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How to force Internet Explorer (IE) to REALLY reload the page?
When using Internet Explorer 8 to test my web application I often find it doesn't reload the page, so I don't see my changes. This has resulted in a lot of wasted time and frustration wondering why my fix "didn't work" - when in fact the browser…
EMP
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What is the difference between “Size” and “Size on disk?”
Looking at the properties for a Windows file I get two attributes, “Size” and “Size on disk,” and "Size on disk" is always larger.
What do these two metrics mean?
Gavin Miller
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How can I tunnel all of my network traffic through SSH?
Whenever I'm using the internet from an insecure location (such as public wifi) I like to use an ssh tunnel (ssh -D port host) to ensure my traffic can't be sniffed. Unfortunately, there seem to be many applications which do not provide a way to…
Jeremy
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How can I roll back 1 commit?
I have 2 commits that I did not push:
$ git status
# On branch master
# Your branch is ahead of 'faves/master' by 2 commits.
How can I roll back my first one (the oldest one), but keep the second one?
$ git log
commit…
n179911
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How to prove the authenticity of a screenshot?
I have take some screenshots of chat from Whatsapp web using Windows 8 Snipping Tool. I saved those images in PNG format.
Now I want to prove that those images are the original, not tampered or edited.
Can you please let me know how can I prove…
Optimus
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how to avoid being asked "Enter passphrase for key " when I'm doing ssh operation on a remote host?
I'm ssh into a remote host (linux, fedora) and I want to do ssh operation(git with bitbucket) there. There is ssh-agent running on that machine,
$ ps -e|grep sh-agent
2203 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
but when I want to git, it requires me to enter…
lily
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Linux: find out what process is using all the RAM?
Before actually asking, just to be clear: yes, I know about disk cache, and no, it is not my case :) Sorry, for this preamble :)
I'm using CentOS 5. Every application in the system is swapping heavily, and the system is very slow. When I do free -m,…
Tim
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Pros and cons of bzip vs gzip?
I've known gzip for years, recently I saw bzip being used at work. Are they basically equivalent, or are there significant pros and cons to one of them over the other?
ripper234
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Force a program to run *without* administrator privileges or UAC?
Is there any way that I can force a program that normally requires administrator privileges (via UAC) to run without them? (ie: no UAC prompt and no system-wide access.)
Added: Without modifying the executable itself.
In spite of James's answer, I…
Andrew Russell
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How to set the default program for opening files without an extension in Windows?
How to set the default program for opening files without an extension in Windows?
Piotr Dobrogost
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How can I scan the local network for connected devices in Mac OS?
I'm basically looking for something like this but available on Mac. I am using Mac OS X 10.6.
I am trying to connect a new workstation to our wireless multifunction printer and I'm having a hell of a time getting the device to spit out an IP for me…
macek
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How do I disable Aero Shake in Windows 7?
I'm always accidentally minimizing most of my windows. This is really annoying. How do I disable Aero Shake?
スーパーファミコン
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Windows 10 - How to move window to other monitor by using keyboard shortcuts?
I try to switch a window from my second monitor to the first, because my OS always opens some windows where they were last closed.
E.g. if I open up VLC Player to watch a video and then move the window to monitor B, close it and reopen it, then it…
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