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EJoshuaS

Chicago, IL, United States

I currently contract and freelance, primarily in the .NET space. I've also done some work in the past in C++ and Java.

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Top Questions
61 votes

Why did Voldemort kill Lily Potter instead of stunning her?

harry-potter voldemort character-motivation lily-potter asked Mar 13 '17 at 17:53
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50 votes

Why does The Chamber of Secrets claim that Harry “only” inherited one thing from his father?

harry-potter asked Aug 24 '17 at 3:42
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49 votes

How did Slughorn's information on horcruxes actually help Voldemort?

harry-potter voldemort character-motivation asked Mar 27 '17 at 19:34
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45 votes

Why did Barty Crouch Jr. accuse Malfoy of cowardice for attacking Harry Potter given his own behavior?

harry-potter character-motivation barty-crouch-jr asked Nov 7 '17 at 18:56
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42 votes

Is being a right triangle both necessary and sufficient for the Pythagorean Theorem to hold?

geometry trigonometry euclidean-geometry triangle asked Jul 3 '17 at 17:47
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39 votes

Why did the Owl in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone want money, and why don't other birds demand money too?

harry-potter asked Jul 26 '17 at 14:56
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31 votes

Why has Bill Watterson ('Calvin and Hobbes') been retired for so long?

bill-watterson asked Dec 18 '17 at 19:41
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26 votes

Force Google Chrome to check for new JavaScript files every time I access a web site

google-chrome internet-explorer javascript browser-cache temporary-internet-files asked Apr 4 '17 at 17:04
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25 votes

Why didn't Harry Potter use the Room of Requirement to secure some means of contacting Sirius Black?

harry-potter hermione-granger sirius-black asked Oct 8 '17 at 2:09
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18 votes

Did C. S. Lewis support the Ransom Theory in the Chronicles of Narnia?

c-s-lewis the-chronicles-of-narnia asked Feb 22 '17 at 19:43
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Did Calvin ever realise that Hobbes was not real?
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19
Why explicitly throw a NullPointerException rather than letting it happen naturally?
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Why do I need an emergency fund if I already have investments?
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Why didn’t the Hogwarts faculty find the Chamber of Secrets?
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13
Why did Wood have Muggle golf balls?
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12
Why doesn't the C# compiler throw for logical comparisons of null?
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The second draft of our Code of Conduct is available for feedback and review
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Was it Dumbledore's charm or Lily's that protected Harry all those years?
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Why didn't Dumbledore, or Harry, just summon animals to drink the Emerald Potion?
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Manager strongly suggests that I do more unpaid overtime during performance review
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How did Slughorn's information on horcruxes actually help Voldemort?
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My friend wants to put my name down for a house he's buying. What risks would I be taking?
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Is it wrong to peek at a colleague's paycheck?
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Job offer Purchasing manager
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Should a HashSet be allowed to be added to itself in Java?
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Recursive sum method
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When building web services for consumption as a client, does it matter what language is other party's application programmed in?
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Why are there so many references to Moneylenders and Jews in 19th century fiction?
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Is there really a nuclear war in the world of “The Lord of the Flies”?
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Why does O'Brien claim that the party didn't believe in solipsism?
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Why wasn't O'Brien considered a thought criminal?
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Why does Emmanuel Goldstein's book in 1984 have a title page?
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5
Was Ellsworth Toohey's public speaking style modeled after Harold Laski?
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Why don't US presidents run in other elections after their term ends?
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Would working in a Silicon Valley Huawei research lab have subsequent negative career implications?
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Everyone involved in my hiring process left the company before I started: is this a red flag?
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Is there any evidence that Harry grew to like using Sectumsempra?
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Can we use differential equations for population that is discrete?
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How to create reference to object by typing String instead of new?
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Dividends - Why the push to reinvest?
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