...o ensure data consistency and that would certainly apply to pg_dump. After all, what's the point of doing db backups if the restore is borked? – Dana the Sane Nov 13 '08 at 23:41 ...

...h slider images that let part of the thumb move out of the track was especially helpful as i couldn't work out how they were doing that. (the default slider has the pointy edge bits move past the end of the track to make a square end on one side) – Glenn.nz Apr...

... Warning: not all days are 24 hours long. If your date range spans a daylight saving change, you'll lose or gain an hour (typically). Use Math.round() on the result (avoid floor or ceil). – Mark Sep 2...

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...ss you re-map it). : starts command mode and set -g sets the parameter globally. When mouse mode is turned off, the standard copy/paste functions provided by your operating system work as expected. Something else you might want to do is 'maximise' the current pane, so you can copy multiple lines e...

...n(e){ e.preventDefault(); }); // Uses body because jQuery on events are called off of the element they are // added to, so bubbling would not work if we used document instead. $('body').on('touchstart', selScrollable, function(e) { if (e.currentTarget.scrollTop === 0) { e.currentTarget.scrol...

... the user types "clear"; so the lifetime of this must be determined dynamically, and this is why dynamic memory management is necessary. So in this sense, automated dynamic memory allocation is necessary, and in practice this means: yes, Haskell requires a garbage collector, since garbage collectio...

... and I recognize that UML can be used to benefit a software project, especially use-case mapping, but is it really practical? I've done a few co-op work terms, and it appears that UML is not used heavily in the industry. Is it worth the time during a project to create UML diagrams? Also, I find...

I'm trying to get cron to call in the correct PATHs. When I run a Python script from shell the script runs fine as it uses the PATHs set in bashrc but when I use cron all the PATHs are not used from bashrc. Is there a file I can enter the PATHs into for cron like bashrc or a way to call the PATHs fr...

... What is the reasoning of those telling you this is bad? I do this all the time. It is the simplest, expressive way to name a single variable of a type. If you needed two Person objects then you could prefix person with meaningful adjectives like fastPerson slowPerson otherwise just pe...