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user55340
12:46 AM
Interview question idea for a college student who has memorized all the algorithms:
So, heres the merge sort code (give them picture and code for merge sort).
However, we need to make it an iterative solution rather than recursive. Could you write the pseudo-code for an iterative merge sort on the white board?
 
user55340
1:06 AM
@AshleyNunn you're a loather? Its been awhile, but apparently I've got the login still in my keychain from some time ago..
 
user55340
 
user55340
I've played a little bit.
 
user15026
1:34 AM
@MichaelT I am! We have an Arqade clan, a bunch of us play. I've not been playing overly long, just about to hit my first Ascension.
 
user55340
@AshleyNunn I've done a few hard core runs.
 
user15026
Nice! I am just finishing a few things before I Ascend for the first time.
 
3:21 AM
@MichaelT Thanks :) That looks intresting!
 
user15026
@MichaelT So I looked at this list and I don't even know what some of these things are! :P
 
user15026
(I am such a noob at this game, as evidenced by the piles of things I've asked on Arqade about it)
 
user55340
@AshleyNunn Ahh... Lets see.. Snow cones and candy hearts were special items of the month awhile back.
 
user55340
Most of them are with a wide range of classes... there's a synergy between them.
 
user55340
What 'class' are you playing?
 
user15026
3:35 AM
I'm a Turtle Tamer!
 
user55340
I don't recall the turtle tamer (or for that matter most of them) synergies... but let me give you an example from what I recall my preferred class to be... the sauceror.
 
user55340
Oh, wait, it was Amorcraftiness for TTs.
 
user55340
Level 5 has the crafting skill.
 
user55340
... and... don't see it. Hmm.
 
user55340
Oh well, back to the sauceror and "advanced sauce crafting"
 
user55340
3:41 AM
So, they can mix a "scrumptious reagent" with an item to make a potion.
 
user55340
Lemon + reagent => "philter of phorce" (+100% muscle)
 
user55340
For a period of time.
 
user55340
And you could see that having that skill on your next run would be useful.
 
user55340
You can also, for example, use it instead with goat cheese (for example again) to make "fancy schmancy cheese sauce"... which isn't useful by itself.
 
user15026
I think I am doing to do a Disco Bandit or Pastamancer next
 
user15026
3:43 AM
(I mostly want Advanced Cocktailcrafting, so likely the Disco Bandit)
 
user55340
However, with the pasta skill to make noodles, you can then take that fancy schmancy cheese sauce and make fetching inconnu.
 
user55340
(that gives you 17-20 adventures and 25-30 wizardliness)
 
user55340
Disco is very nice for its booze crafting.
 
user55340
And so the synergies between the different classes are quite nice.
 
user15026
Yeah, it's neat how stuff fits together for sure
 
user15026
3:47 AM
also the game has lots of funny bits in
 
user55340
Lots? Oh ghads... the radio casts from days of old.
 
user55340
(btw, make sure you take the armor crafting skill unless you really want something else)
 
user55340
Being able to get better armor is very useful.
 
user55340
There's also a distinct recognition of the "HCSD - players who suit muds" article in a number of places. This, I believe, is part of what has kept it going for so long.
 
user55340
There is a pvp game that the 'killer' types seem to like. The achievers have all their trophies, explorers (spades) have deep mechanics, and socializers have an active chat.
 
user55340
They've also worked to make sure that the pvp types can't mess up the games of other players., so the K part isn't quite as powerful as it could be... but its still there.
 
user55340
And a bit from the game devs: kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/…
 
Does C# have anonymous inner classes (like Java) ?
private final Foo objFoo = new Foo() {

	@Override
    public void onSomethingOrOther() {
        // useful things ...
    }

    @Override
    public void onSomethingElse() {
        // other useful things ...
    }
}
 
user55340
4:06 AM
52
Q: Private inner classes in C# - why aren't they used more often?

