Why are negative counts in the achievement dialog sometimes shown, but not always? Close voters:   does not address the question &quot;When are negative counts in the achievement dialog supposed to be shown in the top row?  They are shown sometimes, but not always.&quot;  Negative counts aren't shown in the achievement dialog's top row:  - Update: sometimes, negative counts are shown in the achievement dialog's top row:  so the behavior seems inconsistent. When are negative counts in the achievement dialog supposed to be shown in the top row?
Why do reputation drops not highlight the Achievements icon? The "Recent achievements" icon (looks like a bar graph in the top bar for signed in users) doesn't highlight when one only has recent reputation losses.  I'd like it to highlight whenever my reputation changes, positive or negative - in fact I'd suggest it's far more important for me to review posts that get a downvote than those that got an upvote.  Is there a reason negative reputation events don't cause it to highlight?
How to boot from a USB drive in VirtualBox? The question is simple and straight forward:  How to boot from an USB drive in VirtualBox?  EDIT:  I have attached usb to VirtualBox as shown in the screenshot.    But it is not possible to boot from an USB drive even when attached  .  So I would like to know if there is any other possiblity to boot from an USB drive? Troubleshooting for biber Compiler warning: null reference exception I have the following code in Visual Studio 2005.      Dim OutFile As System.IO.StreamWriter     Try         OutFile = New System.IO.StreamWriter(Filename)        // Do stuff with OutFile     Catch Ex As Exception        // Handle Exception     Finally        If OutFile IsNot Nothing Then OutFile.Close()     End Try   But VS2005 brings up the warning for the line "If OutFile IsNot.." that      Variable 'OutFile' is used before it has been assigned a value. A null reference exception could result at runtime.   Is there some way of removing this warning by subtly altering the code or is there just a better way of doing what I'm trying to do?  Thanks  Rob We have a SBS 2011 server with 16GB memory that runs Exchange, WSUS and File Sharing for approx 20 users. The server also gives 2GB memory to a virtual machine running in Hyper-V so 14GB left for the rest.  When the server first boots Store.exe consumes about 500MB memory, WSUS and IIS consume some as well, but we generally are only at 60% capacity. During the course of the working day Store.exe consumes 8GB memory and the server sits at approx 97% capacity.  This makes using the server very slow, logging on via RDP is slow, general server admin is slowed down.  Is this normal? I have read that Exchange will consume lots of memory that it does not neccessarily need and then releases it back to other applications that need it. I have also checked that all mailboxes are opened in cached mode. We do have some external uses who connect via Outlook Anywhere or OWA.  If it's deemed to be "normal" is there some way I can restrict it using ALL available memory and leave a little bit for SBS to use for server admin? I have seen some articles regarding setting a high and low memory flag but rumours that this does not work with update rollup 5 which we have installed.  Am I expecting a single server to do to much with only 14GB memory?  Thanks In fact, of these, only Charcoal shows a recent time stamp. What is the simplest SQL Query to find the second largest value? What is the simplest SQL query to find the second largest integer value in a specific column?   There are maybe duplicate values in the column. Lost USB BlueTooth Dongle for Keyboard and Mouse I lost my USB bluetooth dongle (from HP) which I used for a wireless keyboard and mouse. They came together in a set when I bought my last HP computer.  Are the keyboard and mouse useless now? or will any bluetooth dongle allow them to work? If I can just buy a new one - any recommendations on a replacement (good price, and perhaps works with Windows and Ubuntu out-of-the-box?   Forgive me if this is an easy question. I'm just not that familiar with wireless mice/keyboards. Benefits of using QQ-plots over histograms In , Nick Cox wrote:     Binning into classes is an ancient method. While histograms can be useful, modern statistical software makes it easy as well as advisable to fit distributions to the raw data. Binning just throws away detail that is crucial in determining which distributions are plausible.   The context of this comment suggests using QQ-plots as an alternative means to evaluate the fit. The statement sounds very plausible, but I'd like to know about a reliable reference supporting this statement. Is there some paper which does a more thorough investigation of this fact, beyond a simple “well, this sounds obvious”? Any actual systematic comparisons of results or the likes?  