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Search among posts you've voted for Related posts:    These posts are different from mine in that they merely ask for the &quot;votes&quot; tab back or ask if it is at all possible to get such information, while I propose how to implement this as a search feature. Background I recently found myself facing a problem very similar to one that I had solved before. I remembered that I found the solution on SO and I remembered upvoting the post containing the solution. I wasn't able to find that particular post by just searching with relevant keywords. It would have been nice if I could search only among the questions I have voted on. I searched on meta and found that there had been a tab for looking at what you've voted on, but that it was removed due to lack of interest. This is understandable, since just listing the hundreds/thousands of posts you've voted on isn't particularly useful. Proposal What I want is to be able to search for posts I've voted on similarly to the way I'm able to search on my posts within a specific tag. For instance: user:310121 [iphone] apple  This will return all my posts tagged iPhone, where I mention Apple. This is brilliant. This is just how I want search to work. Now what I want to do is to extend this to include votes. The exact syntax isn't relevant, but I had to make one up to show you what I mean: To show all posts you've voted on: user:310121 {votes}  To show all posts you've upvoted: user:310121 {upvotes}  To show all posts you've downvoted: user:310121 {downvotes}  You could probably omit the the user part, since you're only allowed to see your own votes. (Unless it's desirable to be able to look at other peoples votes. Maybe you should be allowed to do this if you have enough rep? Well, that's another discussion.) I guess that even if you're allowed to see other peoples votes it would make sense to display your own votes if the user part is omitted. So in my case I could have done the following search and found the post I was looking for: {upvotes} keyword  Lastly I just want to suggest that clicking on your vote count will work just like clicking on a tag. If I click on a tag in my profile the following search will be done: user:310121 [tag]  So if I click on my upvote count the following search should be made: user:310121 {upvotes}  The same goes for downvotes: user:310121 {downvotes}  This would be a very useful feature and it wouldn't be intrusive in any way. The users that don't care for this feature might never know that it's there. And just for the record the favorite system doesn't replace this feature. "Who to follow" or "whom to follow"? has a "who to follow" button on the upper side of the screen. Shouldn't it be "whom to follow"?   suggests that whom is the correct usage in a case like this. How to turn off magic quotes on shared hosting? I want to turn off PHP's magic quotes.  I don't have access to php.ini.  When I tried to add php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off to my .htaccess file, I get a 500 internal server error. This is what my .htaccess file looks like:  AddType x-mapp-php5 .php php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off   Then I tried to use ini_set('magic_quotes_gpc', 'O'), but that had no effect.  How do I turn magic quotes off? Show that $\mathbb{Z}/n^2\mathbb{Z}$ is not isomorphic to other group I'm currently working on a proof, but didn't get the right idea, a hint would be appreciated:  Show that $\mathbb{Z}/n^2\mathbb{Z}$ is not isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}/n \times \mathbb{Z}/n$  So, lets assume there is an isomorphism between these groups, my first idea to was to construct a contradiction with the homomorphism property. But I don't know how, there should be an element in  $\mathbb{Z}/n \times \mathbb{Z}/n$ which is not in $\mathbb{Z}/n^2$ to reach this kind of contradiction. Of course there is $n \in \mathbb{Z}/n^2$ which is not in the other group but I don't know if this helps.  Thanks I accidentally disabled my admin account.  After I login to another account I found I can not get admin rights, because all admin accounts on my computer are disabled.  I clicked on 'run as administrator' but only see a smart card choice (all the admin accounts are disabled so no choice provided)    I don't want to re-install my OS, help!    Details:  I have account A on my computer.    I got a new computer so I want to give the old one to my mother.    Creating a new user account B for her and disable account A.    Logout and restart.    Successfully login B, now I found I could not get admin rights because no account choice is provided.    More informations about my machine:  OS is Windows 10 and my admin account is a Microsoft Account.  I have an arch-linux installed on my computer and dual-boot it using GRUB, so maybe I can not use safe mode. What's the meaning of the term "gib"? Especially while talking about FPS, the term "gib" is quite common. While I get it's related to a sudden and gruesome death, I'd like to know its actual meaning and where it comes from. How can I extract menthol powder from fresh mint/peppermint? Remember last selected items per page in global search Why do birds sitting on electric wires not get shocked? When we touch electric wires, we get shocked. Why don't birds sitting on electric wires not get shocked? Is past simple ever justified with 'by'? Can anyone shed some light on the following aspect?  By 5 PM I gave him the book.  By 5 PM I had given him the book.  In both the sentences the book was given before 5 PM and no later than 5 PM. But I can't understand then what the difference between them is. a Also is it right to use simple past with 'by' at all? If yes, then why and if not, then why is it incorrect to use simple past with 'by'? kidle_inject causing very high load Whenever kidle_inject starts running on my system the load shoots up. In general it only gets to a load of around this 5.23, 3.65, 2.54 but a lot of the time it jumps up past the 15 mark on each of them. At that point the system grinds to a halt and I have to power it off.  This only happens when the kidle_inject process starts. How can I disable this process so my machine can work and I can get some work done.  