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Words that mean ''to say something unintentional'' Let us view our deleted comments If moderators can view , can we see comments we've deleted? We can see our deleted answers, but why not our deleted comments? Interference between strokeopacity and fillopacity I have a few circles in a drawing, and want to highlight some of them.  \begin{tikzpicture}  \coordinate (A1) at (0,0); \coordinate (A2) at (1,0); \coordinate (A3) at (1,1); \coordinate (B)  at (1,0);  \draw (A1) -- (A2); \draw (A1) -- (A3); \draw (B)  -- (A3);  \foreach \point in {A1,A2,A3,B} {    \fill [black,draw=white](\point) circle (3pt); }  \pgfsetstrokeopacity{.3} \pgfsetfillopacity{.3} \fill [red,draw,rounded corners,line width=9pt] (A1) -- (A2) -- (A3) -- cycle; \pgfsetstrokeopacity{1} \pgfsetfillopacity{1} \end{tikzpicture}   I would like the whole area surrounding the A points to be of the same color, but the strokeopaticy and the fillopacity interfere.  Is there some ay I can prevent this?  Note: in my actuall use scenario, there are too many coordinates for manual adjusting to be an option (otherwise I would just do with a fill with rounded corners, with points calculated manually). How is the ability of a person who gained physical access to your computer to get root with those steps in any way secure?   When grub2 menu opens press  e  to edit the Linux start options Change:   "linux   /vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic root=UUID=e7f1e48d-0015-485f-be7d-836217a31312 ro   quiet splash"    to:  "linux   /vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic root=UUID=e7f1e48d-0015-485f-be7d-836217a31312 ro init=/bin/bash"  Now you have root access just do:   mount -o remount,rw / passwd user mount -o remount,ro /  sync  reboot the computer and you win.   My question is, how is being able to break into any Linux machine through grub2 secure? I don't understand that fact about Linux, thank you for your answers. How do I check if an array includes a value in JavaScript? What is the most concise and efficient way to find out if a JavaScript array contains a value? This is the only way I know to do it: function contains(a, obj) {     for (var i = 0; i &lt; a.length; i++) {         if (a[i] === obj) {             return true;         }     }     return false; }  Is there a better and more concise way to accomplish this? Sufficient conditions for $x, Ax, A^2x, ...$ being linearly indepedent Why is it better to use "#!/usr/bin/env NAME" instead of "#!/path/to/NAME" as my shebang? I notice that some scripts which I have acquired from others have the shebang #!/path/to/NAME while others (using the same tool, NAME) have the shebang #!/usr/bin/env NAME.  Both seem to work properly.  In tutorials (on Python, for example), there seems to be a suggestion that the latter shebang is better.  But, I don't quite understand why this is so.  I realize that, in order to use the latter shebang, NAME must be in the PATH whereas the first shebang does not have this restriction.  Also, it appears (to me) that the first would be the better shebang, since it specifies precisely where NAME is located.  So, in this case, if there are multiple versions of NAME (e.g., /usr/bin/NAME, /usr/local/bin/NAME), the first case specifies which to use.  My question is why is the first shebang preferred to the second one? How can I rank observations in-group faster? Is there such a thing as charge density in quantum mechanics? Is there such a thing as a time-varying charge density in quantum mechanics? I am looking at the tungsten filament in a light bulb. Am I allowed to say that there is a wave function which describes that filament, and that in some sense there is a time-varying charge density (which some people call a probability) associated with the square of that wave function? There are electrons which have a probability distribution, and there are nuclei which are vibrating within the lattice, but all in all is there, or is there not, a time-varying charge distribution associated with that glowing filament? And if not, why not?  EDIT: There seems to be some question as to just what kind of charge-density fluctuations I am talking about. Let me clarify: in a hydrogen atom in the ground state, I would say there are NO charge density fluctuations. But if there is a superposition of the ground state and a 2p state, I would say the charge distribution fluctuates sinusoidally at the difference frequency of the two states. THAT is the kind of charge density fluctuation I am asking about for in the tungsten filament. Does it or doesnt' it?  I hope this clarifies the intent of my question.   