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Simple “Long Polling” example code?

php http comet asked Dec 2 '08 at 11:14

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88 votes

How do you organise multiple git repositories, so that all of them are backed up together?

git backup asked Aug 31 '08 at 13:54

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83 votes

“Pretty” Continuous Integration for Python

python continuous-integration asked Oct 22 '08 at 12:49

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67 votes

Accepting answer without upvoting?

feature-request status-declined answers voting accepted-answer asked Jun 29 '09 at 15:45

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59 votes

What interesting stats can I obtain from the Stack Overflow data-dump?

discussion stackoverflow data-dump statistics asked Jun 4 '09 at 14:46

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53 votes

Ruby equivalent of virtualenv?

python ruby virtualenv asked Jan 28 '09 at 9:24

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48 votes

Contribute to bounty?

feature-request reputation bounty asked Jul 3 '09 at 20:25

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44 votes

Additional search features/syntax?

feature-request status-completed search asked Jun 30 '09 at 13:39

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42 votes

RSS feed for my “Recent Activity” page?

feature-request status-completed rss asked Jun 29 '09 at 14:58

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40 votes

Convert NSData bytes to NSString?

cocoa bittorrent asked Feb 15 '09 at 6:10

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Static methods in Python?

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286

Simple “Long Polling” example code?

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276

How do I clear my local working directory in git?

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198

Can we have the ability to rescind a close vote before it closes?

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155

What are the dark corners of Vim your mom never told you about?

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128

How can I find the location of origin/master in git, and how do I change it?

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118

Git for beginners: The definitive practical guide

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103

Any way to send a personal message to another user?

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In the bash shell, what is “ 2>&1 ”?

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How to get Sinatra to auto-reload the file after each change?

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Combining two sorted lists in Python

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Simple regular expression for a decimal with a precision of 2

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In vim is there a way to delete without putting text in the register?

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Should smilies be turned into images in questions and answers?

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Which exception should I raise on bad/illegal argument combinations in Python?

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Executing Shell Scripts from the OS X Dock?

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Profiling in Python: Who called the function?

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<kbd> elements are way intrusive

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Can you bring the color back to meta?

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Git for beginners: The definitive practical guide

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How would I package and sell a Django app?

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SQLite vs MySQL

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The following bash command will spawn processes to kernel death. Can you explain the syntax?

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How can I write a linux bash script, that tells me which computer are on in my LAN?

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Git for beginners: The definitive practical guide

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“setup.py upload” is failing with “Upload failed (401): You must be identified to edit package information”

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Is there a print_r or var_dump equivalent in Ruby / Ruby on Rails?

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How to make a GUI for bash scripts?

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Handling urllib2's timeout? - Python

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vim re-edit as root

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