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When rock climbing, what is the difference between lead climbing and top rope climbing? | The difference between lead climbing and top rope climbing has to do with the location of the rope when the climb is started. In lead climbing the rope begins at the bottom attached to the climber as well as the belayer. The climber must then bring the rope from the bottom of the route to the top by clipping into a series of quick draws that are generally placed 10-15 feet apart. If a person were to fall while lead climbing, they would be caught by the last quick draw they clipped into. When top rope climbing, the rope is already at the top of the route. This means the climber must tie into one side of the rope while their belayer must clip into the other side of the rope. As the climber ascends higher up the route the belayer must take out the slack of the rope as opposed to lead climbing where the belayer would be giving slack. When a person falls in top rope climbing they will only fall a short distance as the rope is already clipped in above them at the top of the route, so how far they fall will be determined by how much slack the belayer has not taken in. | general_qa |
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How to take care of a horse? | Taking care of horses is no easy task, although they are lovely animals, they require daily care and lots of exercise. To take care of a horse effectively, be sure to feed them appropriate hay, balancing out the sugar and protein to provide enough energy but not overwhelm them with unnecessary sugars. Always ensure the huffs are properly clean and as dry as possible to avoid any mold. In colder temperatures, keep them blanketed specially overnight, and ensure to take the blanket off in the morning to avoid overheating. Horses can be a lot of work but they can fill out lives with excitement and love. | general_qa |
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How has Kyle Shanahan faired while coaching the San Francisco 49ers? | Kyle Shanahan has coached the 49ers since 2017. Over 6 seasons he has a record of 52 wins and 46 losses. He coached the 49ers to the Super Bowl in 2020, but lost to the Kansas City Chiefs. Overall, he is widely considered one of the better coaches in the NFL. He is known for his creative offensive strategies. | general_qa |
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Should I buy a house or invest in a stock market? | It depends on your goal. If your goal is to have your own place, then you should buy a house. If you are looking for a liquid assets that has a good potential upside, you should look into stocks. A diversified portfolio that includes stocks, real estate, gold, silver, bond etc. is preferred to non-diversified portfolios. Please consult with a financial advisor before making any financial decisions. | general_qa |
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What is gravity? | Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center. The force of gravity keeps all of the planets in orbit around the sun.
Gravity (or the acceleration due to gravity) is 9.81 meters per second squared, on the surface of Earth, because of the size of Earth and the distance we are on its surface from its center. | general_qa |
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Why do I not feel good after consuming a lot of chocolates? | Eating sugary foods like chocolate or candy causes a spike in dopamine, which can make you feel happy and energized. However, when the dopamine levels crash, it goes well below the base level, which can in turn make you may feel tired, irritable, and even depressed. This is because dopamine is involved in regulating mood, motivation, and pleasure. When dopamine levels drop too low, it can cause a number of unpleasant symptoms. | general_qa |
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What do dogs like to do? | Dogs like to chase balls. They also like to chase small animals like squirrels. Depending on the breed, they may have other interests like sleeping on your lap. Some dogs bite and fight with cats. | general_qa |
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What are the key elements of a sauna? | Saunas are a room with a heat source that will hold room temperature between 150 and 220 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat source is electric or wood fire. Typically saunas have an 8’ ceiling, and the size of the room is optimized for the number of people that are expected to use it concurrently. Saunas also need benches. The optimal bench depth is 24” to allow users to lay down comfortably. Bench and wall paneling is typically western red cedar, although other wood types that can withstand high swings in temperature are suitable as well. Proper wall, ceiling, and even floor insulation is critical, and given there will be water vapor in the room, there needs to be a vapor barrier between the wall panels and insulation. A floor drain is also highly encouraged. | general_qa |
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How many slices are in a large pizza? | There are 8 slices of pizza in a large pizza pie. If you double-cut you can get 16 smaller slices. | general_qa |
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Is it better to live in the city or the suburbs? | I enjoyed living in the city when I was younger and spent a lot of time with friends; it was very convenient to be close to everyone. As I got older and had kids, it was important to have more space in my home - I was spending more time inside my home than outside it. When I retire, I may want to go back in to the city. | general_qa |
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What is better Android or iphone | The answer to whether Android or iphone (iOS) is better is really down to user preference. The Android operating system is more open and is used by multiple phone manufacturers catering to different tastes and price points. iOS is a more closed system only utilized by Apple, which tends to be more secure and efficient. However, this offers fewer choices of handsets for purchasers. Ultimately the choice between Android and iOS will come down to whether the purchaser is willing to pay the price of an iPhone or prefers the handsets offered on Android. | general_qa |
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Where can I find more information on Tau? | The motivation and case for using Tau as the circle constant is explained in the Tau Manifesto at www.tauday.com. | general_qa |
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Who is the greatest cricketer of all time. | There are many cricketers who could lay claim to the mantle of greatest cricketer of all time. Cricket is a bat and ball game that has been played internationally for nearly 150 years. Two names are often suggested to be the greatest. Sir Donald Bradman and Sir Gary Sobers. Bradman for having a batting average that will never be beaten and Sobers for being an all rounder who was outstanding in bowling batting and fielding
Both of these players would be picked in any best test team of all time. The only caveat is that neither player excelled or played in the shorter forms of the game. | general_qa |
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As a golfer, how can I fix my slice? | A common swing fault in golfers is a slice which is caused when the face of the club isn't aligned properly to the swing path of the club. What will typically happen is at the time of impact, the face is open in relation to the target (ie aimed to the right if you are a right handed golfer) and the swing path is closed in relation to the target (ie aimed to the left if you are a left handed golfer). When there is a large difference between the path of the swing and the face of the club, the impact will generate a high degree of lateral spin on the ball causing the flight of the ball to curve away from the target. Here are some ways to fix this swing fault:
1. Grip the club with a stronger grip. This means the v formed between your thumb and pointer finger on back hand is pointed to your rear shoulder and your opposite hand it also gripping the club more from the back. This will help you close the face of the club at impact.
2. Focus on keeping the face closed in the backswing. One fault many amateurs have is the club face opens toward the sky on the backswing too far meaning that the face will need to turn more on the downswing to get to square at impact. Creating less rotation on the backswing can help with this.
3. Keeping hips down and back in the downswing. One fault that can cause inconsistent contact as well as a slice is when the hips thrust forward during the downswing causing the golfer to lift up to counter being too close to the ball which can often cause an over the top, out-to-in swing path. Try to keep the hips back through the swing and focus on rotating the body to keep forward or lateral movement to a minimum.
