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How can users be prevented from pouring water into the bean compartment of a coffee machine?

user-interaction user-behavior physical asked Feb 5 at 14:13
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Should a sentence ending with a URL terminate with a period?

copywriting urls asked Dec 20 '11 at 11:19
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The Terms of Service prohibit editing other users' content

bug status-completed terms-of-service asked Mar 22 '12 at 9:08
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How is “int* ptr = int()” value initialization not illegal?

c++ visual-c++ pointers initialization built-in-types asked Nov 9 '11 at 16:10
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69 votes

What's the use of memset() return value?

c++ c memset asked Dec 5 '12 at 9:54
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61 votes

When should I not use WD-40?

lubrication asked May 10 '11 at 14:04
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57 votes

Why do I get an exception when passing “null” constant but not when passing a “null” string reference?

c# .net reference argumentnullexception asked Dec 14 '12 at 11:10
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50 votes

How to extinguish a small fire in a server rack to minimize damage to surrounding equipment?

hardware datacenter rack server-room asked Oct 25 '11 at 9:04
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45 votes

Please do something to encourage people to scale down their giant heavyweight photos

feature-request hyperlinks images imgur asked Aug 9 '11 at 7:13
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41 votes

How is fire spread in server rooms and datacenters?

hardware server-room datacenter asked Jul 6 '10 at 8:44
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When to confront a good project leader or boss
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Static methods
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Why doesn't delete set the pointer to NULL?
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What's the best way to account for saw blade width (kerf) when cutting boards?
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Why is the destructor of the class called twice?
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Friend declaration in C++ - difference between public and private
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Does using callbacks in C++ increase coupling?
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How-to ensure that compiler optimizations don't introduce a security risk?
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Which is faster/preferred: memset or for loop to zero out an array of doubles?
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Why should I not wrap every block in “try”-“catch”?
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How to print '\n' instead of a newline?
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std::pair<int, int> vs struct with two int's
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Difference in behavior while using dynamic_cast with reference and pointers
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How do you generate random strings in C++?
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(Ab)using constructors and destructors for side effects bad practice? Alternatives?
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Why is this singleton construction code NOT thread safe?
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c++ should i bother deleting pointers to application lifetime variables?
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Are there any O(1/n) algorithms?
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C++, array of objects without <vector>
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How long to learn C?
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