Is there a possibility to modify the reruns per second of a while-loop? (Python)
How do I ensure that a Python while-loop takes a particular amount of time to run?
If a stock doesn't pay dividends, then why is the stock worth anything? I read somewhere that companies are not required to pay dividends to shareholders (this is correct, yes?).   If so, then if company A never pays dividends to its shareholders, then what is the point of owning company A's stock? Surely the right to one vote for company A's Board can't be that valuable.   What is it that I'm missing? Can I transfer saved data from my old PS3 hard drive to my new PS3? A while ago, my PS3 completely broke. Every time I turn it on, it just completely shuts down a few seconds later. I decided to buy a new ps3 to play my old games. The problem is that I don't have my saved data, but I still have the original hard drive. Is it possible to somehow transfer the saved data from the old hard drive to my new PS3? I was thinking maybe I could clone the hard drive, but I don't have a spare hard drive to do it on. I do however have a 2 TB external hard drive. Would it be possible to clone it on the external? Are there any alternative methods? Down vote changed to up vote caused reputation meter to pass daily maximum Is ‘half half’ ambiguous? 50-50  Ex) There are half half milk and water. = there are 50:50 milk and water.  1/4  Ex) There is half half water. = there is 1/4 water. Is it right? I have a question about XTP_CHECKPOINT.  I'm using SQL Server 2014. I have a database that is in SIMPLE recovery model mode. It is also being replicated.  There are no open transactions. I've run DBCC OPENTRAN and it returns:     "No active open transactions."   But I keep getting this message whenever I try to create or drop a table or delete data: (I've replaced my actual database name with the word database_name)     "The transaction log for database 'database_name' is full due to 'XTP_CHECKPOINT'"     Does anyone know why this might be happening, and, more importantly, how can I make it stop?  And yes, the database really is in SIMPLE recovery model mode. i.e. The transaction log should truncate automatically.  Incidentally, another database that I have in full recovery mode did the same thing, started returning the same error:     The transaction log for database 'database_name' is full due to 'XTP_CHECKPOINT'   I tried to change the log growth settings to unlimited growth, but it wouldn't let me, returning the same error.  I can reproduce the problem without any XTP stuff at all, except for just the filegroup. Here's how: Can I nohup/screen an already-started process? I'm doing some test-runs of long-running data migration scripts, over SSH. Let's say I start running a script around 4 PM; now, 6 PM rolls around, and I'm cursing myself for not doing this all in screen.  Is there any way to "retroactively" nohup a process, or do I need to leave my computer online all night? If it's not possible to attach screen to/nohup a process I've already started, then why? Something to do with how parent/child proceses interact? (I won't accept a "no" answer that doesn't at least address the question of 'why' -- sorry ;) ) JavaScript OR (||) variable assignment explanation "Agree" vs. "concur" Slave duplicate counter Is it possible to create a counter that is a "slave" to another (master) counter, but also an exact duplicate?  The \@addtoreset{&lt;slave&gt;}{&lt;master&gt;} resets &lt;slave&gt; whenever &lt;master&gt; is incremented (similar functionality is offered by ), but I don't know about anything incrementing one counter (&lt;slave&gt;) automatically whenever another counter (&lt;master&gt;) is incremented.  The idea is to have a macro (say) \dupcntr{&lt;slave&gt;}{&lt;master&gt;} as an analogue to \@addtoreset. The application for this might be where one is interested in renaming a counter used/provided by a package into something more meaningful for the user (say, &lt;slave&gt;), without having to reference &lt;master&gt;. Or, if the original counter contains @ that needs to be escaped every time it's used, it is sometimes more convenient to have a "more user friendly" counter.  I know one way around is to use a macro that returns the value of &lt;master&gt;, but is it possible to perform the same manipulation with a macro than one could with the counter? Manipulation here refers to the printing of the counter (via \the&lt;slave&gt;) and perhaps it's representation (like \arabic, \alph, ...). How to Map a subset of list elements to a function? Do we really need reals? It seems to me that the set of all numbers really used by mathematics and physics is countable, because they are defined by means of a finite set of symbols and, eventually, by computable functions.  Since almost all real numbers are not computable, it seems that real numbers are a set too big and most of them are unnecessary.  So why do mathematicians love this plethoric set of numbers so much? WPF Binding to variable / DependencyProperty Keeping track of programs When I install a simple program it often uses make &amp;&amp; make install and doesn't often even have an uninstall target.  If I wish to upgrade a program, is it standard protocol to assume it just rewrites seamlessly over the old program?  How do I keep track of these programs; do most people just 'fire and forget' and if no uninstall target is given do I have to manually delete everything? Ambiguity in Negation: "John did not come because of the rain" Prove a graph Containing $2k$ odd vertices contains $k$ distinct trails I'm an Egyptian citizen, who holds Schengen visa and stay permit in Italy. Can I go to UK for some days with my stay permit and Schengen visa? The migration is from the local environment to the production environment. The production environment has run some time and created a lot of articles.   In order to add new things to my site, I added a custom theme and installed CCK, Views and other modules in my local test environment. Now that the local test environment is finished, how do I migrate it to the production environment, without destroying the content of its database? Robot arm move a box From what I know, it is unknown whether $x_n=x_{n-1}^2 + 1$ has a closed form. Is there a recurrence relation which is known to have no closed form with a proof of inexistence?  Assuming a closed form is a non recursive description using the elementary operations of addition multiplication and power, or, assuming any other good definition of "closed form".  Edit  There are similar questions out there, but the answers are a little bit going around the question.   So is there one with proof or is it unknown? And if it depends on the definition of a closed form, then what are the (or some) options? How strong can a closed form definition be to still have a recursive relation that can be proved to not being able to have its form?  Update  Because it is a big question, and I don't want to open a new small one, I think a good representative small question about this subject is:  Is there a recurrence relation with a domain of the natural numbers, described by elementary functions, which has no closed form defined as:  A closed form of a recurrence relation with a domain of natural numbers is a function $f$ that can be described as a composition of a constant number of elementary functions without reccursion. i.e, $f(n) = f_1(f_2( \dots (f_k(n))) \dots) $ where $f_i$ is elementary for all $1 \leq i \leq k$   I think this definition is the most intuitive and basic.  For example, the relation $x_n = x_{n-1}+1$ has a closed form in this sense: $$f(n) = f_1(f_2(f_3(f_4(n))))$$  Where $f_1$ is division, $f_2(n)=(n,2)$, $f_3$ is multiplication and $f_4(n) = (n,n+1)$   Is there a recurrence relation which has no closed form in this sense? A closed ball in a metric space is a closed set