David Zaslavsky

State College, PA

Age: 27

I'm a fifth year graduate student in physics at Penn State University, doing research in high-energy particle phenomenology. I also have a hobby interest in computer programming.

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What's the difference between package managers?

package-management apt aptitude synaptic asked Jul 28 '10 at 20:00

askubuntu.com

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What really allows airplanes to fly?

fluid-dynamics aerodynamics aircraft lift asked Nov 6 '10 at 3:23

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61 votes

What are the use cases for different scoping constructs?

variable-definitions scoping asked Jan 23 '12 at 21:54

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53 votes

Can the StackExchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™ default to “inbox” rather than “hot questions”?

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32 votes

Is it common not to use libraries for standard numerical algorithms, and why?

numerics libraries c asked Dec 2 '11 at 1:02

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29 votes

Cross-site badges?

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28 votes

Revert the Community downvote on a closed question when it gets reopened

feature-request down-votes closed-questions reopened-questions asked May 13 '11 at 23:55

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26 votes

How do I take the FFT of unevenly spaced data?

fourier-analysis asked Jan 6 '12 at 23:20

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24 votes

What attributes make a figure “professional-quality”?

data-visualization asked Dec 12 '11 at 1:24

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How to round floats to integers while preserving their sum?

algorithm language-agnostic rounding asked Apr 27 '09 at 6:53

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Programming challenge: can you code a hello world program as a Palindrome?

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Python Lambda - why?

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Shuffle an array with python

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How can it be impossible to “decrypt” an MD5 hash?

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Why is there a scarcity of lithium?

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How Does Mass Leave the Body When you Lose Weight?

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Book recommendations

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Programming challenge: can you code a hello world program as a Palindrome?

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Tools for automating document compilation

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Is it still necessary to shut down computers?

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Hosting your own DNS

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Don't heavier objects actually fall faster because they exert their own gravity?

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What are good sites to find citations in BibTex format?

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How do I make cron run something every “N”th minute, where n % 5 == 1?

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MySQL - ERROR 1045 - Access denied

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How does one change user's home directory in Ubuntu 9.04?

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Double light speed

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Do Sheldon's equations reflect real math/physics research?

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Move an item inside a list? [Python]

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How do I sum the first value in each tuple in a list of tuples in Python?

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Getting started general relativity

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Where should I ask a question about using Wolfram Mathematica?

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Calling a base class's classmethod in Python

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Is a hard drive heavier when it is full?

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Programming challenge: can you code a hello world program as a Palindrome?

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How does the Higgs mechanism work?

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Should a reviewer critique language and text copy-paste issues?

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How to calculate or approximate the median of a list without storing the list

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How do I pass a method as a parameter in python

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Why import when you need to use the full name?

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