SROI am relatively new to C# and each time I begin to work on a C# project (I only worked on nearly mature projects in C#) I wonder why there are no inner classes? Maybe I don't understand their goal. To me, inner classes -- at least private inner classes -- look a lot like "inner procedures" in Pa...

 
user55340
Though its probably closer to the C++ concept than the Java one (dunno - haven't touched C++ in a long time, or C#) blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2006/08/01/685248.aspx
 
@MichaelT He-he. I have touched C++ and C# last month, but haven't touched Java for a decade. Thanks for the link!
 
4:28 AM
such questions are no longer allowed even on programmers.SE. It is more appropriate for reddit, quora, also python can be used for flyingJ.F. Sebastian 20 secs ago
 
4:55 AM
MDN is not uptodate with the documentation of css3 developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/CSS3
Is there any other documentation to read CSS3?
 
in Programmers CV-Please, 36 secs ago, by gnat
- http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/303505/need-help-i-m-developing-a‌​-site-which-needs-to-take-some-data-and-save-it-an
 
 
3 hours later…
8:27 AM
@overexchange What makes you think it's out of date?
 
 
2 hours later…
10:26 AM
According to meta‌​, questions about licensing are off-topic on stackoverflow. Better ask this on programmers.stackexchange.com. — Guillaume Algis 12 secs ago
 
 
2 hours later…
12:24 PM
-4
Q: What are the benefits of using functional programming language using C#?

Ravi KumarI know there are majorly four problems with the functional programming in terms of Re-usability, Extensibility, Simplicity and Maintainability as explained here. But I want to know more about what are the benefits of using functional programming in any application?

Interesting twist: The author of the crappy article used as the premise for this crappy question is actually the OP.
 
12:43 PM
@Ixrec I mean, mdn is pointing to css3 drafts.
 
1:02 PM
I mean, mdn does not maintain its own documentation for css3.
 
 
1 hour later…
2:26 PM
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it seems more suited over at programmers.stackexchange.com (if anything, but definitely not SO) — ʰᵈˑ 57 secs ago
 
user55340
@overexchange the term 'draft' or 'request for comments' in computing is a bit of a misnomer. It means "this is the published spec until we have good reason to change it later. RFC 2616 is a "request for comments" - its also how HTTP works. Most things are drafts or "recommendations" - but yet browsers implement them already.
 
any one got a clue why my question getting down voted. other than gnat's close vote, I don't have any criticism of my quesiton
-5
Q: Is switch(true) a good way to handle multiple conditional statements?

Matt EllenI saw something like the following: switch(true) { case iAmAmazing(): { return 'some html'; } case isVariable: { return 'some other html'; } case youAreShort(): { doSomething(); return ''; } /* there were more than 3, but yo...

 
user55340
omg, my eyes!!! — Ewan 2 hours ago
 
user55340
The code is so... awful/clever that there is no good reason to do this in the first place.
 
user55340
I'm surprised that its even valid code.
 
2:37 PM
but that's not the question.
the question is not "do you like the code"
 
you are asking why people are downvoting it though right? people on SE can vote for whatever their whims are
and "this code is hideous" is probably a reason many would DV?
 
I know
but I thought maybe there was something wrong with the question
and maybe someone who's a regular here might shine some light on that
@MichaelT you and me, both.
 
user55340
That someone would ask "is this good" is... confusing.
 
also "If so, what are the problems?" is not really a good question in general
 
so if I rephrase it to ask about what is bad about it?
would that make it a better question?
 
user55340
2:40 PM
Thats too broad. There are so many possible answers.
 
Your question is good, but I don't believe it belongs on SO as it's more of an opinion question. It may be better placed at programmers.stackexchange.comTom just now
 
user55340
Though they really boil down to "no, its not, its someone being clever with a switch statement in a way that is rather surprising to the next reader"
 
@MichaelT really? OK. I leave it.
thanks for the help :)
 
@Snowman bringing the pew-pew to XY questions since 1 hour ago. :)
 
user55340
0
Q: How can I use a framework like Bootstrap when I already have designs from a design team

Redfox05We are about to start an AngularJS project. In fact, the CMS will be AEM (Adobe Experience Manager). I'm now looking into the CSS/layout framework, and whether its worth using something like Bootstrap, when the design team/client has already decided what it will look like. From what I understand...

