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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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62 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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52 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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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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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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33 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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27 votes

Do people actually use the word “kaputt” in conversation?

word-usage asked Mar 18 at 5:31
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26 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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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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Did Calvin ever realise that Hobbes was not real?
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How can I improve readability and length of a method with many if statements?
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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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Why did Wood have Muggle golf balls?
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Can my company stop me from working overtime?
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How to answer “write something on the board”?
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Why doesn't the C# compiler throw for logical comparisons of null?
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Bank account got shut down for fraud from my sugar daddy?
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How can sister protect herself from impulse purchases with a credit card?
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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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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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Why didn't Dumbledore, or Harry, just summon animals to drink the Emerald Potion?
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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 discrimination to reject applicant based on personal views or belief?
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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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Single-Thread asynchronous processing in Java
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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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Was Ellsworth Toohey's public speaking style modeled after Harold Laski?
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