I'm editing some markdown files of a cloned remote repository, and wanted to test creating and applying patches from one branch to another. However, every time I make any change at all, I get the following message during git apply : ...

...) which can dump a collection. This utility uses the native libmongoclient and is likely the fastest method. mongoexport -d <database> -c <collection_name> Also helpful: -o: write the output to file, otherwise standard output is used (docs) --jsonArray: generates a valid json docume...

Some colleagues and I were comparing past languages we had programmed in and were talking about our experience with VBScript with its odd features such as 1-based index instead of 0-based indexes like almost every other language has, the reasoning being that it was a language for users (e.g....

... update As BrianCampbell points out here, SQLite 3.7.11 and above now supports the simpler syntax of the original post. However, the approach shown is still appropriate if you want maximum compatibility across legacy databases. original answer If I had privileges, I would bump ri...

...ocators. Some people need a dynamically sized array, so std::array is out. And some people get their arrays from other code that is known to return an array; and that code isn't going to be rewritten to return a vector or something. By allowing unique_ptr<T[]>, you service those needs. In sh...

...asiest way is to take the current answer (the time to draw the last frame) and combine it with the previous answer. // eg. float smoothing = 0.9; // larger=more smoothing measurement = (measurement * smoothing) + (current * (1.0-smoothing)) By adjusting the 0.9 / 0.1 ratio you can change the 'tim...

... is a silver bullet, which it is not. It certainly helps greatly however, and should be used in any authenticated session. There is really no need to know what an original password is. All that is required is a reliable way to generate (and reliably re-generate) an authentication "key" based on t...

...ial width of a block level element like div or p is auto. This makes it expand to occupy all available horizontal space within its containing block. If it has any horizontal padding or border, the widths of those do not add to the total width of the element. Width 100% On the other hand, if y...

I was doing some reading on enums and find them very similar to declaring constants. How would I know when to use a constant rather than an enum or vice versa. What are some of the advantages of using enums? ...

I mounted a new VirtualBox Machine with Vagrant, and inside that VM I installed Mysql Server. How can I connect to that server outside the vm? I already forward the port 3306 of the Vagrantfile , but when I try to connect to the mysql server, it`s resposts with the error: 'reading initial communica...