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Jay Elston
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Life student in search of a thesis.

Semi-retired polyglot programmer, occasionally known take on software development contracts. Right now I am busy for several months.

Also #SOreadytohelp

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What is the difference between 'layer of abstraction' and 'level of indirection'?
Oct 9, 2011
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What does "downstream/upstream design" mean?
Jun 14, 2011
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Why does Java not permit the use of headers as in C++
Nov 10, 2011
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How does Facebook calculate mutual friends?
Jun 15, 2011
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What has research shown about the effectiveness of comments?
Feb 23, 2012
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Priority value meaning
May 19, 2011
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Why was the grave but not the acute accent included in ASCII?
Apr 23, 2015
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Is studying more than one programming language as a beginner confusing?
Feb 5, 2012
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Long-Term Strategy For Implementing a QA System?
May 31, 2011
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Change Management Standard
Jan 13, 2012
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How to reconcile guidelines, community opinion and moderation
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Where can I have subjective discussions about programming?
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How can spell checking be turned off for a portion of a OneNote page
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How to run Unix commands from within Vim?
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Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom "carrying coals to Newcastle"?
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Is there an idiom for "Your decision can change at the last moment"
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What's the difference between these names of moving water?