In HearthStone I can only have 3 active quests at a time. When do I have to have completed one of them in order to receive a new daily quest?  I'm on EST, and I've waited till Midnight, 1AM, and last night I waited all the way till 3AM. Each time I still had a new daily quest the next morning.  I guess I'd also like to know, if I happened to be awake at such a time as the quests cycled, would I need to restart HearthStone to see the new one?
In hearthstone, you receive one quest per day, barring unique quests. What I'm wondering is when exactly does a new day start? I assume it's at a specific global time, so I'm looking for a time in GMT or UTC.  I did find out you need to exit the game and come back to receive new quests, but I'm hoping someone actually knows when i have to do that.
Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop What I get:  host:~ user$ cat example.txt some texthost:~ stas$   What I want to get:  host:~ user$ cat example.txt some text host:~ stas$   Is there a way I can make cat behave like this?  I'm using bash on Mac OS X. Could not open file archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_eoan-updates_restricted_cnf_Commands-amd64.xz Greetings from Bangladesh. I am an intermediate user of Ubuntu OS. I am facing problem with apt update. I have searched online but could not find any answer to my problem so I am posting this question please help me.  Err:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata   Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_eoan-updates_restricted_cnf_Commands-amd64.xz - open (13: Permission denied) [IP: 91.189.88.152 80] Ign:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata Err:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata   Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_eoan-backports_main_cnf_Commands-amd64.xz - open (13: Permission denied) [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]   Reading package lists... Done E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/eoan-updates/restricted/cnf/Commands-amd64  Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_eoan-updates_restricted_cnf_Commands-amd64.xz - open (13: Permission denied) [IP: 91.189.88.152 80] E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/eoan-backports/main/cnf/Commands-amd64  Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_eoan-backports_main_cnf_Commands-amd64.xz - open (13: Permission denied) [IP: 91.189.88.152 80] E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.   I have tried with         removing partial folder's content completely.   Cleaning apt by sudo apt clean   moving the lists to lists.old   then updating the apt      But without luck. Assume I have the following list:  foo = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']   What is the simplest way to retrieve an item at random from this list? "Reality" of EM waves vs. wavefunction of individual photons - why not treat the wave function as equally "Real"? In thinking how to ask this question (somewhat) succinctly, I keep coming back to a Microwave Oven.  A Microwave Oven has a grid of holes over the window specifically designed to be smaller in diameter than the wavelength of the microwaves it produces, yet larger than the wavelengths of the visible light spectrum - this is so you can watch your food being heated without getting an eye full of microwaves.  The "realness" of electromagnetic waves seems indisputable - both from the microwave example above, and also because if I want to broadcast a radio wave with a certain wavelength, then I need to make sure I have an antenna of corresponding length to produce the wave I'm looking for.  Furthermore, we discuss and treat these waves as real, measurable "objects" that exist and can be manipulated.     Now, if I want to describe the behavior of my Microwave Oven in the framework of QM (let's pretend my oven is going to only produce 1 photon of energy corresponding to a wavelength of the microwave spectrum for simplicity) then I'll describe the behavior of that photon as a wavefunction that evolves over time and gives a probability distribution within my microwave that similarly does not allow the photon to pass through the safety grid and exit the oven cavity giving me a retinal burn.  The difference is, the wavefunction is never treated as something "real" in this description.  When the safety grid is described as working to protect you because it has holes smaller than the wavelength of the classical waves it's blocking, this is a useful description that seems to describe "real" objects/be-ables.  While it is possible to describe why an individual photon has low probability of passing through the same grid but extended physical properties such as wavelength (in space) are treated as non-real because we're dealing with a point particle and with behavior described by something we also treat as non-real (the wavefunction); it seems unclear to me why we insist this wave function which predicts behavior of physical measurements so well is somehow "non-real."    Put another way, if we have no problem treating EM waves as "Real," then why do we insist on treating the wavefunction that describes the same behavior as "unreal?"  I understand there is recent research (Eric Cavalcanti and his group for one) trying to argue this point, but as every respectable physics professor, I've ever encountered, has treated the wavefunction as an indisputably non-real mathematical tool, I needed to ask this community for an answer. I've seen a lot of people talking about FPGA's before and I know that it stands for field-programmable gate array but how does it work and what is the purpose of using an FPGA? I've just been searching around the net for version control that has some support for graphic/Photoshop files. We're currently using BitBucket which is free and unlimited when it comes to file size but doesn't have any design review tools.  Here's what I've found. Does anyone else have any recommendations?  Pixelapse – Free/Beta, works well. Now has layer comp support.   Shipment – Private Beta (waiting for an invite)   LayerVault (out of business) – Windows/Mac, has layer comp support   PixelNovel – SVN Version control for Photoshop   CAD only?! But looks really good.   FileTrek – Very enterprise. No price or demo.   Kaleidoscopeapp – GIT with image compare   Apps that copy files with an incremented version We've heard it many times, nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole, even light once it's past the event horizon.  If this is true, how can a black hole emit anything?  