Dan Getz

United States

Programmer, ex-expatriate, language geek, Linux user.

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How can I avoid learning an incorrect pronunciation due to a word's spelling?

learning-methods pronunciation asked Apr 5, 2016 at 18:35

languagelearning.stackexchange.com

23 votes

Can you please consider multi site behavior in automatic bans?

feature-request user-accounts post-ban asked Dec 23, 2024 at 15:38

meta.stackexchange.com

22 votes

What did I just play? Translate guitar fingerings to chords

code-golf integer music asked Jan 4, 2017 at 21:05

codegolf.stackexchange.com

15 votes

"Entre mortos e feridos, salvaram-se todos." Como entender este ditado?

significado ditados asked Jan 26, 2016 at 3:08

portuguese.stackexchange.com

13 votes

"Sob hipótese alguma": como saber quando "algum" significa "nenhum"?

significado uso-de-palavras opostos asked Jul 14, 2015 at 22:07

portuguese.stackexchange.com

12 votes

How long should a person keep blood test results?

blood-tests medical-records asked Apr 15, 2015 at 13:03

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12 votes

Do any countries allow most cases of dual citizenship, yet somehow restrict triple citizenship?

dual-citizenship multiple-citizenship asked Jan 5, 2015 at 13:45

expatriates.stackexchange.com

12 votes

Using a tool or technique: usar? utilizar? empregar?

diferenca uso-de-palavras sinónimo asked Aug 5, 2015 at 17:18

portuguese.stackexchange.com

11 votes

Is there a term for the prestige language that's learned more-or-less natively?

multiple-languages terminology linguistics asked Apr 24, 2016 at 13:44

languagelearning.stackexchange.com

11 votes

Before being borrowed by Europeans, was "hurricane" ever pronounced with an initial "f"?

etymology spanish portuguese american-languages asked Nov 15, 2014 at 12:56

linguistics.stackexchange.com

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Times-two faster than bit-shift, for Python 3.x integers?

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shell command to get pixel size of an image

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How do you read "10/10"?

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Updates to advertising guidelines

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Did Superdana manufacture a 66 AC outlet power strip/surge protector?

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Convert Scala Any to Java Object

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Why do commit title sentences start with an infinitive without to?

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Why is, "If I don't use the microphone, nobody will hear me," not considered a double negative

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What does the slang word "hammered" actually mean?

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Is it OK to ignore InterruptedException if nobody calls interrupt()?

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Why "clothespin" and not "clothpin"?

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Is it dangerous to call spam phone numbers, even if you know they're spammers?

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Run a command only if the previous command was successful in Fish (like && in bash)

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Refund helpful high-priority flags

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Putin's vice like grip -- what does "vice" mean here?

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Why is there no plural 's' after "hundred" or "thousand" in cardinal numbers?

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What is this mop-like tool called in English?

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Por que se chamam "bissextos" os anos que têm mais um dia?

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Object of the verb "pay"

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Catching KeyboardInterrupt in Python during program shutdown

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What do titles beginning with "Of" mean?

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How do we express we want someone to do what we say without any negotiation?

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"I am a native Londoner." VS "I am an original Londoner."

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How to help my mother in law migrate - no lawyer wanted!

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Qual a origem da palavra "tampouco"?

portuguese.stackexchange.com

The global wine drought that never was (title of news text that seems like truncated at first sight)

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Como surgiu o uso da palavra “bem” no lugar de “muito”, i.e. “bem grande”?

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Will my father still be eligible for SNAP if I claim him as my dependent?

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Scala - override a class method in a trait

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Did a large number of celebrities threaten to go on strike until Trump resigns?

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