What are the biggest disadvantages of using a 64bit version of linux over a 32bit and vice-versa
What are the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit, and which should I choose?
I am writing a bash script that needs to know which desktop environment (XFCE, Unity, KDE, LXDE, Mate, Cinnamon, GNOME2, GNOME3,... ) is running.  How can I obtain that information? I have an 3TB external disk and Windows XP 32 bit. It works as a USB 2 disk with its enclosure, but I want to use it as an internal SATA disk. I don't want to use it as a boot disk, only as a data disk. I understand that normally I need GPT (GUID partition table), and then I can't use Windows XP 32 bit anymore. I would prefer to avoid this. But what I did not understand by googling around is: can I partition the disk in 2 parts (so that each part is less than 2TB) with MBR and use it in Windows 32-bit? If yes, which tools do I need? I have read the Rules of a competition. The text of the Rules include a sentence as follows:     As per stated in the Rules the entrants will be notified by May 30th 2010.   Does the sentence above mean that May 30th is included in the term of notification or not? I have located where the error message originates from it is in  line number 221. As I have only a single nvidia driver installed I suspect it is is the same issue. I am not a developer but looking at the code preceding this line I can see the statement.  const char *glob_pattern = "/usr/lib/nvidia-[1-9][0-9][0-9]"  this will pick up nvidia-352/ nvidia-361/ and nvidia-361-prime/ ? on my PC. I am tired of always trying to guess, if I should escape special characters like '()[]{}|' etc. when using many implementations of regexps.  It is different with, for example, Python, sed, grep, awk, Perl, rename, Apache, find and so on. Is there any rule set which tells when I should, and when I should not, escape special characters? Does it depend on the regexp type, like PCRE, POSIX or extended regexps? Small caps font warning in beamer using biblatex Consider the following MWE  \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{silence} \WarningFilter{biblatex}{Patching footnotes failed}  \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  \usepackage[style=authoryear-comp,backend=biber]{biblatex} \addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}  \begin{document} \begin{frame}   \fullcite{sarfraz} \end{frame} \end{document}   This generates the warning:  LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T1/lmss/m/sc' in size &lt;10.95&gt; not available (Font)              Font shape `T1/lmr/m/sc' tried instead on input line 28.   Is there a way to avoid the warning without using the silence package? Korea: Visa required to go to the city while in transit in Seoul for a Philippine citizen? Hi I'm traveling to Uzbekistan and have 12 hours layover in Seoul via Korean Airlines. Do I need a visa to go out of the airport for sightseeing? I'm a Philippine passport holder. Desperate to locate and re-read exceptional book/series, but cannot remember the title. The high concept: The U.S. has just sent the first successful expedition to Mars, and it has just landed. As the astronauts make their initial exploration outside their ship, a tear in the fabric of space opens up right in front of them, and they look through to the insides of a laboratory (at a California university?) and two students who just figured out how to create arbitrary portals between two points in the Universe. The rest of the novel/series is a consequence of this breakthrough. But I can't remember the author and title(s). Surely someone reading this forum will remember it well! TIA.  (Reposted .) How do I reset a lost administrative password? How critical are macOS Mojave compatibility requirements? As per Apple support document, :     1. Check compatibility      You can upgrade to macOS Mojave from OS X Mountain Lion or later on   any of the following Mac models. Your Mac also needs at least 2GB of   memory and 12.5GB of available storage space, or up to 18.5GB of   storage space when upgrading from OS X Yosemite or earlier.         MacBook introduced in early 2015 or later   MacBook Air introduced in mid 2012 or later   MacBook Pro introduced in mid 2012 or later   Mac mini introduced in late 2012 or later   iMac introduced in late 2012 or later   iMac Pro (all models)   Mac Pro introduced in late 2013, plus mid-2010 or mid-2012 models with a recommended Metal-capable graphics card.      I am currently running macOS High Sierra on my Early 2011 MacBook Pro.  What does Apple's requirements mean for my ability to install Mojave? Is it possible or worthwhile to do so? "In here", "from here", and "at here" I just read the discussed topic "look here vs. look at here":  It's got me wondering.  What is the reason for not using the preposition at before here?  Is it because here is an adverb and it is wrong to use a preposition before an adverb?  What if we use here with its nominal meaning, as in "get away from here", or "It's really hot in here", and then say "Look at here" meaning "Look at this place"?    