yannis

Thessaloniki, Greece

http://about.me/yrizos

It was about time I retired that 15-year-old photo.

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~~Not Programming Related~~ ~~Programmers~~ Software Engineering
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Can we get a comments only lock?

feature-request status-completed comments locked-questions comment-lock asked Mar 10, 2013 at 21:11

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139 votes

The vote fraud script breaks legitimate polling questions - A serial downvoter's lament

support bug status-declined serial-voting asked Oct 12, 2012 at 7:55

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93 votes

Could we please be a bit nicer to moderators?

discussion etiquette moderators behavior asked Nov 19, 2012 at 13:12

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83 votes

Further anonymize deleted accounts by changing the username in close/delete notices

feature-request status-completed display-names deleted-accounts asked Nov 16, 2012 at 15:12

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73 votes

What formatting example should replace "his suicide note" in the Markdown help?

feature-request status-completed editing-help fun contest asked Aug 3, 2012 at 1:10

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73 votes

How should I approach a co-worker on matters of personal hygiene?

communication asked Apr 16, 2012 at 18:12

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62 votes

Has a world leader been laughed at while addressing the UN General Assembly before?

donald-trump united-nations protocol asked Sep 25, 2018 at 21:25

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51 votes

Do not expire single use tags on Beta sites

feature-request tags beta-sites tag-pruning asked Nov 2, 2012 at 1:05

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49 votes

Was the change in government in Ukraine legal?

constitution ukraine asked Mar 5, 2014 at 4:30

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45 votes

Is there an effective way of dealing with nepotism at work?

career-development nepotism asked Apr 17, 2012 at 19:50

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Top Answers

453

Count the number of occurrences of a string in a VARCHAR field?

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378

Which computer science / programming Stack Exchange sites do I post on?

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245

Do I need to use an interface when only one class will ever implement it?

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219

How is localStorage different from indexedDB?

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198

How can I encourage Stack Overflow to rein in the 'subjective' vigilantes?

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189

How do you tell if advice from a senior developer is bad?

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113

What's the difference between MariaDB and MySQL?

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111

Why learn git when there are GUI apps for GitHub?

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107

Who created the idea(s) of the first loop constructs?

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Is ORM an Anti-Pattern?

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Is it acceptable to write a thank you in a comment?

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Can we now discourage the use of and burninate the homework tag?

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June 2012 Community Moderator Election RESULTS

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How do I take responsibility for my code when colleague makes unnecessary improvements without notice?

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What triggered the popularity of lambda functions in modern mainstream programming languages?

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Create my own database system

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Is Javascript a Functional Programming Language

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Has anyone ever hacked Stack Overflow?

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Having a bad start. Is that normal?

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Is history always written by the victors?

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What is the difference between the "lib" and "vendor" folders?

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Is the 14th line of The Zen of Python a reference to Dijkstra?

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How can I test PHP skills in a interview?

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Why does the EU keep Turkey out?

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Why doesn't the U.S. want to extradite Fethullah Gülen to Turkey?

politics.stackexchange.com

Is there a canonical book on design patterns?

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Who was the first programmer?

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Does the ActiveRecord pattern follow/encourage the SOLID design principles?

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Should I accept wrong answers to boost my accept rate?

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What should be done about a user who makes a threat?

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