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Steve Bird
  • Member for 11 years, 8 months
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  • London, UK
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Software development director with over 35 years in the IT industry in a variety of development, support and analyst roles.

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Why were ships-of-the line not supposed to open fire on frigates during fleet actions?
Apr 3, 2016
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Why did it take so long to abandon sail after steamships were demonstrated?
Mar 14, 2019
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Why were British ships not of the same quality as French and Spanish ships until the latter part of the 18th century?
Sep 30, 2017
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Why didn't the British consider the USS President's attempted flight as a fake surrender?
Dec 11, 2019
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What was this television history series?
Apr 2, 2024
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What paintings might these be (2 sketches made in the Tate Britain Gallery)?
Nov 11, 2022
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Why were helmets and other body armour not commonplace in the 1800s?
May 24, 2019
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Capturing a much larger ship?
Jul 3, 2016
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Why did piracy thrive in the late 17th and early 18th centuries?
Nov 3, 2018
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Why did Napoleon think the logistics of the Egyptian campaign were realistic?
Jan 20, 2025

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Should there be a policy on History SE for the use of AI-generated answers?
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What to do when you post a partially wrong answer?
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Adding answers to old questions which already have good answers
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How to handle a user with multiple unregistered accounts posting low quality answers?
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Anonymous Edits: very uncomfortable with this feature

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Why does my dictionary lookup give a SQL timeout error?
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porting knowledge
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How to exterminate a psychic race?