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Separate selected UV map vertices from surrounding vertices How do I break the selected UV map from its surrounding vertices? How to add a Skype indicator? How to text-to-speech output using command-line? How to get speech output from entered text by using command-line?  Also facility to change speech rate, pitch, volume etc using simple command. Converting time field omitting time and returning null values? I have a time field in my shapefile that is formatted as HH:mm:ss.s It is a text field, and I want to convert it to a date so I can calculate time elapsed across rows (if there's a better way to do this let me know). Basically, each row is a point on a route, and I want to use the time field to calculate the amount of time elapsed between the first and last points on the route.   I tried using the convert time field tool, setting the input format as HH:mm:ss.s, and the output type as DATE. The output field however only shows values of 01/01/2001 for some rows and  for other rows.   time is the input field and time_c is the output field  I'm not sure what's going wrong here, here is what shows up in the geoprocessing results window:    I tried adding the date data to the field as well to make the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.s, but it still didn't work: Biometrika journal style file not getting along with TeXLive-2020 I cannot compile styleguide.tex in biometrika.zip (see ). Here is a MWE which leads to the same error message, though not sure yet that I've not tossed baby out with bath water. \documentclass{article} \RequirePackage[thmmarks]{ntheorem}  \makeatletter \def\arabic#1{{\rm\expandafter\@arabic\csname c@#1\endcsname}} \theoremnumbering{arabic} \newtheorem{definition}{Definition} \makeatother  \begin{document}  \begin{definition} This is a definition. \end{definition}  \end{document}  Here is the output of pdflatex: % pdflatex styleguide This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (TeX Live 2020) (preloaded format=pdflatex)  restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./styleguide.tex LaTeX2e &lt;2020-02-02&gt; patch level 5 L3 programming layer &lt;2020-03-06&gt; (/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 2019/12/20 v1.4l Standard LaTeX document class (/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)) (./ntheorem.sty  Style `ntheorem', Version 1.24 &lt;2004/09/20&gt; ) (/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdfmode.def ) (./styleguide.aux) ! Use of \@item doesn't match its definition. \update@series@target@value #1-&gt;\def \reserved@a {                                                   #1}\ifx \target@meta@famil... l.13 T       his is a definition. ? q OK, entering \batchmode Schengen visa refusal on threat to public policy, security, health I applied for German Schengen visa as a medical escort to my relative in a different country from  where I reside, but my visa application was refused and the refusal letter  was written in German as the following:        Ein oder mehrere Mitgliedstaaten sind der Auffassung, dass Sie eine Gefahr für die öffentliche Ordnung, die innere Sicherheit, die   öffentliche Gesundheit gemäß Artikel 2 Absatz 19 der Verordnung (EG)   Nr 562/2006 (Schengener Grenzkodex) oder die internationalen   Beziehungen eines oder mehrerer Mitgliedstaaten darstellen.      I was in Germany for nearly a year with my relative during his treatment; I extended my stay there 3 times; and I returned back home two months ago in order to renew my passport. I applied again using the same documents that I used for my extension in Germany.    First, can anyone tell me what the refusal means? Next, is there any possibility that there is a mistake in the assessment?    Note: In English this reason is...     One or more member state(s) consider you to be a threat to public   policy, internal security, public health as defined in Article 2(19)   of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 (Schengen Borders Code) or the   international relations of one or more of the member states). Checking incoming call in iphone In the construction of types of numbers, we have the following sequence:  $$\mathbb{R} \subset \mathbb{C} \subset \mathbb{H} \subset \mathbb{O} \subset \mathbb{S}$$  or:  $$2^0 \mathrm{-ions} \subset 2^1 \mathrm{-ions} \subset 2^2 \mathrm{-ions} \subset 2^3 \mathrm{-ions} \subset 2^4 \mathrm{-ions} $$  or:  "Reals" $\subset$ "Complex" $\subset$ "Quaternions" $\subset$ "Octonions" $\subset$ "Sedenions"  With the following "properties":   From $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{C}$ you gain "algebraic-closure"-ness (but you throw away ordering). From $\mathbb{C}$ to $\mathbb{H}$ we throw away commutativity. From $\mathbb{H}$ to $\mathbb{O}$ we throw away associativity. From $\mathbb{O}$ to $\mathbb{S}$ we throw away multiplicative normedness.   