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390 votes

CSS background image to fit width, height should auto-scale in proportion

html css asked Feb 13 '12 at 15:14
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109 votes

Why bother attacking castles at all? Why not go around?

military warfare tactics castles asked Jun 26 '14 at 13:16
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68 votes

width and height doesn't seem to work on :before pseudo-element

css pseudo-element asked Dec 31 '13 at 14:06
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47 votes

Using a variable in brace expansion range fed to a for loop

bash for-loop brace-expansion asked Mar 28 '12 at 15:41
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45 votes

Why is C++11's POD “standard layout” definition the way it is?

c++ c++11 standard-layout asked Aug 23 '11 at 12:16
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43 votes

Forward declarations of unnamed struct

c++ c struct typedef forward-declaration asked Aug 31 '11 at 11:42
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37 votes

Why do the Siberian methane craters have smooth vertical walls?

geology methane permafrost asked Aug 10 '14 at 20:16
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Is this staged interview/probationary hire process a good idea?

hiring-process hiring new-hires asked Sep 4 '16 at 18:13
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36 votes

How has CPU architecture evolution affected virtual function call performance?

x86 cpu cpu-architecture virtual-functions branch-prediction asked Aug 30 '11 at 10:38
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35 votes

What's the smallest patch of land a single person could be food-sufficient on indefinitely, in a temperate climate?

food survival agriculture asked Jul 19 '18 at 12:07
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But why's the browser DOM still so slow after 10 years of effort?
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The new keyword “auto”; When should it be used to declare a variable type?
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Center an item with position: relative
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Efficiency of crossover in genetic algorithms
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How to return a class object by reference in C++?
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BSSID vs MAC address?
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Compile std::regex_iterator with gcc
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Is ++ atomic for std::atomic<int>
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How to support both vcxproj to cmake on a project?
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Cost of calling a function or not in Javascript
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What does a leading :: mean in “using namespace ::X” in C++
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How can I set a rotation point for an element in CSS?
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Is it safe to #define NULL nullptr?
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What is momentum really?
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Why the Destructor in C++ de-allocated memory in reverse order of how they were initialised?
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Tracking C++ lib public API changes
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How to use SIGNAL and SLOT without deriving from QObject?
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Is w3schools a good resource to learn new technologies? (Like html5, CSS3)
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Why C++11 and PHP closures require declaring the closed-over variables?
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