Michael Durrant

Cambridge, MA

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How to do integer & float calculations, in bash or other languages?

bash shell command-line interactive calculator asked Jun 14 '12 at 14:43

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Xcode - configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

ruby xcode gcc compiler-errors rvm asked Feb 17 '12 at 5:54

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51 votes

Rails - Could not find a JavaScript runtime?

javascript ruby-on-rails ruby-on-rails-3 node.js ruby-on-rails-3.1 asked Aug 17 '11 at 11:30

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49 votes

How can I reduce the size of a long resume without hiding all my skills and experience?

resume career-development software-industry united-states work-experience asked Apr 19 '12 at 17:12

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29 votes

How can I cd to a directory just by typing the directory's name?

bash shell command-line directory cd asked Apr 24 '12 at 2:16

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19 votes

Invalid gemspec -Illformed requirement [“#<YAML::Syck::DefaultKey:0xb5f9c990> 3.2.0”]

ruby-on-rails ruby rspec gem gemspecs asked Jan 25 '12 at 15:00

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19 votes

Dropbox error - 'echo 100000 | sudo tee / proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches'

dropbox tee asked Jun 8 '12 at 14:11

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17 votes

My manager always seems too busy to meet with me. How can I improve that?

etiquette management meetings time-management project-management asked Apr 20 '12 at 2:55

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16 votes

rails 3.1 ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [GET] “/assets/rails.png”):

ruby-on-rails ruby routing ruby-on-rails-3.1 routes asked Aug 18 '11 at 11:39

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16 votes

An error occurred while installing debugger-linecache (1.1.1), and Bundler cannot continue

ruby-on-rails ruby gem gemfile asked Jul 6 '12 at 1:34

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git branch, fork, fetch, merge, rebase and clone, what are the differences?

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Default sort order for a rails model?

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rails simple_form - hidden field - create?

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db design - survey/quiz with questions and answers

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coffeescript - How to comment? “/* this */” doesn't work

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How to convince employees that IM and Facebook during work is unethical?

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Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header when trying to install pg gem on ubuntu

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Recommendations for teaching junior programmers good coding style

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How can I avoid team burnout?

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How can git auto-complete branches at the terminal command line?

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Which CSS framework(s) can help me with overall page layout?

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How can one recover after mispeaking in an interview?

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Protecting resume against recruiters, double-presentations, and MS Word?

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Are my negative internship experiences representative of the real world?

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Mistake for my coworker to respond in kind to his boss?

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Error installing rubyMine, no SDK specified, but it is listed

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how do you remember programming related stuff?

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Do I need to update my resume when not looking for a job?

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“fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories)” from git status

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How should I greet co-workers?

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Convert hyper-massive query from SQL Server to MySQL - Problems with a JOIN

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Forking project on Github process

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Agile and Scrum:- approaches, problems, common mistakes and lessons learned

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How can I switch 2 characters in vi?

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What's the role of Javascript / jQuery / Coffeescript in Ruby on Rails?

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Is the terminal in mac and linux the same?

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Should I upgrade from rails 2.3 to 3+ or wait until rails 4 is released and upgrade then?

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Am I damaging my reputation by arriving and leaving on-time?

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What benefits are there to native JavaScript development?

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How can I make sure my remote workers are not slacking off?

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