Mason Wheeler

Seattle, WA

http://tech.turbu-rpg.com

A lifelong programmer who's been coding in Delphi since its initial release and currently makes a living at it.

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How do you prove you're from the future?

time-travel asked Mar 20, 2015 at 11:41

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How can you do anything useful without mutable state?

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262 votes

How are globals any different from a database?

state globals asked May 24, 2016 at 19:42

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158 votes

How can I fix "unsupported class file major version 60" in IntelliJ IDEA?

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153 votes

Where does this concept of "favor composition over inheritance" come from?

object-oriented inheritance composition asked Apr 4, 2011 at 22:54

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147 votes

How do I apply a diff patch on Windows?

windows diff gnu patch asked Feb 5, 2009 at 18:33

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103 votes

Why is there a scarcity of lithium?

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81 votes

Does the US Armed Forces refuse to recruit anyone with an IQ less than 83?

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73 votes

What can cause Chrome to give an net::ERR_FAILED on cached content against a server on localhost?

html google-chrome caching http.sys asked Mar 26, 2014 at 15:11

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68 votes

Where did the concept of a (fantasy-style) "dungeon" originate?

history-of terminology asked Dec 1, 2020 at 3:35

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Official FAQ on gender pronouns and Code of Conduct changes

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Should I return from a function early or use an if statement?

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202

Can I adapt code I wrote for work and release it as open source

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162

Are exceptions as control flow considered a serious antipattern? If so, Why?

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140

Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio

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133

Is it premature optimization to add database indices?

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130

Does path coverage guarantee finding all bugs?

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125

The difference between "concurrent" and "parallel" execution?

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119

What coworker habit do you find most annoying?

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117

I found that the company I work for is putting a backdoor into mobile phones

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111

Is it a good idea to design an architecture thinking that the User Interface classes can be replaced by a command line interface?

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108

Could using ALT + F4 to close a game corrupt Save data?

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107

What's the use of .Any() in a C# List<>?

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100

Why are bit masks called "masks" and what purpose do they serve?

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How can a new programmer impress the software engineer (boss)?

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Why does Java have a method declared void?

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Are unit tests really that useful?

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An apology to our community, and next steps

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Why are some C programs written in one huge source file?

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What is the use of converting source code to Java bytecode?

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NoSQL within SQL Server

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What happened to Borland Delphi?

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What is a closure?

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Why does C provide language 'bindings' where C++ falls short?

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What justifies the use of an IDE versus a standard editor?

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Does this class design violate the single responsibility principle?

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Which programming language do you really hate?

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What to say when you don’t know the answer to an interview question?

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Should I plan ahead, or figure out programs as I'm writing them?

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