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Meta Should self-answered Q&A use separate answers for different techniques/approaches (even if there's a caveat that applies overall)?

I believe one of the main strengths of Q&A websites is that they provide a more digestible alternative to dense documentation. Especially for programmers who do not yet know how to find/use th...

posted 2y ago by mr Tsjolder‭

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Q&A How to validate Ansible role dictionary argument's "additionalProperties"

Apparently there just isn't an equivalent of additionalProperties in Ansible. The way around this is to break the dictionary argument into a list of key/value pairs: argument_specs: main: ...

posted 1y ago by Iizuki‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Iizuki‭

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Meta Should self-answered Q&A use separate answers for different techniques/approaches (even if there's a caveat that applies overall)?

the answer is incredibly long It really isn't - though it might look that way because of the extensive use of large font headlines. I think it is a good answer - there's no problem in discussi...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A How do I install Chart.js as a file?

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-...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by CavanWright‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Ullallulloo‭

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Q&A VS Code: How to open a file and folder in a new window?

Best I could do was: cd /foo/bar && code --new-window . && code baz.txt The cd is not necessary but makes the command cleaner. I would still like to know if there's a cleaner wa...

posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A How to delete a local branch in git?

How to delete a local git branch which hasn't been pushed to anywhere, and only exists locally?

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Iizuki‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Iizuki‭

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Q&A How do I pass field names containing dashes in dbt source yml file?

There may be a better way to handle this but this eventually worked for me. It's necessary to add quote: true below each field name with a dash. E.g.: tables: - name: my_table ...

posted 1y ago by Sigma‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Sigma‭

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Q&A Why is it considered bad practice to use float for representing currency?

I see that Klutt has explained why integers should be used, but there is more that the programmer must keep in mind. Consider the number of bits the integer needs. For US currency, you'd use cent...

posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A What's the minimum API level for activity transition?

I was trying to show transition on activity changes. I had followed two method from SO. I lost those link so I can't add them here. My first method was I had used overridePendingTransition on onCr...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Anonymous‭

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Q&A Hash sum mismatch (only for openjdk-11-jdk)

I was installing Java yesterday. I had faced lot of problem. I had fixed most of them. But I had changed Hash that's what I think. I don't remember which command I had executed since I had executed...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A How to append HTML to the DOM with JavaScript?

I have a .html file containing only the following data, and I keep that file on top of my website's directory. <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/mobile_general_structure.css"></link> ...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by Ullallulloo‭

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Q&A Not obligating http:// or https:// in a url field of a contact form

I have a simple HTML-PHP-CSS contact form (no JavaScript) with an input type="url" field. Currently in 30/03/2021, the default behavior of input type="url" (by W3C design I guess) is to obligate t...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Are JavaScriptless forms accessible?

I consider to make my website's contact form totally javascriptless (only HTML-PHP-CSS --- no JavaScript at all). No modals or alerts No prevent default No AJAX/AJAX/XHR/JHR No form disappear...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Function.prototype.call()

I wanted to print to browser console the number of li list items of a given ul list. This didn't work (console output was undefined): console.log(document.querySelectorAll(".example").length); ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A How to include HTML files in another HTML file with vanilla Javascript?

I develop an HTML-CSS-JavaScript-PHP contact form and I have a large HTML file which is very long and very wide (lots of horizontal scrolling due to nesting) and it's hard for me personally to work...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Proper location of docstring on struct with attributes

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 { ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by qohelet‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by qohelet‭

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Q&A What is the difference between hashing and encryption?

According to this article: Since encryption is two-way, the data can be decrypted so it is readable again. Hashing, on the other hand, is one-way, meaning the plaintext is scrambled into a uniqu...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Julius H.‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A What does "namespace" mean?

A namespace is a category of names within which they must all be unique. This also means that names do not need to be unique between namespaces. For example, states of the USA is a different name...

posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A how to use one list to find a similar list in another list python

You could just iterate through the list of lists and compare each list with the list that you're looking for. Once you've found a combination that matches you can add the combination to a dictiona...

posted 2y ago by Alias Cartellano‭

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Q&A Can pandas be used as a database backend for persistent storage?

Question What is the current state of the art database app? How does it compare to SQL? Can pandas be used in place of either? If not, is there something that bridges the gap between SQL and pand...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by mcp‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A What is a good modern language to use for a Business Rules project?

SQL is the right tool for this job. You say the data is already in a database, probably a SQL database You don't have to deal with moving the data out of the database and "into a programming la...

posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A What should I read if I knew C++ twenty years ago? [closed]

For someone who was familiar with C++ in the past and is coming back to it after a long break, what are some useful books that won't waste time with basics but will cover the new features of the mo...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Fred Wamsley‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A ffmpeg: apply a filter from a start time to the end of the video

I'm using ffmpeg to apply a filter in between two time points. I am using the between() operator to specify the times. For example, to apply the yadif filter between 30 and 90 seconds I run: ffmpe...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Trevor‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Trevor‭

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Q&A How can I reduce the size of .svn folder?

Note: This question and its answer are an aggregate of the most up to date information about this topic from here. I have noticed that .svn folder has grown a lot and I want to reduce it. How can ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 5y ago by r~~‭

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Meta Should we rename urlrewrite tag to url-rewriting?

How do I get IIS UrlRewrite to handle CSS-delivered woff files appropriately? is the only question currently using urlrewrite tag. However, for future questions I would like to have a more general ...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Alexei‭

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