I'm new to Stack Exchange, and my main user only has 16+ rep. And it's been blocked in Code Review. I need to use Code Review today. Should I use an alternate account?
A high-reputation, highly-active user has already been dinged once for a sockpuppet, and I just dinged him again. He probably has another sockpuppet as well.   What are the guidelines for handling users who game the system in this fashion? Specifically,   How can I be sure I'm looking at a sockpuppet? When should sockpuppets be considered a problem? How should moderators handle problematic sockpuppets once they've been identified? I was suspended for sockpuppetting and feel this is unfair
Why are `/dev/ptmx` and `/dev/pts/ptmx` not device files? says     On Linux, using devpts, there is no master device file. The process on the master end uses a file descriptor, which it gets by opening ptmx, but there’s no corresponding device node.   Did the author refer to /dev/ptmx or /dev/pts/ptmx?    Why are /dev/ptmx and /dev/pts/ptmx not device files? What types of files are they?  What is the difference between /dev/ptmx and /dev/pts/ptmx?  Thanks.  On Lubuntu 18.04  $ file /dev/ptmx  /dev/ptmx: character special (5/2) $ file /dev/pts/ptmx  /dev/pts/ptmx: character special (5/2)  $ sudo su  # stat -L /dev/fd/3 3&lt;&gt; /dev/pts/ptmx   File: /dev/fd/3   Size: 0           Blocks: 0          IO Block: 1024   character special file Device: 15h/21d Inode: 2           Links: 1     Device type: 5,2 Access: (0000/c---------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root) Access: 2018-11-21 13:39:10.544000218 -0500 Modify: 2018-11-21 13:39:10.544000218 -0500 Change: 2018-11-21 13:39:10.544000218 -0500  Birth: -  # stat -L /dev/fd/3 3&lt;&gt; /dev/ptmx   File: /dev/fd/3   Size: 0           Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   character special file Device: 6h/6d   Inode: 87          Links: 1     Device type: 5,2 Access: (0666/crw-rw-rw-)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    5/     tty) Access: 2019-01-06 07:19:54.372098540 -0500 Modify: 2019-01-06 07:19:54.372098540 -0500 Change: 2018-11-21 13:39:30.372098540 -0500  Birth: - Command to switch to tty1? I want to make a list of commands to install everything so it's easier the next time I do it, however, I wanted one of the commands to do CTRL+ALT+F1 for me. Understand the meaning of `$_` Could you explain the following sentences from Bash manual about $_, especially the parts in bold,  maybe with some examples?      At shell startup, set to the absolute pathname used to   invoke the shell or shell script being executed as passed in the environment   or argument list.      Subsequently, expands to the last argument to the previous   command, after expansion.      Also set to the full pathname used to invoke each   command executed and placed in the environment exported to that command.     When checking mail, this parameter holds the name of the mail file. What are the functions that are their own inverse?  (thus functions where $ f(f(x)) = x $ for a large domain)  I always thought there were only 4:  $f(x) = x , f(x) = -x , f(x) = \frac {1}{x} $ and $ f(x) = \frac {-1}{x} $   Later I heard about a fifth one     $$f(x) = \ln\left(\frac {e^x+1}{e^x-1}\right) $$ (for $x &gt; 0$)  This made me wonder are there more? What are conditions that apply to all these functions to get more, etc. Problem  I have various footnotes, which are hyperlinked from the text to the bottom of their respective pages. When I click on the hyperlinks (in the main text), they always take me to the first page of my document. I also have footnotebackref which puts a hyperlink at the footnote to take the reader back to the main body of text and these links for fine.   Edited MWE  After a lot of deletion, I have managed to reduce the document to the following lines. One might say that I have found the problem, since the removal of \usepackage[hang, flushmargin]{footmisc} stops the problem, but I would still like to have non-indented footnotes.  \documentclass{article}  \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color} \usepackage[colorlinks=true]{hyperref}  \usepackage[hang, flushmargin]{footmisc}         %Problem line. \usepackage{footnotebackref}  \begin{document} \tableofcontents             \newpage                 \section{Section} This is some text\footnote{This is a footnote.}. \end{document} I posted a question and a couple of respondents asked for the source code. I could only post portions of the code.  If attachments were allowed I could have uploaded a .zip file with the whole application.  Will this be a feature in SO? How can I get admin access to a Mac without knowing the current password? I have sucessfully installed AniMove by activating experimental plugins (yay! thanks gis.stackexchange). But I can't find it in Qgis! Yes I have activated it. Where is it? Is this a common bug? I searched for it the toolbox, I looked up the names of the several single tools based on this  and only found "Kernel Density", which is filed under SAGA. But I don't have SAGA installed (and don't know if I need to?) Wow, the iOS app feed sure showed me an interesting question! I want to read more. Uh, how do I get there? In the iOS app, pulling up a question from the feed gives the standard question view, which provides no means of navigating elsewhere on that site, either to browse or search. This should be changed for feed questions.  