Philip Couling

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How do I use swap space for emergencies only?

linux memory swap asked Feb 8, 2019 at 14:28

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48 votes

What specifically can swap do that RAM can't?

linux swap asked Dec 10, 2019 at 1:13

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28 votes

Is it possible to pass Path arguments into FastAPI dependency functions?

python fastapi asked Aug 5, 2021 at 14:23

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27 votes

How discoverable are IPv6 addresses and AAAA names by potential attackers?

domain-name-system ipv6 autodiscovery discovery asked Apr 15, 2019 at 11:25

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25 votes

Can't set 64 bit target for Setup Project in Visual Studio 2017

windows-installer visual-studio-2017 asked Nov 6, 2017 at 18:49

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21 votes

Forwarding an entire desktop over SSH without third party tools

ssh x11 display asked Mar 12, 2019 at 15:43

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21 votes

Serial down voting those who write serially bad answers

discussion down-votes serial-voting asked Nov 25, 2019 at 16:14

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21 votes

Why are bountied questions immune to close votes?

discussion vote-to-close bounties asked Jun 8, 2020 at 8:34

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18 votes

Can finalize be called after a constructor throws an exception?

java exception constructor asked Jan 23, 2013 at 15:33

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17 votes

Does await always give other tasks a chance to execute?

python async-await asked Jan 31, 2020 at 0:33

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Add timestamp column with default NOW() for new rows only

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Character with byte sequence 0x9d in encoding 'WIN1252' has no equivalent in encoding 'UTF8'

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What is the XY problem?

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Is multiplication faster than float division?

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Can not connect to local PostgreSQL

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How can I recursively delete all empty files and directories in Linux?

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Does C++ support 'finally' blocks? (And what's this 'RAII' I keep hearing about?)

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I think I have multiple postgresql servers installed, how do I identify and delete the 'extra' ones?

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How can it be that ssh somename works, while nslookup somename does not?

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Why can't hard links reference files on other filesystems?

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Does the Linux kernel need a file system to run?

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Why does catting a symlinked file and redirecting the output to the original file make the latter file empty?

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pgsql return table ERROR: column reference is ambiguous

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Unmount /boot after booting

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Is there a compelling reason why columns in SQL are nullable by default?

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Can I download and write a disk image to partition without saving as a file?

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IndentationError when pasting code in Python 3 interpreter mode

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How to install cross-compiler on Ubuntu 18.04?

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Postfix: How (and why) set up /etc/aliases.db?

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what is the difference between sqlite3 and pdo_sqlite

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In PostgreSQL, can we directly compare two timestamp with different time zone?

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Are two periods allowed in the local-part of an email address?

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Is it possible to protect a bash script against a hostile environment?

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Bash script should only kill those instances of another script's that it has launched

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Minimalistic ext4 filesystem without journal and other advanced features

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Piping 'false' does not give non-zero result code

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Can I have a single server listen on more than 65535 ports by attaching an IPv4 address

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How to convert a db in postgreSQL to utf8?

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IndentationError when pasting code in Python 3 interpreter mode

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How do you stop PostgreSQL from starting a cluster under linux (Ubuntu)

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