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Object referencing its own property on initialization
The new top bar is out on meta. Consider it a beta Difference between StringBuilder and StringBuffer How to make a multiboot USB key? I want to cut my 8 GB USB key into several partitions to use  for a Windows XP (maybe d before).   I also want to put the  remix pack into it such that it has the second bootable OS. I want to tweak and modify it a little because if I can I want to switch Ubuntu 9.04 to the  version.  How to do it easily?  IMP: in short I want to make a dual-boot USB key with Windows XP SP3 and Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS. Solve a linear system with more variables than equations According to the , when a Shinigami dies, their remaining lifespan is given to the human they saved.     Shinigami who die are reduced to dust, and their remaining lifespan is given to the human they saved.   Since Rem killed L and Watari, she gained their remaining lifespans. Additionally she probably still had some lifespan left. On top of that Misa was already given a lot of lifespan from Gelus (from which she lost 75% again). So does this mean all of this lifespan is transferred to Misa Amane?!  Yet according to her , she dies in 2011 at the age of 26, only seven years after Rem died.  Does this mean that humans are also capable of reducing their own lifespans? Or would the author have made a mistake by letting Misa die as early as she has? I know she lost 75% of her remaining lifespan through the two eye deals, but you'd think that the cumulation of L, Watari and Rem's remaining lifespans would be greater than just one year, wouldn't you? What does $b_i\mid b_{i+1}$ mean in this context? In the computational topology literature, the reduction algorithm for computing the Smith normal form of a boundary matrix uses the notation $b_j &gt; 1 \: \text{ and }\: b_j\mid b_{j+1}$ in the context of the diagonal elements of the Smith matrix. Can anyone give me an idea for what it means? We have two iPads, and both of them have Minecraft PE. My son wants to connect the two and play with me. I have absolutely no idea what I am doing here, so I do not know how to do this.   One game says "Broadcast to LAN", and the other one says "Local Server Multiplayer". I have switched both to on.   What do I need to do to be able to play joined? We are both on the same WiFi. Finding solution of non linear DE $x\ddot{x}-\dot{x}^2=1$ I am looking for help on how to find the solution of the following differential equation,  $$x\ddot{x}-\dot{x}^2=1,$$  which comes from solving the Euler-Lagrange equations for the lagrangian $L=x\sqrt{\dot{x}^2+1}$. It is from an exercise in my field theory course. My professor provided me with the solution $x(t)=c_1\cosh{\left(\frac{t-c_2}{c_1}\right)}$, which is a solution when plugged into the equation, but does not give any derivation.   Is there a way to solve this DE other than an educated guess? If so how? $n$ choose $k$ where $n$ is less than $k$ How do I properly compare strings in C? Correct interpretation of a "double-negative" in American Pop Culture (i.e. "I ain't afraid of no ghost!") My dev team is getting ready to start a new project. The shop has been a "VB shop" since the days of VB3, but the prevailing opinion now is that we're a ".NET shop" and since C# was created specifically for .NET, whereas VB.NET was a retrofit, we've decided to move forward writing C# only. The controversy revolves around the question of whether the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace has a legitimate place in new development or if it is only for backward compatibility for VB6 (and older) code. A further, and more interesting question is whether the code "under" the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace is even .NET code of if it is really the old VB runtime carefully packaged in a .NET wrapper, making it in fact a COM interop control (similar to how WinForms wraps the non-.NET Win32 windowing API but exposes only .NET APIs for consumption).  To make this even more confusing, our dev team has a Microsoft Consulting Services consultant telling us Microsoft no longer supports Visual Basic, including the VB runtime underlying the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace.  What I'm looking for are links -- preferably to unimpeachable Microsoft sources -- to documentation that definitively answers this question one way or the other. I've already tried several search permutations on Google and not gotten any closer to getting to the bottom of this question.  EDIT: Apparently I didn't make my question clear. I'm not asking if VB.NET is true .NET code. I'm trying to determine if whatever is "under" the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace is .NET code or if it's the old VB6 runtime carefully packaged and exposed as .NET code. Someone already said that 9/10 of the namespace simply wraps code from elsewhere in .NET; what about that other 1/10? I just notice it now as I am new to Illustrator.  When I am in RGB mode, blending transparency seems to be easier as mode such as Screen, Multiply or Overlay looks good naturally.  If I switch the document mode to CMYK then the image is getting messed up.  I'd like to know, if CMYK is not ideal for blending options? Right place to ask a "discussion" question (I'm setting up a blog, what should....) I have an AMD Radeon R7 M265, and when I force OPENCL with the batch file it only shows Iceland, Intel HD and the CPU.  I followed this instructions:   R, type CMD, press &#9166; Enter, go to your blender folder. ex:  cd C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender  Press &#9166; Enter and then type: set CYCLES_OPENCL_TEST=all Start Blender with blender.exe Inside blender go to File -> User preferences -> System Under compute device select OpenCL and then your card Close the preferences and go to the render panel and select device: GPU Compute.  I have the latest beta driver from AMD, but when I try to change the compute device it only shows this list:     Am I doing something wrong? Is my GPU is not supported? Or is it because it's in development and not every card is supported yet?  I've tried blender v2.74.5, v2.62, and v2.63. Every one gives the same list. irreducibility of a polynomial over $\mathbb{F}_2$ I have 16GB of system RAM. On startup with no applications open except the task-manager Windows is using about 3gb of RAM. I looked in the processes tab, but nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. How can I find out why my Windows is using so much RAM.    all processes from all users      Reading from the poolmon it seems that my wireless broadcom driver is using about 0.4GB of of RAM. Even if I remove  it would still be using  2.6GB on start-up, which is still too much.      After reinstalling the wireless driver associated with the memory leak. I have a new screenshot and would like to confirm that it was indeed a memory leak. High-end compact camera with swivel screen and running on AA batteries I'm looking for a new compact camera that:   has a  is small enough to be mountable on a  and, runs on AA batteries. good flexibility   Requirement (3) stems from the fact that I may be hiking in the wild for weeks on an end, with no opportunity to change a Lithium-Ion battery. If another solution permits me to take thousands rather than hundreds photographs on full charge, I may consider that as well.  Additionally, it would be nice (but not essential) to have:   the ability to handle high dynamic range a viewfinder physical buttons — I live in a cold climate, and don't like to use touch-screens   The upper price range for compact models is still good for me, and I don't mind a pricerange of €400–€800 (but I don't mind cheaper either, if still of good quality).  I've been the happy user of several models in the , but now my PowerShot A650 IS has died. Starting from , it seems requirement (3) kills of many cameras: the , (might also fail (2)), the , the , the ... Although enough models meet requirements (1), (2), and (4), as well as the (non-essential) additional features I listed, it seems in the past 5 years, cameras have moved away from using AA batteries. What camera models still exist that meet my requirements?    Last photograph taken with my Canon PowerShot A650 IS, taking on Christmas Day 2012 in the Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. How do I get attention for one of my own questions without a good answer? I am programming a tile based game and I have some basic tiles (grass, dirt, etc..), but I can't figure out how to make good random map generation, because when I do some really random selection, if the tile should be grass/dirt, I get this:    I understand why this is happening, but what I want is to create some random continuous areas of grass or dirt. Something that would make more sense, like this: