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Jay Elston

Arizona

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Age: 61

PhD student in search of a thesis topic.

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Top Questions

Can the code button in the format bar be made to work for code blocks in numbered lists

feature-request markdown formatting code asked May 13 '10 at 17:42

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Why was I awarded an Excavator badge today when I didn't earn it?

bug status-bydesign badges excavator-badge asked Aug 15 '11 at 14:22

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Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom “carrying coals to Newcastle”?

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Why does Java not permit the use of headers as in C++

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How does Facebook calculate mutual friends?

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spawn an entirely separate proccess in linux via bash

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What is a suitable word to describe a place where two rivers meet?

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Why is “that” used here?

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What is the difference between 'layer of abstraction' and 'level of indirection'?

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Word for “letter or letter-like character”?

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What's the difference between “pervasive” and “ubiquitous”?

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Is studying more than one programming language as a beginner confusing?

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What is metadata, and how does it aid in the “fsck” process?

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Origin of the saying “X wears the pants”

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Meaning and origin of “if you catch my drift”

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What exactly is distributed computing?

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Has there been any research on the effectiveness of comments?

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What's the difference between emulation and simulation?

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How can I solve the Log Pile wooden puzzle with a computer program?

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