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Validation constraint violation: occurrence violation in element 'xxx' This may mean a required element is missing. For example, if SOAP message FindRecordings requires both <Scope> and <KeepAliveTime>, and the message contains only<Scope></Scope>, this error will be generated. An element may be regardes as missing because…

Imagination at MIT Media Lab The credentials of the speakers are very impressive. Talks tend to be abstract. It may be related to the 5-minute limit.

After upgrading hardware to a new CPU, new drives and new RAMs, it is the best to do a clean install of Windows 10. One can use a new SSD to have the clean Windows 10 install, and the old SSD intact. Suppose most user…

If you happen to go to a ski shop, and do not mind waiting for 20 to 30 minutes, having a ski tech mount them for about $30 may be the best choice. The other option is spending 30 minutes or so at home at…

Let's Encrypt is a great project. Many hosting service providers such as A2 Hosting provide free SSL automatically via Let's Encrypt. Steps to use Let's Encrypt with IIS: The entire process should take less than 10 minutes.

Some website list reverse engineered code. This often violates copyright amounting to IP theft. It can be intentional or unintentional. Examples: www.codeforge.cn itce-team8-2012

Today is the 75th anniversary of the Second Sino-Japanese War. I have transferred the following old post to here in remembrance to it. The China Theater where over 20 million lives (including more than 3 million troops) were lost and over 10 million troops fought…

Port forwarding is necessary for any applications to access computing devices on a protected internal network. There are step-by-step instructions for configuring port forwarding for every commonly used router. A program on a LAN can use Internet Gateway Device Protocol (IGD) to configure port forwarding. This…

Northern Presidential Loop Hike This is a report of Northern Presidential Loop Hike in New Hampshire, USA. Date: 2008-09-01 Total distance: 18.8 miles (30.2 km) Total Time: 11 hours 44 minutes Start elevation: 2032 ft (619 m) End elevation: 2032 ft (619 m) Total Ascent:…

Green Meadows Farm owned by General George S. Patton's family closed in 2017 after its manager left, and was permitted by the town of Hamilton to grow medial marijuana. It is a sad story. I used to go there regularly ever weekend after I moved…

This error can be caused by a background ghost process of Visual Studio, so it can be remedied by restarting the computer.

[Update 2017-08-29] Visual Studio Emulator for Android has been discontinued. VirtualBox can cause problems with Hyper-V running, so Genymotion is not a viable choice. Using a cheap Android device for most debugging. If one needs an Android emulator on an Intel CPU based PC running…

Las Vegas is one of the most misunderstood cities in the world. The vast majority of people associate it with gambling due to its large number of casinos. For many knowing Las Vegas well, it is a heaven for conventions due to its beauty, comfortable…

The running in the summer is often accompanied by wild animals. Turkeys are among the most frequent companions. They may lead my way of jogging such as this one in Appleton Farms.

Ping Chen, the Chairman of iSunTV has an intriguing point about the Chinese regime. He postulates that the regime is running out of three resources that have supported the fast growth of Chinese economy (the following is my paraphrase): Cheap labor. It is getting harder…

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There is a great article about this. A use case: ProjectFoo AnddroidLibrary Foo Foo Android Library and Foo > Foo have their own repositories. The steps:

Based on the tips from a superb article about image hosting, Imgur has the right combination of ease and power:

iOS supports directly access of video hardware codec (e.g. H.264/H.265 codec). It is through AV Foundation and Video Toolbox. It works for iOS 8.0 (released in 2014) and above. There are detailed step-by-step instructions. One needs a Mac machine to run Xcode to test iOS…

 While the wealthy and government officials are busy moving their families and assets overseas, one cannot help wondering if they care about the environment of China at all. Global Financial Integrity estimates that from 2000 to 2011, $3.79 trillion flew out of China illicitly. The…