6$ balls to be placed in each of these two boxes which can be done in $\binom{6}{2} \times 2!$ ways. Finally remaining $4$ balls can be distributed in remaining $4$ boxes in $4!$ ways. So total number of ways for Case $1.$ is  $$\binom{6}{2} \times \binom{8}{2} \times 2! \times \binom{6}{2} \times 2! \times 4!=604800$$  For Case $2$, the number of ways is  $$\binom{6}{1} \times \binom{8}{3} \times 5!=40320$$  I am pretty sure the value obtained for Case $2.$ is correct. but I could not find where I went wrong in Case $1.$ Accoring to Joseph Wright's answer at   The k-type argument has recently been adjusted: you now want e-type  Questions:  What is the functionality of the new e-type argument and how does it differ from the previous k-type argument?  The 2016-11-21 version of the xparse documentation does not mention the k-type argument at all. Is the plan to leave the earlier k functionality intact (but deprecated so no documentation) or will it eventually be removed and any usage of that should eliminated? If the plan is for it to be removed, how long will the older k-type argument functionality be kept in xparse.   Code: Example of the k-type argument from . Would be useful to see how this would be modified to use the new e-type argument. \documentclass{article}  \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{xparse} \usepackage{xcolor}  \NewDocumentCommand\MyMacro{k_}{%     \IfNoValueTF{#1}{%         \mathbf{A}     }{%         A_{\textcolor{red}{#1}}     }% }  \begin{document}  With a subscript: $\MyMacro_{\pi}$   Without any subscript: $\MyMacro$   \end{document} Why does `a == x or y or z` always evaluate to True? Possible Duplicate:          How to download a Youtube video from command line?  Mac OS X and/or Ubuntu Linux. Optionally, i'd like to save it in .avi or .mkv format. First I tried to use integration: $$y=\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{a^n}{n!}=\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{a}{1}\cdot\frac{a}{2}\cdot\frac{a}{3}\cdots\frac{a}{n}$$ $$\log y=\lim_{n\to\infty}\sum_{r=1}^n\log\frac{a}{r}$$ But I could not express it as a riemann integral. Now I am thinking about sandwich theorem.  $$\frac{a}{n!}=\frac{a}{1}\cdot\frac{a}{2}\cdot\frac{a}{3}\cdots\frac{a}{t} \cdot\frac{a}{t+1}\cdot\frac{a}{t+2}\cdots\frac{a}{n}=\frac{a}{t!}\cdot\frac{a}{t+1}\cdot\frac{a}{t+2}\cdots\frac{a}{n}$$ Since $\frac{a}{t+1}&gt;\frac{a}{t+2}&gt;\frac{a}{t+1}&gt;\cdots&gt;\frac{a}{n}$ $$\frac{a^n}{n!}&lt;\frac{a^t}{t!}\cdot\big(\frac{a}{t+1}\big)^{n-t}$$ since $\frac{a}{t+1}&lt;1$, $$\lim_{n\to\infty}\big(\frac{a}{t+1}\big)^{n-t}=0$$ Hence, $$\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{a^t}{t!}\big(\frac{a}{t+1}\big)^{n-t}=0$$ And by using sandwich theorem, $y=0$. Is this correct? Conditionally run a view if another view has no results How to add a modifier to a collection? My goal is to reduce the faces of an object using the decimate modifier. The object I'm editing has lots of vertex groups. Blender 2.8 only lets me add the decimate modifier to a single group at once which would take quite some time. I have already put all groups in a single collection.  How can I add the decimate modifier to the entire collection?  Do I have to add the modifier group by group? Php - regular expression to check if the string has chinese chars Is it possible to flash a smartphone like the Samsung Galaxy SIII or an LG Optimus 4X with a vanilla Android ROM like the one that has been flashed on Galaxy Nexus or Motorola phones (I think)?  I am asking because manufacturers like Samsung, LG, HTC tend to make ROMs for their smartphones and tablets with preinstalled launchers like Touchwiz or HTC Sense. They explain their decision by saying that they want to make their devices to look unique against their rival devices. The problem is that Android updates for their phones and tablets get delayed and there are incidents in which some devices - which are more than capable of running the upcoming version of Android - fall way behind or never get updated at all.   So, what I am basically asking here is if there is a way to install vanilla Android, excluding CyanogenMod or any other modified vanilla ROMs, on an Android based smartphone? Also how do LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN and FULL JOIN fit in? "Requires 50 reputation" to comment on deleted posts As an online shopper, I regularly use Amazon to purchase lots of stuff.  When I reconcile my credit card spending, I use Mail.app to search all mailboxes for specific dollar figures (e.g. command-option F, then type 24.95). Prior to Big Sur, finding dollar figures in Mail.app worked perfectly, whether the email messages resided &quot;On My Mac&quot; or on iCloud.  