I'd also like to see how far this benefit of QQ-plots over histograms can be stretched, to applications other than model fitting. Answers on  agree that “a QQ-plot […] just tells you that "something is wrong"”. I am thinking about using them as a tool to identify structure in observed data as compared to a null model and wonder whether there exist any established procedures to use QQ-plots (or their underlying data) to not only detect but also describe non-random structure in the observed data. References which include this direction would therefore be particularly useful. I recently re-watched Contact for the first time since my childhood, and while I thoroughly enjoyed it, I realized that there was something I'd never understood: why couldn't they corroborate Ellie's account of her journey?  As far as I could tell, the pod fell harmlessly through the machine.  That is, it didn't break anything, and the machine wasn't destroyed.  I don't recall any dialogue about circuits being fried or the system shutting down, so presumably it wouldn't be hard to simply hoist the pod up and go again.  I imagine the energy draw was substantial on the local Japanese power grid, but given the amount of effort and money already invested in the machine, surely "Round 2" wasn't out of the question?  I mean, they almost certainly expected that this machine would get more than one good use out of it, anyway!  So given Ellie's vehement insistence that the machine had worked, the public nature of the controversy surrounding her testimony, and the government's (secret) findings that her device had recorded 18 hours of static, why wasn't it the obvious choice to have someone else suiting up the next day, ready to drop through the machine and corroborate her story? What a pluperfect a##hole Citing a range of papers using numeric keys as in \cite{a, b, c} -> [1-3] How to repair Ubuntu installation after interrupted dist-upgrade without losing any custom settings? Can you set custom ringtones for contact groups? In iPhone, you can easily change the default ringtone (Settings → Sounds → Ringtone) and set a custom ringtone for individual people (Contacts → [some person] → Edit → Ringtone).   But can you set a custom tone for a group of contacts? (E.g. "family" or "workmates".)  I think that would be handy—and quite basic functionality, so to speak—but I couldn't find a way to do this through the iPhone UI. Is it possible at all (without jailbreaking)? Can I deduct a contribution to a traditional IRA if I am also contributing to a 401(k) in the same tax year? windows command prompt change directory is now changing directory Checking from shell script if a directory contains files From a shell script, how do I check if a directory contains files?  Something similar to this  if [ -e /some/dir/* ]; then echo "huzzah"; fi;   but which works if the directory contains one or several files (the above one only works with exactly 0 or 1 files). Printer "Filter failed" Upgraded to 18.04 from 16.04. I have a workplace printer connected through appsocket which stopped working.  Printer status is Idle-Filter failed.  Printing queue instantly goes to "stopped".  Right clicking on the printer shows "option finishings has value 3 and cannot be changed". I can't find any info on this error except one pdf to ignore the error.  The printer model Ricoh MP 2555 worked previously with the Ricoh MP C2800 driver. Now it works with neither 2800 or 2555.  The IP address of the printer pings fine. When I try and detect the printer on the network using IP address and I ask it to use the Ricoh MP 2555 driver, it asks for an additional driver which opens Ubuntu software (which never helps) and fails.  I tried changing drivers from "" by providing the ppd file. It still doesn't help. var/log/cups/error.log doesn't tell much, or I don't get it.  Hope someone knows about this error or some kind of a generic solution. Permissions problems with /var/www/html and my own home directory for a website document root I'm trying to not give 777 permission in my /var/www/html folder, but I want to edit my files without sudo. So I though in create a symlink of a folder in my home directory within /var/www/html. I created it using sudo ln -sT /home/andre/www/moodle/ moodle , and the ls -la output is this:  andre@andre-270E5G:/var/www/html$ ls -la total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mai  4 10:20 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Abr 29 14:29 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   23 Mai  4 10:20 moodle -&gt; /home/andre/www/moodle/   So, my moodle folder has read, write and execute permissions for everyone, and thats not what I want. I used the command sudo chmod -R 775 moodle/ trying to change it, but it stayed with read, write and execute permissions to all. I tried the same with the moodle folder in /home/andre/www/moodle, but it stayed the same. The output of ls -la in /home/andre/www/ is:  andre@andre-270E5G:~/www$ ls -la total 28 drwxrwxr-x  3 andre andre  4096 Mai  4 10:02 . drwx------ 49 andre andre 20480 Mai  4 10:01 .. drwxrwxr-x 41 andre andre  4096 Mai  4 10:02 moodle   So the folder moodle in /home/andre/www/ has the permissions I want.  As an additional problem, when I access localhost/moodle I get 403 Forbidden error.  What am I doing wrong here? Mixing C Structs and Objective-C Properties I want to write a function that returns the nearest next power of 2 number. For example if my input is 789, the output should be 1024. Is there any way of achieving this without using any loops but just using some bitwise operators?