Ben Jackson

Bellevue, WA

http://ben.com

Completes the "about me" section of his online profiles just to earn imaginary badges.

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Why does a run of 4 in Cribbage score only 4?

scoring cribbage asked Feb 3, 2011 at 1:18

boardgames.stackexchange.com

29 votes

Has music notation become more prescriptive?

notation history asked May 30, 2014 at 16:37

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21 votes

What is the history of DE-9 joystick ports?

commodore-64 joystick atari-2600 asked Aug 8, 2017 at 7:09

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How did Crown fold the painting into his briefcase?

the-thomas-crown-affair asked Jan 20, 2012 at 4:40

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20 votes

Are all circlets acceptable for the Mage Armor perk?

skyrim asked Dec 4, 2011 at 23:26

gaming.stackexchange.com

18 votes

Know someone who can answer? Share list broken

support sharing asked Dec 31, 2013 at 2:38

meta.stackexchange.com

17 votes

What is the purpose of a holiday shutdown?

vacation asked Sep 7, 2012 at 21:42

workplace.stackexchange.com

15 votes

Is there a sequence point between a function call returning an object and a method call on that object?

c++ sequence-points unspecified-behavior asked Mar 1, 2013 at 21:08

stackoverflow.com

13 votes

Stop Synology notification "Docker container stopped unexpectedly"

docker synology asked May 18, 2020 at 20:42

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13 votes

Driveway expansion joints are rotting wood: What to replace the wood?

concrete driveway asked Feb 6, 2012 at 21:32

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