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Why does visual studio 2012 not find my tests?

c# .net visual-studio unit-testing asked Nov 23, 2012 at 17:04

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60 votes

How do I teach git to a teenager

resource-request self-learning revision-control git asked Jul 24, 2017 at 9:03

cseducators.stackexchange.com

39 votes

Is there any value in teaching goto statement or flowcharts?

flowcharts goto asked Sep 27, 2017 at 16:36

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36 votes

mount info for current directory

filesystems mount disk-usage asked Aug 11, 2014 at 11:51

unix.stackexchange.com

34 votes

Screen corruption after hibernate — Is there another way to refresh the X11 display?

linux xorg desktop desktop-environment hibernate asked Jun 6, 2011 at 12:15

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33 votes

Problems with students stuck in web-browser and what to do about it

programming best-practice asked Feb 16, 2022 at 19:02

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28 votes

How do I use capsh: I am trying to run an unprivileged ping, with minimal capabilities

capabilities asked Apr 15, 2015 at 23:32

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20 votes

What are the different ways to set file permissions, etc., on GNU/Linux?

linux permissions filesystems gnu asked Nov 15, 2013 at 11:52

unix.stackexchange.com

20 votes

How students write their work, and learning outcomes

students-mistakes notation asked May 14, 2018 at 11:47

matheducators.stackexchange.com

17 votes

Making a bash script switch to interactive mode and give a prompt

bash asked Jan 20, 2014 at 12:23

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Split one file into multiple files based on delimiter

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How does a linux GUI work at the lowest level?

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Is there a reason why "." and ".." show up after doing ls -a?

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How to parse each line of a text file as an argument to a command?

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Preferred syntax for two lines long pipe

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How to sort human readable size

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How to stop an employee from holding the company hostage?

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`find` with multiple `-name` and `-exec` executes only the last matches of `-name`

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What does a person with an undergraduate degree in CS still need to learn to be employable as a developer?

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How does the ARM architecture differ from x86?

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How to rename file to .. (dot dot)?

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Thinking of switching to Programmer Dvorak layout

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Real life examples of 0-indexing

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Introducing file systems to students who really don't understand

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How do I find how long ago a Linux system was installed?

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How to undo `set -x`?

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What advantages do students who learn how to touch type have?

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Why can't I kill a `Sl` process?

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Should I teach that 1 kB = 1024 bytes or 1000 bytes?

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What is X Window System?

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Is there any way to read lines from command output?

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What is the 127.0.0.2 IP address for?

superuser.com

Explaining why styling should not be done directly in HTML

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Getting cron to work on docker

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Vim freezes after Ctrl-S

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Is there a point in installing antivirus on Ubuntu?

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Why do bytes following a variable expansion in a double quoted string override the preceding bytes?

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Is it important to teach pointers in a first course using Java?

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Why are most of the common processors' bit counts powers of 2?

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Disabling laptop monitor when external HDMI monitor is plugged in

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