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Brian Hooper
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I started off programming in BBC Basic and 6502 assembler. I got my first job programming in FORTRAN on VMS, and since then have picked up C, C++ and SQL on VMS and Unix, with excursions into VB and IBM 360 assembler.

I drink real ale, play wargames and contract bridge, and walk in the country.

And, yes, I have a beard.

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Derogatory term for a corporate employee
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What does “a couple” mean to you, and what does “a few” mean to you?
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What's a parallel for 'mitigate', for worsening a good situation?
Nov 11, 2014
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What pair of words can be combined with “worth every penny” as an idiom?
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What is meant by "don't piss on my boots and tell me it's raining"?
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What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
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What do you call hypothetical inhabitants living on the Moon?
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What is "a canary in a coal mine"?
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Etymology of "div" meaning "a stupid or foolish person"
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Word meaning "the act of intending to do nothing"
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