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Jay Elston
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Life student in search of a thesis.

Semi-retired polyglot programmer, occasionally known take on software development contracts. Right now I am busy for several months.

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Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom "carrying coals to Newcastle"?
Aug 15, 2011
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Is there an idiom for "Your decision can change at the last moment"
Jun 8, 2018
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What's the difference between these names of moving water?
Jun 25, 2011
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What is the name of part of onion we peel?
Sep 26, 2013
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Meaning and origin of "if you catch my drift"
Jul 2, 2011
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What's the difference between "pervasive" and "ubiquitous"?
Dec 18, 2012
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What is a suitable word to describe a place where two rivers meet?
May 16, 2011
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Word for "letter or letter-like character"?
Nov 10, 2011
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Why is "that" used here?
Dec 1, 2011
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Term for words such as "dognitary"
Dec 20, 2013
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How can spell checking be turned off for a portion of a OneNote page
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How to run Unix commands from within Vim?
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What is the difference between 'layer of abstraction' and 'level of indirection'?
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What does "downstream/upstream design" mean?
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Is there a C++ design pattern that implements a mechanism or mutex that controls the amount of time a thread can own a locked resource?

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