are massive black holes that have consumed enormous amounts of matter and energy, and then blasted it back out into the universe.  How is this possible?  Time stands still in a black hole, that in itself should stop anything from moving. Cartoon with a young unicorn and a demon Why doesn't Neo teleport at random? TL:DR Smart guides aren't accurate - even though the snap, (end up causing more problems in the long run) is there a way to fix it?  Maybe there are some settings that I'm missing (need to be changed)    I use my smart guides all the time (and am overall pleased with them). I do have my issues with it, as explained here:  A lot of times, when I'm trying to make a bunch of triangles like this:    Done by making a triangle, cloning, flipping, rotating etc. Repeat until full  (Perfect) Snapping using Smart Guides    Ends up looking likebetween the triangles (Outline Mode)    Now I personally (with a strong attention to detail) will notice that there is something off after making just 1 or 2 triangles (Even before outline mode... strokes look oh so slightly thicker/off)   And then I check in outline mode... and sure enough:    Notice the line spaces (and this is in outline mode, so if I didn't notice it before, now it's sitting right in front of my nose)  The way I (seemingly) "fixed" the first image was by adding in a thick stroke outline so that masks out the difference, however, in a lot of my cases I don't want to have a stroke at all (and then you really notice the problems). Methods to compute $\sum_{k=1}^nk^p$ without Faulhaber's formula As far as every question I've seen concerning "what is $\sum_{k=1}^nk^p$" is always answered with "Faulhaber's formula" and that is just about the only answer.  In an attempt to make more interesting answers, I ask that this question concern the problem of "Methods to compute $\sum_{k=1}^nk^p$ without Faulhaber's formula for fixed $p\in\mathbb N$".  I've even checked this  without finding what I want.  Rule #1: Any method to compute the sum in question for arbitrary $p$ is good, either recursively or in some manner that is not in itself a closed form solution.  Even algorithms will suffice.  Rule #2: I don't want answers confined to "only some values of $p$".  (A good challenge I have on the side is a generalized geometric proof, as that I have not yet seen)  Exception: If your answer does not generalize to arbitrary $p$, but it still generalizes to an infinite amount of special $p$'s, that is acceptable.  Preferably, the method is to be easily applied, unique, and interesting.  To start us off, I have given my answer below and I hope you all enjoy. Is it possible to instantiate an object at runtime if I only have the DLL name and the class name, without adding a reference to the assembly in the project? The class implements a interface, so once I instantiate the class, I will then cast it to the interface.  Assembly name:     library.dll    Type name:      Company.Project.Classname     EDIT: I dont have the absolute path of the DLL, so Assembly.LoadFile won't work. The DLL might be in the application root, system32, or even loaded in the GAC. warning message at command line `sudo` Everytime I try to sudo something at the terminal, I get a warning message:  alexandre@XPS-15Z $ sudo mount file.iso /mnt/ -o loop [sudo] password for alexandre:  no talloc stackframe at ../source3/param/loadparm.c:4864, leaking memory   It's just annoying to get that all the time. How do I solve that? I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 (upgraded from 13.10) I have been given a Bode plot of a low pass filter, and tasked with essentially reversing the effects by using a high pass filter. I have solved for the transfer function which is the first equation, and I am assuming the inverse transfer function will give me the information I need to construct the high pass filter. I know the values for \$z\$ and \$p\$. Is there a method given any transfer function to realise the circuit elements required? $$H(s) = 0.17\frac{s-z}{s-p}$$ $$H(s)^{-1} = 5.88\frac{s-p}{s-z}$$ Why would Mystique's DNA allow for Sentinels that can duplicate mutant powers? The future Sentinels in  are clearly shown adapting to powers thrown at them by copying them. Isn't that what Rogue's DNA would allow for, not Mystique's? Mystique can just change appearance, not copy powers ... right? So why would study of her mutant genes allow for the abilities of the future Sentinels? When my phone starts up there are several application/services running in the background that I would rather not.  And when I press the Home button while using an app, that app usually goes into the background without exiting.  How can I stop these apps from running? When to use reinterpret_cast? I am little confused with the applicability of reinterpret_cast vs static_cast. From what I have read the general rules are to use static cast when the types can be interpreted at compile time hence the word static. This is the cast the C++ compiler uses internally for implicit casts also.  reinterpret_casts are applicable in two scenarios:   convert integer types to pointer types and vice versa  convert one pointer type to another. The general idea I get is this is unportable and should be avoided.     Where I am a little confused is one usage which I need, I am calling C++ from C and the C code needs to hold on to the C++ object so basically it holds a void*. What cast should be used to convert between the void * and the Class type?  I have seen usage of both static_cast and reinterpret_cast? Though from what I have been reading it appears static is better as the cast can happen at compile time? Though it says to use reinterpret_cast to convert from one pointer type to another? Is there a way to avoid "+canned.response" in the email address using Gmail's canned response feature If I set up a filter and send it a canned response, Gmail appends +canned.response to my username in the reply.  For example, given the filter "from:foo@example.com to:me@example.com" set up to send a canned response, when foo@example.com sends me an email the canned response comes from me+canned.response@example.com instead of me@example.com, exposing that I'm using a canned response.  Is there a way to avoid this? How do I get a gnome-terminal window to open from a crontab?  I have tried this:      * * * * * /usr/bin/gnome-terminal       * * * * * source /home/user_name/.bashrc ; /usr/bin/gnome-terminal      * * * * * source /home/user_name/.profile ; /usr/bin/gnome-terminal      * * * * * source /home/user_name/.bashrc ; /home/user_name/bin/opengnometerminal.sh   None of these seem to work.