Kip

Raleigh, NC

http://ampersand.space

Got my start writing programs on my TI-83 in precalculus class during junior year of high school. I've been programming professionally since 2004. I've been a work-from-home hacker since 2012.

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Fastest way to determine if an integer's square root is an integer

java math optimization perfect-square asked Nov 17, 2008 at 13:43

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1162 votes

How to force browsers to reload cached CSS and JS files?

caching browser cache-invalidation auto-versioning asked Sep 23, 2008 at 3:07

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652 votes

How many files can I put in a directory?

filesystems limit asked Jan 21, 2009 at 18:58

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314 votes

What are the “spam” and “rude or abusive” (offensive) flags, and how do they work?

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Add the ability to ignore users

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240 votes

Is there a good reason I see VARCHAR(255) used so often (as opposed to another length)?

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198 votes

Any reason to prefer getClass() over instanceof when generating .equals()?

java eclipse equals instanceof asked Feb 27, 2009 at 20:14

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181 votes

Is there a foreach in MATLAB? If so, how does it behave if the underlying data changes?

matlab syntax asked Jan 2, 2009 at 21:28

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154 votes

How do I write a short literal in C++?

c++ literals asked Oct 16, 2008 at 12:57

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150 votes

Make recent activity and responses show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them)

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