Is the statement below grammatically correct?     "There are a cupboard, a tea table, and a carpet."
There are so many questions on this website. There is so many questions on this website.  The former &quot;sounds right,&quot; but the contracted form of the latter does as well:  There's so many questions on this website.  Which is correct?
Cursor is set to move by increments. how to reset to normal? My cursor is moving by every selection by large increments!  Normally when I use Blender, I am able to select and move objects to any coordinate. Now, all of the sudden, when I select an object or mesh the selection moves by an inch or so in each direction.  How do I reset it to normal? Let $ \sigma(A)$ be the set of all eigenvalues of $A$. Show that $ \sigma(A) = \sigma\left(A^T\right)$ where $A^T$ is the transpose matrix of $A$. Find the limit $\lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{x_1 y_n + x_2 y_{n-1} + \cdots + x_n y_1}{n}$ When $\lim_{n\to\infty} x_n = a$, and $\lim_{n\to\infty} y_n = b$, find the limit, $$\lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{x_1 y_n + x_2 y_{n-1} + \cdots + x_n y_1}{n}.$$ Thank you for your help in advance. Determining audio level peaks with ffmpeg Is there a plugin I'm missing that allows me to determine the volume samples over the length of an audio file?  For example, a sample of every second to gain the dB vs timestamp? What is the difference between Newtonian and Lagrangian mechanics in a nutshell? What is Lagrangian mechanics, and what's the difference compared to Newtonian mechanics? I'm a mathematician/computer scientist, not a physicist, so I'm kind of looking for something like the explanation of the Lagrangian formulation of mechanics you'd give to someone who just finished a semester of college physics.  Things I'm hoping to have explained to me:   What's the overall difference in layman's terms? From what I've read so far, it sounds like Newtonian mechanics takes a more local "cause-and-effect"/"apply a force, get a reaction" view, while Lagrangian mechanics takes a more global "minimize this quantity" view. Or, to put it more axiomatically, Newtonian mechanics starts with Newton's three laws of motion, while Lagrangian mechanics starts with the Principle of Least Action. How do the approaches differ mathematically/when you're trying to solve a problem? Kind of similar to above, I'm guessing that Newtonian solutions start with drawing a bunch of force vectors, while Lagrangian solutions start with defining some function (calculating the Lagrangian...?) you want to minimize, but I really have no idea. What are the pros/cons of each approach? What questions are more naturally solved in each? For example, I believe Fermat's Principle of Least Time is something that's very naturally explained in Lagrangian mechanics ("minimize the time it takes to get between these two points"), but more difficult to explain in Newtonian mechanics since it requires knowing your endpoint. Grep: unexpected results when searching for words in heading from man page I'm running into weird behavior when trying to grep a man page on macOS. For example, the Bash man page clearly has an occurrence of the string NAME:  $ man bash | head -5 | tail -1 NAME   And if I grep for name I do get results, but if I grep for NAME I don't:  $ man bash | grep 'NAME' $ man bash | grep NAME   I've tried other uppercase words that I know are in there, and searching for SHELL yields nothing whereas searching for BASH yields results.  What's going on here?  Update: Thanks for all the answers! I thought it worth adding the context in which I ran into this. I wanted to write a bash function to wrap man and in cases where I've tried to look up the man page for a shell builtin, jump to the relevant section of the Bash man page. There might be a better way, but here's what I've got currently:  man () {   case "$(type -t "$1")" in     builtin)       local pattern="^ *$1"        if bashdoc_match "$pattern \+[-[]"; then         command man bash | less --pattern="$pattern +[-[]"       elif bashdoc_match "$pattern\b"; then         command man bash | less --pattern="$pattern[[:&gt;:]]"       else         command man bash       fi       ;;     keyword)       command man bash | less --hilite-search --pattern='^SHELL GRAMMAR$'       ;;     *)       command man "$@"       ;;   esac }  bashdoc_match() {   command man bash | col -b | grep -l "$1" &gt; /dev/null } I have the following question:    $\textbf{Question}:$ Let $\mathcal{F}_1$ and $\mathcal{F}_2$ be two algebras. Is $\mathcal{F}_1 \cap \mathcal{F}_2$ a $\sigma$-algebra?  I believe the answer is no. I know the definition of an algebra and the definition of $\sigma$-algebra.    I'm assuming I need to show that the intersection of the finite unions of each algebra is finite, but then I get stuck trying to work out how to show it is not a $\sigma$-algebra.  All help is appreciated.  Many thanks, John In how many different ways can you split $10$ people into two groups of $5$ people? Is it acceptable to vote to close a question without leaving a comment? Although  is obviously an exceptionally poor question, it still amazes me that 5 people can vote to close and yet not one of them leave a comment to help explain how the poster can improve their question.  I see loads of similar examples where questions from new users are closed and heavily voted down without anyone taking any effort to explain why - not a pleasant experience for new users.  Is there anything that can be done to encourage users to leave comments when voting to close? "Neither Michael nor Albert is correct" or "Neither Michael nor Albert are correct"? What is the correct sentence?  Neither Michael nor Albert is correct.   Neither Michael nor Albert are correct. I am sure this question has been asked in some capacity on this site. I am a first year graduate student. I was contracted for a summer program that would have looked very good on my CV about 6 weeks ago.   However, due to the spread of COVID-19 the program was cancelled. Is there any way I can express this on my CV (possibly have an asterisk next to this activity)? If not, how should I explain the situation when applying for positions next year (because, now it is unlikely I will have anything noteworthy to put on my CV for this summer).  