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Maury Markowitz
Toronto, Canada
Wannabe programmer, Wiki god.
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284
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How to trap on UIViewAlertForUnsatisfiableConstraints?
ios
autolayout
uikit
constraints
xcode7
asked Oct 15, 2014 at 18:11
stackoverflow.com
45
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NSUInteger should not be used in format strings?
objective-c
asked Mar 26, 2014 at 19:36
stackoverflow.com
33
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Why was RS-232 12V?
rs232
asked May 6, 2021 at 13:37
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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votes
BBC/Acorn BASIC, what made it so fast?
basic
bbc-micro
acorn
asked May 14, 2018 at 15:58
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Short story about a moon of Mars whose orbit is only a few feet up
story-identification
short-stories
asked Oct 21, 2016 at 17:02
scifi.stackexchange.com
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Time travel "viewer" device discovers a spaceship on ancient Earth
story-identification
time-travel
asked Jan 16, 2020 at 21:10
scifi.stackexchange.com
24
votes
How good was Woz's FP code?
6502
floating-point
benchmarking
asked Jun 24, 2019 at 16:26
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
23
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Why are branches relative in many 8-bit CPUs?
assembly
6502
instruction-set
asked Nov 23, 2019 at 13:29
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
21
votes
MOS 8502, just a 6510B?
cpu
commodore-128
mos-650x
asked Oct 31, 2019 at 15:47
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
20
votes
Was 1991's Hellcats the first instance of incremental screen updates?
history
graphics
apple-macintosh
gaming
memory-layout
asked Oct 24, 2018 at 15:39
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Why does the Cray 2 use 400 Hz power, and why generate that from motors?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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How did Atari lose money on home computers?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
35
Was Objective-C really a hindrance to Apple software development?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
29
Why was IBM BASIC so Huge?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Inverse square rule for strong forces
physics.stackexchange.com
27
How does an isolated body in deep space 'know' it's rotating?
physics.stackexchange.com
25
Benchmark test that was used to characterize an 8-bit CPU?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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How were the special effects achieved for the Kraftwerk Die Roboter 1978 music video?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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How are paths of particles tracked in particle accelerators?
physics.stackexchange.com
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What does it mean that physics no longer uses mechanical models to describe phenomena?
physics.stackexchange.com
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Why did Michelson believe the aether was moving?
physics.stackexchange.com
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Why, in old movies and TV series, do they always use such extremely exaggerated wheel turns when driving a car?
history.stackexchange.com
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How does light 'choose' between wave and particle behaviour?
physics.stackexchange.com
15
How use Vuforia?
stackoverflow.com
15
What type of interpreter were most 8-bit BASIC implementations?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Looking for an old image of designing a CPU with plan laid out / being edited on a literal floor
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
15
Why aren't rainbows more common?
physics.stackexchange.com
15
Why does the humidifier make a stove's flame orange?
physics.stackexchange.com
14
Position a SceneKit object in front of SCNCamera's current orientation
stackoverflow.com
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PET space arcade game with surprisingly good graphics
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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How much better was DEC Alpha than contemporaneous x86?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Are there any old and nowadays active Operating Systems which has only BASIC Programming Language?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Can anyone help me identify this computer?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Can a non-rotating ball have angular momentum?
physics.stackexchange.com
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Why was Paperback Writer renamed to Pocket Writer?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Science fiction story that ends with "Let there be light"
scifi.stackexchange.com
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Was self-modifying code possible using BASIC?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Are there any real-life parallels to the Night's Watch and their fall from prestige?
scifi.stackexchange.com
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What is the experimental evidence that the nucleons are made up of three quarks?
physics.stackexchange.com
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How fast were BASIC interpreters in the 80s? (Is this optimization for speed really necessary?)
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