Joonas Pulakka

Finland

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Age: 34

Creative hardworker.

Jack of all trades, master of none, though often better than master of one.

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Why is number of bits always(?) a power of two?

architecture hardware theory bit asked Oct 22 '09 at 12:21

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26 votes

Why is Java's AbstractList's removeRange() method protected?

java list collections arraylist protected asked Feb 18 '10 at 14:15

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24 votes

How is the fork/join framework better than a thread pool?

java fork-join asked Oct 28 '11 at 8:31

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20 votes

How to get Locale from its String representation in Java?

java locale asked Mar 26 '10 at 9:47

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17 votes

Real-time Java graph / chart library?

java charts graph real-time asked Feb 17 '09 at 7:33

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16 votes

Scientific math with functional languages?

math functional-programming scientific-computing asked Jun 8 '09 at 18:31

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16 votes

Occasional InterruptedException when quitting a Swing application

java concurrency multithreading java-2d interrupted-exception asked May 20 '10 at 12:03

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16 votes

How to slow down your computer (for testing purposes)?

efficiency computer asked Dec 2 '10 at 8:21

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14 votes

If Swing models' getters aren't thread-safe, how do you handle them?

java swing thread-safety asked Jan 19 '10 at 8:19

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14 votes

How to keep your third party libraries up to date?

libraries stay-updated asked Nov 25 '10 at 17:15

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My Dad is impatient with the pace of my learning to program. What do I do?

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110

Is this a good idea to use humour during a job interview?

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110

How to explain an object?

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101

How to keep a big and complex software product maintainable over the years?

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What popular “best practices” are not always best, and why?

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Too much version control and bug tracking overhead per change?

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What hurts maintainability?

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Why do business analysts and project managers get higher salaries than programmers?

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Is the C programming language still used?

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What did Linus Torvalds mean by his quotation about portability?

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Why didn't == operator string value comparison make it to Java?

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Why are more programmers not freelance these days?

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Why no love for SQL?

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Why artificially limit your code to C?

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Postmortem scripts that run in case of your untimely death?

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TDD negative experience

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What would be a good name of practices you don't (usually) learn at university?

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why do some job posts say “high pressure environment”?

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Bug reopen vs. new

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Whats the greatest most impressive programing feat you ever witnessed?

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Will high reputation in Stack Overflow help to get a good job?

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Is it better practice to return if false or execute an if statement if true?

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Which Swing layout(s) do you recommend?

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How do people read big technical books?

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Is there a fundamental difference between backups and version control?

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As a Java developer what should I be expected to know?

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How many programming languages do you work with on a daily basis and how do you effectively manage language specific tasks

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When should we call System.exit in Java

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Free alternative to BugZilla

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Do people actually still use cin and cout?

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