thomasrutter

Australia

bitdepth.thomasrutter.com

Age: 32

Web application developer well versed in Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Debian GNU/Linux, and stuff.

Creator of the Neon Javascript framework.

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What's a good strategy for choosing which photos to keep?

storage photo-management delete curation asked Feb 4 '11 at 5:20

photo.stackexchange.com

34 votes

What is the benefit of git's two-stage commit process (staging)?

version-control git workflows asked Apr 18 '11 at 8:46

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17 votes

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shutdown suspend policykit asked May 3 '12 at 4:18

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14 votes

Levenshtein distance: how to better handle words swapping positions?

php algorithm levenshtein-distance string-similarity edit-distance asked May 6 '09 at 5:21

stackoverflow.com

14 votes

The moderation on meta.stackoverflow creates a negative experience for users

discussion meta user-experience asked Jul 6 '10 at 16:04

meta.stackoverflow.com

12 votes

Naming your software and uniqueness

open-source naming marketing asked Apr 19 '11 at 6:14

programmers.stackexchange.com

11 votes

How to go about fixing a memory leak in PHP

php memory-leaks reference-counting asked Jun 18 '09 at 1:53

stackoverflow.com

11 votes

Javascript: how to tell if a node object has been inserted into a document/another element yet

javascript internet-explorer dom asked Apr 12 '10 at 5:56

stackoverflow.com

11 votes

Want an easy to use Linux disk encryption scheme

linux encryption disk-encryption asked Jan 12 '10 at 1:32

superuser.com

9 votes

Why do most distros (other than Debian) recommend/require a full reinstall when upgrading to a new version?

package-management distros upgrade reinstall asked Apr 20 '12 at 1:08

unix.stackexchange.com

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