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Thomas Tempelmann

Munich, Germany

http://www.tempel.org/

Been programming for about 30 years. Started with BASIC, Pascal and assembler on 8 bit computers, later C, Modula-2, Java, C++. Now mainly a Mac programmer, favoring REALbasic for its ease of use, where possible. Also doing iPhone development.

Keeps asking questions no one has an answer to

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Top Questions
133 votes

How to find all serial devices (ttyS, ttyUSB, ..) on Linux without opening them?

linux serial-port asked Mar 27, 2010 at 16:56
stackoverflow.com

29 votes

How do I add values to nested arrays or dicts using the "defaults write" command?

osx defaults asked Apr 23, 2014 at 19:26
stackoverflow.com

22 votes

Xcode, iPhone: How to detect simulator target at compile time?

iphone xcode ios-simulator asked Jun 9, 2010 at 15:21
stackoverflow.com

16 votes

Authenticating GTK app to run with root permissions

linux permissions gtk root asked Mar 8, 2010 at 11:38
stackoverflow.com

14 votes

How do I ensure good color reproduction when photographing paintings with a mid-level DSLR?

digital-photography color-management pentax prints reproduction asked Oct 14, 2013 at 9:03
photo.stackexchange.com

13 votes

AppleScript: Getting a list of all properties of an object or class

applescript asked Nov 21, 2010 at 20:03
stackoverflow.com

12 votes

iPhone UIWebView: loadData does not work with certain types (Excel, MSWord, PPT, RTF)

iphone uiwebview webkit asked May 4, 2010 at 11:10
stackoverflow.com

12 votes

Extract URL's directory from path, without file name such as "index.html"

javascript asked Jun 16, 2015 at 9:04
stackoverflow.com

11 votes

Close UIAlertView with press of Return key on external keyboard

ios uialertview asked May 9, 2014 at 14:51
stackoverflow.com

10 votes

Inspecting files of type "NeXT/Apple typedstream" version 4 (NSArchiver)

ios objective-c osx nscoding nsarchiving asked Sep 16, 2013 at 17:57
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Top Answers
93
How to display a stack trace when an exception is thrown
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61
NSArray of weak references (__unsafe_unretained) to objects under ARC
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54
How can I find out what version of Log4J I am using?
stackoverflow.com

52
How to unit test asynchronous APIs?
stackoverflow.com

49
Reverse engineering war stories
stackoverflow.com

44
Reverse engineering war stories
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30
Get latitude/longitude from address
stackoverflow.com

26
How can I remove Applications from Security & Privacy?
apple.stackexchange.com

25
VMWare tools install failure. Unable to find "depmod" progam
superuser.com

19
Extract URL's directory from path, without file name such as "index.html"
stackoverflow.com

18
Where is the log file generated by a verbose start-up in OS X Lion?
superuser.com

17
I want to power off multiple Macs everyday at 23:30 (11:30 pm)?
apple.stackexchange.com

15
Tools to help reverse engineer binary file formats
stackoverflow.com

14
Force landscape for one view controller ios
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13
Can't update Xcode
apple.stackexchange.com

12
How to I determine whether two file paths (or file URLs) identify the same file or directory on macOS?
stackoverflow.com

11
Why can't I set my Pentax K-5 IIs to ISO 100?
photo.stackexchange.com

10
Where to see kernel startup messages after boot?
apple.stackexchange.com

10
Stitch first and edit later or vice versa?
photo.stackexchange.com

10
Deleting plist file does not reset app on macOS 10.9+
stackoverflow.com

10
CryptoAPI: Using CryptVerifySignature to verify a signature from openssl with public key
stackoverflow.com

9
How to resize UITextView on iOS when a keyboard appears?
stackoverflow.com

9
What are "Community Wiki" posts?
meta.stackexchange.com

9
What are "Community Wiki" posts on Stack Overflow?
stackoverflow.com

9
AppleScript: Getting a list of all properties of an object or class
stackoverflow.com

9
Why does JavaScript's parseInt(0.0000005) print "5"?
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8
Handle custom URL schemes in an OS X Java application
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8
Is MacBook Air suitable for occasional Dev Work? (Ruby, Objective C, Cocoa)
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8
Tools to help reverse engineer binary file formats
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8
Xcode, Instruments: How to find an ever-increasingly leaking object?
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