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How can I get bash to perform tab-completion for my git aliases?
I have a bunch of bash completion scripts set up (mostly using bash-it and some manually setup).
I also have a bunch of aliases setup for common tasks like gco for git checkout. Right now I can ...
0
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0answers
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Trying to go mouse-free [duplicate]
I am trying to be more productive by using just the keyboard, so I want to go cold turkey and remove my mouse completely. What keys can I use to simulate a right click without a mouse or a trackpad?
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How does VPN hack and proxy tricks work
There are many script kiddies out their sharing VPN tricks to hack ISP, increase speed or to attain free internet.
All of them suggest VPN with support for UDP protocol.
Many of them are for Indian ...
0
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0answers
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Cannot install Project 2013 or Visio 2013
On my new PC with Windows 8 Pro x64, I installed Office 2013 Professional Pro 32-bit (because I don't want pain with Word/Outlook add-ins).
Office runs okay without problems, however when trying to ...
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8answers
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Is there any benefit from installing Windows 7 64-bit when you have less than 4GB or RAM?
I've recently purchased Windows 7 Ultimate. I have an AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ with 2GB DDR2 RAM. I know RAM has gotten much cheaper, I know, I know, but I am not going to be able to upgrade my RAM for ...
6
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5answers
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Change the search engine used by about:home in Firefox
Firefox's default home or start page provides a search engine with some snippets below it. Is there any way to customize the search engine used through about:config or some other configuration file?
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4answers
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How to allow acces to a symbolic link in my ~/Sites/ for Apache under Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2
I need allow access to a sym-linked directory within ~/Sites from my Apache.
I Symlinked the directories like this
ln -s ~/path/to/the/source/directory/ ~/Sites/source-link-here
Now whenever I fire ...
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2answers
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What's the best way to deploy a large number of PC's? [closed]
I need to know the "better" way for doing PC's deployment, the PC's will be running Windows Vista and 7 and need to clone a lot of this particular configuration. My first thought was, doing a general ...
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3answers
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256 color support for vim background in tmux
while using vim within tmux I can see that 256 color support is enabled. with $tput colors
However changing the colorscheme in vim while in tmux will change the colorscheme on a per line basis but ...
0
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1answer
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why update-alternatives --config java shows nothing?
I install oracle java JDK.rmp.bin on fedora. And installing by ". /jdk.rmp.bin", JDK is installed under /usr/java/jdk folder.
I could compile java files using command "javac" and "java". I could also ...
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0answers
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What registry key or windows file determines which monitor are set as primary one in a multi monitor environment?
HDMI monitor is set as the default monitor, and another VGA monitor is used as the secondary monitor to mirror my desktop, the issue is: when the HDMI one is plugged out, xp system will set the VGA ...
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2answers
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Bitlocker won't initialize on a 4TB drive with 4K sectors
I'm trying to enable BitLocker on a 4TB drive with 4K physical sectors (Advanced Format) on a 64-bit Windows 7 box with SP1.
The drive is partitioned GPT (1 partition) and formatted with NTFS.
...
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0answers
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Saving project as a template for future projects in visual studio express 2012?
I have created my own project start up template that I would like to use for most of my future projects building Windows 8 apps with Visual Studio Express 2012.
I have looked online but cannot find ...
2
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1answer
25 views
Rearrange explorer windows in taskbar
I want to rearrange explorer windows in task bar in windows 7. I am able to rearrange windows of different applications but I can't rearrange windows of explorer
0
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1answer
892 views
how to install privoxy on centos 6
okay I have googled, but...I am unable to find anything on the net on how to install privoxy on my centos machine. I have tried yum install privoxy, I get: No package privoxy available.
I dont know ...
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1answer
900 views
Bad Block on Virtual Machine (Virtual or Physical Problem?)
I am dealing with a virtual machine that is receiving the following entry in the event log:
TIME OF EVENT: 7/30/2011 3:47:05 PM EVENT LOG: System EVENT
SOURCE: disk EVENT ID: 7 SEVERITY: Error ...
