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I like using NATURAL JOIN in Snowflake, because I find it more elegant than explicit join clauses. However, it appears that the natural join behaves similar to an inner join, in that null values o...
Can anyone explain to me why my Haskell function gives rise to a type-definition error? Originally, I wrote the following function to subtract one from the first n elements in a list: dec_first :...
MWE In the terminal run: mkdir mwe cd mwe mkdir dir touch f1.txt f2.pdf dir/f1.txt dir/f2.pdf git init . Create a .gitignore with: * # ignore all !dir/ # except this directory ...
I have a Python program like this: done = False while u and not done: i = u.pop() print(f"Processing {i}") do_big_task(i) finish_up() Since this takes a long time, the user m...
When I have tried to read technical explanations of the syntax rules for programming languages, and when I am trying to decipher error messages, I often encounter the terms expression and statement...
What is the best way to convert Dos paths to Posix paths in Powershell? eg given: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\Modules\ I want something like: /Program\ Files/PowerShell/Modules/ Is the only so...
I have a large and complex PostgreSQL SELECT query that I would like to make faster. EXPLAIN suggests it should run quickly, with the worst parts being scans of a few thousand rows. When run, it do...
I have created a directory named Temporary_add_to_version_control on Desktop. Now I am trying to reach that directory by typing the following in git-bash: cd ~/Desktop/Temporary_add_to_version_con...
Hi, I'm trying to use the JSON Generator to create data with nested repeating values. I want to create 100 objects with an ID, Name, and Code. The Id is incremented from 0 to 99, but the Code (pr...
Background Many Python programs now recommend installing with pipx, and there is a sense that you shouldn't install with pip anymore, you should use tools like pipx. Main Question However, what ...
I know that I can display a single string in the terminal window like print("example") (or similarly with a string in a variable), and I know how to open text files and write to them. I also know ...
I had three data with where gender=female. I was trying to call those data with limit and offset (Since in future there might be more than 1000 data). SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `gender`='Female'...
Summary I'm refactoring a Rust-based service/daemon to move away from gRPC and use a Rocket-based API instead. I'm also using the daemonize crate to turn the foreground process into a background p...
When I run code . in a directory, Visual Studio Code opens two windows. The first is empty, the second shows directory I was in as expected. I checked ~/.config/VSCode/Workspaces and there is only...
On a live boot of Ubuntu 20.04, I was trying to clone into a private GitHub repository. I went through the hassle of installing git, and then gh, and making sure I was signed in through the termina...
My large, multi-module Maven project validation (Maven Enforcer plug-in) is playing tricks on me. moduleA> mvn validate correctly finds all modules runs enforcer on all of them displays co...
Highlight.js version: 11.6.0 Node version: v18.12.0 npm version: 8.19.12 When I provide a plugin with the following code to highlightjs (full code is at github): /* Language: BQN Requires: A...
Perl is by far the language I have the most experience with, and I have (big) parts of the functionality I want in the new program in existing programs. So I'm looking for a way to do this in perl,...
I was playing around with mapped tuples and came across an interesting case where TypeScript cannot infer the types used: interface Foo<A, B> { (a: A, b: B): any } function test<...
How do I clone the repository with only part of the history? For example, let's say I want to download only the last 5 commits out of thousands.
I have followed Nick Chapsas' tutorial to avoid throwing a ValidationException to treat validation errors and instead rely on LanguageExt.Common.Result<> from LanguageExt library. I have ma...
How to make Husky run git hook? I have a working git hook, prepare-commit-message, but the moment Husky was installed, the hook stopped working. Not finding much luck, I then tried to make it a "H...
When I set up my object mappings with SQLalchemy, everything works well enough. It even creates the tables for me if they don't exist. However, if I decide to add/remove columns (aka fields) from ...
There may be a better way to manage website's with JavaScript deployments. I added jest to my repo simply to execute tests when I make PRs as part of a GitHub action. This requires a package-lock.j...
What does it mean that we can use memcmp(3) on invalid values? ISO C allows comparing an invalid value through memcmp(3), because it doesn't read the value, but rather its representation, and "rea...
So I was looking around for some async solutions and I found one on github, https://github.com/electronicarts/ea-async I follow the setup instructions for maven. Only to realize it didn't work (I ...
In the last few months, AI has advanced considerably, notably in the area of generating images. We now have powerful models like DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, etc. These are quite competent at generati...
For some reason, I just wanted to undo a commit on my git repository, which I've done with the following command: git reset --soft HEAD~1 So far, so good. However, by mistake I issued the comma...
I'm trying to make a UWP app in Visual studio, but the NuGet package files have been huge. They just don't fit on my SSD, but I do have an HDD I could theoretically use. After a bunch of tinkering...
I am trying to combine MVVM in WPF using Microsoft.Toolkit.MVVM. Somethings are working as expected. The text boxes bind to fields and update in both directions. The button command executes and cha...
Context I am currently working on migrating a legacy application to an ASP.NET Core + Angular application. The Web API's main project is based on Jason Taylor's template (clean architecture) and a...
What does this function definition mean in Haskell? fn x [] = [] fn x (True:ys) = x : fn x ys fn x _ = []
It's not possible to send data to amazon prime and disney+hotstar. I was trying to send user to amazon prime when they click a (video) link (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01MSPI8JN/r...
Is -isystem/path/to/sys/includes a standard compiler option, or is it a compiler extension implemented by gcc, clang, and maybe other compilers? Can I rely on its availability? I couldn't find th...
Functions in C have external linkage by default. In other words, the storage class specifier extern is applied to functions by default, with the effect that they are visible to all translation unit...
How do I delete contents of a specific field, if it matches a pattern, and there is nothing else in the field? I have a several GB tsv file, and I am interested in a specific field (72). If it cont...
I am using Rancher Desktop as an alternative to Docker Desktop. After using docker for a while I have noticed that C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx has grown quite a bit (20GB+...
I am working on a replit https://AppropriateMessyRoutes.ozabramo.repl.co and I am trying to implement https://github.com/VincentGarreau/particles.js as a background but I keeps on pushing every...
The dictionary methods .keys(), .values(), and .items() all return view objects. Said objects reflect any changes to the underlying dictionary. This is often useful. Is there a way to get such a v...
I'm trying to do some DOM manipulation in jQuery, but am having issues with creating wrapper elements. For some reason, prepending to the wrapper doesn't work after I call wrap. Code <html>...
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I have to implement a JSON based REST web service for querying literature. Ordinary users should be able to query data and process it in their clients. The "main user" can adapt database entries vi...
The Code using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore; public class BloggingContext : DbContext { public DbSet<Blog> Blogs { get; set; } public DbSet<Post> Posts { get; set; } ...
I'm trying to use H2O to serve a multi-file PHP website without routing—just having a separate PHP file for every page. The relevant part of my H2O config currently looks like this: paths: "/":...
The proposed library would sit alongside cross-platform libraries in Xamarin apps for iOS and Android. However, it would include files with names like MyLibraryFile.android.cs MyLibraryFile.ios...
A watertight mesh is one which does not have holes, and for which each face has a designated inside and outside. Such a mesh can be "tetrahedralized", has a defined volume, and can be an operand in...
This data tree is comprised of clickable buttons and I want to expose all branches, in a single action, instead of clicking each vertical arrow button anew. I have tried the following code which d...
I am creating a button that once clicked will change from off to on with react and i am also creating a responsive clock through useEffect. Yet the code still return that useEffect is undefined th...
There's this new challenge on Code Golf CD and I'm using Python to do it. A little bit of golfing already took place, so the code might look a bit messy for you. Anyway, I'm proud of what I've writ...
