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| bio | website | twitter.com/EvanHarper |
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| location | London, Canada | |
| age | 26 | |
| visits | member for | 11 months |
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I am Evan Harper, a student developer.
At the moment I'm studying Model-View-Controller, Model-View-ViewModel, design patterns, rapid application development. There is so much more to learn.
I cut my teeth on ANSI C from hacking Diku Mud ca. 2003. These days, I vastly prefer C#, though C++ will do in a pinch. Don't under-rate Javascript, an astonishingly versatile and practical language.
Hobbies: game design, non-fiction & technical writing, history, chess.
Education: Fanshawe College.
Current employer (September 2012): Richard Ivey School of Business.
All opinions are mine alone.
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May 3 |
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What was the role of the Soviet Navy during WWII? minor copyediting and English language issues; corrected claim of dreadnoughts to pre-dreadnought battleships as it could only refer to Schlesien & Schleswig-Holstein |
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May 2 |
suggested | suggested edit on What was the role of the Soviet Navy during WWII? |
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Apr 2 |
answered | Battles that took place on the ice |
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Mar 15 |
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Are there any records that indicate a submarine vs submarine battle? This answer is straightforwardly incorrect. Dozens of German U-boats were sunk by Allied submarines in World War I, which in turn sunk several Allied subs. |
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Dec 21 |
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Who is responsible for the partition of Palestine? Deir Yassin is obviously the biggie, but Benny Morris counts twenty-four distinct massacres. The events and Lydda/Ramleh for instance probably took more lives than Deir Yassin. Obviously attribution of responsibility for the '48 Palestinian exodus is a still a thorny historical issue. |
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Dec 21 |
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Who is responsible for the partition of Palestine? edited body |
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Dec 21 |
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Who is responsible for the partition of Palestine? The UN certainly did not force a two-state solution on anyone. The UN general assembly passed a non-binding resolution that was essentially dead on arrival, and it became clear that the fate of the two communities would be decided on the battlefield. By the time the international phase of the 1947-49 war got well underway, both sides were aiming for a "one-state solution", ie, conquering all of the former Mandate territory. The partition happened because the Arab armies were defeated, but managed to hang on to some rump territories. The UN was basically left to pick up the pieces afterwards. |
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Dec 21 |
answered | Who is responsible for the partition of Palestine? |
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Dec 16 |
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Why the USSR insisted on ban of the 1943 German film Munchhausen in Nuremberg? My answer doesn't show direct documentary evidence, it's true. But it does show that Stalin abhorred sexuality in film and sought Soviet film to portray great Russian monarchs from history in a positive light. Which seems very likely relevant to why his government banned a film that slandered Catherine the Great in crude sexual terms! |
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Oct 2 |
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Was “Blitzkrieg” at least partly intended for trapping the Jews? This is simply false. My copy of The Wages of Destruction, appendix A5, has the last German grain harvest before the war at 29.6 million tonnes, falling to a low of 22.7 in 1942-43. Domestic consumption outstripped domestic production for each year of the war. As for the ghettoes being able to feed themselves: I'm not sure that's true, but to the extent that it is, that was precisely the problem by Nazi lights. Every grain of wheat bartered for on the black market by an unfortunate ghetto dweller was a grain that didn't go to feeding a German soldier or an ostarbeiter. |
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Oct 1 |
answered | Was “Blitzkrieg” at least partly intended for trapping the Jews? |
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Sep 21 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Aug 21 |
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What were the main causes of successful take over of India by Britain? removed LOLZ-speak |
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Aug 21 |
suggested | suggested edit on What were the main causes of successful take over of India by Britain? |
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Aug 21 |
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Is there any footage and/or photos of Germans surrendering towns and cities in the Western Front? Outside of the fighting in Germany itself (where surrender ceremonies could hardly be expected to have been festive), the Western Front was basically an intense, bitterly contested battle in a narrow area around Normandy, followed by an almost unopposed exploitation into open country. Except for fortified ports, there weren't many "surrender ceremonies" as such, just Allied patrols cautiously driving into some town, to be immediately mobbed by joyous crowds of civilians (sometimes amidst sniper fire, even.) More typical would be some kind of liberation ceremony held by the town authorities. |
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Aug 20 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Why was language not utilized to establish dominance throughout England 1066 AD–1360s CE? |
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Aug 19 |
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How was occupied France governed during World War II? The Germans did not "set up" L'État Francais and it was not generally viewed as German collaborators until it became convenient to do so after 1944. In reality it was a popular, more or less legal régime (in terms of its establishment, I mean, not its actions) and acted in accordance with a plausible interpretation of French national interest. Also, merely being an "official" was by no means an offence of indignité nationale -- somebody had to make the trains run on time, right? Specific positive acts of voluntary collaboration were punished, as was membership in the fascist parties. |
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Aug 18 |
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Why was language not utilized to establish dominance throughout England 1066 AD–1360s CE? deleted 22 characters in body |
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Aug 18 |
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Why was language not utilized to establish dominance throughout England 1066 AD–1360s CE? You know what, that's fair, I was a bit harsh. I toned it down. |
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Aug 18 |
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Why was language not utilized to establish dominance throughout England 1066 AD–1360s CE? deleted 22 characters in body |
