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How do I concatenate two lists in Python?

How do I concatenate two lists in Python? Example: listone = [1, 2, 3] listtwo = [4, 5, 6] Expected outcome: >>> joinedlist [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
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What does cherry-picking a commit with Git mean?

What does git cherry-pick do?
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How do I disable the resizable property of a textarea?

I want to disable the resizable property of a textarea. Currently, I can resize a textarea by clicking on the bottom right corner of the textarea and dragging the mouse. How can I disable this?
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How do I clone a list so that it doesn't change unexpectedly after assignment?

While using new_list = my_list, any modifications to new_list changes my_list every time. Why is this, and how can I clone or copy the list to prevent it?
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How can I merge properties of two JavaScript objects dynamically?

I need to be able to merge two (very simple) JavaScript objects at runtime. For example I'd like to: var obj1 = { food: 'pizza', car: 'ford' } var obj2 = { animal: 'dog' } obj1.merge(obj2); //obj1 now has three properties: food, car, and…
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How do I check if a list is empty?

For example, if passed the following: a = [] How do I check to see if a is empty?
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How to add images to README.md on GitHub?

Recently I joined GitHub. I hosted some projects there. I need to include some images in my README File. I don't know how to do that. I searched about this, but all I got was some links which tell me to "host images on web and specify the image path…
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event.preventDefault() vs. return false

When I want to prevent other event handlers from executing after a certain event is fired, I can use one of two techniques. I'll use jQuery in the examples, but this applies to plain-JS as well: 1. event.preventDefault() $('a').click(function (e) { …
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Add a column with a default value to an existing table in SQL Server

How can I add a column with a default value to an existing table in SQL Server 2000 / SQL Server 2005?
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JavaScript closure inside loops – simple practical example

var funcs = []; // let's create 3 functions for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) { // and store them in funcs funcs[i] = function() { // each should log its value. console.log("My value:", i); }; } for (var j = 0; j < 3; j++) { // and now…
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How do I find out which process is listening on a TCP or UDP port on Windows?

How do I find out which process is listening on a TCP or UDP port on Windows?
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Detecting an undefined object property

How do I check if an object property in JavaScript is undefined?
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How do you disable browser autocomplete on web form field / input tags?

How do you disable autocomplete in the major browsers for a specific input (or form field)?
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How do I test a class that has private methods, fields or inner classes?

How do I use JUnit to test a class that has internal private methods, fields or nested classes? It seems bad to change the access modifier for a method just to be able to run a test.
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How do I make a time delay?

How do I put a time delay in a Python script?
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