The question is, what lies on the right side of $\mathbb{S}$, and what do you lose when you go from $\mathbb{S}$ to one of these objects ? Automatically convert quotations in the form of "abc" to become ``abc" I did not know that latex had different symbol for opening and closing quotation marks. I've used it like "abc" every where and just realised that I really should have used ``abc". Is there anyway I can convert all the quotations to become like ``abc"? Doing it manually will take forever as I have a lot of quotations. What is the best way to give a C# auto-property an initial value? How do you give a C# auto-property an initial value?  I either use the constructor, or revert to the old syntax.    Using the Constructor:  class Person  {     public Person()     {         Name = "Initial Name";     }     public string Name { get; set; } }   Using normal property syntax  (with an initial value)  private string name = "Initial Name"; public string Name  {     get      {         return name;     }     set     {         name = value;     } }   Is there a better way? How do I write a cpp macro which expands to include newlines? I have brand new machine.  I want to install Ubuntu and one more Linux distributions on same machine. When the machine is up I want to have the option to choose which Linux to load.   Is it possible?  How to do it? EL expressions not evaluated in JSP link new object to scene with python in 2.8 In Python 2.8, I would like to create copies of the object 'CubeTemplate' but am having no luck.  I have reviewed every blender.stackexchange post on this subject (, ,  and ) but cannot get them to work - either they don't apply or the sample code throws errors (perhaps because it was pre 2.8).  The code below throws this error:       AttributeError: 'bpy_prop_collection' object has no attribute 'link'   for x in range(1, 3):     bpy.data.objects['CubeTemplate'].select_set(True)     bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = bpy.data.objects['CubeTemplate']     me = bpy.context.object.data # use current object's data     me_copy = me.copy()     ob = bpy.data.objects.new('CubeCopy'+str(x), me_copy)     ob.location = (0, 0, x)     scene = bpy.context.scene     scene.objects.link(ob)     scene.update() CSS: Special Fluid Layout Problems I'm looking for an idiom or saying that I could use when people are focusing too much on small details and not seeing the big picture.  A couple that come to mind are "being penny-wise and pound foolish" and "rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic". However, the former doesn't fit what I'm thinking of because the present activity might not be wise. The latter implies too much about impending doom.  For example, let's say some company is spending all their time refining a small detail in their product, while ignoring a major opportunity shift in the industry. What phrase could I use there? Encopresis: how can we encourage our child to clean himself or ask for help immediately instead of ignoring the dirty underwear? Any chance of MathJax in chat? It would be really nice to be able to use MathJaX (math formulas) in chat.  Not specially for formulae, but for things like $V_{CC}$ in electronics chat would be very useful. I have a long-running Python server and would like to be able to upgrade a service without restarting the server. What's the best way do do this?  if foo.py has changed:     unimport foo  &lt;-- How do I do this?     import foo     myfoo = foo.Foo() To be honest I find it hard to keep up with all the changes, and very frequently I have to go look at the privileges list to see whether a user (that I'm looking at, so I have his reputation value) has a certain privilege or not.  However, I still don't know what that user will actually see or how the site actually behaves for that user.  There's quite a number of posts here on meta about "where did this go" and "why can't I" and I can't really tell either way how a site behaves for a user with a reputation level of 2500.  So, I propose the following functionality:   For all users, be able to view the site as though you had less reputation than you actually have Bonus-feature: For all users, be able to use the site at that reputation level, unless some features of low-level users conflict with your actual functionality For mods, be able to view the site as a specific users (be able to see all he sees, exactly the way he sees it), but of course not pose as that user (ie. things I do would still be me)   The UI could be merged into the mod menu and the privileges menu:    (Note, I chose a user randomly, Olivier Pons is in no way related to this question or flags, or whatever that I know of.)