A slice is a very common issue among golfers but knowing the causes and swing faults that lead to a slice can help you think about how you can improve your swing to fix it. | general_qa |
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What are the benefits of building a large language model specific to your organization rather than using a third party vendor's model? | Building your own large language model (LLM) reduces security risks from data leakage, which could allow others to access your proprietary information. Building an in-house LLM also creates value internal to your organization rather than delivering that value (in the form of your data) to a third party. The answers from a custom LLM will also be more valid and specific to your organization. Finally, building your own LLM can be more cost effective than paying for each API request to a third party solution. | general_qa |
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What is time series data? | Time series data are the data that reflect a change of a signal or variable over the time. While static data represent a snapshot of a current state, time series data show how a sifnal or variable was evolving over time. | general_qa |
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I just saw a bug with a red body and with seven black dots on its back. The bug is round and looks like a beetle. What sort of bug might this be? | This bug is likely to be a ladybug. Ladybugs appear in spring when the weather warms up and can often be found in grass. They like to eat aphids and help to control their populations. | general_qa |
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Why is the rover called Perseverance? | A seventh-grade student, Alexander Mather, won a nationwide essay contest to name the rover. Perseverance is the latest in a long line of Red Planet rovers to be named by school-age children, from Sojourner in 1997 to the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which landed on Mars in 2004, to Curiosity, which has been exploring Mars since 2012. | general_qa |
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How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? | The answer to this depends on various factors. If the wood if very heavy, a woodchuck may not be capable of chucking it at all. If the pieces are smaller and the woodchuck was relatively young and spritely, then they could probably chuck at least 30 to 40lbs within a few hours. An older woodchuck may no longer have dexterity in its hands or the sufficient strength needed to chuck any piece of wood regardless of its size or weight. | general_qa |
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Why are cookies delicious? | Cookies are delicious typically because they contain fat (oils usually), sugar, and salt in addition to carbohydrates from flour, many ingredients of which human taste buds enjoy. They are also baked, adding the heat element, which chemically alters them to be more palatable. | general_qa |
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I'm thinking about joining the military to help pay for college. What are my options, and what do you recommend? | The military can help pay for college in a few different ways. If you are already planning to go to a specific school, you can check to see if they have a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) unit at the school and apply for an ROTC scholarship. An ROTC scholarship can help pay for most of your college degree, and you will have the option to join an active or reserve unit after college is complete. You will likely owe about 4 years of service as an officer in return for the scholarship. Another option is to go to a military academy. Military academies provide full tuition in exchange for 5 years of service as an officer after graduation. Finally, you could enlist in the military, serve 3-4 years as an enlisted soldier, and then use the G.I. Bill to attend college afterward. The best choice for you depends on your college preferences, your financial situation, and the timeline on which you want to earn your college degree. | general_qa |
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What are some top ski resorts to visit if I live in SF bay area? | Here are some most popular ski resorts you can consider: Palisades Tahoe is the closest to SF bay area. You can drive there in about 5-6 hours if the road condition is okay. There is also Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California, which is further away but worth visiting. You can also consider mountains in Utah or Colorado, which are a quick flight away. Some of them include Aspen Snowmass in Colorado, Vail in Colorado and Deer Valley in Utah. | general_qa |
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Let's play a game of tic tac toe. I'll be X and you be O. Unplayed squares will be "_". I'll get first.
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What is the sport called Cricket | Cricket is a sport first originated in Wngland. Cricket was invented by British. While cricket was primarily played starting 17th century, there have been some obscure and speculative references of sport being played in 13th century during era of King Edward II. Cricket is game played with a flat bat and a ball with each team consisting of 11 players. The goal of the game is to score as many runs as a team can score while getting their turn to bat and getting the other team out before they can reach their target. Each team can bat once and have to field while other team bats. Cricket is played in circular or oval shaped fields. The patch in the middle of the ground is called the pitch which is 22 yards in length. At each end of the pitch, three sticks are planted in the ground called stumps. Two small wooden pieces are placed on top of stumps called bails. This setup is called a wicket. Two batters from the batting team will bat on each end of the pitch. Runs are scored by hitting a ball and then running back and forth from one end of the pitch to another end. Batter can send the ball to the boundary while pitching on the ground one or more times to score 4 runs or hit the ball over the boundary without having it bounce on the ground to score 6 runs. Fielding team will place 11 of their players at various locations in the field. Person from the fielding team throwing the ball to a batter from batting team is called a bowler. Bowler’s goal is to get the batter out. Bowler will typically throw the ball on the pitch letting it bounce once on the pitch and eventually reaching a batter. There are different ways to dismiss or get a batter out. The bowler can throw the ball to a batter, induce a shot from the batter and have that ball caught directly by one of the fielder in the field. Bowler can also throw the ball toward a batter to make him or her miss and to hit the stumps or bails, thus disturbing his wicket. Bowler will deliver ball 6 times when their turn comes up. The grouping of 6 deliveries that a bowler throws to a batter is called an Over. Batters can also get run out while attempting to score a run and getting caught outside of their safe zone marked by a crease at each end of the pitch. Modern game of cricket contains many versions. These versions are called Test Cricket, One day internationals (ODI), and Twenty20. Originally, game of cricket lasted for many days. In the older version of the game , each team got a chance to bat twice and field twice taking as many days as possible to conclude the game. In modern version of the game, this mode of play called Test Cricket has been fixed to five days. So, Test cricket can last as many as five days. One day internationals (also referred to as ODI) is a game of cricket that lasts one day. Each side gets 50 overs to bowl to another team and each side gets to bat once. Goal of a team is to score as many runs as possible in 50 overs while restricting their opposition to lesser score or getting them out completely. ODI typically lasts for 6 to 7 hours. Even more popular version of the game is called Twenty20 or T20. In this mode of the game, each team only gets 20 overs to bat and have to get their opponents out in 20 overs or to restrict them to lesser number of runs. This mode of cricket is very popular because the game only lasts for 3 hours requiring much less time of the viewers. There are many countries beside England that currently play cricket making the sport a truly global sport. The countries that play cricket are England, South Africa, Australia, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies. The sport is also played by new entrants in the game, namely Netherlands, Ireland, Namibia, UAE, Afghanistan, USA, Canada, Papua New Guinea. | general_qa |
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Why is biathlon a challenging sport? | Biathlon requires two very different skills from athletes. First, they need to be fast on skis, hence their heart rate will go high. But second, they also need to be very precise at shooting, hence be able to lower their heart rate very fast. Having both skills and being able to transition from high intensity to very low intensity activities fast is extremely challenging. | general_qa |
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Q: How can I prevent COVID-19? | A: The best way to prevent COVID-19 is to get vaccinated with an FDA-approved or FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine and stay up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines.