For example, I tapped on a highlighted Seasoned Advice question today, and found that I wanted to make a comment pointing to a related question on the site. The best way I could think of finding that post was to leave the app and use my browser. Then I came back with the link to copy-paste in.  Similarly, a question in the feed might be so intriguing that I want to look around for more cool stuff on the site. That requires two taps back and then a search via the "All Sites" menu item.  I'd suggest that questions selected from the feed should get a special header bar (or maybe stuck in between the questions and the answers) that provides a "More posts!" link at least to the site's top view; ideally there would also be a search field that could pop out of it.  Another possibility that would work pretty well, although it's a small tap target on a phone, would be to link the site name that appears under the question title to the site's top view. Javascript infamous Loop issue? I had to take ownership of the special folder C:\Program Files\WindowsApps to fix . The issue is now resolved, so I'd like to reset the permissions to the way they were before I took ownership of the folder.  I reverted NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller to the owner and removed my account's permission entries:     But I still have full control of the folder and can browse the folder in Explorer without getting the usual warning that I would have to take ownership:     Is it possible to restore the default permissions of this folder? NULL values inside NOT IN clause Finding the 1st three derivatives of a function and plotting all four curves C# List Sort by x then y Similar to , we want to sort by one element, then another.  we want to achieve the functional equivalent of   SELECT * from Table ORDER BY x, y     We have a class that contains a number of sorting functions, and we have no issues sorting by one element. For example:    public class MyClass {     public int x;     public int y; }    List&lt;MyClass&gt; MyList;  public void SortList() {     MyList.Sort( MySortingFunction ); }   And we have the following in the list:    Unsorted     Sorted(x)     Desired ---------    ---------    --------- ID   x  y    ID   x  y    ID   x  y [0]  0  1    [2]  0  2    [0]  0  1 [1]  1  1    [0]  0  1    [2]  0  2 [2]  0  2    [1]  1  1    [1]  1  1 [3]  1  2    [3]  1  2    [3]  1  2   Stable sort would be preferable, but not required. Solution that works for .Net 2.0 is welcome. What is a primary decomposition of the ideal $I = \langle xy, x - yz \rangle$? How old is SpongeBob? I don't mean how old is the series, I mean what is SpongeBob's age if he were a real person. I ask because his age seems to be ambiguous in the show.   He has a full-time job He has his own house He is always referred to as a kid (especially in the movie) He acts childish and immature In one episode, he was pretending to be an adult/grown-up How to determine if .NET code is running in an ASP.NET process? I have an instance of a general purpose class that will be executed both under ASP.NET and a stand alone program. This code is sensative to the process where it is being run - that is, there are certin methods that should not called if running under ASP.NET. How do you determine if the code is executing in an ASP.NET process?  The solution I am currently using is answered below.    I wish someone would add a comment as to why this question has gotten downvoted and/or propose a better way to ask it! I can only assume at least some folks have looked at the question and said "what an idiot, ASP.NET code is .NET code". Does $\lim_{n\to \infty} \int^{\infty}_{-\infty} f_n(x) dx\, = \int^{\infty}_{-\infty} f(x)\,dx\,$? If $\displaystyle\{f_n(x)\}$ is sequence of continuous function on $\mathbb{R}$ converging uniformly to $f(x)$, then does $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to \infty} \int^{\infty}_{-\infty} f_n(x) dx\, = \int^{\infty}_{-\infty} f(x) dx\,$ hold? I know  it holds if we integrate over an interval of the form $[a,b]$ but not sure about improper integral! Is this an instance of Priori Incantatem? During the climax of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Tina briefly duels with Graves and their wands appear to lock with each other (see picture). I believe this also happens some other times in the later Harry Potter films other than Harry and Voldemort's duel in the graveyard during Goblet of Fire.    We know that this is definitely a case of Priori Incantatem for the graveyard duel in Goblet of Fire, as the wands are locked for a sufficient amount of time for past spells to begin showing themselves (significantly, showing the people Voldemort had murdered), but is this the case for the other instances of wands locking? If so, does that mean there are a lot more wands out there with shared cores, as it was my understanding this could only happen if that criteria was satisfied? How to search for email of a particular date from years ago in Gmail There are similar questions and several answers. I tried to follow the methods provided in the answers.  They did not work. So I am going to ask it again with more specifics.  I only knew the date of the email in the in-box in 2012 and the content of it but did not know the exact wording of the subject. Is it possible to find this email?