'Official' way to install some packages in Debian 10 that are in Testing?
How can I install more recent versions of software than what Debian provides?
Should I sign, watermark or otherwise label a framed print? And if so how? I have an opportunity to show some of my work in a small local coffee shop.  Are there any guidelines/practices to signing, labeling or watermarking a photo which is to be on display?  Or should a photo be signed, labelled or marked at all? Is signing the back of the photo and showing my name on a separate card below the frame itself the "better" way to do this?   I noticed many people on the web put a very noticeable watermark with their logo, copyright and name right on the photo.  Personally, I find this distracting as it often ruins the photograph itself often turning what could be art to kitsch. Painters most often sign the painting itself but this to me is not distracting because it is done with the painter's own hand and it often "works" with the painting. Update  This has been confirmed resolved in a later version 376.33 and possibly the update prior.     Okay, I recently did a computer update. I used to run Blender 2.77 on a Dell desktop (5 GB RAM, 2.7 GHZ, Windows 8, build in graphics card). Since that computer wasn't fast enough for my preference, I saved up and got a new gaming laptop - the Asus ROG GL552 (Windows 10, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M with 4 GB DDR5 RAM, 2.6-3.5 Ghz, and quad-core intel processor). That laptop has been known to have outdated drivers, so when I got it, I updated it to up to date Windows 10 drivers.  As soon as I started Blender, I immediately noticed its speed. Even doing simple things, like clicking buttons, or rotating the view with the middle mouse button, took too long to register in the program. I tried changing some User Preference System settings, but that didn't really help much. And the hardware seems to be fine - the render is lightning fast (renders the startup scene in under .1 second; it's just laggy when loading the uv screen), so I don't know why it's like this, or what to do. Also, I ran Blender 2.77 on this computer, and it was also slow (although it was fine on my previous computer).  It could be an issue with drivers perhaps (or maybe OpenGL?), but I ran Unreal Engine 4, and had none of the same issues - the speed was pretty decent on that; so I'm not sure why Blender would be so slow. Any help is appreciated - thanks guys! How can particles be emitted from particles? In a scene with two particle system configured as boids and boids brain set to fight, one swarm attacks the other. I would like to emit child particles as lines (laser or something) to visualize some fighting action. I couldn't find a way to setup the line emitting particle system, either they are created from the plane or further cones will be added. Is there a way to do this as I saw on a  but I didn't get the trick? Blend file   At blendersushi  the author says:  PARTICLE INSTANCE MODIFIER &gt; PARTICLES With this stacking thing, we can now pretty much emit Particles from emitted Particles, &gt; if you know how to set it up. Not very obvious, but basically you Instance some meshes &gt; (using Instance Modifier) and then add Particle System to the object with Instance &gt; Modifier. Make sure you have &quot;Use Modifier Stack&quot; turned on.  But I can't get this to work. Subrings of integral domains have the same identity element. If $R$ is an integral domain and a subring $S$ has identity $1_S$, how would you show that $1_S=1_R$ (here $1_R$ is the identity of the ring $R$)? I am unsure about what an integral domain really is and how the subring comes into play here. What is the correct way to use infinitive after the verb "help": with or without "to"? What is the correct way to use infinitive after the verb "help": with or without "to"?  For example:     Please, help me to understand this.   or:     Please, help me understand this. Securing Cable when installing old work box I am installing an electrical outlet above a gas fireplace for TV.  I understand that electrical code requires securing the NM cable within 12" of outlet box.  I am curious how one goes about achieving this in a finished wall being that there is really no room to get hand, hammer, drill or screwdriver inside the wall through that box opening.   I am sure this is straightforward for experienced electricians but I have no idea how to go about this. Subversion Obliterate feature I was just thinking of writing a shell script to implement the obliterate functionality in an easy to do way (externally, using the suggested way, but automated).  Here's what I had in mind:  On the client   svn list -R &gt; file-list. filter file-list in several ways like grep to create a file "files-to-delete", something like a set of grep XXX  file-list&gt;&gt;files-to-delete. transfer files-to-delete to the server using scp.   On the server   Dump the repository svnadmin dump /path/to/repos &gt; repos-dumpfile, this can be kept as a backup too. Filter the dump file, for each word in "files-to-delete", do: cat repos-dumpfile | svndumpfilter exclude $file &gt; new-dumpfile Create a new repository and load the new file to it svnadmin create new-name; svnadmin load new-name &lt; new-dumpfile   Would this work? How can it fail? Any other ideas? Cancellation Law for Direct Sums - What is wrong with this argument? I'm writing an application that allows users to upload images onto the server. I expect about 20 images per day all jpeg and probably not edited/resized. (This is another question, how to resize the images on the server side before storing. Maybe someone can please drop a .NET resource for that in the comment or so).  I wonder now what the best place for storing uploaded images is.   Store the images as a file in the file system and create a record in a table with the exact path to that image. Or, store the image itself in a table using an "image" or "binary data" data type of the database server.   I see advantages and disadvantages in both.  