In addition, the CDC recommends everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Learn how to protect your family in this Consumer Update. | general_qa |
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Who is the best tennis player of all time? | To name the best tennis player of all time is not a simple answer, but there seems to be wide agreement that the short list includes Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal. All three are very close to each other in total Grand Slam titles, and have competitive records against each other. They are all head and shoulders above every other player of their era, as well as players from past eras when it comes to win/loss records. | general_qa |
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Explain the Fibonacci sequence | The Fibonacci sequence is a sequence of numbers, where each number is the sum of the two numbers before that number. The Fibonacci sequence usually starts with zero followed by one. The next number in the sequence is then the sum of the preceding numbers, one and zero, which is one again. The following number is the sum of one and one: two. According to the same logic, the first ten numbers of the Fibonacci sequence are: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34. | general_qa |
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How big is the universe? | While the entire size of the universe is unknown, scientists have estimated that the universe is approximately 93 billion light-years in diameter. | general_qa |
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Why is the sky blue? | The earth's sky is blue due to how the gases in the earth's atmosphere scatter the short electromagnetic wavelengths of the sun's blue light while allowing red, orange and yellow light to pass through. The scientific name for this phenomenon is Rayleigh scattering. | general_qa |
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How to have an evergreen garden? | In order to have an evergreen garden it's crucial to buy the right plants and plant them in the correct way in your garden. In order to choose your plants you will need to evaluate the soil and climate conditions in your garden. Please always consult planting guidance. I can strongly recommend Aucuba, Bergenia, Carex, Choisya, Cotoneaster, Erica, Escallonia, Hebe, Heuchera and Viburnum as perfect evergreen plants to put in your garden. This way you will always be surrounded by stunning green colours throughout the year with spikes of beautiful flowering in the summer. | general_qa |
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Why Do We Need GIS? | GIS use has become mandatory in many settings. GIS are used to fight crime, protect endangered species, reduce pollution, cope with natural disasters, treat epidemics, and improve public health; GIS are instrumental in addressing some of our most pressing societal problems.GIS tools in aggregate save billions of dollars annually in the delivery of goods and services. GIS regularly helps in the day-to-day management of many natural and man-made resources, including sewer, water,power, transportation networks, and package delivery. GIS are at the heart of one of the most important processes in U.S. democracy, decadal redrawing of U.S. congressional districts, and hence the distribution of tax dollars and other government resources.GIS are needed in part because human consumption has reached levels such that many resources, including air and land, replacing substantial limits on human action.The first 100,000 years of human existence caused scant impacts on the world's resources, but in the past 300 years humans have permanently altered most of the Earth's Surface. The atmosphere and oceans exhibit a decreasing ability to benignly absorb carbon dioxide and nitrogen, two of humanity's primary waste products. Silt chokes many rivers, and there are abundant examples of smoke, ozone, or other noxious pollutants substantially harming public health. By the end of the 20th century, most lands south of the boreal region had been farmed, grazed,cut, built over, drained, flooded, or otherwise altered by humans. GIS help us identify and address environmental problems by providing crucial information on where problems occur and who are affected by them. GIS helps us identify the source, location, and extent of adverse environmental impacts, and may help us devise practical plans for monitoring, managing, and mitigating environmental damage.Human impacts on the environment have spurred a strong societal push for the adoption of GIS. Conflicts in resource use,concerns about pollution, and precautions to protect public health have led to legislative mandates that explicitly or implicitly require the consideration of geography. The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a good example. The ESA requires adequate protection of rare and threatened organisms. This entails mapping the available habitat and species range and migration patterns, relative to human land use.
GIS use is mandated in other endeavors, including emergency services, flood protection, disaster assessment and management, and infrastructure development.Public organizations have also adopted GIS because it aids in governmental functions. For example, emergency service vehicles are regularly dispatched and route using GIS. E911 GIS matches the caller's address to the nearest emergency service station, a route is generated based on the streetnetwork and traffic, and emergency crews dispatched in a fraction of the pre-GIS times.Many businesses adopt GIS for increased efficiency in the delivery of goods and services. Retail businesses locate stores based on a number of spatially related factors. Where are the potential customers?What is the spatial distribution of competing businesses? Where are potential new store locations? What are traffic flows near current stores, and how easy is it to park near and access these stores? GIS are also used in hundreds of other business applications, toroute vehicles, guide advertising, design buildings, plan construction, and sell real estate.The societal push to adopt GIS has been complemented by a technological pull in the development and application of GIS. Thousands of lives and untold wealth have been lost because ship captains could not answer the simple question, “Where am I?”Remarkable positioning technologies, generically known as Global Navigation SatelliteSystems (GNSS), are now indispensable tools in commerce, planning, and safety.The technological pull has developed on several fronts. Spatial analysis in particular has been helped by faster computers with more storage, and by the increased interconnectedness via mobile networks. Most real-world spatial problems were beyond the scope of all but the largest organization until the 1990s. GIS computing expenses are becoming an afterthought as costs decrease and performance increases at dizzying rates. Powerful field computers are lighter, faster,more capable, and less expensive, so spatial data display and analysis capabilities may always be at hand.In addition to the computing improvements and the development of GNSS, current “cameras” deliver amazingly detailed aerial and satellite images. Initially,advances in image collection and interpretation were spurred by World War II and then the Cold War because accurate maps were required, but unavailable.Turned toward peacetime endeavors, imaging technologies now help us map food and fodder, houses and highways, and most other natural and human-built objects. Images may be rapidly converted to accurate spatial information over broad areas. Many techniques have been developed for extracting information from image data, and also for ensuring this information faithfully represents the location, shape, and characteristics of features on the ground. Visible light,laser, thermal, and radar scanners are currently being developed to further increase the speed and accuracy with which we map our world. Thus, advances in these three key technologies — imaging, GNSS, and computing — have substantially aided the development of GIS. | general_qa |
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What does it take to become an airplane pilot in the USA? | To become a pilot (airplane-single-engine-land) you must complete a number of milestones and training objectives as outlined in Part 61 or Part 141 in the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR). This includes, but is not limited to: flying with a certified instructor and performing several different maneuvers demonstrating flight proficiency (taxing, takeoff, cruise, stall recovery, turns, emergency procedures, and landing), accruing the minimum hours of applicable aeronautical experience as outlined in Part 61.109, taking a written examination issued by the FAA, as well as performing an Oral and Practical examination with a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). Upon successful completion of each of these areas, in addition to meeting all of the eligibility requires as outlined in Part 61.103, a student pilot can receive their private pilot certificate affording them to fly passengers (not for hire), day or night, in visual meteorological conditions in the USA. | general_qa |
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How easy and safe is it to replace the brakes on your car by yourself? | Brakes on a car are an essential system that requires the work to be done with confidence. Unlike other systems in a car that can fail and not adversely affect safety of a car, the brakes are a critical safety system that must be done correctly. Failure to repair brakes correctly can result in accidents and damage to property or loss of life in extreme cases. With this said, however, the work required to replace brakes on a car is not that technically complicated. In most cases specialized tools are not needed and most cars have a very similar mechanism to engage brakes making repairs easier. You can consult other sources online to find detailed descriptions for your make and model. Several tips include picking quality parts that are designed for your vehicle, always replacing brake rotors along with brake pads and double checking the tightness of caliper pins. With some basic skills and proper preparation you can learn to perform this work yourself and save money. It is always good to work with or consult with someone with experience the first time you attempt such a repair. | general_qa |
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What are some good ways school kids can get started with chess in the San Francisco Bay Area? | The San Francisco Bay Area offers a variety of learning opportunities for chess enthusiasts. You could attend classes in-person or online, attend drop-in clubs in-school or after-school, and play unrated or rated chess tournaments.
Here are some suggestions:
