Charles Roper

United Kingdom

https://www.field-studies-council.org/

Digital designer and developer with over 30 years' experience. Currently Digital Services Manager at Field Studies Council. Previously Technical Lead at Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre.

Stack Overflow user #1944 and beta badge holder.

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How to select the nth row in a SQL database table?

mysql sql database oracle postgresql asked Aug 19, 2008 at 17:13

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124 votes

Git Bash Here in ConEmu

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114 votes

What does "The following packages have been kept back" mean?

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100 votes

What does @-moz-document url-prefix() do?

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87 votes

How do I make Firefox auto-refresh on file change?

html css firefox browser asked Aug 28, 2009 at 12:29

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65 votes

How do I fix incorrect inline Javascript indentation in Vim?

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51 votes

Git error: fatal: unable to connect a socket (Invalid argument)

windows git proxy msysgit asked Jan 30, 2009 at 16:54

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51 votes

Why are changes to my PATH not being recognised?

windows windows-vista command-line path asked Feb 11, 2010 at 12:45

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47 votes

Git Bash Here in Console2?

git console msysgit console2 asked Aug 5, 2010 at 19:38

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46 votes

How do I preview a destructive SQL query?

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What non-programming books should programmers read?

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Git Bash Here in ConEmu

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Limitations in running Ruby/Rails on windows

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101

Is it better to use a laptop on battery or on AC power?

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How do I make Firefox auto-refresh on file change?

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How do I fix incorrect inline Javascript indentation in Vim?

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VS Code shortcut to focus integrated terminal

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What non-programming books should programmers read?

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LESS or Sass (SCSS) when doing non-ruby projects?

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What features are missing in Gmail that are present in other mail clients?

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Git Bash Here in Console2?

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"Must-Have" Open Source software?

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Why are changes to my PATH not being recognised?

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How to get Chrome favicons to appear in Windows 10 start menu?

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Why doesn't Edge Support AVIF images?

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sqlite3-ruby gem: Failed to build gem native extension

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How do I stop Apple Software Updater from trying to install iTunes? (Windows)

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How do I add a keyboard shortcut to clear scrollback buffer in Windows Terminal?

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SQLite vs MySQL

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What are the main differences between XHTML and HTML?

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Is hosting a Ruby application on Windows Server a viable setup?

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What does it mean for a programming language to be "on rails"?

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What should every programmer know?

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Which is the best application to Sync two folders?

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What interesting types of things can Dropbox be used for?

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"msvcrt-ruby18.dll was not found" with Ruby

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What should every programmer know?

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What non-programming books should programmers read?

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Most useful Vim plugin?

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