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jhocking

Chicago, IL

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Interactive media developer living in Chicago. Work I do includes programming web games in ActionScript 3/Flash, using JavaScript in webpages, writing Python for both client and server applications, and building iPhone games using Lua/Corona SDK.

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Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the information he wants?

security pci-dss Mar 18 at 17:12 Jim
serverfault.com

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450 votes
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Algorithm improvement for Coca-Cola can shape recognition

c++ algorithm image-processing opencv Mar 21 at 7:07 Community
stackoverflow.com

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315 votes
17 answers

How can I explain SQL injection without technical jargon?

sql-injection Mar 11 at 8:13 martinstoeckli
security.stackexchange.com

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265 votes
115 answers

What was the first bit of mathematics that made you realize that math is beautiful? (For children's book)

soft-question recreational-mathematics education big-list teaching May 6 at 4:59 Jori Mäntysalo
math.stackexchange.com

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248 votes
14 answers

Should error messages apologize?

copywriting feedback error-message wording emotion May 4 at 2:25 3nafish
ux.stackexchange.com

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234 votes
19 answers

What's the purpose of using { … } for a single line?

c++ curly-braces defensive-programming curly-brackets Dec 8 '12 at 13:29 lukas
stackoverflow.com

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225 votes
32 answers

How can I deal with the cargo-cult programming attitude?

teaching Feb 16 at 20:13 xtian
programmers.stackexchange.com

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220 votes
4 answers

Using HTML5/Canvas/Javascript to take screenshots

javascript google html5 canvas screenshot May 13 at 11:03 Jamshid Hashimi
stackoverflow.com

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207 votes
12 answers

Should I use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on my message box?

forms buttons microcopy modal-dialog labels Jan 7 at 14:16 ivanhoe
ux.stackexchange.com

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200 votes
39 answers

Why isn't Java used for modern web application development?

java web-development Mar 20 at 11:30 Schoolboy
programmers.stackexchange.com

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186 votes
25 answers

100% uptime for a web application

windows-server-2008 failover Sep 9 '12 at 21:18 gWaldo
serverfault.com

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179 votes
7 answers

Extracting extension from filename in Python

python filenames Mar 12 at 10:09 nosklo
stackoverflow.com

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156 votes
12 answers

Is there an optimum set of colors for 10 players?

multiplayer color Jan 28 at 1:16 David Thielen
gamedev.stackexchange.com

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138 votes
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How do you maintain focus when a particular aspect of programming takes 10+ seconds to complete?

productivity focus Apr 7 '12 at 9:58 BЈовић
programmers.stackexchange.com

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131 votes
14 answers

Do people really want to look at multiple windows at once?

windows-os information windows-8 window multitasking Jan 8 at 13:29 FrankL
ux.stackexchange.com

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120 votes
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How to respond when you are asked for an estimate?

development-process time-management estimation Mar 13 '12 at 16:22 Olha
programmers.stackexchange.com

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115 votes
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What are the worst false economies in software development?

pricing efficiency economics inefficiency Feb 16 '12 at 18:58 jk.
programmers.stackexchange.com

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115 votes
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Software Engineer VS “Harder” Jobs

job-definition Oct 18 '11 at 4:50 Anna Lear
programmers.stackexchange.com

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101 votes
61 answers

What's the most absurd myth about programming issues?

experience self-improvement code-quality mistakes warning-signs Jul 1 '11 at 20:21 Robert Harvey
programmers.stackexchange.com

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100 votes
34 answers

30 minutes to explain programming to a 15 year old

teaching students profession Jul 8 '11 at 22:53 Dr McKay
programmers.stackexchange.com

12
81 votes
20 answers

Elegant ways to handle if(if else) else

coding-style Dec 7 '11 at 8:35 Jan Hudec
programmers.stackexchange.com

11
73 votes
3 answers

How to deal with sexual advances from students

sexual-misconduct Feb 26 at 11:07 F'x
academia.stackexchange.com

11
73 votes
16 answers

How to deal with players who like to use the local authorities to solve their problems

gm-techniques system-agnostic problem-players Jan 20 at 17:00 mxyzplk
rpg.stackexchange.com

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72 votes
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Is it good practice to force users to give us their email address before showing them our site?

e-commerce email Apr 19 at 7:42 David Clarke
ux.stackexchange.com

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71 votes
9 answers

How can I tell people to get to the point?

communication meetings Feb 4 at 15:31 Edwin Buck
workplace.stackexchange.com

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65 votes
16 answers

Do the young minds need to learn the pointer concepts?

programming-languages java c# c computer-science Jul 26 '12 at 8:12 Community
programmers.stackexchange.com

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64 votes
9 answers

How does a player correct a GM mistake without being a rules lawyer or pushover?

gm social players problem-players Jan 29 at 2:46 Mark Booth
rpg.stackexchange.com

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58 votes
5 answers

Why shouldn't a GET request change data on the server?

http http-request Mar 5 at 21:43 Efstathios Chatzikyriakidis
programmers.stackexchange.com

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57 votes
8 answers

What is the purpose of having lives?

game-design Jul 18 '11 at 1:51 Randolf Richardson
gamedev.stackexchange.com

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55 votes
8 answers

Can you take a “screenshot” of the page using Canvas?

html5 canvas screenshot positioning Feb 10 at 9:36 gouravmakhija18
stackoverflow.com

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