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What is the best Battleship AI?

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SVN copy between repositories with history

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ASP MVC: When is IController Dispose() called?

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18 votes

Flair as Images: ASP MVC Style

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17 votes

How can you prove that the square root of two is irrational?

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16 votes

SQL Server: Can I Comma Delimit Multiple Rows Into One Column?

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14 votes

What do I need in order to use TeX on Windows as an eventual replacement for Word?

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13 votes

What class of beer is Newcastle, and what do I need to brew my own?

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12 votes

If a “Utilities” class is evil, where do I put my generic code?

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12 votes

Allow 10k users to suggest tag synonyms on new and developing tags

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