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Decades long amateur interest in lazy programming, cheap hardware, miscellaneous data, free software, online lurking, and other manifestations of human error and the madness of systems. Etc.

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Is there really no English equivalent to German's “Fachidiot”?
May 25, 2016
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Word for Pretentiously Academic but Useless
Jul 11, 2017
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"Cheaper by the dozen" phrase origin?
Feb 18, 2019
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What does "in low water" mean in this context?
Jul 31, 2017
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What is a word that means "something that is commonly known, but not commonly talked about"?
Jul 26, 2016
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"might want no fact of distinguished die" - grammatical deconstruction and meaning?
Jul 4, 2016
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Difference in pronunciation: "cookie" and "kooky"
Jul 2, 2018
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English equivalent to "a small fruit in an elephant's mouth"
May 30, 2016
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Chasing something that doesn't exist
May 24, 2016
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Old English word for "lonely"
May 22, 2016
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Is it true that Jim Crow laws were primarily promoted by the Democratic Party?
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Why don't Presidential debates disable the candidates' microphones while it's not their turn to speak?
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If a prisoner runs for President and wins, do they stay in prison while elected?
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Unix command that immediately returns a particular return code?
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What is a fast command line way to switch between multiple directories for system administration?