Lisa

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bio	website	gplus.to/lisadp
	location	Adelaide, Australia
	age	30
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I'm an Australian software engineer and tweet as lisa dp.

Having followed Spolsky and Atwood's podcasts from when Stack Overflow (and the entire Stack Exchange) was just a twinkle in their eyes, I'm truly impressed at just how well it works. In time, we'll realise just how revolutionary Stack Overflow is/was.

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Jul 25	awarded	Yearling
Jul 24	awarded	Caucus
Apr 30	comment	Is the phrase “Please be informed that” grammatically correct? Yes it's grammatical. E.g. "Please be aware that the event will be cancelled in the event of rain". You could also say "For your information, the event will be cancelled in the event of rain" or "Please be aware the event will be cancelled in the event of rain" but the lack of 'that' makes it less formal.
Apr 30	comment	Preferred way to apostrophise in case of dual or multiple ownership by distinct entities @RegDwightΒВBẞ8 I have only heard of Ben & Jerry's icecream thanks to a TED talk by Seth Godin. Apart from that I've simply never seen it.
Dec 9	answered	Is there a single word for “money-mindedness”?
Dec 9	answered	Is there a single word for “money-mindedness”?
Dec 8	comment	“Call on” or “call at” or something else? Which is appropriate? But to say "Call me at work" or "Call me at home" are perfectly valid ways to ask "Call me on my work number" and "Call me on my home number" respectively.
Dec 8	answered	Usage of the word “behoove”
Dec 8	comment	Alternative to “Merry Christmas” Except that I feel all excluded because Christmas for me happens just after the summer solstice. How about "Happy non-demoninational winter or summer solstice period"? Just rolls off the tongue.
Dec 8	comment	Alternative to “Merry Christmas” Awesome suggestion!
Nov 16	answered	Is there a word for telling the truth (technically) in order to misguide?
Nov 9	comment	How should a (North American) Native English Speaker prounounce the word 'Afrikaans'? @Random832 That's right, a short 'i', but difficult to render without the IPA characters.
Nov 8	comment	A single word antonym of “absorb” Strong vote for emit.
Nov 7	answered	“Raspyness” vs “raspy-ness”
Nov 7	comment	Word/phrase to mean something that just happens once Similarly the phrase "You only live once"... despite what James Bond would tell you imdb.com/title/tt0062512
Nov 3	answered	Why does “His to lose” mean “He will (most) likely win?
Nov 3	comment	How should a (North American) Native English Speaker prounounce the word 'Afrikaans'? 'Ee talian' is the correct pronunciation in English too! I learnt as a kid through humiliation never to say 'Eye talian'!
Sep 28	answered	A pedant's plea for a proper pun
Sep 28	awarded	Critic
Sep 28	comment	A pedant's plea for a proper pun If I can have several windows open on my desktop or just one window, then clearly it's a plural. It's only singular when you're talking about the MS product.