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How can we communicate short messages long-distance? Does a log transform always bring a distribution closer to normal? I have a highly right skewed data set with a large range of values (from 1 ~ 10^6) (can't share the actual data for work related reasons).   When I plot the log of the data instead, the distribution looks a lot more like a normal distribution.   Have I stumbled on a meaningful insight in the data set, or is just a general property of the log transform that it brings the distribution closer to normal? How to allow non-superusers to mount any filesystem? Is it possible to allow some particular users (e.g. members of a group) to mount any filesystem without superuser privileges on Linux?  Another question might have been "in what ways a user can harm a system by mounting filesystems?" Tensors are mathematical objects that are needed in physics to define certain quantities. I have a couple of questions regarding them that need to be clarified:   Are matrices and second rank tensors the same thing? If the answer to 1 is yes, then can we think of a 3rd rank tensor as an ordered set of numbers in 3D lattice (just in the same way as we can think of a matrix as an ordered set of numbers in 2D lattice)? Huge confusion with Fermions and Bosons and how they relate to total spin of atom I am supremely confused when something has spin or when it does not. For example, atomic Hydrogen has 4 fermions, three quarks to make a proton, and 1 electron. There is an even number of fermions, and each fermion has a 1/2 spin. Since there are an even number of fermions, the total spin value is an integer. This spin number is the "intrinsic" spin number that cannot be changed, but its orientation "up" or "down" can be changed.  For atomic Hydrogen, it is a Boson because it has integer spin, however it also has a single electron. I read on physics forums, , that the spin of atom comes from the electrons and not its nucleus. I also read on here, , that the spin of atomic Hydrogen is 1/2! The answer says atomic Hydrogen has spin 1/2 because it ignores the nuclear spin.  This is one thing that is confusing me. Shouldn't atomic Hydrogen have an integer spin because of the nuclear component? So does atomic Hydrogen have spin and is affected by a magnetic field? Nuclear spins are affected by magnetic fields, but they aren't as affected as electrons according to the discussion on physics forums.  Why do we ignore nuclear spin sometimes? Also, can someone help me out here with all the possibilities?  Is there a Boson with an half integer spin value? (Surely, there must not be) However atomic Hydrogen is one of those cases! (It seems...) (Why don't we cancel out the nuclear spin with the electron spin?)  Say we have another atom that is a Boson, It has unpaired electrons in different orbitals, so what determines whether or not electrons fill in orbitals as spin up or down? Does spin down nuclear spin cancel out a electron up spin? Show timestamp of a vote in the tooltip when mousing over it Passing an array as a function parameter in JavaScript I want to determine $$\lim\limits_{(x,y) \to (0,0)} \frac{x^2·y^3}{x^4+y^6}$$  I'm sure the limit exists, it's zero because I tried to find other different limits in line and parabola points ($(x,mx)$ and $(x,mx^2)$) but every time I got zero. So, I have to use the definition or sequences to confirm. How to split strings into text and number? I'd like to split strings like these  'foofo21' 'bar432' 'foobar12345'   into  ['foofo', '21'] ['bar', '432'] ['foobar', '12345']   Does somebody know an easy and simple way to do this in python? Overleaf V2 - How to get BBL File? What is the difference between these two:     Suzuki was nearly close to go out of business just after the World War period.   Vs.     Suzuki was nearly close to going out of business just after the World War period.(from a video)   When talking about the past, do these two sentences different from each other? Like, if you use verbing(going) with infinitive(to) in the past, does it mean that there is another event happening? Or none. Inspired by this Hagon Von Eitzen's answer( ) I started investigating how I could express natural numbers as differences of squares. Using the method explained in the solution, I investigated natural numbers up to $60$ manually. I observed the following:  There is no way to express numbers of the form $4k+2$ as a difference of two squares.  2.There is one and only one way to express prime numbers (except $2$) as a difference of two squares.  The smallest number that can be expressed as a difference of two squares in two different ways is $15$ and the smallest number that can be expressed as a difference of two squares in three different ways is $45$.  As, $15= 8^2-7^2=4^2-1^2$. $45=23^2-22^2=9^2-6^2=7^2-2^2$. I could prove point $2$ easily but could not prove point $1$. Also I am interested in knowing how I could find the smallest natural number that could be expressed as a difference of two squares in four different ways without manual calculation. As a(n) noun vs as only Difference between staticmethod and classmethod What is ubuntu 14.04 doing while showing "stopping early crypto disks"? I created a virtual machine to install ubuntu 14.04 on VirtualBox 4.2.12.*. I created virtual CD to install it with fixed-size virtual disk of 200GB. After successful installation, it restarted as usual. But after showing message of below, it hangs. Actually, I created virtual machines to install ubuntu at Virtual Box successfully several times. It's very easy. The installed ubuntu versions ranged from 9.10, 13.04 and even 14.04 before. I don't know why this time it hangs at restarting after successful installation. The only difference between this failure restart and previous successful ones is that the virtual disk is much larger, 200GB. It failed three times.  * Deactivating swap... [OK] * Stopping remaining crypto disks... [OK] * Stopping early drypto disks... [OK] Modify footer used by elsarticle.cls How long does it take for chat profiles to update? Following scenario:   user registers, has 1 point user visits chat, notes he cannot post because of only 1 point and needs 20 user goes back to SO, answers a question. gets enough points to chat user goes back to chat, but his profile still shows 1 point   Now my questions:   How long does it take for the profile on chat to update? Is there a way to force updating?   Update: Logging in and out did not help. Are there any differences between Skyrim & Skyrim: Special Edition? Prove $\limsup_{n \rightarrow \infty} a_n\geq1$ if $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} a_na_{n+1}=1$ Let $\{ a_n \}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be a bounded sequence s.t. $a_n&gt;0,\ \forall n \in \mathbb{N}$. Suppose $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} a_na_{n+1}=1$, prove $\limsup_{n \rightarrow \infty} a_n\geq1$.   I tried to prove by contradicition using subsequence, but couldn't work it out.  Any help appreciated. Scheduling a team based activity with 10 different teams and X different games. Every team must meet each other ONCE but never twice,