What is tail recursion?
Whilst starting to learn lisp, I've come across the term . What does it mean exactly?
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Remove tracking branches no longer on remote
Is there a simple way to delete all tracking branches whose remote equivalent no longer exists? Example: Branches (local and remote) - - - - - Locally, I only have a master branch. Now I need to ...
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- 13 Aug at 13:38
How do I remedy "The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document." warning?
A C# desktop application (on the Visual Studio Express edition) worked, but then it didn't work 5 seconds later. I tried the following: - - - - I have two Windows Forms projects in the solution. One ...
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- 1 Nov at 19:8
Can't bind to 'ngModel' since it isn't a known property of 'input'
I have this simple input in my component which uses `[(ngModel)]` : ``` <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="test" placeholder="foo" /> ``` And I get the following error when I launch my app, even if the ...
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- 25 Apr at 04:43
How can I display a JavaScript object?
How do I display the content of a JavaScript object in a string format like when we `alert` a variable? The same formatted way I want to display an object.
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- 10 May at 11:21
Comments in Markdown
How do you write a comment in Markdown, i.e. text that is not rendered in the HTML output? I found nothing on the [Markdown project](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/).
How can I delete all of my Git stashes at once?
How can I delete all of my [Git](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git) stashes at once? Specifically I mean, with typing in one command.
Undo working copy modifications of one file in Git?
After the last commit, I modified a bunch of files in my working copy, but I want to undo the changes to one of those files, as in reset it to the same state as the most recent commit. However, I onl...
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- 11 Jan at 10:49
How do I commit case-sensitive only filename changes in Git?
I have changed a few files name by de-capitalize the first letter, as in `Name.jpg` to `name.jpg`. Git does not recognize this changes and I had to delete the files and upload them again. Is there a ...
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- 25 Jul at 21:23
Static methods in Python?
Can I define a [static method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_(computer_programming)#Static_methods) which I can call directly on the class instance? e.g., ``` MyClass.the_static_method() ```
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- 29 Nov at 00:11
Abort Ajax requests using jQuery
Is it possible that using jQuery, I that I have not yet received the response from?
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- 8 Jul at 00:24
How does Git handle symbolic links?
If I have a file or directory that is a symbolic link and I commit it to a Git repository, what happens to it? I would assume that it leaves it as a symbolic link until the file is deleted and then i...
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- 27 Oct at 10:1
How can I remove a commit on GitHub?
I "accidentally" pushed a commit to GitHub. Is it possible to remove this commit? I want to revert my GitHub repository as it was before this commit.
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- 16 Dec at 16:19
How to do case insensitive search in Vim
I'd like to search for an upper case word, for example COPYRIGHT in a file. I tried performing a search like: ``` /copyright/i # Doesn't work ``` but it doesn't work. I know that in Perl, if I ...
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- 2 Apr at 12:50
How can I count all the lines of code in a directory recursively?
We've got a PHP application and want to count all the lines of code under a specific directory and its subdirectories. We don't need to ignore comments, as we're just trying to get a rough idea. ``` w...
Who is listening on a given TCP port on Mac OS X?
On Linux, I can use `netstat -pntl | grep $PORT` or `fuser -n tcp $PORT` to find out which process (PID) is listening on the specified TCP port. How do I get the same information on Mac OS X?
What do two question marks together mean in C#?
Ran across this line of code: ``` FormsAuth = formsAuth ?? new FormsAuthenticationWrapper(); ``` What do the two question marks mean, is it some kind of ternary operator? It's hard to look up in Go...
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- 3 Apr at 11:10
How to exit from PostgreSQL command line utility: psql
What command or short key can I use to exit the PostgreSQL command line utility `psql`?
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- 18 Oct at 08:41
Detach (move) subdirectory into separate Git repository
I have a [Git](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28software%29) repository which contains a number of subdirectories. Now I have found that one of the subdirectories is unrelated to the other and shou...
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- 1 Aug at 08:25
Inserting multiple rows in a single SQL query?
I have multiple set of data to insert at once, say 4 rows. My table has three columns: `Person`, `Id` and `Office`. ``` INSERT INTO MyTable VALUES ("John", 123, "Lloyds Office"); INSERT INTO MyTable ...
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- 17 Oct at 13:25
How to detect a mobile device using jQuery
Is there a way to detect whether or not a user is using a mobile device in jQuery? Something similar to the CSS `@media` attribute? I would like to run a different script if the browser is on a handhe...
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- 16 Aug at 15:49
Why should text files end with a newline?
I assume everyone here is familiar with the adage that all text files should end with a newline. I've known of this "rule" for years but I've always wondered — why?
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- 12 Nov at 19:49
What's the difference between the atomic and nonatomic attributes?
What do `atomic` and `nonatomic` mean in property declarations? ``` @property(nonatomic, retain) UITextField *userName; @property(atomic, retain) UITextField *userName; @property(retain) UITextField ...
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- 2 Jun at 15:14
What is the difference between venv, pyvenv, pyenv, virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper, pipenv, etc?
Python 3.3 includes in its standard library the new package `venv`. What does it do, and how does it differ from all the other packages that match the regex `(py)?(v|virtual|pip)?env`?
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