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These days I work mostly in Python and JavaScript in Cambridge, UK.

My (slightly dusty) CV has more history and my blog does very occasionally get updated.

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102 votes

How to uninstall X Server and Desktop Manager when running as headless server?

raspbian xorg headless lxde asked Jan 29, 2013 at 19:40
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52 votes

Why does pip freeze report some packages in a fresh virtualenv created with --no-site-packages?

python ubuntu virtualenv pip asked Jul 8, 2011 at 15:51
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51 votes

Is it OK to return a HTTP 401 for a non existent resource instead of 404 to prevent information disclosure?

security http rest http-status-codes asked Oct 28, 2010 at 1:14
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33 votes

How to maintain pip install options in requirements file made by pip freeze?

python pip asked Jan 16, 2012 at 0:29
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31 votes

How to resolve Windows Update Error 8024402F on Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit?

windows-7 windows-update dd-wrt asked Mar 17, 2011 at 0:11
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29 votes

Why does python allow an empty function (with doc-string) body without a "pass" statement?

python syntax asked Jul 18, 2013 at 22:36
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29 votes

Why is my custom MySQL function so much slower than inlining same in query?

mysql performance user-defined-functions asked Aug 12, 2011 at 0:05
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22 votes

Using SMB server without root access

wi-fi root-access cifs asked Sep 28, 2010 at 22:12
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14 votes

How to list all openssl ciphers available in statically linked python releases?

python windows security python-2.7 openssl asked Feb 4, 2015 at 22:09
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12 votes

Perforce: How to resolve pending changes when files have been moved by another submitted change

perforce asked Aug 17, 2012 at 17:20
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Django: How to rollback (@transaction.atomic) without raising exception?
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How to get installed Windows SDK version?
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How to list all the files changed by a perforce change list
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How to resolve Windows Update Error 8024402F on Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit?
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convert String to MD5
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Why does python allow an empty function (with doc-string) body without a "pass" statement?
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Why is only one Flask teardown_request function being called when view raises Exception?
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23
What free web search api's are available?
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Unexpected token }
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21
Why do we not see much AJAX in secure applications like internet banking?
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19
How do I get diffs of all the files in a pending Perforce changelist?
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16
Loading large amount of data into memory - most efficient way to do this?
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16
How to Insert Smileys in PHP Code?
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15
Implementing breadcrumbs in Python using Flask?
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14
How do I unmask a link from my domain masked site to an external site?
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14
Find a string in Perforce file without syncing
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web.py and gunicorn
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12
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token function
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9
disabling autoescape in flask
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Get height of iframe with external URL
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9
How can I roll my own PyPI? For example, for 'egg' distribution
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LIKE clause is not working in SQL server
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8
How to enforce that HTTP client uses conditional requests for updates?
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8
$.post call is not happening in safari
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Python conversion from list to tuple
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REST - web service response - mime type?
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7
Generating shuffled range using a PRNG rather than shuffling
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How do I make a field autofocus?
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Using Flask-Cache to cache a lxml.html object
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Own params to PeriodicTask run() method in Celery
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