Keith Thompson

San Diego, CA

keith-s-thompson.github.com

Age: 53

I'm a programmer and all-around nerd living in San Diego, California and working at JetHead Development Inc.

E-mail: Keith.S.Thompson@gmail.com

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Is gcc's attribute((packed)) / #pragma pack unsafe?

c gcc asked Dec 19 '11 at 22:28

stackoverflow.com

18 votes

Editing questions to fix incorrect code

discussion questions editing asked Jul 31 '12 at 9:01

meta.stackoverflow.com

17 votes

Is there a diff-like algorithm that handles moving block of lines?

algorithm diff asked Apr 8 '12 at 20:14

stackoverflow.com

14 votes

Why does `if $(true) ; then … fi` succeed?

bash ksh zsh sh asked Jan 22 '12 at 23:59

stackoverflow.com

10 votes

“A long time ago” and “far, far away” relative to what?

star-wars asked Feb 29 '12 at 21:06

scifi.stackexchange.com

10 votes

Odd Delaware marriage document

marriage-record documents delaware asked Feb 12 at 16:26

genealogy.stackexchange.com

8 votes

Why would the type of a bit field affect the size of the containing structure?

c gcc struct asked Apr 12 at 20:48

stackoverflow.com

8 votes

Title font makes I and l indistinct

discussion formatting information-display asked Aug 9 '12 at 20:21

meta.stackoverflow.com

8 votes

Multiple contacts with shared information

exchange contacts asked Jan 3 '12 at 23:22

superuser.com

8 votes

Andromeda/Milky Way collision: How, and how accurately, can a galaxy's lateral velocity be measured?

galaxies asked Mar 29 '12 at 23:11

physics.stackexchange.com

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Should developers enter bugs into the bug tracking system?

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What is &&& operation in C

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How dangerous is it to access an array out of bounds?

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why does ls -d also list files, and where is it documented?

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Why Use !boolean_variable Over boolean_variable == false

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Are there any worse sorting algorithms than Bogosort (a.k.a Monkey Sort)?

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typedefs and #defines

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xargs with multiple commands as argument

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Why is it better to use “#!/usr/bin/env NAME” instead of “#!/path/to/NAME” as my shebang?

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Can Starfleet doctors make Captain rank?

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Tricky C Program to find even and odd

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Why don't the C or C++ standards explicitly define char as signed or unsigned?

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How do I remove a file in Linux whose name looks like it's ONLY a hyphen, as in “-”

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Are non-circular manholes possible?

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Is there XNOR (Logical biconditional) operator in C#?

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Is gcc's __attribute__((packed)) / #pragma pack unsafe?

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Why can there be fire in space while there is no oxygen?

physics.stackexchange.com

How does fread really work?

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(C/C++) return EXIT_SUCCESS or 0 from main?

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Is there a foreach in Go?

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Why is my /dev/random so slow when using dd?

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Is it necessary to read every single byte to check if a copied file is identical to the original?

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C11 <thread.h> in GCC?

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Are int8_t and uint8_t intended to behave like a character?

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Did the Original Enterprise Have Landing Gear?

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What's the effect of this assignment (whatever the language)?

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What is the difference between : and true?

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How does space affect the human body (no space suit, no space craft)

physics.stackexchange.com

Pointless tags (small ratio of subscribers to uses)

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1e-9 or -1e9, which one is correct?

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