Larry OBrien

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Contributing Editor and Columnist, SD Times. Editor of now-defunct magazines including Software Development, Computer Language, and AI Expert. Founding Editor of Game Developer, which still totally rocks.

On Twitter at @lobrien

Sr. Software Engineer at Gemini Observatories.

Not a bad coder.

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48 Answers

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35	Is the theory of evolution disproved by bats?
23	Has Obama or any other US President authorized the assassination of US citizens?
22	Did the US government spend millions of dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly?
20	Was NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter lost because engineering teams used different measuring units?
19	Is Islam banned in Japan?

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+190	Is Islam banned in Japan?
+13	Does burr-ground coffee taste different than blade-ground coffee?
+15	Do dolphins attack dangerous sharks?

23 Questions

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29	Do involuntary “microexpressions” betray liars?
27	Can devices detect your sleep cycle and wake you in a more refreshed state?
24	Can a blow to the base of the neck cause unconsciousness? (i.e., “Karate…CHOP!”)
22	Is the “wind lens” a breakthrough in wind energy?
22	Do professional assassins exist?

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89 united-states × 13	28 alcohol × 2
60 animals × 8	23 religion × 3
52 politics × 8	23 barack-obama
51 biology × 8	23 war
38 evolution × 4	22 medical-science × 7