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Tom Anderson
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I tried to go clean from programming, but i'm a recidivist.

I used to link to my Careers 2.0 profile here, but that's gone, so now you can come and watch me dispense justice on Reddit.

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Does British English have a word for dry, starchy savoury snacks that are not fried slices of potato?
May 21, 2011
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Origin of "the nature of the beast"
Aug 30, 2011
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What would you call someone who needs to watch the news every day?
May 21, 2011
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Does 'symbolic' mean the same as 'symbolical', and should one be preferred?
Apr 2, 2011
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Why is it said that "messages are sent to methods"?
Feb 26, 2011
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Is there a thesaurus which indicates the language of origin of each word? [closed]
Sep 7, 2011
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Is there a term to describe something difficult to find but easy to understand?
Apr 13, 2011
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In "Winnie the Pooh", Why isn't the Hundred Acre Wood plural?
May 20, 2011
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Is there a name for the figure of speech where parts of a name are replaced with similar words for critical or comic effect?
Jul 17
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Words describing the pat acceptance of a thought or practice simply because "that's how it's done."
Jan 8, 2012
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Is System.nanoTime() completely useless?
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How to define unidirectional OneToMany relationship in JPA
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How do I measure duration in seconds in a shell script?

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