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John Dallman
United Kingdom
Programmer for a large ISV, SF fan and gamer.
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18
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How are GURPS rules interpreted?
gurps-4e
gurps
asked Jan 9, 2018 at 20:33
rpg.stackexchange.com
17
votes
The "Foolish" descriptor in Cypher System seems way too good. Have I missed something?
cypher-system
asked Feb 22, 2022 at 16:49
rpg.stackexchange.com
17
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Will the UK replace its banknotes and coins now there is a new monarch?
united-kingdom
currency
asked Sep 15, 2022 at 19:19
politics.stackexchange.com
13
votes
Was Italian production after August 1944 significant in the German war effort?
world-war-two
economy
bombing
asked Nov 4, 2016 at 12:12
history.stackexchange.com
9
votes
Was the design of the PDP-11 Floating Point Processor responsible for C's willingness to do arithmetic on floats at double precision?
c
pdp-11
floating-point
asked Nov 25, 2022 at 19:47
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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votes
Which Allied forces held the French-Italian border from Operation Dragoon to the end of WWII in Europe?
world-war-two
france
italy
alps
asked Jan 14, 2017 at 21:15
history.stackexchange.com
8
votes
Where did Operation Bogart take place?
world-war-two
united-kingdom
asked Apr 1, 2018 at 20:51
history.stackexchange.com
8
votes
Do the orbits of satellite galaxies show the influence of dark matter?
dark-matter
galactic-dynamics
asked Jun 13, 2020 at 15:59
astronomy.stackexchange.com
6
votes
How could a theatre be heated in 1808 Vienna?
austria
asked Dec 21, 2018 at 20:46
history.stackexchange.com
6
votes
When was it understood that a male haemophilia sufferer can't pass it on to his sons?
human-biology
genetics
history
asked Apr 30, 2018 at 13:50
biology.stackexchange.com
Top Answers
177
Why didn't the US and USSR jam each other's early-warning radar?
history.stackexchange.com
112
Why did the Germans use the Enigma machine rather than the far superior "Lorenz" cipher machine?
history.stackexchange.com
101
How to tell a clone apart?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
100
How was it back then in 1984, when the Apple II had color, and the new Macintosh didn't?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
94
How did the USSR manage to innovate in an environment characterized by government censorship and high bureaucracy?
history.stackexchange.com
89
Back in the late 1980s, how was commercial software for 8-bit home computers developed?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
82
Was WW1 generally foreseen?
history.stackexchange.com
82
How can humans coexist with an intelligent carnivorous species?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
78
Why did the USA invade Okinawa instead of one of the many other islands in southern Japan
history.stackexchange.com
77
A new proposal suggests subdividing Washington D.C. into 127 new states so that they can change the Constitution at will. Is this possible?
politics.stackexchange.com
74
Was there ever an official "win condition" in early D&D editions?
rpg.stackexchange.com
70
Could we reach the earth's core using today's nuclear arsenal?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
70
How can I order eggs "over hard" in the UK?
english.stackexchange.com
67
How did pilots know when to release bombs on airplanes during World War2?
history.stackexchange.com
63
Why was capturing the south of Okinawa necessary?
history.stackexchange.com
63
Is it true that Germans in World War 2 did not suffer punishment for refusing genocidal orders?
history.stackexchange.com
62
Who was the most successful German spy against Great Britain in WWII, from the contemporary German perspective?
history.stackexchange.com
62
Why was World War I ended on Nov 11 11:00, rather than immediately upon signing the armistice?
history.stackexchange.com
60
How would someone hide an asteroid in the void of space so only they could find it?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
60
How were Kurds involved (or not) in the invasion of Normandy?
history.stackexchange.com
59
Why would space traders pick up and offload their goods from an orbiting platform rather than direct to the planet?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
59
My star will explode as a supernova. What can I do in order to ensure that my planet survives that?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
58
How will losing mobility of one hand affect my career as a programmer?
workplace.stackexchange.com
57
Why is it politically controversial that the President of India referred to herself as the "President of Bharat"?
politics.stackexchange.com
51
Are the pyramids too old?
history.stackexchange.com
50
States calling themselves a dictatorship
history.stackexchange.com
48
Humanity after 100 million years?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
47
How can I develop my character's background when I know nothing of the game's lore and want to avoid spoilers?
rpg.stackexchange.com
47
Why was Harry Truman chosen to be Vice President in 1944?
history.stackexchange.com
47
Will the UK replace its banknotes and coins now there is a new monarch?
politics.stackexchange.com
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