 
2:53 PM
@MichaelT I couldn't decide how scoped that was and didn't want to analyze it when I skimmed it :)
 
3:17 PM
Happy Coffee Day
@MichaelT it's not in C#, not sure what language that is but C# rightly demands switch cases be consts to get the classically touted benefit and reason for it of efficient predication
 
user55340
@JimmyHoffa Everywhere I've seen a switch statement be part of the standard language definition, its been a precomputed goto. The switch(true) and functions as cases don't have that property.
 
user41796
I put the 3rd VTC on the switch question. I started on an answer but then realized it would take a really long answer to cover all of the reasons why it's wrong.
 
user41796
3:32 PM
I don't know that it really deserves a -5 vote though
 
@MichaelT yes, precomputed goto is what I refer to as the clasically touted benefit of efficient predication - it was always meant to be more efficient than a stack of if/else-ifs
 
user55340
@GlenH7 I suspect its because the shocking awfulness of the code in question and that there is a presumption that this code is acceptable.
 
user55340
Do you really want an intern who writes code for you to find that when searching for 'switch' and think that its ok?
 
user41796
I'd agree. If I wrote that sort of code for production, I'd rightfully be worried about my future safety and health.
 
user41796
I'm wondering if that question couldn't be edited to be a bit less bad
 
3:38 PM
I didn't even realize you could write a switch statement and then have each case statement refer to something else...
 
user41796
@enderland Likely only in PHP
 
user41796
Maybe JavaScript too
 
user55340
@enderland In every (sane) language I'm familiar with, the case must be followed by a constant.
 
ok. so this is a fubared situation
 
@GlenH7 honestly there's probably a lot of languages that support that type of nonsense - it would just be silly bad practice though
 
user41796
3:39 PM
It's clever in the evilest sense of the word
 
oh. I get why this works now, but.. ffffffffff
 
user55340
In php its case expression: rather than case constant:
 
user55340
and expression is evaluated each time.
 
user55340
Oh $deity... that function could have a side effect. I'm going to cry.
 
user41796
<musing> It's like a one-time execution block, but I can't think of a valid reason to wrap those expressions within a block like that
 
user41796
3:42 PM
@MichaelT almost guaranteed to have side effects as written
 
user55340
case sideEffect(): case test():
  do stuff;
  break;
case sideEffect(): case test():
  do other stuff;
  break;
 
you mean like:
oh this is convoluted
 
user55340
sideEffect() { foo++; return false; }
test() { return foo > bar; }
 
user55340
and then you wonder why it did other stuff even though the cases are the same.
 
user41796
Would a rephrasing to "Just how harmful is this ..." be a reasonable edit?
 
user41796
3:46 PM
It shouldn't invalidate the existing answer (which is wrong), and also make it a bit more clear that the example code is wrong
 
user55340
@GlenH7 it might clear up some down votes... but I'm not sure it makes it reopenable.
 
isn't there a canonical "how to determine when it is good to write 'clever' code that is not as maintainable" type of question?
 
user41796
I'll edit and see what I can do then. I don't know that it's worth reopening either. Just doesn't seem like it should have a -5 on it
 
user55340
Can it be made into a good question that should stay on the site?
 
On stackoverflow they told me that i should ask it here!!! — Gtaricsi videos 34 secs ago
o rly
-5
Q: How can i encrypt passwords with php?

