It would be useful to be able to have comments on a bounty once it has started so that:   The bounty poster can add updates if they want to clarify what they are looking for. (This would be less needed if it was possible to ) People can ask the bounty poster to clarify what they are looking for.   I've just posted a bounty and I'd like to add something to the message. The only option at the moment is to add comments to the question which I'm reluctant to do as the will not be relevant to the question once the bounty has been awarded.
I put up  over on SO with the assumption that the text would be formatted like it is for a question or answer.  I'm not really sure if I was incorrect in my assumption, or if I just formatted my text improperly, as I can't go back and edit what I put in.  Am I missing an obvious feature?  If not, would it be reasonable to request bounty-text edits—perhaps with moderator-approval to prevent abuse?  Edit: I was trying to use markdown to produce an unordered list as part of my bounty.  What you see in the link is a blob of text with dashes separating phrases
Run TTY script every time I open a GUI terminal When I log in to a TTY I get the following nice text:  Ubuntu 16.04.03 LTS Log-in: username Password: Last log-in date/time Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.03 LTS   * Documentation:  * Management:  * Support:  9 packages to update 4 updates are security updates   I would like the last 2 lines repeated every time I open a GUI terminal for all users in the adm group (but will settle for having the entire thing displayed each and every time I open a GUI Terminal for all users)  I tried the obvious:  fab-root@fab-ux-predator:~ $ cd /etc/update-motd.d/ fab-root@fab-ux-predator:/etc/update-motd.d $ ./90-updates-available  fab-root@fab-ux-predator:/etc/update-motd.d $ cat /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available cat: /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available: Permission denied fab-root@fab-ux-predator:/etc/update-motd.d $   What am I missing?  P.S. Obviously I can chmod o+r the file, but how future-proof would that be? How to Setup GIMP 2.10 on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) I have created this with cycles:  But the edge between the glowing and non glowing materials is very sharp. The material was manually applied to faces in edit mode. Is there any way I can smooth the edge between them in cycles? SSH Permission denied (publickey) I am trying to connect to a Linode (running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) from my local machine (also running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)  I have created a private and public key on my local machine and copied my public key to my Linode's authorized_keys file.  However, whenever I try to ssh to my Linode I get the error message Permission denied (publickey).    It's not a problem with how ssh is set up on my Linode because I can ssh to it from my Windows machine using key authentication.    In my .ssh directory on my local Ubuntu machine, I have my id_rsa and id_rsa.pub files.  Do I need to create an authorized_keys file on my local machine?    EDIT:  This is what I get when I run ssh -vvv -i id_rsa [youruser]@[yourLinode]:  debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering RSA public key: id_rsa debug3: send_pubkey_test debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method debug1: No more authentication methods to try. Permission denied (publickey). Saving Photoshop multilayer file to PDF without layers size difference Why is it that when I save a file that has many, many layers to a PDF without layers as a copy that the file size is larger than flattening the layers and then saving the file as a copy to PDF? 19Mb vs. 5Mb?? Wouldn't saving a file without layers be the same as flattening the layers and then saving the file?? Can anyone explain this? Conjugating verbs for nouns referring to groups of people Possible Duplicate:          Frequently when reading tech articles, I see sentences like "Microsoft have released ..." or "Apple have announced ...". This seems wrong to me because the nouns are singular; Microsoft and Apple are individual companies, even though they refer to groups of people. I have not seen this usage outside of tech journalism, but it's pervasive enough that it makes me wonder: is this actually the correct usage?  As a follow-up question, is it correct to use a plural pronoun for a singular antecedent like this? For example, "Apple has announced they are changing their name to Orange" or "Apple has announced it is changing its name to Orange". The second form seems technically correct but sounds awkward. I am flying from Los Angeles to Bangalore. I have a flight option from LAX to Minneapolis and from there to Paris. I have only 45 minutes at Minneapolis before my next flight. Is this too risky a schedule? I am not an American, so I guess I would need to cross emigration too? Why are my photos not crisp? I use a Canon EOS Rebel T3i (600D) with the kit lens. I have experimented a lot with different settings and modes, but I feel like I have wasted many good shots that could have looked amazing, if only they were a little bit sharper.  