Simon P Stevens

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Head of technology at Contigo Software

Github projects: Here and here

Contact me by emailing my username at gmail dot com.

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Is it considered acceptable to not call Dispose() on a TPL Task object?

c# .net multithreading dispose task-parallel-library asked Sep 17, 2010 at 9:51

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77 votes

What should the standard spelling be - British or US?

discussion spelling language community-standards asked Sep 29, 2009 at 17:42

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50 votes

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photo-editing software panorama asked Jul 15, 2010 at 21:11

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What to look for when buying a digital piano for a beginner?

piano keyboard digital-piano asked Jun 26, 2011 at 13:14

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serial i2c asked Oct 11, 2010 at 14:40

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44 votes

Do I need to lock or mark as volatile when accessing a simple boolean flag in C#?

c# .net multithreading locking thread-safety asked Aug 3, 2009 at 12:50

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19 votes

Unified personal homepage for all Stack Exchange sites

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Apostrophe in “beginners guide”

grammatical-number possessive apostrophe asked Nov 28, 2010 at 17:34

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Why is the mapped universe shaped like an hourglass?

astrophysics astronomy universe asked Nov 30, 2010 at 21:22

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9 votes

Include a link from the meta profile to the main profile

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