Gtaricsi videosi have a login form, which uses a data.txt file for storing the user datas.(i have got it from this forum, so you will find it) I want to encrypt password, but i dont know how to, please help me: <?php if(isset($_POST["uname"]) && isset($_POST["passwd"])){ $file = fopen('data.txt', 'r'); ...

 
user55340
3:51 PM
 
user41796
@MichaelT gah!
 
user55340
var foo = 0;

function side() {
  foo++;
  return false;
}

function test() {
    return foo > 1;
}

switch(true) {
    case side(): case test():
        alert('a');
        break;
    case side(): case test():
        alert('b');
        break;
}

alert(foo);
 
user55340
Does an alert of 'b' and '2'.
 
user55340
@Ixrec I blame you.
 
user55340
And I don't consider JavaScript to be a sane language.
 
user41796
3:53 PM
Okay, it's edited so hopefully some of the down votes will get retracted. I gave it a sympathy up vote.
 
does JS just execute all code in a window when launched?
no "main" concept it seems
 
user55340
@enderland Its a 'start at the top' thing. Web pages don't have a "main"
 
@MichaelT ah. Dart, which I was playing with, has the concept of a 'main' method
 
user55340
I'll point out though that while switch isn't part of the core language of perl, it is a core module extension to the language... that can do some rather odd things. perldoc.perl.org/5.8.8/Switch.html
 
user55340
> Damian Conway (damian@conway.org). The maintainer of this module is now Rafael Garcia-Suarez (rgarciasuarez@free.fr).
 
user55340
4:00 PM
And that explains a fair bit of it.
 
user55340
> LIMITATIONS
Due to the heuristic nature of Switch.pm's source parsing, the presence of regexes specified with raw ?...? delimiters may cause mysterious errors. The workaround is to use m?...? instead.
Due to the way source filters work in Perl, you can't use Switch inside an string eval.
If your source file is longer then 1 million characters and you have a switch statement that crosses the 1 million (or 2 million, etc.) character boundary you will get mysterious errors. The workaround is to use smaller source files.
 
user55340
> In seeking to devise a "Swiss Army" case mechanism suitable for Perl, it is useful to generalize this notion of distributed conditional testing as far as possible. Specifically, the concept of "matching" between the switch value and the various case values need not be restricted to numeric (or string or referential) equality, as it is in other languages. Indeed, as Table 1 illustrates, Perl offers at least eighteen different ways in which two values could generate a match.
 
@MichaelT what in perl can't do some rather odd things?
 
user55340
@JimmyHoffa well, switch isn't part of the language definition... it was added with a module that modifies the language.
 
@MichaelT don't most things in perl modify the language? Perl modified perl last I checked, and that's the way perl likes it.
 
user55340
4:04 PM
@JimmyHoffa rarely do I have need of code that adds new keywords to the language.
 
user114359
Screw coffee, I have Cherry Coke Zero!
 
> I find your lack of faith disturbing.
 
user41796
@JimmyHoffa yeah, but cherry coke zero is pretty dang tasty.
 
user41796
Not on the same level as coffee (sorry @Snowman) but still dang tasty
 
user114359
I strongly hinted to my wife that unless she buys me a Keurig for Christmas, I will die.
 
4:08 PM
@GlenH7 argh..want..to..flag..so...badly
 
Don't let the new guy fail - or - let the new guy struggle.
 
@Snowman my wife gave me the same ultimatum a few years ago, I was very reluctant because I knew a lot of people who had old models and they all broke after like a couple few months. But they've really cleaned up their act - I had one for a year and a half and have had this new one for a year and no issues whatsoever - same goes for everyone I know who's got one in the past couple years
 
user55340
@Snowman the other day target had a 20% off all kitchen ware... on top of the already existing sale price. Keurigs were included.
 
I think I need to compromise. I can't do his work for him, but I can give him a few minutes here and there to help him with his roadblocks and make sure he's going in the right direction.
 
@AaronHall that's a given for all colleagues - it should be more along the lines of 1-2 hours for a junior (presuming new guy is a junior?)
 