2
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1answer
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View number of glyphs in a given font for Linux
For a given ttf or otf font, how to get meta information? Information such as how many glyphs were used, what tool was used, what version of font we have, its label, etc?
For windows machine, I have ...
2
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1answer
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Deploy in Windows Server using fabric
I'm developing a Python + Django project in Linux, but the Production Server is a Windows 2008 server. I've been trying to deploy (update repo, update database, restart apache) directly from my ...
0
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1answer
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Projects sets in RubyMine
Is there a way to create project groups or slt.
Example: I work on applications which consists from multiple applications. I would like to be able to open all the projects related to that one ...
1
vote
1answer
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Mac keystroke problems with Synergy PC server
I'm running Synergy server 1.4.13 on Ubuntu (PC) and have a connected Mac client. It works well, except some keys like Home and End (defined as hotkeys in ~/.synergy.conf for the Mac client) do not ...
3
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1answer
147 views
Create a .png with zopfli
I wanted to give zopfli a try since I have some static .png's that I am using on a website.
I see how I can create .gz and .deflate-files. But how can I create a png that can be displayed in FF, ...
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1answer
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Move contents of subfolders up one level (hundreds of parent folders, all subfolder have the same name)
Is there a built-in way (WIN7) or third-party utility I can use that will allow me to move the contents of the subfolders of my hundreds of parent folders up one level?
To illustrate:
...
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0answers
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HDMI out Lacks(some) standard PC Display resolutions. Why is this?
When using an ATI 6570, one of my ports is HDMI I have plugged into Port: HDMI/DVI
Some resolutions use PC timing up to 1680x1050. But to use 1920x1080, it changes to "HDTV" and my readable text is ...
0
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2answers
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How to disable text overwrite mode in Netbeans (CentOS)?
Everytime I type some text, it is overwriting what I have typed. I assume that the mode is set to overwriting,
I want to insert the text not overwrite it, but I can't disable it because my insert ...
0
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1answer
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Not getting any output from video card or onboard- is my motherboard dead?
Probably a lost cause, but I thought I'd ask before I start replacing hardware.
I have a desktop that's been boxed up for a while, and when I set it back up I wasn't getting any video output. I ...
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0answers
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Diagnose Windows 8 Pro crashes generated by Kernel symbols
My Windows 8 Pro 64-bit crashes randomly at least once per day.
The memory dump for that crash says:
Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.2.9200.20512 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. ...
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0answers
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Is it safe to have wheezy sourcs list in Debian Squeeze?
Currently, I have a Debian Squeeze 64 bit version installed in my laptop. Since it is said that updates and support for squeeze will be provided only till the next 8 months, and will become unstable ...
0
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2answers
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Any script or command line tool that will allow me to sync a local folder with webdav?
I have a local folder that i want to sync with a webdav server.
There are a lot of files in my folder and i would need that after i edit some files or add/remove folder to be able to sync the changes ...
0
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1answer
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Running projects from NTFS partition on Ubuntu
I'm dual booting Windows 7/Ubuntu 12.04. I want to run C++/Java projects from a NTFS partition, where I keep generally all my files and projects. I fiddled with the fstab. One time I removed 'noexec', ...
0
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1answer
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How to copy the value from a cell to another (using a formula), but not formula from the source cell
I'm making use of NOW() function at many places in my spreadsheet, which is basically a checklist document.
So my requirement is that for each step, it should record the datetime at which that step ...
0
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1answer
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IIS Server - HTTP Error 401.3 - Unauthorized
I just installed IIS server for testing and I can't get it to work, it shows 40.3 Error.
HTTP Error 401.3 - Unauthorized You do not have permission to view
this directory or page because of the ...
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1answer
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Connect two monitrors to one computer
Specifics:
HP Pavilion Elite HPE-350t CTO Desktop PC
Windows 8 Pro
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz 2.80 GHz Processor
64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor
ATI Radeon HD 5450 Graphics ...
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1answer
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what is the proper SSH command for logging into Github
After following the standard roadmaps to setup a github environment, I inmediatley encounter errors. I like to see these clarified. I have put a more detailed question below after the code garble that ...
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2answers
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Operating effectively on one monitor in a split-monitor setup?