1. Watch introductory chess videos from chesskid.com. It offers both free and paid memberships.
2. Buy introductory chess books and work through graded chess puzzles.
3. Attend some chess clubs and play games.
4. Play in an unrated tournament and then in USCF rated scholastic chess tournaments.
One such organization is Bay Area Chess, which offers chess events all over the Bay Area. | general_qa |
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How do you make brisket on a pellet smoker? | First you need to prepare your pellet smoker by adding pellets and setting the temperature to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. It is common to use oak, mesquite, hickory and pecan pellets. Next you will need to trim and season your brisket. It is common to use mustard as a binder for your seasoning but is not required. Common seasonings for brisket are salt, pepper and garlic. It is recommend to season the brisket for at least 30 minutes before cooking but for best results allow the seasoned brisket to rest overnight in your refrigerator. Once the brisket is properly seasoned, place the brisket on your pellet grill. It is common in Texas to place the brisket fat side up. In other areas of the country, it is more common to place the brisket fat side down. Allow your brisket to smoke until it reaches an internal temperature of 175 degrees. Depending on the size of the brisket this could take in excess of 12 hours. Once the brisket reaches an internal temperature of 175 degrees, wrap the brisket with butcher paper to build better bark. Alternatively you can wrap the brisket in foil which will finish the cooking faster but build less bark. Place the wrapped brisket back in your pellet smoker and increase the temperature to 275 degrees Fahrenheit. Once the brisket reaches a temperature of 205 degrees Fahrenheit remove the brisket from our pellet smoker and allow it to rest in a cooler or oven until the brisket reaches an internal temperature of 140 degrees. Depending on the size of the brisket this could take between 2 and 3 hours. Slice your brisket and serve. | general_qa |
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How can teachers address health disparities in society? | The teacher works with children in the positive schools center and promotes positive, supportive and mindful learning communities where students and school staff can connect, develop and grow. Connect with each other in a safe and positive environment in a mindful manner. Positively Develop as students and staff (academically, professionally, socially, and emotionally). Grow as student scholars and educational leaders. Adults and students create a culture of respect and support. | general_qa |
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How can I read and write data with Delta Lake? | You can use your favorite Apache Spark APIs to read and write data with Delta Lake. See Read a table and Write to a table. | general_qa |
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What causes that feeling of weightlessness when you're on a rollercoaster? | The weightless feeling from a rollercoaster is caused by gravitational force, also known as g-force. Different rollercoaster elements lead to different types of g-force: there is positive g-force, which drives blood downwards towards the feet, and negative g-force, which drives blood upwards towards the head. Negative g-force acts opposite to gravity, and it occurs when you accelerate downwards faster than free-fall. The acceleration causes you to pull out of your seat, evoking a sense of weightlessness. | general_qa |
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Why is strength training important for distance runners? | Strength training is important for distance runners to get faster, and stay injury-free. Running is a high impact activity that puts a lot of stress on the body. Strength training can help the body to deal with this stress, and correct imbalances in the body that can lead to injury over time. | general_qa |
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Who is the best soccer player ? | This is a question that is often debated during dinners. To remain as factual as possible, it would certainly be appropriate to mention the name of the current Golden Ball: Karim Benzema. | general_qa |
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Does my Myers-Briggs personality type determine my long-term career potential? | No, your Myers-Briggs personality type does not predict your career-path. Your personality is a fundamental part of who you are. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a shorthand way to describe your level of introversion versus extroversion, sensitivity to perceptual queues, and the way you evaluate new information. While these factors could individually contribute to your success or failure in a given career path, none of them can statistically predict success or failure. | general_qa |
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What is the purpose of life? | This is a philosophical question that many people over the course of history have asked. Some people say that there is no purpose of life while some say the purpose of life is what you make of it. There is no way to tell which answer is correct because there doesn't exists any source of truth to compare with. | general_qa |
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What is the history of Tax Day in the United States? | Tax Day exists as a deadline for many United States residents to report earnings in order to pay income taxes.
The United States introduced the income tax in 1861 in order to fund the American Civil War. This was later deemed unconstitutional and repealed in 1872. This was later reenacted in 1894 as part of the Revenue Act with its constitutionality settled in the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1913. Tax day was initially set for March in 1913 and was eventually moved to April 15th in 1955. | general_qa |
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Why do toddlers wake up so early? | A toddlers sleep patterns are a product of how they are trained as a sleeper from early on in life. Toddlers who were removed from a crib regularly in their early months tend to be inconsistent sleepers into the toddler years. The brain development in a toddlers brain is so malleable, they rely heavily on their inherent circadian rhythms to wake and fall asleep. | general_qa |
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How do I keep a kitchen knife sharp? | There are many steps you can take to keep your kitchen knives sharp. Here are just a few to get you started. It is important to wash and dry your knives after using them, avoid placing them in the dishwasher as this can dull the edge, once clean you can protect your knife with a cover when storing it in a draw or place the blade in a knife block. This will help prevent the sharp edge banging against other objects and denting the blade. Some people use tools like honing steels after each use to remove the small burrs that accumulate over use and help keep the blade straight. | general_qa |
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How can I get better performance when querying a delta table? | To get better performance when querying a delta table, there are many things you can do.
First, ensure you are using the Photon engine. The Photon engine is designed to handle high-concurrency and low-latency queries. If you are using DBSQL, Photon is included free of charge and is turned on by default.
Second, you can use different indexing techniques when writing a Delta table for better read performance. Z-ordering and bloom filters are two effective techniques when used correctly.
Third, ensure your SQL Warehouse or compute resource is appropriately sized. If you are trying to query a very large dataset from a very small warehouse, you will likely get slow query results. | general_qa |
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Extract all the geographical places from the following passage: On Thursday we flew to Sandakan in Sabah. The Qatar flight had several newspapers available for passengers to read. On the front page of all of them were stories about Saddam Hussein and the invasion of Iraq. When we arrived in Borneo, we saw a two-page spread in a newspaper that dove into the history of Kurdistan. The very next article celebrated the liberation of Baghdad, the city juxtaposed against a backdrop of New York City in the United States. | Geographical Places: Sandakan, Sabah, Iraq, Borneo, Kurdistan, Baghdad, New York City, the United States. | general_qa |
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What are some fun things to do with my 6 year old son | There are a number of interesting things you can do with your 6 year old son such as playing sports, card games, going to the park or visiting a museum | general_qa |
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Should a human be happy all the time? | Answer 1: Happiness is not only subjective but also temporal - what brought you joy 2 years ago might be boring/unpleasant now. So, instead of optimizing for happiness at a given time, it might actually be better to realize what makes us feel down or not content and avoid them. By avoiding such circumstances/conditions, we can be content and maybe that's what need in life: not strive to be happy all the time but avoid what we truly don't like so that happiness takes care of its own.
Answer 2: Yes! Life is too short to get caught in dull moments so a human needs to optimize for maximum happiness. The definition of happiness differs and that's ok; we all live once and we should spend our time looking for new things that make us happier.
Answer 3: No. Most meaningful lessons in life are learned in situations when we're not particularly happy: Loss of a close person, financial break downs, unexpected health conditions. Getting through these hard times is actually makes a person stronger and more prepared for other calamities in life. We should not strive to be happy "all the time" - instead we should take things as they come. In life, there is a need for moments of discontent as well as a need for moments of joy. | general_qa |
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Why do some babies need to stay in the NICU? | Babies may need to be admitted to the NICU for a number of reasons after being born. The primary reason is premature birth, which can cause a number of complications such as respiratory distress syndrome, hypoglycemia, apnea, low birth weight and bradycardia. A baby will typically stay in the NICU until their complications are resolved and they are healthy enough to be discharged. | general_qa |
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Where should I go this summer? | It depends, for many people, a summer destination is all about going to a nice beach, enjoying the sunshine and relaxing. For others summer vacation is about going on a new adventure to explore a nice country, city or a cool nearby village.
Here are some ideas for a summer vacation if you are interested in traveling to Europe
Road trip across the Amalfi coast for one week.
Cruising around the Croatian islands.
Ancient history tour in Rome, Vatican City & Athens.
Enjoy the beautiful beaches in Southern France.
