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Synetech

Canada

synetech.dyndns.org

Age: 34

“Hobby programmer”, though doing it for 20+ years.

Primary languages include

  • Assembler
  • Basic
  • C/(Visual) C++
  • Pascal
  • PHP

Secondary languages include

  • lots of stuff
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556 votes
7 answers

Is 23,148,855,308,184,500 a magic number, or sheer chance?

news magic-numbers Jan 12 '12 at 15:07 Mrchief
stackoverflow.com

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343 votes
1 answer

How do I get attention for old, unanswered questions?

support faq questions Oct 8 '12 at 0:57 bobobobo
meta.stackoverflow.com

62
342 votes
26 answers

Encouraging people to explain down-votes

feature-request status-completed voting down-votes Mar 5 at 9:01 CharlesB
meta.stackoverflow.com

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215 votes
7 answers

Tab for questions that are labeled with favorite tags

feature-request status-declined tags favorite-tags Jun 9 '12 at 20:49 Sathya
meta.stackoverflow.com

44
171 votes
4 answers

Differences between Microsoft .NET 4.0 Full Framework and Client Profile

.net .net-4.0 .net-client-profile May 6 at 2:57 Synetech
stackoverflow.com

105
163 votes
15 answers

How do I get rid of malicious spyware, malware, viruses or rootkits from my PC?

windows anti-virus virus malware community-faq Apr 11 at 15:26 Joel Coehoorn
superuser.com

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135 votes
6 answers

Show Total Votes (or Up/Down Votes)

feature-request status-completed voting user-interface Mar 30 '12 at 13:52 lunboks
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18
132 votes
20 answers

Should downvoting be allowed on comments?

feature-request status-declined comments voting down-votes Feb 25 at 23:09 Honest Abe
meta.stackoverflow.com

50
131 votes
6 answers

Should laptops remain plugged in when their battery is 100% charged?

laptop power-supply power-management battery-life charging Mar 15 '12 at 19:56 Community
superuser.com

17
97 votes
16 answers

Should I not answer my own questions?

discussion stackoverflow self-answer Jun 21 '11 at 13:11 Gnome
meta.stackoverflow.com

57
82 votes
9 answers

Maximum number of characters using keystrokes A, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V

algorithm Dec 27 '12 at 21:16 Vukašin Manojlović
stackoverflow.com

7
72 votes
10 answers

Should we be allowed to edit comments?

feature-request status-completed comments Sep 4 '11 at 4:17 muntoo
meta.stackoverflow.com

19
63 votes
18 answers

Displaying Windows command prompt output and redirecting it to a file

batch-file cmd stdout tee 17 hours ago Stephane Grenier
stackoverflow.com

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57 votes
28 answers

Why should exceptions be used conservatively?

c++ exception Sep 8 '10 at 14:46 strager
stackoverflow.com

27
43 votes
7 answers

How can I optimize a mysqldump of a large database?

mysql performance innodb mysql-5 mysqldump Sep 9 '11 at 16:45 RolandoMySQLDBA
dba.stackexchange.com

18
39 votes
15 answers

How to store and preserve lots of data?

backup file-management storage Aug 16 '12 at 21:16 ppumkin
superuser.com

12
37 votes
10 answers

CSS Reset, default styles for common elements

css css-reset Dec 21 '12 at 7:47 Sam Hasler
stackoverflow.com

13
35 votes
12 answers

Sell partitioning to me

partition Feb 16 at 6:06 Derwick Associates
serverfault.com

8
28 votes
4 answers

**How** harmful is a hard disk spin cycle?

hard-drive statistics lifespan Jun 30 '12 at 0:38 Gilles
superuser.com

17
26 votes
6 answers

How do I build a DIY NAS?

nas tutorial diy community-faq-proposed Dec 12 '11 at 0:11 IVI
superuser.com

11
26 votes
5 answers

Backing up Google Chrome

backup google-chrome May 12 at 15:47 user221815
superuser.com

9
25 votes
7 answers

Is turning off hard disks harmful?

hard-drive power-management Jul 21 '12 at 1:12 bobobobo
superuser.com

3
25 votes
2 answers

How do I turn off the click sound when closing a tab in chrome?

windows google-chrome Nov 28 '12 at 12:36 Oliver Salzburg
superuser.com

6
25 votes
4 answers

Is it possible to install both 32bit and 64bit Java on Windows 7?

java windows-7 32bit-64bit jre Dec 18 '12 at 3:07 Peter O.
stackoverflow.com

7
23 votes
4 answers

How can I configure the Windows 7 firewall to prompt me on outbound traffic?

windows-7 firewall Mar 25 at 0:12 Wayne Johnston
superuser.com

1
21 votes
0 answers

Some “Serious Sam” Levels End Prematurely

serious-sam Mar 27 at 1:42 SomeWittyUsername
gaming.stackexchange.com

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20 votes
18 answers

Games for learning

education Dec 1 '11 at 20:13 Jason Plank
stackoverflow.com

10
20 votes
3 answers

Share VirtualBox folders in reverse? Guest-Host?

virtualbox network-shares shared-folders Feb 11 '11 at 18:55 Diago
superuser.com

5
19 votes
5 answers

If I make the SALT random for each user, how do I authenticate them?

database hash passwords password-protection Sep 13 '09 at 7:12 vy32
stackoverflow.com

1
17 votes
2 answers

What is that ASCII Art From the Portal Credits

portal Jun 22 '12 at 16:00 fredley
gaming.stackexchange.com

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