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Is paper indispensable in a programmer's everyday work?

productivity work-environment pen-and-paper asked Oct 25 '10 at 1:40
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Did Vikings wear horned helmets in battles?

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Did humans see fish at the bottom of the world's deepest trench, the Mariana trench?

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How to deal with “software end-of-life” situations?

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Fostering a time period where everyone can try any ideas to make software run faster?

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What lessons did you learn from a project which nearly/actually failed due to bad multithreading?

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How much redundancy/robustness should complex software implement?

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How to document and teach others “optimized beyond recognition” computationally intensive code?

documentation code-reviews optimization asked Nov 24 '11 at 1:40
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Is a barcode misread less frequent than cashier giving out the wrong change?

technology asked May 23 '11 at 5:36
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Can a dead mouse sealed in a can of soda dissolve into a jelly-like substance in one year?

nutrition chemistry forensics asked Jan 6 '12 at 4:53
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