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Bob Tway
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"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."

Stack Overflow appears to be a vast experiment to prove the truth of this statement.

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How did the general population of England convert so smoothly to Protestantism?
May 22, 2018
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Why did the Roman military start to favour swords over the spear phalanx?
Sep 7, 2015
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How much evidence is there regarding the naval punishment of keelhauling?
May 30, 2017
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Why did only the English adopt, evolve and use the longbow en masse in war?
Mar 1, 2017
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What was the function of the walls of Jericho?
Jan 29, 2019
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Did Henry VIII have his bedroom bricked up every night?
Sep 4, 2017
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Why did Switzerland not grant votes to women until 1971?
Apr 25, 2016
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On what basis do some historians accuse the British government of genocide during the great Irish famine?
Jun 7, 2018
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Why did other German political parties disband so fast when Hitler was appointed chancellor?
Feb 28, 2019
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What was the church's attitude to "magic" prior to the 15th century?
Aug 26, 2017
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When and why did orcs go green?
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When and why did orcs go green?
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Is it reasonable for me to complain about an objectionable newspaper being ordered for the office?
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At what point is brevity no longer a virtue?
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Did the UK homicide rate go up after handgun ownership was banned?