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Greg Bacon
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Claim to Fame: I coined the phrases Perl golf and XY problem.

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What do you call candidates in elections who don't actually have a chance to win and only create an illusion of competition?
Nov 25, 2019
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Olive Garden: "The cheese keeps coming 'til you say 'when'"
Sep 13, 2023
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What's wrong with "Most people in the country would like to own their house some day."?
Apr 4, 2016
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What do you call something that goes against the spirit of the law, but is legal when interpreting the law to the letter?
Apr 8, 2019
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Was it impolite for me to say "That's alright" when someone ran into me? Are there any better expessions?
Mar 8, 2017
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The Republican community
Jul 31, 2018
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What is it called when people/society expect you to be something because of your gender/nationality?
Aug 5, 2016
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Why are you late to class?
Aug 15, 2019
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"This product is good value" vs "This product is of good value" in a sentence
Sep 27, 2016
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What do you call a sudden movement of the neck and head that you do when you think about something stupid or do something stupid?
Apr 13, 2019
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How can I merge two commits into one if I already started rebase?
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What's the difference between HEAD^ and HEAD~ in Git?
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How can I remove/delete a large file from the commit history in the Git repository?
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Match whitespace but not newlines
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How to fix a locale setting warning from Perl