There are many other beautiful places to visit but this will depend on your budget, duration and your interests. | general_qa |
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Why is steam important when making bread? | Steam is important when making bread because it helps keep the outside from setting before the inside finishes rising. In addition, steam transfers more efficiently than dry air allowing for better expansion. | general_qa |
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What is a Pythagorean triple? | In mathematics, a Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers, a, b, c, such that a² + b² = c². These integers can form the sides of a right triangle, with c as the hypotenuse. For example, (3, 4, 5) is a Pythagorean triple because 3² + 4² = 5². | general_qa |
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How do you operate a car with a manual transmission? | Through a combination of a shifter and three pedals: gas, brake, and clutch. Press down the clutch pedal with one foot, and the brake with your other foot first and then turn on the engine of the car. It is recommended to shift to neutral immediately after turning on your car and prior to departing. To shift between one of the engaged gears, typically marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 N (for neutral) and R (for reverse), press down on the clutch all the way to the floor and move the shifter to the desired location. Once the car is on and you're in neutral if you want to move forward, press and hold the clutch pedal to the floor and move the shifter to the "1" position. Slowly disengage the clutch pedal partially, and while disengaging slowly start to press down on the gas pedal. After gradually pressing more on the gas pedal, slowly remove your foot from the clutch entirely. This will start you in forward motion, and you will be restricted to the speed limit of 1st gear. You can track this limit through the RPM (revolutions per minute) gauge on the dashboard of your car. Typically you want to keep the RPMs between 1500-4000. If the RPMs start to decrease to 1500-2000 that is a sign you want to shift from a higher gear to a lower gear (i.e. 2nd gear to 1st gear), and as the RPMs increase to 4000, that is an indication you want to shift to a higher gear (i.e. 2nd gear to 3rd gear). | general_qa |
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What is Kafka Connect? | Kafka Connect is an open-source framework that provides a scalable and reliable way to move data in and out of Apache Kafka. It is a part of the Apache Kafka ecosystem and enables developers to easily integrate Kafka with other data systems.
Kafka Connect works by using connectors, which are pluggable components that provide a way to connect to different data sources or sinks. A connector can be configured to read data from a source system and write it to Kafka or to read data from Kafka and write it to a target system. There are a number of pre-built connectors available for common data sources such as databases, file systems, and message queues, as well as for cloud services such as AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage. Developers can also create their own custom connectors for use with Kafka Connect. | general_qa |
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What kind of boat should I purchase? | There are a large variety of options in recreation boats. You can purchase a sailboat or a power boat, and the latter can have inboard or outboard engines while a sailboat can be single or multi-masted. You also need to decide the length you can safely operate based on your experience, the average depth of the water where you intent to use the boat, and whether you will keep it on a lift, in the water, or on a trailer. Finally, you need to decide on your budget for both the initial purchase as well as ongoing maintenance, which can typically cost 10-20% of the purchase price based on complexity and age. | general_qa |
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How should you care for grapes? | Grapes like sandy soil that is not too wet, so make sure to let the ground dry between waterings. Grapes often grow far more fruit than they can sustainably produce. Prune them aggressively in the early spring before the sap starts to flow while it is still cold. One method of pruning is to leave two to four vine lengths with about 10-15 buds each from the last year's growth, and leave a joint for this years growth to grow. Wire these vine lengths up to your trellis, and enjoy the grapes in the fall! | general_qa |
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How long does it take to make Kombucha? | Many home brewers create kombucha using a two-step fermentation process. First, the sweet tea and SCOBY are combined in a container with a lid that is not airtight, but would keep out dust, debris, and any bugs. A dish cloth secured over the opening of a mason jar or crock is the simple set up of many home brewers. Leave this mixture at room temperature to ferment for 2-5 days, until the taste is to your liking. When ready, bottle the kombucha in airtight containers and add any flavor enhancing ingredients such as syrups, herbs, juices or fruit. Allow to ferment an additional 1-3 days to taste. Popular flavor enhancers include ginger, blueberry, strawberry, pineapple, mint. | general_qa |
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Why is security important for organizations? | Organizations are typically focused on executing on their mission and taking care of their customers' needs. Security often feels like it is an unnecessary overhead, it actually slows one down from being able to focus on the core of their mission - kind of feels like brakes on a car. How fast would you go in a car without brakes? It turns out that security (like brakes) does slow you down, but also is the reason you are willing to go fast. | general_qa |
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What are the generations of the Ford Bronco? | 1966-1977 Generation 1 (also considered EB or Early Broncos)
1978-1979 Generation 2
1980-1986 Generation 3 (also called bull nose)
1987-1991 Generation 4 (also called brick nose)
1992-1996 Generation 5
2021-Present Generation 6 (also called new bronco) | general_qa |
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Why questions boost creativity during brainstorming sessions | A compelling, well-timed question can activate lively discussions and unexpected solutions. A poor question meant as a shortcut to a solution can often get you blank stares and an awkward silence. We’ve all been there!
That’s why it’s important that team leaders utilize and prepare creative brainstorming questions that encourage free thinking, creativity, and, yes, even more questions from your team. At face value, facilitating a conversation that creates even more questions might seem like it could lead to wasted time, but it’s actually an effective way to help your team invest in solving the problem at hand and engage in dynamic solutions as a group.
Below we cover a wide range of brainstorming questions team leaders can use. | general_qa |
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A group of parents is upset about the school lunch menu. Some are concerned that there are too many processed foods, not enough whole grains, and too much-canned fruit instead of fresh fruit. How would you approach this dilemma? | I will review the labels for all the items that parents complained. Highly processed foods are often high in sodium content. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends Americans, including children, consume 2300 mg of sodium or less per day. Based on the budget and shopping situation, I will try to use as much fresh food as we can. If we can’t, I will carefully check the labels to choose frozen vegetables and low-sodium canned vegetables. Using more whole-grain bread, English muffins, bagels, and whole-grain corn tortillas. | general_qa |
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What is the best season to re-seed your lawn on north east region of USA? | The best season to plant grass seeds is early fall before the soil temperature drops below zero degrees. It will take a few weeks for the new seeds to take root before winter comes. Then when spring comes, the grass will resume growth and become strong enough to sustain the high temperature in the summer. Spring time is actually not a good season to plant, because the grass will not have enough time to grow before harsh summer comes along. | general_qa |
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In what industries is GIS indispensable? | These days, multiple industries are utilising GIS (geographic information system) as an integral part of how they do business. They use GIS to store, analyse, and quantify data with geographical information to show how it relates to other components.
GIS compliments every industry. And forward-thinking companies recognise that with the ability to analyse information efficiently, they can optimise their efforts, use resources more efficiently, and have an advantage in their industry.
There are many advantages that a business gains when using GIS, and it is transforming industries such as utilities, infrastructure, environment management, and others:
The industries using GIS serve some of our most fundamental needs.
Environmental Agencies
GIS gathers and stores critical data for environmental agencies to track and monitor habitat, wetland, and coastal shoreline erosion, identify locations where threatened species live, water sources and other natural resources. It can also help to track patterns and help predict natural disasters, glacier changes and soil erosion.
All of the environmental data gathered is essential in helping with conservation, protection and restoration efforts. Other industries can also access and utilise the data collected by researchers and conservationists.
Utility Companies
One of the most active users of GIS is the utility sector, and they use it to help with:
Managing grids and identifying patterns in customer usage, outages and supply issues
Tracking and monitoring pipelines
Locating water pipes and cables
Wireless networks
Construction planning
Monitor assets and field workers
GIS, with its comprehensive database, helps to maintain and monitor overhead and underground utilities, improving efficiency and effectiveness and saving time and money
Infrastructure Companies
The planning and development of our roads, electricity, water supply lines, buildings, and society’s basic framework is mapped, managed, and monitored by companies that incorporate GIS in the infrastructure industry.
GIS simplifies communications, improves efficiency and effectiveness for field workers, helps to monitor assets and workers, tracks and stores customer usage and issues, improves customer/client satisfaction, and much more.
