John Dallman

United Kingdom

Programmer for a large ISV, SF fan and gamer.

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How are GURPS rules interpreted?

gurps-4e gurps asked Jan 9, 2018 at 20:33

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The "Foolish" descriptor in Cypher System seems way too good. Have I missed something?

cypher-system asked Feb 22, 2022 at 16:49

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17 votes

Will the UK replace its banknotes and coins now there is a new monarch?

united-kingdom currency asked Sep 15, 2022 at 19:19

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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

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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

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8 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

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8 votes

Where did Operation Bogart take place?

world-war-two united-kingdom asked Apr 1, 2018 at 20:51

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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

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6 votes

How could a theatre be heated in 1808 Vienna?

austria asked Dec 21, 2018 at 20:46

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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

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Why didn't the US and USSR jam each other's early-warning radar?

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Why did the Germans use the Enigma machine rather than the far superior "Lorenz" cipher machine?

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How to tell a clone apart?

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How was it back then in 1984, when the Apple II had color, and the new Macintosh didn't?

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How did the USSR manage to innovate in an environment characterized by government censorship and high bureaucracy?

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Back in the late 1980s, how was commercial software for 8-bit home computers developed?

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Was WW1 generally foreseen?

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How can humans coexist with an intelligent carnivorous species?

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Why did the USA invade Okinawa instead of one of the many other islands in southern Japan

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A new proposal suggests subdividing Washington D.C. into 127 new states so that they can change the Constitution at will. Is this possible?

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Was there ever an official "win condition" in early D&D editions?

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Could we reach the earth's core using today's nuclear arsenal?

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How can I order eggs "over hard" in the UK?

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How did pilots know when to release bombs on airplanes during World War2?

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Why was capturing the south of Okinawa necessary?

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Is it true that Germans in World War 2 did not suffer punishment for refusing genocidal orders?

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Who was the most successful German spy against Great Britain in WWII, from the contemporary German perspective?

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Why was World War I ended on Nov 11 11:00, rather than immediately upon signing the armistice?

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How would someone hide an asteroid in the void of space so only they could find it?

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How were Kurds involved (or not) in the invasion of Normandy?

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Why would space traders pick up and offload their goods from an orbiting platform rather than direct to the planet?

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My star will explode as a supernova. What can I do in order to ensure that my planet survives that?

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How will losing mobility of one hand affect my career as a programmer?

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Why is it politically controversial that the President of India referred to herself as the "President of Bharat"?

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Are the pyramids too old?

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States calling themselves a dictatorship

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Humanity after 100 million years?

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How can I develop my character's background when I know nothing of the game's lore and want to avoid spoilers?

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Why was Harry Truman chosen to be Vice President in 1944?

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Will the UK replace its banknotes and coins now there is a new monarch?

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