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Mostly do C++,python,image processing,machine vision - anything with lots of 3D,maths and data. Background is experimental physics and optics.

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Is "used in anger" a Britishism for something?
Jun 22, 2011
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What is the word for when members of the same group attack each other?
May 17, 2011
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Why do British people pronounce “Ibiza” as “Ibitha”?
Apr 17, 2012
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What reasoning is behind the names of the trigonometric functions "sine", "secant" and "tangent"?
Sep 2, 2011
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Why do Americans say ‘tuna fish’?
Apr 5, 2011
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What does "no-op" mean?
May 18, 2011
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What's the difference between "big" and "large"?
May 9, 2011
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"In school" vs "at school"
Apr 11, 2012
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"Vision" is to "visually", as "hearing" is to what?
May 19, 2011
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Origin of "bug" in reference to software
Sep 7, 2011
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Why is air not sucked off the Earth?