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213
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Does torture work well as an interrogation technique?
psychology
politics
law
asked Jun 11 '11 at 15:52
skeptics.stackexchange.com
19
votes
How accurate or supported is Jared Diamond's “Guns, Germs, and Steel”?
ancient-history
colonization
technology
asked Dec 30 '11 at 18:13
history.stackexchange.com
18
votes
What real evidence is there for the effects of gun control?
criminology
asked Mar 18 '11 at 2:41
skeptics.stackexchange.com
16
votes
What's the difference in undefined behavior between C++03 and C++11?
c++
c++11
undefined-behavior
asked Dec 7 '10 at 17:22
stackoverflow.com
14
votes
Why can't we close questions with bounties?
feature-request
status-completed
bounty
vote-to-close
asked Aug 14 '09 at 22:15
meta.stackoverflow.com
13
votes
Any validity to palmistry?
physiology
asked Mar 11 '11 at 2:46
skeptics.stackexchange.com
12
votes
Do antidepressants work?
medical-science
depression
asked Mar 11 '11 at 3:04
skeptics.stackexchange.com
12
votes
“Black Hats” in “The Number of the Beast”
robert-a-heinlein
asked Jan 15 '11 at 16:23
scifi.stackexchange.com
10
votes
Simple file transfer
networking
file-sharing
asked Aug 11 '10 at 12:08
unix.stackexchange.com
6
votes
Third-person objective in action scene
fiction
viewpoint
tenses
asked Nov 19 '10 at 0:17
writers.stackexchange.com
Top Answers
98
In C arrays why is this true? a[5] == 5[a]
stackoverflow.com
78
C++: “std::endl” vs “\n”
stackoverflow.com
68
In C++, if throw is an expression, what is its type?
stackoverflow.com
49
Is this “proof” of geocentrism scientifically valid?
skeptics.stackexchange.com
44
Is it illegal to rewrite every line of an open source project in a slightly different way, and use it in a closed source project?
programmers.stackexchange.com
43
Is the sizeof(some pointer) always equal to four?
stackoverflow.com
43
Why isn't software as reliable as a car?
programmers.stackexchange.com
38
How difficult is it to turn a “Java School” programmer into a C or C++ programmer?
stackoverflow.com
36
Significant new inventions in computing since 1980
stackoverflow.com
36
How to reduce the number of bugs when coding?
programmers.stackexchange.com
34
When deciding on whether or not to work for a new company, what are your dealbreakers?
programmers.stackexchange.com
31
Is Scala the next big thing?
stackoverflow.com
30
Are C++ templates just a kind of glorified macros?
programmers.stackexchange.com
30
Are `break` and `continue` bad programming practices?
programmers.stackexchange.com
28
What are the big contemporary names in the programming field?
programmers.stackexchange.com
28
Inline functions in C++. What's the point?
programmers.stackexchange.com
26
Can a non-programmer successfully run a software company?
programmers.stackexchange.com
25
What's a good light-weight source repository for local development?
programmers.stackexchange.com
24
Accessing private members
stackoverflow.com
22
Why are all-caps constant considered bad coding style?
stackoverflow.com
22
Which is more popular (currently, by recent install base), SVN or CVS?
stackoverflow.com
22
Strangest language feature
stackoverflow.com
22
Ship Early, Ship Never
programmers.stackexchange.com
22
Is it ever too old to learn how to become a programmer?
programmers.stackexchange.com
22
Is “Hiring only the Best” a really practical advice for normal desktop application programming?
programmers.stackexchange.com
21
Can someone find a job as a programmer without an education?
programmers.stackexchange.com
21
Should universities put more emphasis on teaching their students about design patterns?
programmers.stackexchange.com
21
Is Object Oriented Programming a solution to complexity?
programmers.stackexchange.com
21
Must source code released under GPL be human-readable?
programmers.stackexchange.com
20
Why isn't literate programming mainstream?
programmers.stackexchange.com
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