Tshepang

Gauteng, South Africa

tshepang.net

Age: 28

me do software development for fun and for a living

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What's the difference between $(stuff) and `stuff`?

shell command-line command-substitution asked Jan 13 '11 at 11:02

unix.stackexchange.com

60 votes

Change upvote/downvote tooltip on meta sites

feature-request status-declined voting meta tooltips asked Jan 15 '11 at 11:49

meta.stackoverflow.com

47 votes

How come 'ou' was reduced to 'o' in the US?

etymology american-english british-english orthography asked Jan 24 '11 at 23:57

english.stackexchange.com

40 votes

Allow flagging a Comment after voting it up

feature-request comments flagging-comments asked Aug 28 '11 at 6:57

meta.stackoverflow.com

36 votes

Why are trivial edits discouraged?

discussion editing asked Jan 9 '11 at 10:56

meta.stackoverflow.com

27 votes

What if 'kill -9' doesn't work?

process kill asked Jan 10 '11 at 19:51

unix.stackexchange.com

26 votes

If it's too early to award a bounty, indicate so earlier

bug status-declined bounty usability asked Feb 11 '11 at 9:18

meta.stackoverflow.com

22 votes

Why set the bar so high for viewing 'suggested edits' review tab?

discussion suggested-edits asked Feb 21 '11 at 11:08

meta.stackoverflow.com

18 votes

What are the pros/cons of Upstart and systemd?

init upstart systemd asked Jan 14 '11 at 20:00

unix.stackexchange.com

14 votes

How to convert an int[] array to a List?

java arrays collections asked Dec 1 '10 at 13:03

stackoverflow.com

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