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Paul Dixon

United Kingdom

blog.dixo.net

Age: 41

My mini-bio is here, but I've been professional software developer since 1992. I live in the UK, and I am currently the CTO of a USA-based electronic publisher.

Some of my popular spare time projects have included Geograph British Isles, pastebin.com and Ammotin recreational mapping application.

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What is the maximum length of a URL?
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Linux command to sum integers, one per line?
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Is there a human readable programming language?
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Is there a better way to do optional function parameters in Javascript?
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Need a unordered list without any bullets
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In CSS what is the difference between “.” and “#” when declaring a set of styles?
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Regex to get string between curly braces “{I want what's between the curly braces}”
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51
Logging In: Background Details
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What does '?' do in a Css link?
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Caller function in PHP 5?
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38
What good is new line character?
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37
MySQL LIKE IN()?
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MySQL Results as comma separated list
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35
Can I go back and edit comments on an SVN checkin?
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35
How do I calculate a point on a circle’s circumference?
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34
PHP: get classname from static call in extended class
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How can I give keyboard focus to a DIV and attach keyboard event handlers to it?
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29
How can I test a windows dll to determine if it is 32bit or 64bit?
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29
In csh, why does 4 - 3 + 1 == 0?
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27
Differentiating Between an AJAX Call / Browser Request
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How to delete files older than X hours
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Which scripting language is better for embedding in multi-threaded C/C++ application
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27
Who owns the content I post?
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26
Can you use an alias in the WHERE clause in mysql?
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26
Is short-circuiting boolean operators mandated in C/C++? And evaluation order?
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25
Is there a MySQL command to convert a string to lowercase?
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25
How would you explain your job to a 5-year old?
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25
PHP: How to remove all non printable characters in a string?
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How can I prevent Firefox's Autocomplete?
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Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated
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