4:13 PM
He is for us, but he's not supposed to be.
 
user114359
@MichaelT Sam's Club has a sale on the K420 (I think) for $99 including a case of K-cups
 
Small company's really don't have the bandwidth to handle a Junior, but they don't always realize this. Honestly, if you want a Junior to be worth anything to your company, they need at least 1-2 hours a day dedicated hand holding the first 6-9 months, reduced significantly as they have a backlog of their own work to maintain at that point. But everytime they're on something new it should be similarly large for the first 2 years of their career
 
Do that for 2 years with a Sr or decent mid level person sitting with the junior - and that's a 2 year investment at 25% time -> approx 6 months total time lost, result being an independent and skilled engineer. But rarely do company's want to do that these days.
 
user114359
They don't list the price but it was $99 in-store. Even $129 is a decent price.
 
user55340
4:17 PM
Amazon lists the K300 starting at $80
 
keurig 2.0 is a trap
DRM coffee say whaaaaaaaaaat
 
user55340
(thats a 'used')
 
user55340
@Ampt already cracked.
 
user55340
low cost physical drm is too easy.
 
user41796
4:18 PM
I don't like keurig systems as I think they leave more grounds in the coffee.
 
user41796
< puts on asbestos suit />
 
user55340
(now, the self washing cat litter... thats where its a problem)
 
yeah, but why even bother when the 1.0 systems work so well
 
speaking of... time to brew a cup!
 
user55340
 
user55340
> Earlier this year, we told you about Keurig’s attempt to quash off-brand coffee by integrating DRM into its newest model of brewing machine. At the time, we thought that coffee barons locking their customers into name-brand coffee pods was the most boneheaded deployment of DRM we’d ever seen.

Turns out, we were wrong.

You know what else features DRM these days? Kitty litter. Welcome to the future, people. Now, even your cat’s crap comes with a steaming side of corporate crap.
 
user41796
> and there it was, looking back at me, a tiny chip holding up its little metal finger.
 
user55340
The thing is, its hard to get cheap drm (on a small unit of coffee)... its easier to get it on a $30 special brand cat litter cleaning solution.
 
user114359
@GlenH7 I never noticed that problem at ${PreviousEmployer} who provided free K-cups. Personally, I hate cleaning the filters and wasting money because I brew more than I can drink.
 
user41796
Clearly I'm a snob. :-)
 
4:25 PM
@Snowman excuse me, the accepted notation is employer^
 
ahhh cultural differences
 
or employer^^ for the one before that
 
for "lynced him" :P
 
user114359
@Ampt Meh.
 
user114359
Also it looks like Keurig backed off a little on the DRM. Personally I don't care because I am lazy and will just buy the k-cups.
 
@Snowman when you get the keurig: Get a Hiline Subscription - their coffee is spectacular. The only other pods I ever buy are Peets or Tullys, the vast majority of K-Cups are terribly watered down garbage.
 
@Snowman you sure that all those round little cups you're putting in are fully licensed K-cups though?
 
32
A: How do I become better at Delegating work?

bethlakshmiFirst - you're not alone! I see this alot in folks that are only just starting in technical leadership, particularly when they are promoted from within an organization where they were excellent individual contributors. Some thoughts - I find this to be an oddly assorted collection, even in my o...

 
user114359
@Ampt ...and if not, it is not something a piece of scotch tape cannot fix.
 
not exactly the same, but relevant still
 
user55340
4:29 PM
It's not ideal, but if you don't control the API, you'll have to decide whether or not you can live with the quirkiness. POSTing to retrieve information from some service is not the end of the world, IMO. — Robert Harvey 15 mins ago
 
user55340
@RobertHarvey and an all too common solution when you need to post some sizable data for the api rather than try to stuff all of that into a query string. — MichaelT 2 mins ago
 
My favorite brewer, Berres Brothers, sells coffee in individual cups.. but they aren't licenesed K cups either
so for me, DRM means I can't use my favorite coffee in my keurig anymore
not just that I can't fill my own cups
 
user55340
@RobertHarvey the right and proper restful way of such searches is actually to post the query, get a url for the query back, and then get that value. Problem is - its a pain to do right.
 
user114359
@JimmyHoffa have you tried this one? I like my coffee dark, sounds interesting: Stock Exchange Dark Roast
 
@Snowman that's all I drink at home typically - it is really good.
 
user114359
4:31 PM
@Ampt read that Ars article. There are easy ways to defeat the DRM.
 