Telecommunications
GIS is widely used in the telecom sector to help monitor real-time data about current use, outages, and signal strength to help them better understand customers’ patterns and needs.
The telecom companies also use GIS to help optimise their resources effectively and efficiently, mitigate problems and plan for future growth.
Retail
Retail stores depend on knowing where their customer base lives or works and how far they are willing to travel to buy goods. GIS supplies essential data to help retail companies determine location, optimise inventory and sales, and plan their marketing campaigns to reach their ideal clientele.
Government
Geographical information is critical for the government to make decisions based on real-time data. Government operations are spatial, whether for emergency response and management, fires, accidents, utilities, infrastructure, etc.
Agriculture
Food is a basic need for humans and animals. The agricultural industry uses GIS to help identify usable fertile land vs non-fertile land, weather hazards such as flooding or drought, and water supply.
Development and Urban Planning
Planners and developers rely on GIS to help them factor in several components when looking to build and develop an area. For example, they use GIS to find empty lots and determine resource and infrastructure availability and needs.
GIS helps plan roads, housing, schools, businesses, government spaces, and hospitals. It also stores historical data, including ageing infrastructure, monuments, wetland areas, protected habitats, and species.
Another important factor is soil mapping, identifying possible hazards such as flooding, volcanic activity or other environmental issues.
Healthcare
Today, healthcare sectors use GIS to track disease patterns, whether an outbreak, an epidemic, cancer hotspots, or people in a specific location suffering from an environmentally caused illness.
GIS has a disease surveillance system that can conduct a spatial analysis to locate which area is high-risk, and the GIS software is better are validating data.
Insurance Companies
Mitigating and understanding risks ahead of time is essential to insurance companies, and they use GIS to ensure they are aware of possible dangers before giving you a quote. | general_qa |
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What's loquat fruit and where does it originate from? | The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is a large evergreen shrub or tree, grown commercially for its orange fruit and for its leaves, which are used to make herbal tea. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant.
The loquat is in the family Rosaceae, and is native to the cooler hill regions of south-central China. In Japan the loquat is known as biwa (枇杷, びわ), and has been grown for over 1,000 years. The loquat has been introduced to regions with subtropical to mild temperate climates throughout the world.
Eriobotrya japonica was formerly thought to be closely related to the genus Mespilus, and is still sometimes mistakenly known as the Japanese medlar. It is also known as Japanese plum and Chinese plum, as well as pipa in China, naspli in Malta, lukaat in India, lucat or loket in Sri Lanka, níspero in Spain, nêspera in Portugal, shések in Israel, akidéné in Lebanon, ebirangweti in Kisii, nespolo in Italy (where the name is shared with Mespilus germanica), and golabi jangali (jungle pear) in Iran. | general_qa |
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Could you write a poem about a standing desk? | The Standing Desk
Two doors down
Standing in the corner
Looking out the window
Is your desk
Back turned
Wailing at all of us
Wondering why we can’t hear it
Whispering sometimes with secrets for the room
When the door closes, it is particularly loud
Screaming, screaming mad
Angry and lonely
Moaning now for us to find its partner
Groaning now for why, why, why
And only when it hears the occupants in the room questioning and turning to stare is it mollified
We unplugged it to keep it quiet
Left it tall and high at the position you liked best
Chair tucked neatly under
Gleaming clean and bear, beckoning for the next master
And when everyone is busy
Meeting our many meetings
It hums softly (usually that same song you taught it), seemingly content and happy
People enter, come and go
And the Observer watches and waits for a pause
Wanting to insert something weird and funny
I glare at it when I come in
It knows, I know.
I know, I know! Shhhhhh!
“We’re working on it,” I say
It raises a brow at me
I roll my eyes at it and shake my head
“Not enough!”, it throws at me as I slink out walking backwards
Searching, I stay out of sight
Looking for its new companion
Specs on hand, omissions at the back of my throat
Someone smart, yet dumb enough
Someone commanding, yet submissive
Someone current, yet mature
Someone good but not too much
“Someone who will stay,” the desk whispers hopefully
I grimace and say:
“I’ll take someone tall enough for the desk!”
It taunts and laughs at me
While the memories flood in
And I start to laugh too
And the desk and I share a grin
“Not funny,” I say
The desk shrugs and finally stays quiet
One day, when everyone was gone, I sneak in and stand before it
Power it up and press the down button so I can rest my elbows on its smooth surface
And I look out the dark window
In unison, we share a heavy sigh
Choked up, I whisper: “A new person will be here soon and I’ll be gone.
Watch over everyone, will you?”
The desk nods quietly, lump in throat
I take an orange sticker and press it gently underneath as a reminder of its promise
And then walk two doors down to add one to my own desk before heading home for the night
As the elevator takes me down, the desk scans the empty office, takes a deep breath, and stands at the ready, a white knight brave but trembling, and starts humming your song. | general_qa |
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What is a python? | Python can mean multiple things.
As a high-level programming language, Python is interpreted and has dynamic typing. Python is used for a variety of applications such as web development, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics. It is also used in the development of embedded systems, system administration, and systems programming.
Python can also mean a type of snake in the Pythonidae family native to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere. They are nonvenomous snakes found in Asia, Africa and Australia. | general_qa |
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what is one good example on a hackathon project for a middle school student for programming? | After months of lockdowns and social distancing, schools finally reopened for in-person classes, and parents are thrilled to be able to attend their children's concerts and performances once again. Many parents had missed these events and were eager to show their support for their children's artistic pursuits. Parents are excited to attend her in-person concert, but many of them quickly realized that they didn't know much about classical music, which made it difficult for them to fully appreciate the performance.
As a kid who loves music, I always feel so proud and happy when my parents attend my concerts and performances. However, I often wonder if they are truly able to enjoy the music as much as I do, especially since they may not know much about the background and context of the pieces that are being played.
I believe that knowing the background of the music can make a huge difference in how much someone enjoys it. When you understand the story and history behind a piece of music, it becomes more than just a series of notes and melodies; it becomes a powerful expression of emotion and meaning. Also knowing the background of the music can help us appreciate and connect with the music on a deeper level, allowing us to use it as a powerful tool for stress relief and relaxation. By actively listening and understanding the expressive qualities of the music, we can harness its potential to enhance our mood and promote emotional wellbeing. | general_qa |
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I am looking into buying a new monitor, how do I know which one I should buy? | It depends a lot on the use case and how much money you want to spend. First decide on a budget. After that you should decide on what size the monitor should have. Then, within that size and budget range take a look at different features such as resolution, color accuracy, refresh rate and connectivity options. A high resolution is good for work and gaming but also requires a good graphics card. Color accuracy is important if you plan to use the monitor for artistic work, such as editing movies and images. Refresh rate is important if you plan to do gaming, especially online. Connectivity options such as power delivery over USB-C is important if you want to simply connect the monitor with a laptop. | general_qa |
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What came first the chicken or the egg? | At first glance, it may seem that a chicken must have come from an egg first. "Egg" is a word, that is used to describe the resulting product of procreation for many species. Based on the theory of evolution a non chicken egg at some point led to the birth of a chicken. It is important to note that an egg does not instantly turn into a chicken and there is a vast and potentially infinite spectrum of transitionary states. Somewhere in the infinite spectrum of this evolutionary transition a chicken and egg existed for a moment. One can argue that a chicken and its egg were created exactly at the same instant in time. We could further argue that the chicken and egg of yesterday is not the same chicken and egg of today. | general_qa |
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What should you do if you see a brown bear approach you while you are hiking? | If you see a brown bear while hiking and it does not see you, slowly move away. If the bear does see you and starts approaching, lie on the ground and play dead. | general_qa |
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Label each of the following as either a boy or a girl name: Justin, Claire, Barbara, Richard, Nicole | Justin: boy name
Claire: girl name
Barbara: girl name
Richard: boy name
Nicole: girl name | general_qa |
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What is the difference between a Transformation and Action in Spark? | Spark's execution engine is designed to be Lazy. In effect, you're first up build up your analytics/data processing request through a series of Transformations which are then executed by an Action
Transformations are kind of operations which will transform your RDD data from one form to another. And when you apply this operation on any RDD, you will get a new RDD with transformed data Operations like map, filter are transformations.