Thank you Which commit has this blob? Given the hash of a blob, is there a way to get a list of commits that have this blob in their tree? How to programmatically create a WPF window in a WinForm application I have asked this question before ( and  )  My problem is that my Self Encrypted Disk (SED) have to NOT spin down even on suspend!  I have tried , but it did not work and the disk spin downs anyway !  The problem is that if the disk spins down, because it is on suspend, it does not show the "de encryption" prompt, and boots back up on RAM, but crashed due to IO error on the disk! (that's what the disk is suposed to do !)  Anyone on how to NOT (as in NEVER) spin down a HDD ? (yes this goes against all logic but this particular case)   Thanks a lot !  Would that be useful ?   sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda [sudo] password for xqua:   /dev/sda:  ATA device, with non-removable media     Model Number:       ST500LT015-9WU142                            Serial Number:      W0VBZQQ7     Firmware Revision:  0001SDM7     Transport:          Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6 Standards:     Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029)      Supported: 8 7 6 5      Likely used: 8 Configuration:     Logical     max current     cylinders   16383   16383     heads       16  16     sectors/track   63  63     --     CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064     LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455     LBA48  user addressable sectors:  976773168     Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes     Physical Sector size:                  4096 bytes     Logical Sector-0 offset:                  0 bytes     device size with M = 1024*1024:      476940 MBytes     device size with M = 1000*1000:      500107 MBytes (500 GB)     cache/buffer size  = 16384 KBytes     Form Factor: 2.5 inch     Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 5400 Capabilities:     LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)     Queue depth: 32     Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum     R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 1   Current = 1     Advanced power management level: 254     Recommended acoustic management value: 208, current value: 0     DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6           Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns     PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4           Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features:     Enabled Supported:        *    SMART feature set        *    Power Management feature set        *    Write cache        *    Look-ahead        *    Host Protected Area feature set        *    WRITE_BUFFER command        *    READ_BUFFER command        *    NOP cmd        *    DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE        *    Advanced Power Management feature set             Power-Up In Standby feature set        *    SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up             SET_MAX security extension        *    48-bit Address feature set        *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set        *    Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE        *    FLUSH_CACHE_EXT        *    SMART error logging        *    SMART self-test        *    General Purpose Logging feature set        *    WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT        *    64-bit World wide name        *    IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD        *    Write-Read-Verify feature set        *    WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command        *    {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands        *    Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE        *    Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)        *    Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)        *    Native Command Queueing (NCQ)        *    Host-initiated interface power management        *    Phy event counters        *    Idle-Unload when NCQ is active             Device-initiated interface power management        *    Software settings preservation        *    SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set        *    SCT Write Same (AC2)        *    SCT Features Control (AC4)        *    SCT Data Tables (AC5)             unknown 206[12] (vendor specific)        *    reserved 69[4]        *    reserved 69[7] Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5000c5006a036439     NAA     : 5     IEEE OUI    : 000c50     Unique ID   : 06a036439 Checksum: correct su vs sudo -s vs sudo -i vs sudo bash What is the difference between the following commands:  su sudo -s sudo -i sudo bash   I know for su I need to know the root password, and for sudo I have to be in the sudoers file, but once executed what is difference?  I know there is a difference between su and sudo -s because my home directory is /root after I execute su, but my home directory is still /home/myname after sudo -s. But I suspect this is just a symptom of an underlying difference that I'm missing. What are the highest DC and AC voltages or currents that can be considered as safe? When does a Möbius transformation map $\Im(z)>0$ to itself? If string is stretched just by weight, where does the gravitational potential energy goes if only half is converted to elastic potential energy? If a spring is stretched by a weight of mass m, (so the extension is $\Delta x$) then $ k = \frac W{\Delta x} = \frac {mg}{\Delta x}$. So $ k\Delta x= mg $.  When the Spring is stretched by distance $\Delta x$ (by the weight) then it looses gravitational potential enegry. ($ \Delta GPE= mg\Delta x$)  But, when we calculate the change in elastic potential energy, We get  $ U = \frac 12 k(\Delta x)^2 $. Since $ k\Delta x = mg$, $U=\frac 12 mg\Delta x$  At, equilibrium we have no kinetic energy $E_k = 0$  Doesn't that violate Energy Conservation?  Where does the rest of lost GPE goes?  Here's a illustration Going back twice required to return to search results in the tags view How do I prove the sequence $x_{n+1}=\sqrt{\alpha +x_n}$, with $x_0=\sqrt \alpha$ converges? ( boundedness?)