@Snowman I get that - but I also shouldn't have to DRM defeat a machine I bought and paid for
 
Whenever I run out I go down to the Donut House because I run out before my wife's - and it's quite good too. I prefer the Donut House for a medium/cafe style over their Fifth Avenue
 
much less one who's sole job is to push hot water through a plastic cup
 
Just buy one of their sampler packs to try
 
user114359
@JimmyHoffa Good to know. I like my coffee dark and naked (no cream or sugar).
 
user114359
4:33 PM
@Ampt I agree that DRM is the result of Satan and Oracle getting together to make a baby ten times more evil than either parent, but if I can easily defeat it? Meh.
 
And encouraging their behaviour (buying DRM crap) just gives them even more resources to make the DRM even better
 
@Snowman yeah, then you'll have the same issue I have with Keurigs, a lot of the stuff is wayy too watered down, you have to be picky as hell about which ones you get if you want it to be a proper cuppa. Peets and Tullys are carried in every grocer and they don't skimp on their K-Cups like most companies.
 
I'm just saying that if you don't like it, you shouldn't support it :)
 
@Ampt truth: Get a last generation off e-bay for cheaper. I have a K45 and love it.
 
That is the exact model I have
 
4:35 PM
^-- beware, if you like a big cuppa like me, you have to get the right Keurig to have it tall enough to fit a large cup under the spout
 
It is great
 
thanks for your help @GlenH7
 
user41796
@MattE.Эллен yw
 
user41796
I'm not sure that it will be re-opened, but -5 really didn't seem right for your question either
 
@JimmyHoffa You can remove that thingy at the bottom to get more height.
 
4:40 PM
:)
 
@RobertHarvey yes, I know, but before this one I had a single-cup one that was decent - but even with the spill-catch removed wouldn't fit a lot of larger cups
just something you have to be aware of when you're picking a keurig
 
@MichaelT Basically am looking for MDN documentation for CSS3.
 
sucks if most your cups don't fit under the spout, I would have to make the coffee in a measuring glass and pour it into my cup
 
But this link is pointing to drafts not maintained by MDN. MDN does not maintain any documentation on CSS3 like this developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Getting_started
 
user55340
4:44 PM
Its not standardized. Mozilla's implementation of it is in flux too. Some things are draft and work (but may change), some things are recommendations and don't work. If they were to put out a guide they would be updating it every few days as new builds come out.
 
So, currently MDN is pointing to drafts for different topics. After standardisation of topics there could be some guide. Is that correct?
 
user55340
Maybe. Depends on if anyone writes one.
 
ya this is voluntary work
I raised 2 tickets to Mozilla for re-correcting in OO JS MDN documentation. Some mozila employees who are part of SO are working on it
 
@overexchange s/voluntary/volumetric/f
> Todo:
> standardize css 3
> delete standard
> snicker
> -MichaelT
 
user55340
Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated. Consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, enrobed in milk chocolate, Snickers has annual global sales of $2 billion. In the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and Ireland, Snickers was sold under the brand name Marathon until 1990. Snickers brand Marathon energy bars have since been sold in some markets. == History == In 1930 Mars introduced Snickers, named after the favorite horse of the Mars family. The Snickers candy bar consists of nougat, peanuts, and caramel with a chocolate coating. The bar was marketed under the...
 
user55340
4:53 PM
I'll be hungry after all of that.
 
user55340
@ThomasOwens if you want to poke at some questions that only mods can delete of possibly dubious value: is:question closed:yes duplicate:no views:..500 migrated:no locked:yes
 
ugh snickers are the worst
 
@enderland YOU'RE THE WORST!
 
Kit-kat > Reeses > Twix > dusty socks > all the other candy bars
 
user55340
I'll certainly put kit-kat and twix up there. Snickers has the advantage of density... and sometimes you want that.
 
5:04 PM
though I only get Reeses anymore...stupid palm oil...stupid orangutangs...grumble
 
user55340
whee... on how to deal with a steaming cesspool of closed questions.
 
