Recently, I decided to get back into Blender, just as a fun hobby. After modeling some things, I tried to use an HDR image to light my scene. When I rendered the scene, the HDRi was not working properly.    As you can see, all the materials render fine, but the HDRi is not working properly. Below is the HDR image I used.
I'm having a problem rendering the environment map. I downloaded a sample project that has the same settings as my project but it renders without a problem. I tried using both a .hdr and .png image. Attached are screenshots with node settings. First is the incorrect render and 2nd image is the project the renders correctly. How do I go about fixing this?
Can't operator == be applied to generic types in C#? According to the documentation of the == operator in ,      For predefined value types, the   equality operator (==) returns true if   the values of its operands are equal,   false otherwise. For reference types   other than string, == returns true if   its two operands refer to the same   object. For the string type, ==   compares the values of the strings.   User-defined value types can overload   the == operator (see operator). So can   user-defined reference types, although   by default == behaves as described   above for both predefined and   user-defined reference types.   So why does this code snippet fail to compile?  bool Compare&lt;T&gt;(T x, T y) { return x == y; }   I get the error Operator '==' cannot be applied to operands of type 'T' and 'T'. I wonder why, since as far as I understand the == operator is predefined for all types?  Edit: Thanks, everybody. I didn't notice at first that the statement was about reference types only. I also thought that bit-by-bit comparison is provided for all value types, which I now know is not correct.  But, in case I'm using a reference type, would the == operator use the predefined reference comparison, or would it use the overloaded version of the operator if a type defined one?  Edit 2: Through trial and error, we learned that the == operator will use the predefined reference comparison when using an unrestricted generic type. Actually, the compiler will use the best method it can find for the restricted type argument, but will look no further. For example, the code below will always print true, even when Test.test&lt;B&gt;(new B(), new B()) is called:  class A { public static bool operator==(A x, A y) { return true; } } class B : A { public static bool operator==(B x, B y) { return false; } } class Test { void test&lt;T&gt;(T a, T b) where T : A { Console.WriteLine(a == b); } } Increasing the size of the memory: not all files are built successfully I am trying to compile a large file which contains a tikz picture with more data points than tex can handle.  Following the questions  and  I set to increase the capacity of tex by changing the file texmf.cnf in my path /usr/local/texlive/2012. I included the line  main_memory = 10000000   and on terminal I run  sudo fmtutil-sys --all   The problem is that this memory is not enough, and numbers bigger than that don't finish the fmtutil run properly. I get the error   fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.   To give a better idea of where the problem is coming from, if I only include in the file texmf.cnf the lines  main_memory.latex = 15000000 main_memory.pdflatex = 15000000   then these are the files which are not properly built:  This is a summary of all `failed' messages: `pdftex -ini  -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' failed `pdftex -ini  -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini' failed   How can I increase the size of the memory beyond 10000000? Am I doing anything wrong?  (BTW, I am running texlive 2012 on a mac) How do i find nichrome temperature Multi armed bandit for general reward distribution I'm working on a multi-armed bandit problem where we do not have any information about the reward distribution.   I have found many papers which guarantee regret bounds for a distribution with known bound, and for general distributions with support in [0,1].   I would like to find out if there is a way to perform well in an environment where the reward distribution does not have any guarantees about its support.  I'm trying to compute a nonparametric tolerance limit and using that number to scale the reward distribution so I can use the algorithm 2 specified on this paper (). Does anyone think this approach will work?  If not, can anyone point me to the right spot?  Thanks a bunch! Including sections of source code as a listing, while being robust to source code edits Why upload to academic preprint sites like arXiv? The recent question  made me realize that I don't have any understanding of why one would upload to a preprint site.  (I don't work in a field where they seem to be common.)  Why would one be concerned about getting a manuscript on arXiv, if it's already under review with a journal?   Is it because of the long publishing timeline of journals?  (That could explain why computer science &mdash; which publishes much more in conferences &mdash; doesn't seem to do much with them.) Today 4/30/20 my seemingly worthless USO call option increased in value.   Specifically: USO1 $2.5 Call 5/8  On 4/29 it was valued at $.04 and stayed there.   4/30 I checked after hours and now it’s up to $.08? Which was wasn’t even the highest it went to today.  So who is buying this contract?  Who is allowed to buy this contract? Bc I’m only able to sell and from what I understood, nobody is able to buy it.   I have screenshots and will post if requested. Thank you How to concatenate characters in java? How do you concatenate characters in java? Concatenating strings would only require a + between the strings, but concatenating chars using + will change the value of the char into ascii and hence giving a numerical output. I want to do System.out.println(char1+char2+char3... and create a String word like this.  I could do   System.out.print(char1); System.out.print(char2); System.out.print(char3);   But, this will only get me the characters in 1 line. I need it as a string. Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks Code working in jsFiddle but not in browser $\max(\{n: n+5 | n^5 + 5\})$ What is the maximum value of $n$ if $n + 5$ divides $n^5 + 5$, $n$ being a natural number? I tried to solve by binomial theorem but it failed. Evaluating $\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\frac{\sqrt{\sin x}}{\sqrt{\sin x}+\sqrt{\cos x}}\, \mathrm{d}x$ Counting area percentage of overlapping polygons I have a set of points (meteorological stations) with 5km buffers around them. Additionally, I have a set of polygons (municipalities) in which those stations are located.  