John

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Scientist and software developer by day, musician and blogger by night. Check out Mighty Bargain Hunter for my personal finance blog.

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How do we thank the diamond moderators?

discussion moderators thanks asked May 17, 2013 at 2:33

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Are there elementary-school curricula that capture the joy of mathematics?

mathematics-education soft-question asked Nov 11, 2009 at 17:14

mathoverflow.net

30 votes

Single-word synonym for a “pedantic rule-follower”?

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english.stackexchange.com

22 votes

If delegates are immutable, why can I do things like x += y?

c# delegates immutability asked Aug 12, 2011 at 17:16

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20 votes

Do I actually have to pay my daughter minimum wage for helping around the house?

united-states children family asked Dec 4, 2010 at 8:20

money.stackexchange.com

18 votes

How do I match an entire line in Notepad++ for search/replace?

regex notepad++ replace asked Nov 8, 2011 at 15:43

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17 votes

Where do I control the behavior of the "X" close button in the upper right of a winform?

vb.net winforms visual-studio-2005 modeless asked May 15, 2010 at 5:01

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15 votes

Was there a trick behind this magnetic therapy demonstration?

medical-science magnets asked Mar 31, 2011 at 3:34

skeptics.stackexchange.com

15 votes

At what point did my former primary residence become an income property?

united-states real-estate taxes rental-property primary-residence asked Feb 12, 2011 at 5:11

money.stackexchange.com

14 votes

Easy way to calculate integer powers of 2 in C#?

c# integer asked Mar 31, 2011 at 22:25

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How smart is it to really be 100% debt free?

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Java boolean getters "is" vs "are"

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If a prime number is reversed, and then appended to itself, why is the result always a composite number?

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Career day in kindergarten: how to demonstrate programming in 20 minutes?

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Why aren't pointers initialized with NULL by default?

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Buying my first car out of college

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What is the next number in this sequence: $1, 2, 6, 24, 120$?

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Why is the fractional-reserve banking not a Ponzi scheme?

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What is the official name of C++'s arrow (->) operator?

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What does MVW stand for?

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How can a credit card company make any money off me? I have a no-fee card and pay my balance on time

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Probability the three points on a circle will be on the same semi-circle

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How common is counterfeit money in circulation?

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How should we deal with Google questions?

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Why does $r = \cos \theta$ produce a circle?

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Prove that the sum of three consecutive squares, minus two is a multiple of 3

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If I short-sell a dividend-paying stock, do I have to pay the dividend?

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Recent college grad. Down payment on a house or car?

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Should validation messages contain punctuation?

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Can I trust the Motley Fool?

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Are there simple methods for calculating the determinant of symmetric matrices?

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How big of a mortgage can I realistically afford?

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What is an integer overflow error?

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Why is vector times vector equal to a number?

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Ideal net worth by age X? Need comparison references

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What are some products that you're better on NOT going cheap on?

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3D Line-Plane Intersection

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What should I reserve "emergency savings" for?

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