However, since Big Sur, doing a global Mail.app search for numeric strings, especially with a decimal point, doesn't work reliably. For example, I'll do a global search in Mail.app for 65.88 and I'll get one result from a locally archived message from years ago, however a very recent message in my InBox containing that figure is not found.  When I do a single message search (command-F) looking for 65.88, the value IS found. Unsurprisingly, using Spotlight delivers the exact same results. Using mdutil, I've manually erased and rebuilt the Spotlight index, rebuilt my Mail.app mailboxes, deleted all ~/Library/Mail/V8/MailData/Envelope* files to force the Mail.app to re-import everything, and reinstalled Big Sur.  I've also confirmed all my Spotlight settings to assure that Mail and Messages are included in searches, and that the volume where my mail resides is not excluded.  Nothing worked. I should note that I am using one SSD for macOS, and a separate SSD for my Home directory (c/o &quot;Advanced Options&quot; under Users &amp; Groups).  I've had this setup well before Big Sur, again, without any issues. Interestingly, I tried using the Spark email app, which DID successfully find dollar figures without any issue.  I suspect that Spark is not relying on Spotlight to obtain search results, and that's why it works.  (I would use Spark, however it doesn't support local mailboxes.) I've already sent Apple a report using the Feedback Assistant, and I can only hope something will get fixed. Can anyone else confirm this issue with Mail.app on Big Sur?  Any ideas on what else I can do? The definite and zero article with the word "civilization" Is this algebraic identity obvious? $\sum_{i=1}^n \prod_{j\neq i} {\lambda_j\over \lambda_j-\lambda_i}=1$ If $\lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_n$ are distinct positive real numbers, then  $$\sum_{i=1}^n \prod_{j\neq i} {\lambda_j\over \lambda_j-\lambda_i}=1.$$ This identity follows from a probability calculation that you can find at the  top of page 311 in the 10th edition of Introduction to Probability Models by Sheldon Ross.   Is there a slick or obvious explanation for this identity?   This  question is sort of similar to ; clearly algebra is not my strong suit! Typical software & tools short-list for *manual* QA specialist (tester) working environment For QA workstations preparation (Windows-based PCs) our IT department uses typical batch deployment tools. I'm not at all interested in the details of such process, but IT guys ask me:  What typical set of software you need for everyday manual testing tasks? We could include these in our deployment so that you guys could save more time for testing, not for environment prep &amp; tuning.  Sure thing we do test various range of projects, from web applications to standalone solutions, and each application requires its own set of tools for manual testing, e.g.:  Browsers Virtualization utilities DB clients Screens capturing tools FTP clients XML editors etc.  However, and that's for sure - there's a list of tools every QA MUST have installed on its PC, regardless of project types under testing. My area of experience is mostly standalone / complex web apps, that's why my vision on the task is a bit subjective. So, your suggestions of what are tools / software an average QA specialist can't live without will be highly appreciated. 2 assumptions:  Manual testing is a point of interest. Let's limit the list to not more than 15 (better 10) items.  Thanks in advance! Comparison theorem for ODE in my mariadb i have replication, i tried to change the location of the binlogs by changing the configuration file as so: log-bin = /new/path/mysql-bin I also tried to change the index location as so: log_bin_index = /new/path/mysql-bin.index but every time when I restart I see that the location of the binlog files is /var/lib/mysql... i tried to check with mysqld --verbos --help | grep bin and I saw that the lob-bin parameter is mysql-bin and not what I wrote in the cnf... how to I make the MySQL to take the value of the log-bin from the cnf file? this is the cnf file of the MySQL for sure... MacBook Pro: How to disable discrete GPU permanently from EFI? Is there a way to get the raw SQL string executed when calling PDOStatement::execute() on a prepared statement? For debugging purposes this would be extremely useful. ASP.NET MVC Namespace renaming I renamed my project from MyProjectName to MyNewProjectName.  I did a complete find/replace on the solution and changed the test project aswell.  In Default.aspx.cs I get an InvalidOpterationException with   "The controller name 'Home' is ambiguous between the following types: MyNewProjectName.Controllers.HomeController MyProjectName.Controllers.HomeController."  How do i fix that?  Thanks