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Bill Michell

London, United Kingdom

http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/109959560336998879296

Server Side Engineering Manager

Love singing and playing games.

Have a 7 year old daughter.

All views expressed here are my own, and not those of my employer.

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Stop and Start a service via batch or cmd file?
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Performance ConcurrentHashmap vs HashMap
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What is the exact use of a MAC address?
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Performance of ThreadLocal variable
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What's the difference between ConcurrentHashMap and Collections.synchronizedMap(Map)?
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What's the difference between junior, middle, and senior developers?
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32
Does it help GC to null local variables in Java
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Eclipse Optimize Imports to Include Static Imports
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Logging without Code Bloat
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Is “the girls are want to gossip” correct?
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I can't do math?
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How to deal with tremendous number of failing tests?
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you're out a dollar -- what does that actually mean?
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Is this use of conditionals an anti-pattern?
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Is it offensive to the chef/host to finish all food on your plate in Italy?
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22
Leaving a sinking ship
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21
What is the single best free Eclipse plugin for a Java developer
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20
Most useful free third-party Java libraries
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17
When you should and should not use the 'new' keyword?
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16
Is there a practical use for weak references?
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11
How do you handle database security from a desktop application?
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Multiple threads and performance on a single CPU
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10
Not Learning Real World Skills
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9
What's the best/most efficent way to create a semi-intelligent AI for a tic tac toe game?
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9
What is a collective term for castles, citadels, forts, palaces etc.?
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8
Is there a great mathematical example for a 12-year-old?
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8
I am new to automated testing in Java. Which tool should I prefer? JUnit or TestNG?
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8
How to get the number of combinations?
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What is meant by immutable?
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TDD Red-Green-Refactor and if/how to test methods that become private
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