Actually I pretty much only buy ritter sport these days because all the standard cheapo candy bars are not allowed in my house :(
@Ampt if you like Rye, a traditional Manhattan is supposed to be made with rye, but I find rye to be awful and a Makers Manhattan is pretty much the standard bearer for quality in places that have a manhattan on their menu. Although it's become really common these days that bars around here carry almost only local whiskeys as we have so many whiskey makers here these days
@MichaelT do you know how to rename a folder in git?
 
user55340
You move it on the file system.
 
user114359
5:20 PM
@JimmyHoffa I think I have to agree with the dead teamster on this issue.
 
user114359
A project I backed on IndieGoGo finally shipped, and it's pretty sweet: creopop.com
 
there's one folder with a lower case 'r' which should be 'R' and it's annoying the crap out of me. If you can fix it on your side that would be handy but otherwise meh. All the git commands and fiddling I did locally did approx zilch for my clones ability to create a pushable diff
 
user114359
Check out their YouTube channel (linked on their site)
 
user41796
5:40 PM
@Snowman That's just about genius
 
way better than the ones that melt plastic at the very least
 
user114359
Yeah you can actually apply it to your skin without ill effect.
 
user114359
And looking at the prices.... wow, am I glad I paid the backer price...
 
@MichaelT s/Dessert/Desserts/g in the README.md - didn't test the link for the cookies before submitting heh :)
 
I think it's an interesting stepping stone to full blown 3d printing
 
user114359
5:45 PM
@Ampt It is more of an artistic toy in my opinion. Although some of the inks could be useful for prototyping some stuff, e.g. the conductive inks for electronics.
 
user55340
@JimmyHoffa committed directly to master.
 
user41796
@Snowman Looks really cool, with my only concern being that it appears to be using UV light to cure the ink. I'd hope they've verified that much light exposure won't harm people's eyes.
 
@Snowman imagine running cables in your house by just taking that, extruding junk into a plug and then drawing it from there along your walls to another source
@GlenH7 for a few bucks you can test it yourself; pick one up and stare at the light for an hour and report your results :)
 
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@JimmyHoffa Yes, please! Because I don't have enough health issues as it is...
 
@GlenH7 maybe it would fix them! UV light is antibiotic right? Maybe it'll kill germs and help sculpt a larger space behind your eyes for drainage! I encourage this behaviour.
 
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5:50 PM
I mean, for 95 or however old I am now, I'm not doing that badly. But if I were to compare myself to someone half my age, sheesh. Not doing so great.
 
@GlenH7 I thought you topped a hundred a while back? Whatever, I can hardly count so high.
 
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@JimmyHoffa (and @AshleyNunn ) - this is amusing on the cookbook stats page: github.com/shagie/WhiteBoard-Recipes/graphs/traffic
 
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what is the difference between font-style: italic and font-style:oblique?
 
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Q: font-style: italic vs oblique in CSS

rajakvkWhat is the difference between these two: font-style:italic font-style:oblique I tried using the W3Schools editor but was unable to tell the difference. What am I missing?

 
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5:53 PM
@MichaelT google-fu FTW!
 
@overexchange frenchiness
 
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Oblique type is a form of type that slants slightly to the right, used for the same purposes as italic type. Unlike italic type, however, it does not use different glyph shapes; it uses the same glyphs as roman type, except slanted. Oblique and italic type are technical terms to distinguish between the two ways of creating slanted font styles; oblique designs may be labelled italic by companies selling fonts or by computer programs. Oblique designs may also be called slanted or sloped roman styles. Italic designs are not just the slanted version of the regular (roman) style; they are influenced...
 
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Though this really gets into the graphic design world.
 
am not getting the answer from SO
 
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It goes back to actual printing - where the regular font would be added to the press at an oblique angle, while the italic is actually a different set of letters.
 
5:56 PM
ok
8-12 degree angle
but italic also skew at same angle
 
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It depends on the font.
 
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Sans-serif tend to be oblique because its 'easier' and serif fonts tend to be italic because oblique looks funny.
 
