Why was Lily Potter not punished by the Ministry for turning teacups into rats during the vacation?
Why isn't Harry Potter punished for using magic outside of Hogwarts in Prisoner of Azkaban?
Is there a way to make Runnable's run() throw an exception? How do I handle partially correct edits in the Suggested Edits review queue? Contradicting Instructions While going through the suggested edits review queue, one sometimes stumbles upon partially useful edits like . Trying to follow the instructions listed in the descriptions doesn't lead to a conclusive answer. Considering our example:   Approve edits that clearly improve the post ↳ No, not *clearly* Improve Edit when you can make additional improvements to the post ↳ I most definitively can Reject and Edit to replace an ineffective edit with your own substantive changes ↳ It is ineffective in the sense that it made the post worse overall (imho) Reject edits that fail to improve the post or that make it worse ↳ Like the last option: yes Skip if you are not sure and want to go to the next suggested edit ↳ Well, yes. But that is really why I am here, asking this question   Reasoning about the remaining Choices This leaves us with three choices: Improve Edit, Reject and Edit and Reject (the last one slightly modified):  Improve Edit  + Acknowledges that some things in the edit where correct - Learning effect for author might vanish, as the improvement might get overlooked - Can't leave a custom message for edit author (except in comments, which pollutes the thread) - Doesn't trigger the system which &quot;punishes&quot; users who repeatedly have their edits rejected - Rewards the edit author with reputation for a poor edit   Reject and Edit  + Clearly shows the author that there were problems with the edit - Still can't leave a custom message explaining the problems of the original post. - One has to partially redo parts of the edit that have just been rejected, which might feel unjust to the original editor   Reject with a custom note and come back immediately to make a good Edit  + Clearly shows the author that there were problems with the edit + Possibility to leave an explanation as to what was wrong with the edit - One still has to redo parts of the edit that has just been rejected - Seems to be a weird workaround for Reject and Edit   Something else?   Each of the three options come with their distinct advantages/disadvantages making it non trivial to decide which one to pick.  Or does the answer simply depend on the quality of the edit? Like:  Improve Edit for subjectively slightly positive edits Reject and Edit (Or Reject and Edit) for subjectively slightly negative edits "Awesome" vs. "Awful" Fancy chapter headings What do Pentax and Sigma DSLRs offer that differs from Canon and Nikon? We have a question and answers outlining the . I'm interested in the other DSLR makers, and how the cameras they make compare in terms of significant features, system design philosophy, and unique or interesting photographic capabilities enabled or made easier by these cameras. Likewise, what such things are not handled as well?  Take "the big two have more market share" and the associated advantages of availability, accessibility, and third-party support and documentation .  I'm not interested here in compact cameras, interchangeable-lens cameras with electronic viewfinders, or in rangefinders. (If you're interested in that, though, see )  P.S.: Differences in lens lineups are covered at Why is my iPhone screen stuck on the 'connect to iTunes' screen? I need help with my iPhone. It's stuck on the 'connect to iTunes' screen.   iTunes does recognize the iPhone, but when I select 'restore', it goes through a few progress bars, then errors again. I've already tried to hard reset the phone, but that doesn't work either. Do I need a license to create pdf files? I hope this is the correct place where I could ask this question. My mother is an accountant with a degree in economics. She works as a freelancer and she needs some licenses for her job.  The biggest problem is adobe acrobat standard, which costs 400€, quite a lot. I want understand if she must buy it to create pdf files or she can use some free (even for commercial use) programs that she has because of her job (the chamber of commerce provide some advantages to accountants).  