Transformations create RDDs from each other, but when we want to work with the actual dataset, at that point action is performed. When the action is triggered after the result, new RDD is not formed like transformation. Ex:- count on a DF | general_qa |
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What's the best genre of music? | It depends on who you ask. Some people will claim that a primary genre of music — rock, jazz, pop, etc. — should top the list, but there are hundreds of categories of music and musical tastes and preferences vary by person. | general_qa |
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What are Roland's most famous synthesizers and drum machines from the 1980s and what do they do? | The most famous Roland synthesizer and drum machines from the 1980s are the Roland TB-303, TR-606, TR-808, and TR-909. Although all were generally commercial failures at first, the TB-303 Bass Line became widely used in techno because of its distinctive resonant filter, beginning with Phuture's "Acid Tracks". The TR-606 Drumatix was also later widely used in electronica. However the TR-808 Rhythm Composer's booming kick and snare sound were even more popular, appearing widely in hip-hop tracks. The TR-909 was and is widely used in dance and pop music, known for its signature snare and hi hat cymbal sounds. | general_qa |
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What are some key considerations when deciding whether or not to implement ERP in my organization? | There are many considerations to take into account when deciding if you will implement an ERP in your organization. Common considerations include implementation cost, run costs, and implementation time. There are also a host of other very important, but less obvious, considerations that should be examined carefully, including: organizational change, the organization's capacity to train its employees, and IT/InfoSec strategy. | general_qa |
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Is Scala a good programming language? | There are some pluses to Scala: it is statically typed, it has a lot of syntactic sugar that allows you to write very compact code, it is inter-operable with Java so you can use any Java library that exists. However there are plenty of downsides:
- there's too many ways to do the same thing (for example "a.b" is the same as "a b")
- there's often entire sub-languages that spin out (e.g., when doing shell manipulation), and it's hard to understand these obscure sub-languages
- there is a breaking upgrade from Scala 2 to Scala 3, which means that Scala 2 people are stuck with it, without improvements. | general_qa |
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What is the English Premier League? | The English Premier League is the top flight of men’s football in England. The 38 match season extends from August to May, during which each of 20 teams play a home and away match against each of the other teams. A win earns a team 3 points, a draw is 1 point, and a loss is 0 points. The team with the most points at the end of the season wins. Unlike American sports, there are no playoffs to determine a champion. The 3 teams with the least points are relegated to the second level of English football, The Championship. To fill those spots in the next season, the top 3 teams from The Championship are promoted to the Premier League. | general_qa |
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If McDonald’s were to go out of business and disappear, would the world be a better or worse place? | McDonald’s has more than 36 thousand locations in 190 countries, and people still cannot believe that McDonald's would soon put a period to the honorable accomplishment they did in the last several years making 4.73 billion dollars in a year as a whole. I do believe McDonald’s disappearance would have some difference in some communities in the short term since there are 210,000 people working at McDonald’s. And also, it can have environmental, and medical benefits that can make the world a better place.
The world is hugely affected by McDonald’s action, which makes the disappearance of McDonald’s could make the world a better place although it could have some negative influence on equality and education. Although McDonald's helps organizations that help people who lack education, suffer in poverty, or fight against discrimination, the positive impact of McDonald’s departure makes the world a better place. For example, since McDonald’s cut down the forest to build a cow farm, it can cause deforestation that is threatening the ecosystem and animal habitats. In addition, McDonald’s produces 2 million tons of packaging each year. This means that the retirement of McDonald’s could prevent habitat loss, deforestation, and even waste problems and have a huge, positive impact on the environment.
However, the change in McDonald's retirement causes would vary between different stakeholders, but overall, it would only have a mild, or little difference between people’s lives. Although McDonald’s disappearance might shock many people, after a short term, the other fast-food restaurants would replace McDonald’s, so fast-food lovers could adapt to the new environment. Furthermore, although 210,000 people could lose their job, it is still possible for them to change to another job, or have an opportunity to change into another job that they have an interest in. Therefore, McDonald’s disappearance could have little or no difference at all to some people, and withdraw from all the honorable accomplishments.
In conclusion, I think that the disappearance of McDonald’s can make the world a better place for environmental, and medical reasons although it could have negative effects in some communities, and that McDonald’s would not be forgotten by the joy and honorable achievements that they have achieved in the last few years. | general_qa |
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Should I pursue a degree after graduating high school? | Whether or not you pursue a degree after graduating high school is an important but complex question that depends on a variety of factors. When assessing what the right choice is for you, it is important to think about the career you'd like to pursue. If you enjoy classwork and can afford a college education, that is one route which may provide opportunities to earn a higher salary later in life. However, if you prefer being active and would like to begin earning money immediately after graduating high school without accumulating significant debt, forgoing an advanced degree to begin work can be a great option. At the end of the day, pursuing something that you enjoy spending time on is the most important aspect of this decision and will be a better indicator of both satisfaction and success than whether or not you earn an advanced degree. | general_qa |
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Can you tell me about the Chicago Bears? | Of course! The Chicago Bears are a team in the National Football League (NFL). The team is currently led by head coach Matt Eberflus and general manager Ryan Poles. They last won the Super Bowl, the NFL's championship trophy, in 1985. They have one of the most well-known rivalries in sports against their divisional opponents, the Green Bay Packers. | general_qa |
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Why do humans seek meaning in their lives? | Every human life is a blend of joy and suffering. For some, joy comes more often. But for many, suffering can come to dominate their lives, due to abuse, the loss of loved ones, difficult relationships, mental illnesses, or disability. By finding meaning in ones life, the hard times full of suffering can be tempered with hope: for a better life for your children, for a better world, or a better after-life. Without finding something to give your life meaning, you risk falling into nihilism, anger, and despair. And those feelings tend to set you on a self-reinforcing path, and drag others down with you. While people often start looking for meaning in their lives when they encounter suffering to explain that suffering, it is in embracing a purpose that you can find hope and reduce the suffering in the world. | general_qa |
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Why do people use computer mice? | People use computer mice because most graphical user interfaces are designed to be navigated with a cursor that is moved with a mouse. Mice also typically have buttons that can be used to click on interface elements | general_qa |
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What's the differences of the Wing Chun kongfu and the traditional Shaolin Kongfu? | Wing chun was invented by a Buddhist nun who watched a snake and crane fighting. She adopted principles from both styles. She equated that to yin vs yang in terms of fighting style.
It's all about economy of movement, small quick strikes and close quarters combat.
It's meant to be effective for people of all ages and sizes and does not emphasize force. The crane stood there motionless and waded off the snakes quick strikes. It wasn't phased by the attacks. The posture and mindset of the crane and the quick strikes of the snake.
Shaolin was developed to ward off invaders. Usually enemies riding horses so they do a lot of high jumping kicks which were used to kick people off horses.
