I have a problem with installing apps from a debian. I open a .deb file in Ubuntu Software and click the "Install" button. for a few seconds it seems to work, with the meter on the install button appearing and rising normally for a split second. then the meter suddenly disappears and the Install button becomes live again and nothing seems to have happened. I click it in rapid sucession, and this app called "waiting to install" appears and it does absolutely nothing after that. So, how do I install a Debian properly!? error: Detailed errors from the package manager follow:  do not know how to install app in state unknown
How do I install a .deb file via the command line?
How do I find out which folder an app is in in iOS 11? In older versions of iOS, if I searched for an app with Spotlight, it would tell me which folder the app was in. (E.g., this feature still works on my iPad, which is running iOS 9, but not on my iPod Touch, which is running iOS 11.)  This feature seems to have been removed at some point. When I search for an app under iOS 11 using Spotlight, it will find the app and let me run it, but it doesn't tell me which folder it is in.  How can I find out which folder an app is in now? A bit of background, I am doing research in atmospheric physics and detection systems  Recently, I received a paper submission back with revisions suggested by a couple of reviewers.  For the most part, the revisions were definitely constructive, justified and most importantly, helpful.    That is, except on one particular crucial aspect of the paper where both reviewers made suggestions, that they labelled as critical for the paper's success.  However, the suggestions were directly opposite.  i.e. Both suggestions are mutually exclusive, but equally feasible.    What is an effective means to address this conflict?  I have spoken to my academic supervisor and he is not sure how to proceed either and we have double checked and both suggested paths are feasible. What is the exact difference between an autoregressive (AR) and vector autoregressive model (VAR)?  I always thought that VAR would just be for more than two variables, until I learned that AR can also have more than two variables. I.e. I had a misunderstanding(?) that AR models are not always bivariate.  Before I write too much potentially false assumptions about the difference between AR and VAR, it would rather be interested to see if anyone can make provide a quick and good summary. Repeated error  I have been repeatedly encountering the following error when my laptop freezes. It may occur multiple times during the day, and should take several minutes to recover.  Source Windows  Summary Hardware error  Date ‎11/‎1/‎2018 10:11 AM  Status Not reported  Description A problem with your hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.  Problem signature Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent Code:   144 Parameter 1:    3003 Parameter 2:    ffffad8c0b1a75c8 Parameter 3:    40010002 Parameter 4:    0 OS version: 10_0_17134 Service Pack:   0_0 Product:    256_1 OS Version: 10.0.17134.2.0.0.256.48 Locale ID:  1033   More details  Per my best reflection, the hardware error occurs when I am using the laptop on its docking station. Here is what I observe:   While using the laptop as normal, the "freeze" will occur and I can hardly operate the laptop: mouse cursor won't move continuously and Alt+Tab won't be able to switch across two windows. Shortly after (usually several minutes), things will go back to normal. Upon inspecting through the Performance tab in Task Manager, there had been no spike in anything, be it CPU, Memory or Disk. When I open the View reliability history tool, I will find another entry of Windows Hardware Error   Machine specification:   Thinkpad T480, i7-8650U (newly replaced module thanks to the manufacture)   With the same pair of docking stations, an older unit of T480 has had exactly the same problem.  Docking station: . Same issue has occurred on two identical docks with  slightly different monitors and accessories. OS specification: OS build 17134.376. Most recent collection of "reliability report":    Possible solutions   First, I would like to learn what exactly went wrong, hardware-wise: the manufacturer's support team did not bother too much with the precise error messages, and have ordered me to reinstall the Windows OS up to 5 times in total. [This is what they called "debugging".]   Please advise if you can decipher the recurrent "Hardware error".   Secondly, I will try to push the manufacturer to replace the docking stations, and see if the same "freezing problem' persists. How can I test whether a command's output is an empty string while not   interfering with buffering?  Example:  command | ??? if [ $? = 0 ] &amp;&amp; [ -n "$output_from_command"]; then    ...   I want the output from the code above to be the same as when running command. What are the C++ rules for calling the base class constructor from a derived class? For example, I know in Java, you must do it as the first line of the subclass constructor (and if you don't, an implicit call to a no-arg super constructor is assumed - giving you a compile error if that's missing). How do I install the latest Python 2.7.X or 3.X on Ubuntu? I want to install the latest Python tarball on Ubuntu, downloaded from .  Is this is a correct way to install?  ./configure make make install   If not, how do I do that? Show that if $n>2$, then $(n!)^2>n^n$. How to make itemize/enumerate/description environment robust to missing \item elements? Is there any way to make LaTeX tolerate empty itemize/enumerate (i.e. no \item)?  Specifically, I would welcome any package/elegant hack that would gracefully "cancel" a list if no elements are found (instead of firing up a Latex Error).  Before jumping to the obvious answer (which I expect would be something along the lines of "don't use itemize if you don't have items to put in" ;)) please consider my use-case:   I want to format remotely stored elements (say, bibliographic items), which I can only access as an XML file.  &lt;elems&gt;   &lt;bibelem&gt;&lt;title&gt;Cool result 1&lt;/title&gt;&lt;author&gt;joe&lt;/author&gt;&lt;/bibelem&gt;   &lt;bibelem&gt;&lt;title&gt;Cool result 2&lt;/title&gt;&lt;author&gt;jim&lt;/author&gt;&lt;/bibelem&gt; &lt;/elems&gt;  I have a python script that downloads/parses the XML and outputs its content in a file bib.tex as a list of Latex macros-decorated data  \BibElem{Cool result 1}{joe} \BibElem{Cool result 2}{jim}  Now, I want to grant the end-user complete control over the styling of her/his produced document, so the intended usage within Latex is something like  \documentclass{article} \begin{document}   \newcommand{\BibElem}[2]{\item {\em #1} by {#2}}   \begin{itemize}     \input{bib.tex}   \end{itemize} \end{document}    The rationale behind this design choice is that the user should be restricted as little as possible in her/his styling choices. For instance, the user may either want to display the bibelems within a list as shown in the example, or may prefer a fancy-formatted tabular. On the other hand, the user should design the latex document once, and should be able to run it regardless of the amount of data produced by the source.  Therefore, the python script cannot make any assumption regarding the context in which its latex product will be included, and it should be up to the user to deal with empty bibliographies, i.e. with empty lists. How could one possibly do that?  Update: Werner proposed a nice solution that redefines the list environment to make Latex oblivious of the fact he is currently in a list. However, this only seems to work if the empty list is the last list in the document, as revealed by the following mwa:    \documentclass{article} \makeatletter \newenvironment{myitemize}   {\itemize}   {\@newlistfalse\enditemize} \makeatother \begin{document}   % Empty Itemize   \begin{myitemize}   \end{myitemize}   % Next non-nested itemize environment (can be itemize/enumerate/description)    \begin{myitemize}     \item Arghh!   \end{myitemize} \end{document} It is well know that $SO(n)$ is connected and $O(n)$ has two connected components: $O^+(n)=\{A\in O(n):\det A=+1\}$ and $O^-(n)=\{A\in O(n):\det A=-1\}$.   In what book can I find this property? Why GCP Kubernetes Node host location for europe-north1 seems to be in US? Can someone explain the layer system? I am really confused with the different uses of the terms "Layers" and "Passes" in Blender. Can someone please explain how they work in Blender. I know about Render Passes like AO, Diffuse and so on, but there seems to be a confusion with layers. Also, how do the layer buttons work in the properties panel like in the image shown? I get it that you can assign objects onto certain layers, but whats the difference between "Scene" and "Layer" buttons in the image? How do they refer to rendering? How can you see what layer a certain object is on? Infinite Series Convergence Verification I'm currently tackling the following infinite series in order to determine if it converges or not:  $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n}}{n}$$  What I've done is rearranged this to make use of the comparison test, shown below:  $$= \frac{\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n}}{n} * (\frac{\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n}}{\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n}})$$  $$= \frac{(n+1)-(n)}{n(\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n})}$$  $$= \frac{1}{n(\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n})}$$  $$= \frac{1}{n^{3/2}+\sqrt{n+1}} &lt; \frac{1}{\sqrt{n+1}} &lt; \frac{1}{\sqrt{n}} $$  However, $\frac{1}{n}$ is smaller than $\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}$, therefore:  $$  \frac{1}{n}   &lt; \frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}$$   This implies divergence by the comparison test due to the fact $\frac{1}{n}$ diverges, and if a smaller series diverges any larger series must as well.  Is this right? If I've made any mistakes in any part, please tell me! "Can’t help but" vs. "can help but" Is "can’t help but" considered to be a confused mix of the expressions "can but" and "can’t help"? If not, what is the difference between "can help but" and "can’t help but"? Can the coefficient of static friction be less than that of kinetic friction? .toArray(new MyClass[0]) or .toArray(new MyClass[myList.size()])? Assuming I have an ArrayList  ArrayList&lt;MyClass&gt; myList;   And I want to call toArray, is there a performance reason to use  MyClass[] arr = myList.toArray(new MyClass[myList.size()]);   over  MyClass[] arr = myList.toArray(new MyClass[0]);   ?  I prefer the second style, since it's less verbose, and I assumed that the compiler will make sure the empty array doesn't really get created, but I've been wondering if that's true.  Of course, in 99% of the cases it doesn't make a difference one way or the other, but I'd like to keep a consistent style between my normal code and my optimized inner loops... Adapt BibTeX style to give all initials I'm using a modification of the plainyr BibTeX style. Although my bib-file contains all initials for some authors (e.g. B.D. McKay), I end up with just the first initial in my document (e.g. B. McKay). I thought about editing the BibTeX style myself, but after seeing the code, I decided against it. Maybe there are some people who are more knowledgeable in this area of expertise.  I want my final document to include the initials for all the names, and not just those of the first name.  This is the relevant code of the BibTeX style, or at least, I think it is the relevant code.  FUNCTION {format.names} { 's :=   #1 'nameptr :=   s num.names$ 'numnames :=   numnames 'namesleft :=     { namesleft #0 &gt; }     { s nameptr "{f.~}{vv~}{ll}{, jj}" format.name$ 't :=       nameptr #1 &gt;         { namesleft #1 &gt;             { ", " * t * }             { numnames #2 &gt;                 { "," * }                 'skip$               if$               t "others" =                 { " et~al." * }                 { " and " * t * }               if$             }           if$         }         't       if$       nameptr #1 + 'nameptr :=       namesleft #1 - 'namesleft :=     }   while$ } Statistical inference when the sample "is" the population how to get full path from fileupload using Javascript Can you express $[0,1]$ as a countable disjoint union of closed sets, other than the trivial way of doing this?