If it is wrong and there is some other reason why at here is incorrect but in here and from here are correct, what is it? Is ArcSDE no longer needed at ArcGIS 10.1? How to identify "deictic center" for distinguishing "come" & "go"? Read this paragraph from this    My question is:  How to identify "deictic center" for distinguishing "come" &amp; "go"?  Let say I am at home &amp; I say "I am going to the zoo this evening", so the "deictic center" in this case is my home &amp; I move away my "deictic center".  But let say my friend Tom &amp; I currently at my home &amp; Tom said "Are you Coming to the zoo to see the lion?" &amp; I said "Ok, I am coming to the zoo this evening". So, the "deictic center" in this case is "the zoo" &amp; we move towards the "deictic center" (ie the zoo).  It feels like it is very arbitrary.  Note: See this , it said the selection of "deictic center" could be due to sympathy &amp; politeness. Looking at the following dataset:   Date        Visits   Carts      carts       Orders                       Created   converted    Created 2011-11-11    12277     161        9          36   2011-11-12    11871     93         5          19     2011-11-13    13072     107        8          8      2011-11-14    13594     112        4          34     2011-11-15    12741     129        8          43     2011-11-16    15491     261        16         57  2011-11-17    13418     186        17         42       I've been asked to plot this on a graph, using the Date has the X-Axis and the rest of the data on the Y-Axis. The problem is that the scale of the data is dramatically different. where Visits are in the thousands and Orders Created are in the low tens, the data doesn't plot well on a graph.     I was wondering what a statistician would do in this scenario, I could divide the the Visits by a 1000 and then put in the description (Visits (K)), but then I start to have the same problem with Carts Created, as they are in the hundreds and everything else is in the low tens.  What kind of thing is done in this scenario? Proof of Funds for Canadian Visa I am a Romanian citizen.  Our co-national friends who are established in Canada will provide me and another person free accommodation and food. We are both EU citizens and we will stay in Canada 1 month.  These days we are gathering documents for our online visa application and we need to prove that we have enough money to spend there.   How much money is generally required in order to be sure we are eligible? We don't plan to spend more than 1000 EUR, but I intend to bring at least 2000 CAD. Is it enough? I think the title is pretty self explanatory.   The question is how can I create an alias in a Windows cmd that will also work after I close and then reopen it. For example I would like an alias called ip to call the command ipconfig or an alias ls -l to call Dir.  My operating system is Windows 10, in case that makes a difference. Merge two custom post types into one admin page? I am building a site with 4 custom post types. To make things easier for our client/admin, I'm wondering if there is a way to merge those custom post types into one list in the backend? Like if you look at normal backend admin page with the list and columns of posts, can a page like that pull in 3 other post types for easy sorting/searching?  I can't combine the CPTs into one, they must remain seperate outside of one 'viewing' page in the admin area if possible.  Any thoughts on how to do this?? Or even where to start looking/thinkging of how to develop this? How to remove app which is greyed out, can't be deleted, won't open and doesn't appear in apps list? I have this app with a greyed out icon which I'm trying to delete.    I tap and hold, and it asks me if I want to delete it and its data. I confirm and nothing happens.  I try to open it and nothing happens.  I go to Settings>General>Usage and it's not in the list.  I reboot the device and it's still here.  Is there another way to force deletion of this (ghost) app? How to learn commutative algebra? I want to learn commutative algebra from scratch. I was wondering, as you are experts in mathematics, what you think is the best way to learn commutative algebra? Is there any video course available for commutative algebra? Will there be some online course for commutative algebra on some website like Coursera, etc?  I know noncommutative algebra up to the Artin-Wedderburn Theorem. Also, I know group theory up to the Sylow theorems and Galois Theory. I also know some basic topology.  I'm new to this site so I don't know what tags I should add for this question. Please feel free to edit my question.  Edit 1: I want to learn commutative algebra for learning Algebraic Geometry. How do I protect Python code from being read by users? I am developing a piece of software in Python that will be distributed to my employer's customers. My employer wants to limit the usage of the software with a time restricted license file. If we distribute the .py files or even .pyc files it will be easy to (decompile and) remove the code that checks the license file. Another aspect is that my employer does not want the code to be read by our customers, fearing that the code may be stolen or at least the &quot;novel ideas&quot;. Is there a good way to handle this problem?