Jason Baker

San Francisco, CA

I'm a developer on Google's Cloud Console.

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When should I use git pull --rebase?

git asked Mar 18, 2010 at 18:04

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937 votes

Optimistic vs. Pessimistic locking

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633 votes

How to initialize private static members in C++?

c++ initialization static-members asked Oct 9, 2008 at 3:34

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530 votes

How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesn't exist?

shell makefile rm asked Nov 27, 2009 at 16:43

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465 votes

When is del useful in Python?

python dictionary python-internals del asked May 27, 2011 at 1:37

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303 votes

Why doesn't C++ have a garbage collector?

c++ garbage-collection c++11 asked Sep 29, 2008 at 0:53

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292 votes

Can I make fast forwarding be off by default in git?

git merge branch rebase fast-forward asked Mar 23, 2010 at 13:38

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292 votes

HTTP 1.0 vs 1.1

http http-1.1 http-1.0 asked Oct 29, 2008 at 13:52

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281 votes

Why use iterators instead of array indices?

c++ for-loop stl iterator containers asked Sep 25, 2008 at 2:58

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274 votes

Given an infinite number of monkeys and an infinite amount of time, would one of them write Hamlet?

probability infinity asked Jan 12, 2011 at 1:28

math.stackexchange.com

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