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Adobe no longer supports their PDF reader on Linux and the official page does not offer it for download. \
Right-click on the frame Select Frame... Open Background Set As to "Color" Set the background color...
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If you have issues with PDFs, fix them like this: pdftk .pdf output .pdf Background I had an issue where...
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This actually works: class Klass def initialize `hi world` end def `(message) puts "Called with backticks: #{message}" end end
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I had a huge MySQL dump that took forever (as in: days) to import, while I actually just wanted to...
In Ruby, classes and modules are called constants. This card explains how Ruby resolves the meaning of a constant.