I use auto-focus on most of my pictures and make sure to choose the right focus point, but all of my photos are still a little bit out of focus. When I zoom in, I can see that the pixels are not very crisp or well-aligned.  I am not sure if this issue is caused by my equipment or skills. I'm designing an I/O module by using optocouplers for the inputs and outputs which I want to control by a microcontroller.   Here are my questions:   In the datasheet of optocoupler's output current (per channel) is 50mA, and for the output port(figure 1) Relay nominal operating current is 16.7 mA. By knowing these can I calculate how much current will I need for the system. Which parameters do I know?   There are 12 relays, 20 optocouplers (5 module) in total. 3 Opto module for output, 2 for input ports     By directly connecting the GPIO pin and output of the optocoupler to the switches (as input), Can I control the inputs shown in the figures. For the input ports, I don't know how to make the connections. What should I connect to the collector pin? How to write this boolean expression using only NOR gates? I'm having some trouble understanding how I can convert a boolean expression to a NOR-gate only expression.   What I'm working with looks like \$T = A B' C + A' B C' + A B\$. How would I go into implementing it with NOR gates? The weighted sum of two independent Poisson random variables Using wikipedia I found a way to calculate the probability mass function resulting from the sum of two Poisson random variables. However, I think that the approach I have is wrong.  Let $X_1, X_2$ be two independent Poisson random variables with mean $\lambda_1, \lambda_2$, and $S_2 =  a_1 X_1+a_2 X_2$, where the $a_1$ and $a_2$ are constants, then the probability-generating function of $S_2$ is given by $$ G_{S_2}(z) = \operatorname{E}(z^{S_2})= \operatorname{E}(z^{a_1 X_1+a_2 X_2}) G_{X_1}(z^{a_1})G_{X_2}(z^{a_2}). $$ Now, using the fact that the probability-generating function for a Poisson random variable is $G_{X_i}(z) = \textrm{e}^{\lambda_i(z - 1)}$, we can write the probability-generating function of the sum of the two independent Poisson random variables as $$ \begin{aligned} G_{S_2}(z) &amp;= \textrm{e}^{\lambda_1(z^{a_1} - 1)}\textrm{e}^{\lambda_2(z^{a_2} - 1)}  \\ &amp;= \textrm{e}^{\lambda_1(z^{a_1} - 1)+\lambda_2(z^{a_2} - 1)}. \end{aligned} $$ It seems that the probability mass function of $S_2$ is recovered by taking derivatives of $G_{S_2}(z)$ $\operatorname{Pr}(S_2 = k) = \frac{G_{S_2}^{(k)}(0)}{k!}$, where $G_{S_2}^{(k)} = \frac{d^k G_{S_2}(z)}{ d z^k}$.  Is this is correct? I have the feeling I cannot just take the derivative to obtain the probability mass function, because of the constants $a_1$ and $a_2$. Is this right? Is there an alternative approach?  If this is correct can I now obtain an approximation of the cumulative distribution by truncating the infinite sum over all k? How do I trim a string in JavaScript? That is, how do I remove all whitespace from the beginning and the end of the string in JavaScript? Prove that   $\dfrac {\left( 5^{125}-1\right)}{\left( 5^{25}-1\right)}$ is composite number using number theory. Do not use calculator or Wolfram alpha or anything like that. What is the origin of "that's using your noggin"? How do I view all available HDD's/partitions? Using the properties panel I can add, with "+"  button, only eight UV maps. Is it possible to have more than 8 of them? I just bought "Reputation to the max". I bought this first, because I really want to help the cleanup of the vote-to-close queue, which, despite the efforts I've been hearing about, is still quite large. According to SO, my reputation is now 15,750, but that queue still says I need at least 3k rep to review! That is clearly a bug! I would like to count the number of unique selections from a column that contains multiple selections from a drop down list.  For example, column B3 contains,     Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday   The count function returns a value of 1 instead of 3 - is there any way to count the three days distinctly? Thank you!  Multiple selections from a drop down list was made possible using the VBA code from: Mapping Russia - Int'l dateline splitting polygon I am having the issue where the International Dateline is splitting a polygon I am working with.  I have a layer of the "Federal Districts" of Russia, and the eastern most federal district is being "cut" by the international dateline.   I currently have the data frame's coordinate system set to Asia Lambert Conformal Conic and this places the two "cut" polygons next to each other (how they should be).  I really need the polygon to not be cut and show as a continuous polygon.   I've researched up and down, tried changing the projection/coordinate system, but with no luck.  I've attached a screenshot of the one multi-part polygon that is being split by the international dateline.  I would like it so that there is no cutting of the polygon, and therefore no boundary line going through the polygon.  I've even tried transforming this multi-part polygon into separate, single-part polygons, then merge them back together, but anytime any part of any polygon crosses this line, it gets cut.  Layout View:    Data View: Proving set theory question I need to prove the following letting A and B be subsets of a universal set U. $$A\cup B = U \iff A^c\subset B$$ It just isn't straight forward to me.