Example top:  top - 12:43:48 up  3:02,  3 users,  load average: 6.57, 5.53, 3.33 Tasks: 256 total,   3 running, 253 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie %Cpu(s):  5.9 us, 16.6 sy,  0.0 ni, 74.7 id,  0.5 wa,  0.0 hi,  2.3 si,  0.0 st KiB Mem:   8080252 total,  7937856 used,   142396 free,   258904 buffers KiB Swap:        0 total,        0 used,        0 free.  4061336 cached Mem    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND 13509 root     -51   0       0      0      0 S  54.7  0.0   3:29.47 kidle_inject/1 13511 root     -51   0       0      0      0 S  54.1  0.0   3:30.92 kidle_inject/3 13510 root     -51   0       0      0      0 S  48.8  0.0   3:11.60 kidle_inject/2 13508 root     -51   0       0      0      0 S  47.6  0.0   3:08.47 kidle_inject/0 Can a fired moderator be elected as a moderator? While this question is inspired by recent events, it is an independent question and not tied down to any specific moderator or situation.  There's precedent for a moderator who resigned their diamond to simply ask Stack Exchange for their diamond back, without having to stand for reelection. Obviously, this may not apply if the moderator did not resign, but was removed for cause by Stack Exchange.  If a moderator has been "fired" by Stack Exchange (has had their diamond removed involuntarily by corporate action), is the person eligible to pull a  and regain a diamond through the democratic process on one of our sites, or would any such attempt be blocked? I'm aware that there is a restriction on  from standing for election, but this is not the same thing as being stripped of a diamond (fired moderators, IME, aren't also given a full site suspension unless their behavior goes beyond "possibly not a very good moderator" into "supervillain" territory).  If there is no particular rule, what should that rule be?   Should fired moderators be immediately eligible to stand for election, subject only to community approval of them returning? Should fired moderators have to go through a separate re-vetting process with Stack Exchange to regain eligibility to stand for office? Should fired moderators have an ineligibility window in a similar way that suspended users have one (e.g. after X months or years after being fired, they may stand for election). Should fired moderators be forever banned from election?   In no way am I asking about the process for a fired moderator to seek restoration through corporate appeals, etc. I'm asking only about the community election process - if a site's community wants to elect a previously fired moderator, is this inherently objectionable to Stack Exchange? Is gravitational time dilation different from other forms of time dilation? Is gravitational time dilation caused by gravity, or is it an effect of the inertial force caused by gravity?    Is gravitational time dilation fundamentally different from time dilation due to acceleration, are they the same but examples of different configurations?    Could you recreate the same kind of time dilation without gravity using centrifugal force? I am always confused about where to put adverbs in sentences. For example, consider the questions below:        Why did they target us specifically?   Why did they target specifically us?   Why did they specifically target us?      I believe all these sentences mean the same. Am I correct? I am always confused about where to put adverbs such as always and specifically, etc. Is there a particular grammar rule for this?  Funny, you see, I can even form the above sentence in different ways.         I always confuse where to put this kind of adverb   Always I confuse where to put this kind of adverb Where can I find some guidance on index strategies? Switching between one and two monitors When running my MBP, I attach an external monitor, a keyboard and trackpad to it so I have two separate desktops which are contiguous; like it's a "fancy" desktop.   Back in the day on Mavericks, it behaved properly: when I unplugged the external monitor to, say, take the laptop into a meeting, it would just put all of the desktops separately on the built in display, roughly preserving which window stayed on which desktop so all you'd have to use was a run a restore tool like Display Maid to restore your window positions when you plug your external monitor back in. This was handy because you didn't have to manually clean up your desktop when done.   Now, with El Cap, it would seem that when you unplug the external monitor, it used the monitor count of whichever screen had the most desktops and merges the windows from the two "combined desktops" into one desktop in a way that seemed to be random, which is clumsy.   Worse, setting back Display Maid to restore the original configuration automatic doesn't work like it used to - previously it saved positions on all desktops in one action, but now it does it one screen at a time and forcing you restore eech desktop separately, which is tedious. It would seem that Display Maid is not great software anymore.  Is there some other utility out there that must work better so you can restore how your windows and desktop setup was as it was before you unplugged the external monitor. Any ideas? How to determine the amount of experience needed for leveling up Related questions under this topic might include:   How should I base how much experience points it takes to get to the next level? What factors are involved in this? How do I keep the player not entertained long enough till he levels up? How can I vary the way the player gets experience points? Site being repeatedly hacked: any useful tips for tracking down entry point? How to make a table from two lists? Lightsabers are not made of light, nor have they anything to do with lasers (even if there are people who mistakenly refer to them as "laser swords").   Blaster bolts are also not lasers. They travel significantly slower than light, they travel even slower than ordinary bullets fired by gunpowder. (called slug throwers on the Star Wars universe)  Was there any use of lasers ever presented in the Star Wars universe, either as we use them today, or as weapons?  By laser I mean something which behaves like laser does, even if it's not called by that name in a movie or book. If something is called a laser (in the script or by fans) but clearly doesn't work like a laser (for example, it travels slowly, and in visible blocks) it doesn't count.