I like a) because I can easily relocate the files and just have to change the table entry. On the other hand I don't like storing business data on the web server and I don't really want to connect the web server to any other datasource that holds business data (for security reasons)  I like b) because all the information is in one place and easily accessible by a query. On the other hand the database will get very big very soon. Outsourcing that data could be more difficult. Looking for the title of a gold heist movie involving the telekinetic son of an extraterrestrial/alien? Some 30 years back, I saw a film about the son of an extraterrestrial who gets involved in a gold heist.  The main character does not initially know that he is the son of an extraterrestrial and that has special telekinetic powers. The film opens, I think, with him being in some train yard, his foot getting stuck in a switch with a locomotive approaching. He stops it using his powers intuitively, possibly passing out (not realizing what he actually did). I think his mother subsequently reveals his heritage to him.  He somehow gets hired as a bodyguard for someone planning a gold heist. I think they know his abilities and use him to steal a million US dollars. Actually, that is just a distraction, covering that they steal 30 million dollars from the same location (through the air, not sure on that part).  The last part I remember is some underground tunnels where the thieves set up to melt the gold. The main character is locked in there.  Does anyone know the title of this movie? Searching for things like "sci-fi gold heist extraterrestrial etc." did not reveal anything to me. I also had a hard time picking proper tags (sorry). How do I get the distance meter value between two geometries in PostGIS? I have a simple question about calculating distances in PostGIS.  I would like to get the distance between two geometries. I am using this sid : 4269 in meters what i am doing now is this : ST_Distance((a.geom,b.geom)) FROM ... but I am getting result in degrees. I think that I should work with geography but how can I cast a geom to a geography? I tried with (a.geom::geography) but i am getting an error.  What can I do to get my result in meters?   Thank You Meaning of "kernel" In analysis, there are at least three kinds of "" concepts:   In probability theory, there is a concept called , also called probability kernel, from one measure space $X$ to another $Y$. It is actually a family of measures on $Y$, indexed by members of $X$. It can transform a measure on $X$ to a measure on $Y$, in terms of integration.  A special case is  of probability density function in statistics, where the  is actually a probability kernel. In real/complex analysis, there is a concept called  from a product space $X \times Y$ to $\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$. It can transform some special function: $X \to \mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$ to another one:$Y \to \mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$. This is used for defining integral transformation In Hilbert space theory, there is concept called , which is a family of bounded mappings for a family of Hilbert spaces. For every two Hilbert spaces $X$ and $Y$ in the family, there are exactly two members of the kernel, one mapping from $X$ to $Y$ and the other from $Y$ to $X$.   I wonder    Are they related concepts, since they seem to share some indescribable similarity? Can they be unified?   In particular, the first two are similar to each other as the kernels induce transformations on measures and on functions in terms of integrals.  It is however not obvious to me how the third one, i.e. the Hilbert space one, is related to the second one. Are they related to the  concepts? Or even to the  concept?   I feel like some insights and references for catching the general ideas shared across as many kinds of "kernels" as possible.  Thanks and regards! I am completely new to riding bikes and know that are usually filled with air but nowadays some people fill them with Nitrogen instead.  I don't know why they prefer to fill their tires with nitrogen as it is more costly than filling them with air.  What are the benefits of filling tires with Nitrogen? Too many requests? I went to stackexchange.com and clicked on SO.  After a few minutes I got a message saying "We have detected too many requests from this IP.  If this is an error contact us."  That was the second SE page I tried to visit.  Second only to SE.com  I moved to another machine and it's working now.  The first machine usually works, I don't know if a got assigned a blacklisted IP or what.  Anyone know what's going on?  EDIT: I would really rather not post my IP on the web, but if a diamond or dev asks I'll email it.  EDIT 2: I looked at badp's dupe suggestion and can verify that I have no scripts frequently calling SO. Constant term in Lagrangian Why can we always drop any constant term in a Lagrangian density in quantum field theory?  This issue is somehow related to the constant term being some kind of cosmological constant.  Can you please explain this issue? Should we avoid negative words when writing error messages? Is there a word or phrase for two nouns or adjectives joined by a conjunction (usually "and") in a fixed sequence?        alive and well           fast and furious   hat and gloves   pen and pencil   law and order   wit and wisdom   salt and pepper   bacon and eggs   horse and carriage   Adam and Eve   ladies and gentlemen   loud and clear   heads or tails   yes or no   dead or alive Keep items in inventory on death in Minecraft I once played a vanilla Minecraft adventure map (called "Herobrine's Mansion") that prevented the player from losing their items on death. Which commands can be used to prevent the player from losing their items on death (in vanilla Minecraft)? Word or phrase for making something seem better by comparison What is a word or phrase that expresses the idea of purposely making something seem better by comparison? For example, lemon Starburst was created to make the cherry flavor seem that much tastier. 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