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I am working on a toy project where I have a container for which I would like to write an iterator that iterates over the values in the container. Because the values are stored in a (c-style) arra...
I have a project I normally build with nix and cabal, however I also want to publish my documentation onto gitlab pages. It's impractical to run my nix on the gitlab CI, so I've just been using cab...
Many older projects (i.e., older than 5 years) provide instructions to the Paket .NET dependency manager (e.g., Suave), so I started digging into it, got confused, then gave up for while because er...
I have to modify a legacy Django web application where there are 2 tables to store the same information using the same database structure, and the only difference is the names of the tables (and th...
In PHP why is using global like in the example below considered bad? $a = 1; class foo { public function bar() { global $a; // <-- Why is this considered bad? } } ...
Suppose I have an Azure Synapse Serverless SQL database. I can run the following to get the sid of added groups: select name, type_desc, authentication_type_desc, sid from sys.database_principal...
How to log first n lines of a stack trace in Java?
I'm learning monadic composition through Scott Wlaschin's Railway-oriented Programming post. Oncebind, switch, and >=> functions are defined, he introduces map to show how to "turn a one-trac...
My question relates to Spring-boot-loader v2.6.15. For the purposes of this question, I will refer to Spring's custom JarFile class as CustomJarFile to avoid confusion. Context I am reusing so...
Asked How to implement map using the fish (>=>, Kleisli composition) operator in F#? a couple of hours ago, and r~~'s answer blew my mind: let map f = id >=> switch f It is perfect ...
In a JSON schema, do the required properties need to be a subset of properties? E.g. is this a valid schema, even though cookies isn't mentioned in properties? { "type": "object", "properti...
First, a reminder to future self (the figure RFC 3986, Section 3. Syntax Components complemented with Section 3.2. Authority): The following are two example URIs and their component parts: ...
I need to use azure.cognitiveservices.speech. However I am getting this error: Here is code on replit it produces the same error. https://replit.com/@mystickain420/Chatty main -- https://githu...
In Eclipse, is it possible to setup custom errors or markers in the editor, for annotation processing? For example, the standard squiggly lines with descriptions. This question is not important. ...
Suppose someone has the requisite knowledge and skillset to contribute to a FOSS project, they have the free time to do so and they are aware of the project. Yet, they decide not to contribute. Thi...
What are the differences between git apply and git am commands? Both seem to be used for applying patches to repositories. When should one be used over the other?
What is the default port number of MariaDB database server? (Remembering defaults is surprisingly hard since usually you don't need to specify them..)
When documenting a struct with attributes, where does the docstring go? Before or after the attribute(s)? Option 1: /// Does it go here? #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)] pub struct Metadata { ...
The documentation for git stash list says list [<log-options>] List the stash entries that you currently have. Each stash entry is listed with its name (e.g. stash@{0} is the latest entry...
More specifically: Is there a dedicated docs page listing "properties" that are idiosyncratic to F# .fsproj project files? Why am I asking? Started learning F# a couple of days ago, but just now ...
For example, given this function head, this is the hint that is generated: let updateCell workbook sheetIndex rowIndex columnIndex value = // XSSFWorkbook -> int -> int -> int -> stri...
C offers two different styles when it comes to structs (and union/enum too). Either declare them using a struct tag only ("struct tag style"): struct my_type { ... }; struct my_type x; Or ...
The answer provided in the How to set the cell color to a user defined value using NPOI from F#? thread solves the problem of how to set the right properties using F#, but it uses a new ICellStyle ...
I'm trying to write a spec test for a (correctly working) Angular component, but it errors when calling a service method with: TypeError: _this.myService.getSomeData is not a function The service...
For example, given a mergeErrors function where input is always a list of Error strings, let es = [ Error 1; Error 2; Error 3 ] let mergeErrors<'a> (errors: Result<'a,int> list) : R...
I ran some Python code and it crashed with ModuleNotFoundError. What is the general approach for dealing with these situations?
I'm getting an error when trying to open a shell to a pod. This used to work. $ kubectl exec --tty --stdin --namespace my-ns my-pod -- sh Error from server (BadRequest): Upgrade request required ...
I have little to no idea what happens after a client obtains the server's certificate. It has to make sure that it (somehow) valid, but how?
Suppose you have a jinja template like this: I am going to {{ foo }} to get some {{ bar }}. I hope I can find: {% for i in baz %} - {{i}} {% endfor %} This template will require you to pass ...
What I would like to do: Set a cell value. Check with a program if cell values conform to data validation rules. I could extract all the information needed to create a validation function, b...
I'm trying to replace Flot.js with Chart.js. In my application, Flot.js is included as a normal JavaScript file, like so: <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="jquery.flot-...
I believe when you sign in with Google, the web application running in your browser calls a command to request the Google Sign In page, and includes a “callback URL” as a parameter in that HTTP req...
In JSON Schema one can use the additionalProperties key to validate properties whose names are not know. You can still impose restrictions on their type. How to do this in an Ansible role argument...
Below are the links to code for my project. HTML CSS JavaScript I have created Magnifying Image which was successful now I am trying to add multiple images which can be display in main produc...
C prohibits accessing an array out of bounds even if measures were taken to ensure that what should lie outside those bounds were known: struct MyStruct { int x[2]; int y, z; }; static...
I'm trying to write a bash function that can sanitize filenames to make them compatible with both Linux and Windows file systems. The function should perform the following operations: Replace in...
Working with dbt version 2 I'm trying to set up source checks but I'm running into an issue where the column names I'm setting tests for have dashes (e.g. my_table.some-field-with-dash). I current...
I am currently working with LWJGL and the obstacle I face right now on my project is rendering textures to a cube, e.x a set of 8 vertices with position, color, and UV information. For now, I am st...
I'm trying to set the transform attribute of a group within an SVG. Specifically, I'd like to set translate's value to 0 0. I tried using the set element for this but that didn't have an observab...
Looping in Ansible usually produces a neat output of one line per iteration (per host): ... ok: [Arch] => (item=something) ok: [Arch] => (item=something_else) ok: [Arch] => (item=yet_a...
I'm completing the rustlings exercises as part of self-teaching Rust. While working on the third iterators exercise, I solved the exercise but don't quite understand why my solution works. Specifi...
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...
Is there a way in Ubuntu to run a given bash command for a given Key combination in Gnome (42.9)? I run an Ubuntu in Hyper-V and after a while the normal Keyboard layout change doesn't work (maybe...
Mathematically, the purpose of a function is to return an output. However, in a programming context functions often have side effects. It is even common to call functions for the side effects alone...
I've seen macros use parentheses to enclose its arguments. Most of these make sense, as in #define sum(a, b) ((a) + (b)) The outer prevents the following: #define sum_bad(a, b) (a) + (b) ...
I need help figuring out if my dependencies need upgrading or conflict with each other. I tried using the command prompt to solve problems but it didn't help. Here is my code. Android Studio Iguan...
Our organization (blindness non-profit in California) is obligated to submit reports to grant organizations (e.g., Department of Rehabilitation) on a regular basis. Most of the time, this means exp...
On top of values seemingly coming from nowhere in multiple columns, they also affect each other's behavior: In the GIF below, if the cells in the left column have no value selected, then there is n...
When you try to do a privileged systemd operation without the privilege, you get an escalation prompt: $ systemctl stop docker ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ==== ...