It's usually associated with tiger or dragon styles which can operate at more distance and use power. It's also very flashy and used in demonstrations and many king fu movies .
It's actually counterintuitive to many martial arts where you strike hard or from a distance and move around a lot ducking blocking etc. Wing chun is just small subtle blocks to divert attacks off center and then you strike back concurrently | general_qa |
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How does manufacturing analytics improve production? | Manufacturers often used data-driven techniques such as Six Sigma to improve manufacturing performance. Through the continual aggregation of manufacturing data, analytics can be developed to baseline machine performance and determine anomalous behavior in order to address product quality and machine maintenance issues. Data and analytics are key to improving production metrics in repeatable manner. | general_qa |
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What is splitboarding? | First of all, a splitboard is a snowboard that splits in half length-wise to allow for enhanced mobility while climbing up a slope. When the splitboard is split in half, you adjust the bindings so the setup looks just like a ski setup. After you split the board, you put climbing skins on the bottom of the splitboard to give you traction on the snow. After reaching the top of your destination, you remove your feet from the bindings, remove the skins and then put the splitboard back together. Once the splitboard and bindings are reassembled, you snowboard down the mountain. | general_qa |
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Why do humans like stories? | Stories allow conveying important thoughts and sharing experiences from one person to another in an easily understandable and relatable way, ultimately leading to knowledge transfer between humans. They also spark imagination and give readers or listeners the opportunity to come up with their own depiction of the plot and of the characters. | general_qa |
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What is one of your favorite color? | My favorite color is purple. Purple is a great color for many reasons. The hue and tone are quite pleasing to the eye. Additionally, purple is complementary to many other colors such as green, yellow, and gray. The color purple is often a color symbolizing richness and celebration, while it is a mature color it is also lively. | general_qa |
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Are you ever too old for anything? | The one thing i will always fiercely & unabashedly resent is the stance that someone is “too old for something” past a certain age. Telling someone they’re “too old” to enjoy a show or practice a hobby or have a personality or do anything that’s not considered “mature” is one of the ugliest standards society has managed to ingrain into people’s brains. Please pursue what makes you happy without shame. if it doesn’t hurt you or anyone else, then it’s no one’s business but yours. You owe no one an explanation. but you do owe yourself authenticity & happiness. And no one can decide how that looks like but you | general_qa |
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How Can I become a Referee? | To become a Football Association (FA) referee you need to be at least 14-years-old and a resident in England. Contact your County FA for further information.
Note: You would need to attend a Basic Referees Course with your local County FA to train as a qualified referee. | general_qa |
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Explain Storage Credential and External locations used in conjunction with Unity Catalog to a five year old. | Sure, Unity Catalog is a service, just like any other service we use in our daily lives, such as going to a car wash station to get our car washed. Similarly, Unity Catalog provides a service that helps protect data assets and gives the owner of those assets the power to decide who they want to provide access to see these assets.
Storage Credential is like a safe with a unique key. If anyone wants to borrow something from the safe, they have to provide that key to open the safe. Generally, safe owners don't want this key to be given to everyone, so they create external locations specific to everyone's needs. Storage credential owners can create multiple safes and distribute their keys instead. So, in summary, Storage Credential and External Locations work together to unlock a secret. | general_qa |
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Why do babies cry? | Babies cry in order to tell us things about their needs, as it is their only form of communication. The most common reasons a baby may cry are that they are hungry, have a dirty diaper, or are tired. Babies may also cry if they are hot, cold, or uncomfortable (gas pains, itchy clothes, rash). Babies do not cry to manipulate their parents; they simply are not capable of such advanced thinking and behavior. | general_qa |
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What ingredients do I need to make a margarita? | A margarita is an alcoholic beverage, usually made with a combination of tequila, fresh lime juice, and either agave or simple syrup. The ingredients are shaken with ice and then served in a glass over ice, often with salt on the rim. Optionally, you can add additional liquors like Cointreau to the margarita, or add additional fresh fruit juices for flavored margarita variations. | general_qa |
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Why do cloud providers use dedicated hardware for network and storage processing but not large enterprises for their private cloud? | Large cloud providers use dedicated hardware called data processing unit (DPU) to support multi-tenancy and isolation in hardware vs. hypervisor, improve performance through offload, own and control the entire infrastructure stack, free up cores to generate more revenue, and scale to support a large number of tenants and workloads. Large enterprises don't have similar needs except for a few applications that require high performance, low latency, and scale. Moreover, enterprises want to reduce their investment in building and managing data centers. | general_qa |
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Who is Mother Teresa? | Mother Teresa was was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. She was born in 1910 and died in September of 1997. When she was 18, moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived most of her life.
The Missionaries of charity manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy, and tuberculosis. They also run soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counseling programs, as well as orphanages and schools. Members of this congregation take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and also profess a fourth vow: to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor." Pope Francis canonized her St. Teresa of Calcutta on September 4th, 2016 in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. | general_qa |
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How do I keep my plants alive? | To keep your plants alive you will first need to understand what type of nutrition and environment is best suited for them. For environment, some plants prefer full sun, whereas some prefer partial or full shade. There's also humidity and temperature to consider. For nutrition, determine what types or food and how much water to provide at what frequency. You can usually find this information by consulting plant expert resources online or at your local library. Once you understand the ideal climate and nutrition for your plant, adjust the climate to best suit it, while following the ideal schedule for feeding and watering. Also, once the plant outgrows the pot it is in, it's time to move it to a bigger pot. This should keep your plant happy and healthy. | general_qa |
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Why are plants green? | Parts of a plant that are green, such as leaves, are green because they contain chlorophyll. Chlorophyll absorbs light energy (but less so green light than red or blue) and helps convert that energy into food for the plant as part of photosynthesis.
A more whimsical answer, which is not scientifically accurate, is that plants need both sunlight (which is yellow) and water (which is blue) to live and yellow plus blue makes green. | general_qa |
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Should I use a dynamic microphone or a condenser microphone for recording a podcast? What about streaming on twitch or making youtube videos? Should I ever use a ribbon microphone? | If you are recording for YouTube or a podcast you should buy a USB dynamic microphone. These affordable options will sound tremendously better than the microphone on your headphones or laptop. | general_qa |
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How does a transistor amplify a signal? | A transistor is a constructed from materials that behave as semiconductors--which is to say that these materials conduct electrical current but only when certain conditions are met. By combining these materials into a device called a transistor we are able to create an electronic component that will only conduct electricity when a small electric current is applied to the so-called Base pin of the transistor.
One obvious use of such behavior is to use the transistor as a switch--by applying or removing current to the base pin we are able to control whether the transistor conducts electricity via its collector and emitter pins. When no current is present at the Base pin the transistor will block electrical transmission through its emitter and collector pins.
Generally speaking, the electrical current required to control the transistor at the base pin is very small. Much larger currents can be transferred through the device through the collector and emitter pins. Thus, in effect, a transistor uses a very small input current to control the flow of a much larger current.
An audio signal, for example, is transmitted as a very low power electrical current--in it's original form it is too small to be able to drive a loudspeaker to make sounds that are audible to the human ear. To amplify this signal so that is usable for audio playback we can apply the audio signal to a transistor's base pin--this will allow a much larger current to flow between the emitter and collector pins and through the transistor. Since the flow of this large current will mirror the much smaller current of the audio signal we will have effectively created a much stronger version of the original input signal. | general_qa |