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| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #292718 | Initial revision | — | 3 months ago |
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Why not call nullptr NULL? In C++11 the `nullptr` keyword was added as a more type safe null pointer constant, since the previous common definition of `NULL` as `0` has some problems. Why did the standards committee choose not to call the new null pointer constant `NULL`, or declare that `NULL` should be `#define`d to `null... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290289 |
Google gives special privileges to Stack Overflow and other sites, like Reddit. There's nothing you can do about that until the site is actually big enough that everyone comes here instead of SO, which won't happen as long as Google hard-codes a boost to SO. And even then, sometimes they don't change... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289709 |
There's nothing you can do about the fact that Google ranks Stack Overflow highly. It's hard-coded into Google because Google staff like the content on Stack Overflow. (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292692 |
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| Edit | Post #292692 |
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| Edit | Post #292692 | Initial revision | — | 3 months ago |
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A: How can we grow this community? Broaden the scope (slightly) I noticed https://software.codidact.com/posts/292660 was closed due to being off-topic. That's fine on a site the size of Stack Overflow, where there are too many questions and filtering keeps it focused, but a site with too few questions that wants more activity shoul... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292394 |
This works, but it makes a hash out of the reasons it works, since commits aren't added or removed to branches, but rather branches are pointers to their latest commits. It might mislead someone trying to understand git better. (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292334 |
An example: a test database. The fixture may create a test database, delete it when the test finishes, and pass the database address as a parameter to the tests. All of this can happen fully automatically for all tests that have a `db_address` parameter if `db_address` is defined as a fixture. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292312 |
I would normally use 'git reflog' to see the branch name, then check out the branch by name. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292142 |
I don't think that "use a static site generator" and "use a static site generator in GitHub Pages" are really two different solutions. I was expecting the second one to be server-side includes. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290815 |
OK, but asker is not asking how long it would take, just what the steps would be. A good answer is: You would have to do this, this, this, this and this. But that will probably take a very long time, so consider taking these shortcuts. (more) |
— | 10 months ago |