Better way to return the index of an element from a list, with element BEHIND preferred
Finding first and last index of some value in a list in Python
Suggested edit review should show custom rejection reasons Somewhat similar to , but rather more limited: when Rejecting an edit, not only the count of custom rejection reasons but the actual text of the reasons should be shown, IMO. Just now I  on SO that tidied some code in a trivially correct and substantially superior way because it looked perfectly legitimate and I couldn't understand why anyone would bother with a custom rejection reason. As it turned out, it was code in a question, of course.  In this case, the rejection reason correctly identified the problem, and had I seen it, I would have been reminded of that aspect I had neglected to check. StackExchange drop down hiding chat, blog and log out, concerns Each package name is in the form: package-XubuntuY*_amd64(i386)  So my questions are:   What does the X stand for? What does the Y stand for?   for example binutils_2.22-6ubuntu1.3_amd64  What is the meaning of the numbers 6 and 1.3 How to draw tangent vectors and component vectors on a curve I am searching for a way to have a figure drawn using LaTeX. I am aware of some packages TikZ and PSTricks that could accomplish this, and have been tinkering around with them recently but do not have enough skill set at the moment to accomplish this drawing. Is there a way someone can accomplish the drawing, preferably with TikZ but could be any package your most comfortable with in a reduced amount of coding (non-advanced) to where I could understand what is happening from the code to the picture. If this is not possible, then I will have to study the package more and work with it until I understand the method (code) to create the graphic. The drawing is below.  Note: This is a rough sketch. The optimal output would have smooth quadratic curves and all quantities are vectors. If $k$ is a positive integer, how to prove that there is no solution for $n$ in positive integers except $n = 1$ for $2^n = nk + 1$ Does new Star Wars continuity only affect post-Jedi EU? I have read  a couple of times.     In order to give maximum creative freedom to the filmmakers and also preserve an element of surprise and discovery for the audience, Star Wars Episodes VII-IX will not tell the same story told in the post-Return of the Jedi Expanded Universe.   Does this describe material set after Jedi, or published after?  Is it also saying that only things published as "Legends" are now non-continuity?  I have read that it is only films + Clone Wars + Rebels that are now in the main continuity but can't see this sourced by Lucas Film Story Group. Does anyone have a reference for this? Performance difference between dot notation versus method call in Objective-C You can use a standard dot notation or a method call in Objective-C to access a property of an object in Objective-C.  myObject.property = YES;   or  [myObject setProperty:YES];   Is there a difference in performance (in terms of accessing the property)? Is it just a matter of preference in terms of coding style? Basic If/Then in Python Parser of ArcGIS Field Calculator? I just bought a  game (Forza 4) for my Xbox 360 (bought in the US). When I tried to play the game, it wouldn't load because of region issue. Is there a legal way to solve this (no crack)? When should I use a List vs a LinkedList When I'm looking down the front page on , I often wish I could tell at a glance what happened to the question to bump it there. Sometimes it is obvious from looking at the number of answers, other times you have to follow a link to find out if it has been edited or if an answer has been added or updated.  I'm guessing this is just as applicable on other SE sites - this is the kind of thing I'm suggesting:    A couple of suggestions from the comments that might be good:   To reduce clutter the word 'ago' could be removed at the same time. The new text could be visible only to established users - ie users who are likely to be reviewing/editing and would benefit from seeing at a glance what kind of change has occurred. How do you setup a TeX document to self publish a book online? I am a casual TeX user. Mostly I have used it to type up some reports/homeworks for class in my graduate engineering work. In the past I have used document type "article". And then kept all the defaults.  I need to self publish something online. At the highest level I would like to know: How do you setup a TeX document to self publish a book online?  Some more low level questions:   Is there a document type for "book" and what is its name? I am looking at Amazon Createspace. : filetype=pdf, trim size, margins (gutter and outside margins). All of these various trim size, margins gutter/outside can be adjusted in the Tex document?   Has anyone seen any good TeX templates for Amazon Createspace? If you could demonstrate how to tweak a specific "book" document type that would be very helpful also.    Other than the above questions, please feel free to offer any other sort of help since I am completely new to this process (advice, links to good tutorials, links to wikibooks). LM317 getting hot Should an LM317 (specifically a ) rated for 500ma output current really be getting hot to touch when only pulling 170ma at 5V?  Package is SOT-223, input is 9V.  Is this normal? XSD extend a complex type The latest beta update made the app crash a lot:   when I press 'Add comment'. after deleting a comment. after up/down/unvoting a post (happened when I upvoted an answer) after editing a post (but the edit is applied).   Spec: Nexus 5 on Lollipop 5.1.1, SE App v1.0.66 (beta) How do I reset all progress in the game "just shapes and beats"? The game  has a very unique intro that I would like to show my friend again for the first time. I'm not sure how to reset all my progress on this game to achieve this though. Any thoughts? I have a manuscript that is under review in a major journal which is a main result out of a few recent years of my research. When applying for faculty positions, I would like to send the draft as a part of my writing sample. But since the material is not yet published, I am not sure if it is a good idea.  What are the foreseeable disadvantages of sending an article in review to the faculty search committee?  My area is neuroscience / biomedical engineering.  Update: The paper got into a high-profile journal, and I got a job at a different place which did not require a writing sample. var/log/syslog growing indefinitely in size The disk that contains Ubuntu on my computer is 115GB in size.  When the disk was 114.7GBfull.  I started deleting some files here and there to free up around 5GB.  But I noticed the disk was 114GB filled again. I thought it was some cache or swap thingy so didn't give it much thought and went ahead and freed around 40GBby shifting some media files out of the disk.  I have a notification in an hour or so that the disk is full yet again!! 40GB!!! All gone!  So I debugged the problem down to the /var/log/syslog file which was initially definitely less than 20GB. I know this because /var folder was 17GB before I cleared the memory.  /var/log/syslog file is currently 55.9GB!  Could someone be so gracious to explain this anomaly? Is this a bug? Or am I affected with some malware or virus? Show that there are $ a,b \geq 0 $ so that $ |f(x)| \leq ax+b, \forall x \geq 0.$ Consider the functional equation problem $$ f : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R \text , $$ $$ f \left( a ^ b \right) = f ( a) ^ { f ( b ) } \text , $$ when $ a , b \in \mathbb R $, $ a , b \ge 0 $. So far the only solution I have is the trivial $$ f ( x ) = x \text . $$ Does there exist any other possible solution? Even if the $ f $ doesn't have a closed form in terms of elementary functions, is there some way I could derive a series or an alternative expression for it? I tried to get a little more creative: $$ f ( w ) = f \left( w ^ { \frac 1 w } \right) ^ { f ( w ) } \text , $$ which nests deep into $$ f ( w ) = f \left( w ^ { \frac 1 w } \right) ^ { f \left( w ^ { \frac 1 w } \right) ^ { f \left( w ^ { \frac 1 w } \right) ^ \vdots } } \text , $$ which is equivalent to $$ \ln \big( f ( w ) \big) = \ln \bigg( f \left( w ^ { \frac 1 w } \right) \bigg) f ( w ) \text . $$ I was hoping to generate some sort of series using this.