She is actually using PDFCreator, which as I can read is free for business usage (open source also!!):   Thanks for any suggestion How can I find the version of Ubuntu that is installed? I installed some version of Ubuntu on my VMware, but I don't know what version exactly it is. How can I find it out? How long can a temporary suspension be? I ran into a user profile that states:  This account is  to cool down. The suspension period ends on Apr 27 '24 at 7:54  At first, it seemed like a somewhat longish suspension period.  Referring to  reveals:  Depending on the severity of the problem behavior — and at the complete discretion of the moderator — your account will be placed in timed suspension for anywhere from 1 to 365 days.  This indicates that temporary suspensions can last upto a year.  Additionally, the  doesn't give any other information about the timed suspension other than the link to the wiki above. I am keen to know whether the example above (wherein the account has been suspended until 2024) is a one-off case or is it a case of documentation being obsolete? onKeyUp not firing for ESC in IE Do we actually get more sick (flu/cold) during winter? The word flu derives from the Italian phrase "influenza de freddo" meaning "influence of the cold".  Indeed it is that time of the year when my colleagues seem to have the flu/cold more often than not. I remember during university, winter lectures would be riddled with people coughing and sneezing - the so called "freshers flu"  Questions   Is there statistical evidence for this claim? If so, what are the causes/factors involved?   asks why our noses get runnier during cold whether, is this related? What's a word like "disregard" or "bypass" that means "hides"? PostgreSQL Shapefile import failed I am very new to PostGIS/PostgreSQL. In fact, I downloaded it because of the answers I got to this question:   I installed both PostgreSQL and PostGIS. But I am not able to import a shapefile to the database? It gives an error, "Shapefile import failed". What am I doing wrong? Does someone know if the following is true:  Let $\mathbb{X}$ be some arbitrary Banach space. $\{x_k \}_{k=1}^{\infty} \in \mathbb{X}$ is a sequence chosen from $\mathbb{X}$.  Now, if the series  $$\sum_{k=1}^\infty \|x_k\|_X$$ converges, would the "more generic" series $$\sum_{k=1}^\infty x_k$$  also converge?  If yes, could you please give the proof (or just mark the proof steps) ?  Thank you. Why is the node editor showing different kinds of nodes? I have been following  tutorial until I started adding nodes. The problem is that he has completely different nodes than I have. Even nodes that are created at start are different (I have Material and Output and he has Render Layers and Composite). Have I missed something or should I use different nodes than he? Let $x_{1},x_{2},\cdots,x_{n}$ be real numbers. Show that     $$\sum_{i,j=1}^{n}|x_{i}+x_{j}|\ge n\sum_{i=1}^{n}|x_{i}|.$$   I think this problem may be solved using nice methods, but I can't find them yet; I know this may be of use: $$|a|+|b|\ge |a+b|.$$ But I can't make it work. Thank you everyone. I need your help with this: Let $f$, $p$, and $g$ be a polynomials in $F[x]$, assume that $f$, $g$, and $p$ are nononzero.  If $\gcd(f,p)=1$ and $fg$ is divisible by $p$ with no remainder, I need to prove that $g$ is  divisible by $p$ with no remainder  Thanks. What's the difference between Invoke() and BeginInvoke() Just wondering what the difference between BeginInvoke() and Invoke() are?   Mainly what each one would be used for.  EDIT: What is the difference between creating a threading object and calling invoke on that and just calling BeginInvoke() on a delegate? or are they the same thing? I have seen this construct in scripts a lot and used it myself, but it bothers me that I can't seem to find it in the documentation.  Example:  [ -f file1 ] &amp;&amp; [ -f file2 ] &amp;&amp; echo "Both files exist." || echo "One or the other file doesn't exist."   This could also be done with backslashes before the newlines, as mentioned in man bash:  If a \&lt;newline&gt; pair appears,  and  the  backslash  is  not itself  quoted,  the \&lt;newline&gt; is treated as a line continuation (that is, it is removed from the input stream and effectively ignored).   Example:  [ -f file1 ] &amp;&amp; \ [ -f file2 ] &amp;&amp; \ echo "Both files exist." || \ echo "One or the other file doesn't exist."   ...but this doesn't seem to be necessary.  The first version above works even without the backslashes.  Where can I find this in man bash?  (Also, is this bash specific or POSIX compliant?) If a measure only assumes values 0 or 1, is it a Dirac's delta?