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Can you call yourself a programmer if you don't understand how a computer works
I don't know about you, but I have very little understanding about what goes on in the computer box.
To me, it's just a black box (maybe white or gray or flashy green for others), and it does its ...
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Usefulness of “milestones” in agile development
A lot of issue trackers support something called "milestones". I've never found a use for them. It seems that milestones are only useful when you do big, scheduled pushes, but not if you roll out new ...
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Kerberos web authentication
I'v developed an internal singe-page web-app (unix, apache & postgresql) protected by a simple login page. Currently, the users have their own login role with a password.
This is starting to get ...
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Print Java output in different color [on hold]
I want to create Java console application which prints messages into different color. Is this possible? For example, messages in green color.
I know that there is a solution for this in Perl.
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Create an category to route command depending on a specified type
For one project, I needed to find a solution to avoid code like this:
if (myIOSVersion == @"iOS6")
[self constructMenuForIOS6]
else if (myIOSVersion == @"iOS7")
[self constructMenuForIOS7]
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Interacting with Bitcoind using python [on hold]
I need to monitor several BTC addresses and automate payments using python, how can I handle this? For example I want to say if address a receives x from b send x to b, but without sending the payment ...
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An alternative to having fields that might not be used in a class
I'm writing a card/ board game in Java. Since the game has lots of cards that interact in different ways, my Player class has become sort of bloated with all these different fields used for keeping ...
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HL7 effectiveTime periods and interval
I'm working for a software company that creates tools to produce and consume HL7 v3 CCDA documents. I have question about effectiveTime element in clinical document architecture. Currently I construct ...
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Roulette random number and if statement c++ [migrated]
I am making a roulette table and wanted to ask a question, but also have help with fixing code.
1, currently I am using rand()%37 as my random number generator for the 0-36 numbers. Is there a better ...
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1answer
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what's the proper way to organize code that straddles multiple objects?
Let's say I have the following classes: person, widget, foo_bars.
A person can have multiple widgets and foo_bars.
When an admin deletes a person, I want my code to do a cascading delete... and ...
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What database structure is suitable for tracking File audits?
I need to track permissions and access requests to a file server in a database. I'm given the full path of the folder and am considering parsing the path (splitting on the "/" character) and creating ...
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Is there a difference learning VBA on Mac vs Windows
I'm a programmer who'd like to learn VBA, but I don't have a Windows box. However, I have a MacBook Pro with the latest version of MS Office for Mac on it (2011 I think). Since I work in a .Net shop, ...
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3answers
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General Programming Books [on hold]
I was once told to read the books titled 'The Pragmatic Programmer' and 'The Mythical Man Month'. I have very little experience programming (basic HTML, CSS and JS). If I were to purchase these books, ...
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Designing online exam [duplicate]
I need to design an online exam server for an exam like GRE in which question difficulty increases if you answer correctly and decreases if you answer wrong.
Questions are multiple choice ...
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1answer
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Designing online exam
I need to design an online exam server for an exam like GRE in which question difficulty increases if you answer correctly and decreases if you answer wrong.
Questions are multiple choice ...