I would like to have data on how much of the buffer is filled by each polygon but I was not able to find a function or a way to do it. So for example for point A I would have that in the buffer of 5km there is 80% of polygon B and 20% of polygon C as the output.  Edit:  The anwsers provided do anwser this question in a setting in which I know what polygons and buffers I need to have in the code or when I can do it manualy. Problem is that in my setting with 1 shapefile having 500 polygons and one vector layer having 13000 buffers I am unable to do this manually and I am asking if there is an easier way to do it. I tried implementing the approaches in the questions but I was unable to use them on my example in big scale. Moreover I had problems with coding that I also noted in comments down below.   Main difference to the other similar question provided is that I have 2 vector layers (Buffer with 500 buffers and Municipalities a shape file with 500 different polygons). Previous questions were analyzing this question in situations in which I know precisely the polygons and buffers analyzed, at least that is how I understood them, so after trying to use those approaches on my datasets I was not able to replicate them.  Another way of approaching this problem for me is to use join attributes by location -one-to-many and then getting averages of the duplicate results, only problem is that then I take average of polygons instead of their weights corresponding to % of intersection with the buffer. In my case I do not know what polygons of the shapefile are going to intersect what buffers, or even if the buffer is going to be intersected by 1,2 or more polygons The proof of shrinking coefficients using ridge regression through "spectral decomposition" I have understood how ridge regression shrinks coefficients towards zero geometrically. Moreover I know how to prove that in the special "Orthonormal Case," but I am confused how that works in the general case via "Spectral decomposition." At college we use ArcGIS Desktop 10, but that does not function on my Mac so I have QGIS there instead.  I want to do my exercises with QGIS, but in ArcGIS Desktop we use .lyr files with ArcMap and .lyrx files with ArcGIS Pro, and they are not supported by QGIS.  Does anyone know, how I can connect the *.lyr files to my *.shp files to use them on my Mac with QGIS? The problem from Burton: show that the equation $n^2 + (n+1)^2 = m^3$ has no solution in the positive integers.  So far, I can see that gcd($n$,$n+1$)$=1$ and $m \equiv_4 1$ and $m=a^2 + b^2$ for some integers a,b. I'm guessing I need to reach a contradiction.  At this point, I am stuck. Any hints? I'hv seen every 2 pin SMPS AC to DC adapters shows a little high voltage respective to the ground on the out put, on both + and GND wires(or more if more wires present).  This voltage is high enough to light small neon bulbs or a line tester, but very low current, barely could be felt. This voltage vanishes if I connect the output to ground somehow, e.g. touch it while standing on floor bare foot.  As the size of the adapter increases, the AC voltage and current increases. When laptop adapters are powered from a ungrounded AC outlet, they gives reasonable shock from the 19V DC(or whatever else) output.  Perhaps this is the reason why many 3 pronged laptop adapter carries a warning CONNECT ONLY TO GROUNDED OUTLET Connecting to a grounded outlet magically vanishes the high voltage.  I am aware about the EMI filtering capacitor connected between high voltage and low voltage ground, I tried to solve this by removing them, but this trick is not working.   Why and how this mysterious AC voltage is created ?  Is it harmful to sensitive electronics components ? Is there any way to solve this without grounding the DC output side ? Subgroups of $U(n)$ isomorphic to a direct sum of cyclic groups Sorry for the title, its hard to put the problem into proper words.  Basically, in Firefox or Chrome, I try to navigate to stackoverflow.com.  The request fails and the URL I see in the navigation bar is:  http://d2e24t2jgcnor2.webhostoid.com/Secure/Error?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2F&amp;ResponseCode=504&amp;user_id=5b5033d3-3543-4b7c-9844-055afde93841&amp;uc=20140915&amp;subid=20140915&amp;source=browsersafeguard-rockettab-spigot&amp;version=1.0.5370.12627&amp;implementation_id=browsersafeguard-rockettab-spigot%20&amp;block_host=False&amp;reg=False&amp;redirectms=True   This looks shady and my internet seems slower lately. I have a few questions:   Why is my request going through this strange URL? Do the query parameters reveal my identity? How can I stop this?   I use my cell phone’s 3G network and tether it to my laptop. What is the meaning of "algebraically indistinguishable" I heard the term couple of times (in Field theory class and book), for example: The different roots of $p(x)=x^3-2$ are "algebraically indistinguishable".  I understand the meaning intuitively, but what does it really mean ? What is involved in converting a PC video card to have boot screen on the Mac? I've got a PC video card that I'd like to get boot screen support for on my Mac Pro. In particular, it is a Gigabyte R9 270X. The card is supported on the Mac once it boots, but I would like to get boot screen back since my old 8800GT has been baked in the oven a few too many times by now :-)  I've seen numerous guides on the internet about flashing the BIOS on the video cards and also ones that speak about adding the EFI BIOS, but in the haphazard forum approach, it isn't clear how this all works. To some degree, I've recently come away with the notion that you don't get rid of the existing BIOS, but rather add an EFI partition to it that the Mac would recognize. If that assumption is correct, then it would lead me to believe that adding an EFI BIOS that works on a similar card (R9 280X or 7950 which are both close but not quite) should work since I'm assuming that the existing BIOS would be similar enough to hook in. Failing that, I'm not clear how you would get a card-specific EFI BIOS for boot screen support.  Anyone an expert on this? I'm just really having a hard time trying to sift through all this and hoping to get a more direct answer!