How safe is it to use UUID to uniquely identify something (I'm using it for files uploaded to the server)? As I understand it, it is based off random numbers. However, it seems to me that given enough time, it would eventually repeat it self, just by pure chance. Is there a better system or a patter...

I am calling different processes with the subprocess module. However, I have a question. 5 Answers ...

I've just started to develop REST services, but I've come across a difficult situation: sending files from my REST service to my client. So far I've gotten the hang of how to send simple data types (strings, integers, etc) but sending a file is a different matter since there are so many file formats...

I started by googling, and found this article which talks about mutex tables. 10 Answers ...

I make an outer join and executed successfully in the informix database but I get the following exception in my code: 24 ...

I am trying to understand the difference between these four methods. I know by default that == calls the method equal? which returns true when both operands refer to exactly the same object. ...

I was wondering if it is possible to save C# code fragments to a text file (or any input stream), and then execute those dynamically? Assuming what is provided to me would compile fine within any Main() block, is it possible to compile and/or execute this code? I would prefer to compile it for perfo...

I have a function taking float arguments (generally integers or decimals with one significant digit), and I need to output the values in a string with two decimal places (5 -> 5.00, 5.5 -> 5.50, etc). How can I do this in Python? ...

It seems that Vector was late to the Scala collections party, and all the influential blog posts had already left. 6 Answ...

I saw an answer to a question here that helps restore a deleted file in git. 8 Answers ...