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How to filter uninteresting questions Chat is down. Where can I find when it'll be back up? Chat is down network-wide. Where can I find when it'll be back up? My mother is a quite famous researcher (she has a PhD) on the field I want to do a PhD in. She works on the industry (not academia). I helped her on successful projects. She knows more about my work than my professors since we have worked much longer together.  Is it a good idea to ask for a recommendation letter from her? Since our personalities are very similar she can point out the high probability that I will be successful like her? In the comment field on StackOverflow (and other StackExchange sites as well, I presume) you're required to write 15 characters for the server to accept your post. If a shorter post is submitted, an information message states that the comment is too short. That is all good.  However, below the comment field is a counter, which counts up to 15 and then down from however many characters you're allowed to type minus fifteen. This counter doesn't always act the same as the actual validation: if I pad my message with whitespace, the validation notices and still says the message is too short, but the counter does not notice, and counts as usual.  Suggested fix: make the character counter trim the message before it counts, so the two messages say the same thing. How do I lock compiled Java classes to prevent decompilation?  I know this must be very well discussed topic on the Internet, but I could not come to any conclusion after referring them.  Many people do suggest obfuscator, but they just do renaming of classes, methods, and fields with tough-to-remember character sequences but what about sensitive constant values?  For example, you have developed the encryption and decryption component based on a password based encryption technique. Now in this case, any average Java person can use  to decompile the class file and easily retrieve the password value (defined as constant) as well as  and in turn can decrypt the data by writing small independent program!  Or should such sensitive components be built in native code (for example, VC++) and call them via ? User suggested great corrective edit to my answer, but the edit was rejected. What can I do to approve it? How to cleanly launch a GUI app via the Terminal? If $a$, $b$, $c$ are the roots of $x^3-6x^2+3x+1=0$, find all possible values of $a^2b+b^2c+c^2a$ Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be the roots of $$x^3 - 6x^2 + 3x + 1 = 0$$ Find all possible values of $a^2 b + b^2 c + c^2 a$. Express all the possible values, in commas.  I've already tried to bash out all the roots, Vieta's Formula, and try to manipulate the equation to become easier to work with. However, Vieta's didn't get me anywhere, and I couldn't find a way to make the equation simpler or anything. Any hints to start this problem? Cannot launch Minecraft: CertificateNotYetValidException What should I do when my Minecraft Launcher 1.3.11 wouldn't log me in? The console output is:                                              Sorry, but we couldn't connect to our servers. Please make sure that you are online and that Minecraft is not blocked. (CertificateNotYetValidException:NotBefore:Tue Apr 08 20:47:05 CST 2014) Making dual power supply from single for opamp? For the circuit of opamp 741. we have to supply the dual power for it. How can I make a dual power supply from single. For example, make a (+9V)-GND-(-9V) from single 9V battery ? Why is it that   $$\lim_{n \rightarrow +\infty} \left( 1 + \frac{\lambda}{n}+ o \left( \frac{1}{n} \right) \right)^n = e^{\lambda}$$  I once remembered the justification for "ignoring" the $o(1/n)$ but can't recall it again. Can a person residing in Singapore on a 5-month Employment Pass apply for a Schengen visa? I'm an Indian student currently in Singapore as a Research Associate with a TEP valid for five months and have just been selected for an internship in Switzerland this summer.  Is it possible for me to obtain a Schengen visa from the Swiss Embassy in Singapore? Is it true that: $a+bi$ is prime in $\mathbb{Z}[i]$ if and only if $a^2+b^2$ is prime in $\mathbb{Z}$ How can I save the world from the spread of Hallow and Corruption/Crimson? After the Wall of Flesh, the Hallow appears and Corruption/Crimson spreads even faster.   Corruption/Crimson spreads through everything   Except Hallow  Hallow spreads through everything   Except mud (jungle) Except synthetic blocks like gray-brick  The results of Hallow and Corruption meeting are unpredictable   How can I stop them both permanently and effectively from taking over the world, considering both the top layer and underground?  (Eg, simply placing gray brick on top of the surface won't stop the underground spread?)  And, is it worth the effort? A coin is tossed $n$ times. What is the probability of getting odd number of heads? A coin is tossed $n$ times. What is the probability of getting odd number of heads?   I started this chapter sometimes ago and faced in front of a tough problem. At first I started considering cases. Case-I : The probability of getting 1 head.Case-II : The probability of getting 3 head and so on. But there are many cases. So how can I solved this . Please help me. Thank you! Why "would" instead of "will" in this sentence? The goal for these negotiations is to reach a mutually-agreed long-term comprehensive solution that would ensure Iranˈs nuclear program will be exclusively peaceful.    what does would imply here? If it implies future, why will has not been used?  A good link teaching would thoroughly would be really appreciated. Specially, distinguishing between the senses of would is not always easy. I am currently using a macbook pro but the operating system is debian 8.2 not os x  I am using a macbook pro but there's this one device that's just draining a lot of power. This USB device: Card Reader (Apple)   32.5 W    100.0%                      Device         USB device: Card Reader (Apple)   2.60 W    100.0%                      Device         Radio device: btusb   209 mW     19.7 pkts/s                Device         Network interface: wlan0 (wl)   This device really drains my battery, I noticed that my laptop wouldn't even get 2 hours when not plugged in, I installed powertop. Made all the recommended changes but this device, I can't find out how to disable it. I don't even use that reader and forgot that it was there.  I configured all my devices to use limited power in my rc.local  echo '0' &gt; '/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog' echo 'min_power' &gt; '/sys/class/scsi_host/host0/link_power_management_policy' echo '1' &gt; '/sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save' echo '1500' &gt; '/proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-4/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-12/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-8.3/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.3/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.1/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.3/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.4/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.2/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:16.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:01.1/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:01.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:08:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:06.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:05.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:04.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:03.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:05:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:04:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:03:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.0/power/control'   How can I get this device to act sanely or disable it completely because I  haven't used it. SSH: How to disable weak ciphers? Security team of my organization told us to disable weak ciphers due to they issue weak keys.    arcfour   arcfour128   arcfour256   But I tried looking for these ciphers in ssh_config and sshd_config file but found them commented.   grep arcfour * ssh_config:#   Ciphers aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc   Where else I should check to disable these ciphers from SSH? Grid System in LaTeX How do I show that there exists variational/action principle for a given classical system? We see variational principles coming into play in different places such as Classical Mechanics (Hamilton's principle which gives rise to the Euler-Lagrange equations), Optics (in the form of Fermat's principle) and even General Relativity (we get Einstein's equation from the Einstein-Hilbert action). However, how do we explain this very principle, i.e., more mathematically, I want to ask the following:      If I am given a set of generalized positions and velocities, say, $\{q_{i}, \dot{q}_{i}\}$, which describes a classical system with known dynamics (equations of motion), then, how do I rigorously show that there always exists an action functional $A$, where    $$A ~=~ \int L(q_{i}, \dot{q}_{i})dt,$$    such that $\delta A = 0$ gives the correct equations of motion and trajectory of the system?    I presume historically, the motivation came from Optics: i.e., light rays travel along a path where $S = \int_{A}^{B} n ds$ is minimized (or at least stationary). (Here, $ds$ is the differential element along the path). I don't mind some symplectic geometry talk if that is needed at all.