Useful git commands in daily work

In a developer's daily work, it is frequent to see lots of commits made. It would be a headache if one cannot use git commands well especially when in cases where some fixes need to be made on existing branches. There are some frequently used command such as git pull, git merge and git push. Apart from these, there are some other practical commands which may be useful for real use cases. This post will try to list some of them. git grep  It will lists all files containing the searched keywo...

   GIT,GIT COMMAND,GIT LOG     2022-05-01 03:17:15

  Microsoft’s “Picture Password”: A Breath Of Fresh Air On The Lock Screen, Of All Places

Remember that feeling you got back when Steve Jobs was unveiling the iPhone, and he did the “slide to unlock” gesture for the first time? I remember the way he said it – “You like that? Want to see it again?” Since then I haven’t seen a lock screen interface that has made me feel that same “how obvious, how elegant!” feeling – until today at the NVIDIA press conference, and later at the Microsoft keynote here at CES. It sounds a little silly...

   Microsoft,Windows 8,Picture Password,CES     2012-01-10 06:55:28

  Microsoft Edge extension manifest v2 migration to v3

In June 2023, Microsoft Edge would not allow Edge extensions with manifest version before v3 to be listed on Microsoft web stores as v3 extensions add more security privacy related restrictions on some of the functions. Hence all extensions with manifest v2 must migrate to v3. In this post, we would show how we did the migration for one of our extensions and the changes made. There is a checklist provided by Microsoft Edge team on what needs to be updated so that the extension can stil...

   MICROSOFT EDGE,EXTENSION,MANIFEST V3     2022-10-01 02:54:47

  Oracle database to execute multiple statements at command line

Oracle database is now a mature and popular RDBMS which is used by lots of enterprises. With its evolution, many utilities and applications are developed around it as well. Now Oracle database also provides cloud support. As a DBA, managing Oracle database is daily routine work and some tools may be used frequently. One of them is sqlplus, the command line tool for executing SQL command. sqlplus is installed while the Oracle database is installed. To start sqlplus, one just needs to open a termi...

   ORACLE,ORACLE DATABASE,SQLPLUS     2016-12-09 20:11:28

  Accessing Reddit top posts using OAuth

Previously one can use the https://www.reddit.com/r/rprogramming/top.json API to access one subreddit's top posts. This API doesn't require any access token to fetch the data. However, this API may not work all the time. Reddit may block the API's request if it finds that you are using a script or some app which accesses the API now and then. For an app or script which needs to fetch the data routinely, what should we do? Reddit provides one method which can be used to fetch this kind of to...

   REDDIT,OAUTH,TOP POSTS,HOT POSTS     2023-12-16 07:24:14

  VirtualBox Q&A(Host OS: Windows; Guest OS: Ubuntu)

This is a Q&A post after sharing Guide for installing Ubuntu in VirtualBox on Windows 1. If the resolution of the installed guest OS on the VirtualBox is too small(For example 640x480) and you cannot adjust it through System Settings -> Display, what should you do? A: In this case, it is mostly probably you don't have the VirtualBox Guest Additions installed. You can install the Guest Additions on your guest OS by: sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms Then restart the VM and you wil...

   VIRTUALBOX,HOST ONLY,RESOLUTION,Q&A,STATIC IP     2016-08-12 04:24:40

  Mac shortcut key cheatsheet

More and more people are using Mac computers or switch from Windows or other OS to MacOS, there are lots of shortcut keys which can help improve the work efficiency or ease operations. This post will try to list some commonly used shortcut keys in Mac. But before that, let's first know some common keys on a Mac computer keyboard. There are four major function keys: Command, Control, Option and Shift. Most of the shortcut keys will combine the functional key and other key. Basic Command key is t...

   SHORTCUT,SCREENSHOT,COMMAND,SHORTCUT KEY,MACOS     2019-02-05 07:13:06

  Is programmer really profession for youth only?

- dedicated to the new programmers just into the workplace.

One young Chinese friend asked me: is programmer meant only for less experienced youth? Should I consider transition once if I work on it until 30 years old?

   Programmer,Youth,Product,Project,Career,Analysis     2012-03-18 07:06:44

  Fix issue where no Java virtual machine found when launching Eclipse

In cases where a new Eclipse is installed or the location of the Java virtual machine binaries has been changed, you may face issue when launching Eclipse. The error would look like. And if you go to the location specified in the error message, there is no such path indeed.  And when clicks OK, the program just exits. The issue here is that it tries to find the java.exe binary and launch the program but it failed to locate it and hence exits. To fix this, you first need to ensure you have...

   ECLIPSE,JAVA,LAUNCH,ECLIPSE.INI     2019-09-07 05:31:27

  Lots of Chinese users experienced Samsung phone crashes

Starting from 23 May morning(Beijing time), lots of Samsung phone users in China suddenly experienced system crashes and couldn't use the phone anymore.   The symptoms the users saw were that the phone started to restart infinitely and the screen turned into dark screen and nothing can be done to get it recovered. Based on the reports, the impacted models include Samsung Galaxy S8, S9, S10 and S20 series,  Other models don't receive many reports yet. After receiving the reports,...

   SAMSUNG,SAMSUNG GALAXY,SYSTEM CRASH,AUTO UPDATE,NEWS     2020-05-23 05:23:55