Is there a way to get Notepad++ to associate specific filenames with a language when they lack an extension?
Automatically use specific language in Notepad++ for files with no extension
From a collection of short stories I read at least 30 years ago. :/  This is going to be incredibly vague, so apologies in advance.  A human and alien (blob/octopus-like...I think) from warring races are captured by an unidentified higher intelligence and put in an enclosure (more like a zoo habitat rather than a prison cell). They are separated by an invisible barrier and can see each other.  I think they were both trying to escape or trying to figure out how they could kill the other first. There was a bulldozer/loader type vehicle they could use at one point to build a shelter (or something).  I believe they were crafting makeshift weapons as well. There was no communication between the two as far as I remember.  The main tension in the story seemed to be was the race to get to the other first.  This has been stuck in my head forever. I know its a very common theme.  The short stories may have included Asimov. I read about Drupal behaviors today, and I tried writing the following code.  (function ($) {    Drupal.behaviors.mymodule = {     attach: function (context, settings) {       $('#mymodule_id', context).change(function () {         alert('Handler for .change() called.');       });     }   };  }(jQuery));    Is Drupal.behaviors.mymodule the namespace? What are the context and settings parameters passed to the Drupal behavior? Is this the equivalent of document.ready()?   Can I attach any number of functions?  Can I define JavaScript functions which will be called somewhere? This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here.  While you are encouraged to help maintain its answers, please understand that "big list" questions are not generally allowed on Ask Ubuntu and will be closed per the .   Backup is incredibly important. Obviously there's no best backup tool, but a comparison of the options would be very interesting.   Graphical Interface? Command line? Incremental backups? Automatic backups? Install method: In standard repositories? PPA? Do the parent directory's permissions matter when accessing a subdirectory? How bias arises in using maximum likelihood to determine the variance of a Gaussian? While reading , I ran into the following explanation for why there is an error in estimating the variance of Gaussian distribution using Maximum Likelihood. On ,      Illustration of how bias arises in using maximum likelihood to   determine the variance of a Gaussian. The green curve shows the true   Gaussian distribution from which data is generated, and the three red   curves show the Gaussian distributions obtained by fitting to three   data sets, each consisting of two data points shown in blue, using the   maximum likelihood results (1.55) and (1.56). Averaged across the   three data sets, the mean is correct, but the variance is   systematically under-estimated because it is measured relative to the   sample mean and not relative to the true mean.   I'm pasting figure 1.15 and the required equations (1.55, 1.56) here for convenience.  $\mu_{ML} = \frac{1}{N}\sum_{n=1}^{N}x_n$   $\sigma_{ML}^2 = \frac{1}{N}\sum_{n=1}^{N}(x_n - \mu_{ML})^2$    I can imagine how maximum likelihood estimation would look pictorially. However, I'm not able to understand the figure or the explanation. I would appreciate if someone could label the figure or explain what points are considered in each part of the figure and why the curve could look like that in each case.  I looked up , and I'm able to understand why there is a factor of $\frac{N-1}{N}$ between the true $\sigma^2$ and $\sigma_{MLE}^2$.  ${\rm I\!E}[\sigma_{MLE}^2]= (\frac{N-1}{N})\sigma^2 $ Here is my problematic code:  \begin{tikzpicture} \draw  (0,0)  to [bend left=20] (3,3) node[midway] {midway label}; \end{tikzpicture}   I wanted to put a label midway of the line, but instead the label is at (0,0).  If I remove [bend left=20], the line is not bent, and the label still misplaced. If I remove to and replace it by --, then it works fine, but my line is not bent any more.  \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,0) -- (3,3) node[midway] {midway label}; \end{tikzpicture}   Works fine.  The problem occurs with MacTeX 2011 and MacTeX 2012. Why can we use sample variance of the treatment group to estimate population variance of the controls? One of my favorite quotes is by Alvin Toffler which says:     The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read   and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.   The way I understand "relearn" in the quote is to learn something new that is different from what was originally learned.  I'm wondering in general if "relearn" convey learning the same thing again, or a different thing, or it depends on the context of the sentence. Is the same thing true for "learn again"? Is there a good equivalent implementation of strptime() available for Windows?  Unfortunately, this POSIX function does not appear to be available.   - summary: it converts a text string such as "MM-DD-YYYY HH:MM:SS" into a tm struct, the opposite of strftime(). I have 50 servers. I manage them from a central management server on SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition. I don't use repository.  I could open a query and get result for each one at the same time. But I want to do it in an automated way, like a job, to collect data from each server and store/handle it locally.  Is this possible and if so, how? What does "upgrade to 18.04" mean? I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on an Asus K53E laptop with 8 GB RAM. I check for updates to the software daily. If there are no updates, it asks me if I want to upgrade? What does upgrade exactly mean? Will my personal files still be there? Will it wipe EVERYTHING and give me a completely new installation of Ubuntu? Or will it allow me to keep my files and applications, and merely upgrade the OS?  When I upgrade my Mac or Windows machines, my personal files remain available after the upgrade. Does Ubuntu do the same, or are there completely different "rules"? How do I change the launcher commands? When I spoke with a friend of mine, I had noticed she used sentences similar to "I need to go buy food."   Is it correct to say "to go buy," or should I say "to go to buy"?    I know that I could say "I need to buy food," but I think that in "I need to go buy food," who is speaking is putting in evidence s/he needs to go and that s/he cannot stay any longer, or that her/his time to stay is limited. Doubt related to a theorem in congruences of Chapter 5 of Apostol Introduction to analytic number theory I am self studying number theory from Introduction to Analytic number theory by Apostol.   I have a doubt in one argument of proof of Theorem 5.14 and I am posting its image.      My doubt is in 2nd line of 2 nd paragraph how Apostol writes - If y is a solution of (5) then ay $\equiv $ at ( mod m) . How does y being a solution of (5) implies that?       Can someone please help How does the telepathy supernatural ability work? Evaluate $\int_{-\pi/4}^{\pi/4}(\cos(t)+\sqrt{1+t^2}\cos(t)^3\sin (t)^3)dt$ I've been wondering, what is the general form for the integral of $\sin(\cos x)$? I tried integrating it myself and couldn't, tried with Wolfram Alpha and it couldn't either. If you think about it conceptually, it should have a general form as it's graph if just like sin and cos, which both have general forms. If it doesn't have a general form, I'd like to know why. Thanks! Wrapped hexagon topology When a square is wrapped at the edges, obtains a torus. Is it possible to do the same for a hexagon?  What is the shape/topology of wrapping a hexagon?     Note: I was just reading this  and came up with this question. I'm a physicist. Looking for the title of a book about alien invasion, mining asteroids and using lasers to defend earth What I remember of this novel/series is that the main character creates solar laser satellites and mines asteroids to create more satellites to defend Earth from aliens. Later on, he uses the hollowed out asteroids as a base and eventually as an armored fortress to repulse the alien fleets. I last remember the main character attempting to hollow out more asteroids to defend and attack the aliens eventually. Story featuring smart people sent on a space mission to nowhere The story in question featured, as the vague title suggests, a "space mission" that is really a cover for forcing a bunch of really smart people to be in close proximity to each other for long enough that they can truly evolve their collective intelligence. I recall them developing new maths and, e..g, "farseeing" and eventually figuring out that while there was no planet at the end of their journey as they were told, they were able to construct one for themselves.