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John Dallman
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  • United Kingdom
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Programmer for a large ISV, SF fan and gamer.

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177
Why didn't the US and USSR jam each other's early-warning radar?
Nov 21, 2018
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111
Why did the Germans use the Enigma machine rather than the far superior "Lorenz" cipher machine?
Feb 16, 2020
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94
How did the USSR manage to innovate in an environment characterized by government censorship and high bureaucracy?
Apr 6, 2019
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82
Was WW1 generally foreseen?
Aug 14, 2017
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78
Why did the USA invade Okinawa instead of one of the many other islands in southern Japan
Dec 25, 2018
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67
How did pilots know when to release bombs on airplanes during World War2?
Jun 3, 2018
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63
Why was capturing the south of Okinawa necessary?
Jun 3, 2020
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62
Is it true that Germans in World War 2 did not suffer punishment for refusing genocidal orders?
Feb 11, 2022
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62
Why was World War I ended on Nov 11 11:00, rather than immediately upon signing the armistice?
Mar 20, 2018
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Who was the most successful German spy against Great Britain in WWII, from the contemporary German perspective?
Aug 25, 2019
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How to tell a clone apart?
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How was it back then in 1984, when the Apple II had color, and the new Macintosh didn't?
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Back in the late 1980s, how was commercial software for 8-bit home computers developed?
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How can humans coexist with an intelligent carnivorous species?
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A new proposal suggests subdividing Washington D.C. into 127 new states so that they can change the Constitution at will. Is this possible?

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