RE-EDIT: In a separate (and rather hard-fought) discussion, it appears that people who know more than me agree that there is indeed an oscillating charge distribution in the hydrogen superposition as described above (see  ).  So if there is an oscillating charge in the hydrogen atom, why wouldn't there be oscillating charge in a heated tungsten filament? Is the EmDrive, or "Relativity Drive" possible? What is the word that is used to describe the oversimplification or non-academic discussion of a complex issue?   Typically, I'm looking for a word like pedantic, or puerile, except that the word covers the fact that the discussion is particularly non-academic. I know that such a word exists since I have used it before, but it has skipped my mind. Changing the resistor to be in front or behind an LED doesn't affect brightness? fontawesome and pdflatex When using pdflatex and the fontawesome package the below error shows up.   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex" !  ! The fontspec package requires either XeTeX or LuaTeX to function. !  ! You must change your typesetting engine to, e.g., "xelatex" or "lualatex" ! instead of plain "latex" or "pdflatex". !  ! See the fontspec documentation for further information. !  ! For immediate help type H &lt;return&gt;. !...............................................     Wish to keep on using "pdflatex" instead of "xelatex" or "lualatex".   In fontawesome Version 4.4.0 manual it says "When using the (pdf)(LA)TEX engine, the fontawesome package doesn’t require any external package".  Tried solutions proposed for this question () without success.   MWE:  \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontawesome} \begin{document} {\faAdjust} \end{document} Why is spawning threads in Java EE container discouraged? One of the first things I've learned about Java EE development is that I shouldn't spawn my own threads inside a Java EE container. But when I come to think about it, I don't know the reason.  Can you clearly explain why it is discouraged?   I am sure most enterprise applications need some kind of asynchronous jobs like mail daemons, idle sessions, cleanup jobs etc.  So, if indeed one shouldn't spawn threads, what is the correct way to do it when needed? In a field that is the direct product of two fields, why isn't it a field? Suppose that we have the direct product of two fields, defined as: $\mathbb{F}^2 = \mathbb{F} \ \times\ \mathbb{F}$. Then, this is obviously not a field because we can take $(1,0)$, and this doesn't have a multiplicative inverse. However, I saw a mention to this today in a book, and the reasoning was:     "$\mathbb{F} \ \times\ \mathbb{F}$ has the zero-divisor $(1,0) \neq  (0,0)$, hence it is not a field".   (Lectures on Rings and Modules by Joachim Lambek, pg. 17).  I am not sure what they mean by zero-divisor here nor what $(1,0) \neq  (0,0)$ has anything to do with the direct product of fields not being a field. I always assumed there wasn't a multiplicative inverse, and that was it. Am I missing something deeper? Modifying cat command to number paragraphs and display last paragraph only I have a text file for which I need to do three things:   Modify the "cat" command to highlight keywords whilst showing the complete contents of the file.  Modify the "cat" command to automatically number the paragraphs. These are separated by a single blank line.  Modify the "cat" command to display the final paragraph only.    The tricky part is that all of these need to be done by modifying the cat command.   I've seen many forum posts explaining that cat is not meant for this - and I can entirely see why. However, the challenge is that I have to use cat! How small does a land-mass have to be before you live "on" it, rather than "in" it? I'm sure virtually everyone agrees that people live on the Isle of Wight, but in Ireland.  Apparently the usage depends somewhat on physical size, but that can't be the whole story. How exactly do we decide which form to use? And are there any really glaring 'outliers' that don't fit the normal pattern?  LATER - I must just add that the most uncertain case I've found so far is The Falklands. Most people go for in there, but a substantial minority (about 1 in 3) opt for on. How do I properly use the "Not an Answer" flag? What is the "Not an Answer" flag and what is its purpose? When should I use this flag? When should I not use this flag? But I'm still not sure if I'm using the flag correctly... An answer is "Not an Answer", but the flag was declined or disputed!   See also: Atlas generation for different extents Compute $ \lim\limits_{n \to \infty }\sin \sin \dots\sin n$ I need your help with evaluating this limit:  $$ \lim_{n \to \infty }\underbrace{\sin \sin \dots\sin}_{\text{$n$ compositions}}\,n,$$  i.e. we apply the $\sin$ function $n$ times.  Thank you.