I have a dual-monitor setup but sometimes use one of the monitors for my game system. This leaves a single monitor (the one without the start menu) for my use.
Apart from turning the primary monitor ...
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1answer
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What software should I use for professional photo album design?
I am a graphic designer and I'm used to doing magazine advertisements, brochures, posters and that sort of thing.
Recently I was approached by a photographer who wants a graphic designer to produce ...
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4answers
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Why does the Charms sidebar keep appearing on my Windows 8 laptop when my mouse pointer is nowhere near the corners?
I bought a brand new Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows 8. This has a mouse touchpad, not a touchscreen.
When we are using the laptop and are moving the mouse around, the Windows Charms sidebar ...
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0answers
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Look for a free software which can correct my typos automatically on mac
I found myself often type wrong characters if I try to type fast, e.g. htis(this)
Is there any free software which can correct them for me automatically? It doesn't need to alert me, just correct ...
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1answer
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What is the proper terminology for computer/laptop casing hieroglyphs? [closed]
On the back of my laptop there are engraved images. There is one that represents the hard drive and looks like 3 discs stacked on top of each other. There is another for my battery, and it looks ...
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0answers
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How do I create a self-signed S/MIME signing certificate with OpenSSL and then sign a file?
I would like to create a certificate with OpenSSL and then use it to create an S/MIME format detached signature of a file. Is this something that makes sense in the context of S/MIME? How do I get ...
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0answers
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Firefox setting to turn off tabs load on start does not work
I'm running firefox21 on linux with just adblock and tab mix plus installed. I have set in the preference that i do not want tabs to be loaded unless clicked upon. However it does not work and firefox ...
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1answer
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How can I embed a slide from a presentation package in LyX?
I'm writing a document and I'd like to include a slide from a presentation in .PDF format verbatim. How can I do that? Do I want to mess with ImageMagick or something?
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1answer
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Java's installed, but getting “Could not create the Java virtual machine”
Trying to install: http://syedrezaali.com/code/SuperShape2D.zip
from... http://www.syedrezaali.com/blog/?p=1119
...on WindowsXP and Windows7 machine and keep getting an error:
"Could not create the ...
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2answers
1k views
Network devices disabled
I've been running the Lucid Lynx alpha since first release and only now, after recently putting my computer into suspend then restarting, has the networking failed completely.
Both wireless and ...
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0answers
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Find all MKV, extract English subtitles, remove all subtitles, delete original MKV from subtitles removed
So far:
@echo off
cls
set rootfolder=C:\
echo Enumerating all MKVs under %rootfolder%
echo.
for /r %rootfolder% %%a in (*.mkv) do (
for /f %%b in ('mkvmerge --identify-verbose "%%a" ^| find /c /i ...
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2answers
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How to find multiple files in linux system
I have massive of files in my system and every file has one corresponded file name. For example,
test.pdf has a test-project.zip
test2.pdf has a test2-project.zip
test.pdf and test2.pdf are the ...
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0answers
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Is it possible to have a dead core on a quad core processor?
A few weeks ago my iMac 27" Mid 2011 started restarting by itself. After a further investigation I found that it wont start with 4 CPU cores, but max 3. Is it possible that my 4th core is dead?
Thank ...
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1answer
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How to configure port forwarding for an IP camera
I need to configure port forwarding for my IP camera so that I can access it from internet. UPNP is not supported on my gateway.
My network configuration is the following:
Gateway (Ubuntu Server 12) ...
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1answer
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Convert between UTF-8 to 1255 online and locally?
I have this HTML file
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<HTML DIR="RTL" LANG="HE">
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; ...
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0answers
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How do I remove 1,000,000 directories? — not [duplicate]
I found that in a directory more than 1,000,000 subdirectories has been created due to a bug.
I want to remove all these directories, let's say in the directory WebsiteCache. My first approach ...
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1answer
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Can ImageMagick make thumbnails from video?
I'm trying to extract thumbnails from video via ImageMagick. I found some samples from their official site, but it makes GIF, not PNG. I want a solid thumbnail though.
Can it create the same output ...