Major difference between italic and oblique style is, oblique uses the same glyph as roman.
 
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And you're getting into the particulars of font (graphic) design.
 
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6:05 PM
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Q: What would happen in a world without hypothetical situations?

Joe BloggsI've got to admit: I'm asking this mostly because the question amuses me. Imagine a world (herein known as Whatworld) which is identical to Earth before the rise of humanity. It is populated by the same spread of creatures, with one important difference: The 'homo-sapiens' analogue (homo-whatvia...

 
well hell, I guess I know what my kids going to get me for xmas this year; my tardis slippers sole just tore open.. ah working from home.
 
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That question is almost a paradox capable of making the universe explode.
 
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@Snowman hypothetically... such a universe might exist.
 
Can one with infinite ability exceed their ability?
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Q: Sum of all the positive integers problem

PeterixThe staff of Numberphile has shown that the sum of all the integers from $0$ to $\infty$ is $-\frac1{12}$. Recently I was looking for the sum of all the (positive) integers from $0$ to $n$ and I found that: $$\sum_{i=0}^n i=\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$$ So I decided to take the limit: $$\lim_{n\to \infty}\...

Maybe yes?
 
6:22 PM
@MichaelT Nonono. Switch.pm is a horrible preprocessor-based hack. DConway has done cool stuff, this is not an example. Luckily, that module was removed from core in Perl5 v13.1. Since v10, you can use feature 'switch' to get the builtin given/when construct, though given is problematic. The current consensus is “use for/when, but prefer conditionals”. See also “Switch Statements” in Ch. 3 of Modern Perl
@MichaelT For some time, Perl has had a keyword API that lets modules take over parsing when a keyword is encountered. For a really cool application, see Moops, which wraps a Moose/Perl6 like object system in Perl6-like syntax, while still being ordinary Perl5.
 
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Q: November 2015 Stack Overflow Community Moderator Election RESULTS

Shog9Stack Overflow's November 2015 moderator election has come to a close, the robots have transferred many single votes to tally up the results, and the 3 new moderators are: They'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice...

 
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@RobertHarvey Indeed
 
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I was a bit surprised to see it hadn't been mentioned in here yet
 
Who?
I've seen Ed Cottrell before. Thank God Madara Uchiha finally got elected. I think this is his third try.
 
@GlenH7 the hell do we care? That site sucks.
 
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6:27 PM
@JimmyHoffa 'cause we had a mod in that race.
 
@GlenH7 oh right, woot TO wasn't ruined; hooray.
 
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Came close. Made the top 10 or whatever. Came in at 6th overall if I'm reading the results correctly.
 
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7:36 PM
I capped my rep on a single half-assed answer from before caffeine this morning:
 
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A: Is it better to check `c >= '0'` or `c >= 48`?

SnowmanNeither. Let Java's built-in Character class figure it out for you. for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) { if (Character.isDigit(s.charAt(i))) { ++n; } } There are a few more character ranges than the ASCII digits that count as digits, and neither example you posted will count them. Th...

 
I have no idea how that got to be a hot question
 
mmm fresh ginger tea. best cure for the belly yucks; just boiled 2" of diced and skinned ginger with a dash of lemon for 25 minutes, strain into cup and noms.
 
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7:53 PM
@Ixrec doesn't make sense to me, but it had a few hundred views before it made the list (I checked a couple hours ago).
 
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@DocBrown how many times do we need to rehash the "shape polymorphism" problem? I retracted my close vote anyway, maybe we can use this as a dupe target next time someone says "what if we make squares and rectangles both quadrilaterals instead?" — Snowman 19 secs ago
 
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Do we really need yet another question about how to make squares and rectangles inherit from each other or something else?
 
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Can we at least agree that shapes made with a finite number of straight edges are all polygons?
 
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Can being annoyed at a question be a valid reason to VTC?
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@GlenH7 you mean the credit card question?
 
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8:03 PM
nah, just in general
 
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Feeling annoyed
 
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I have actually had this conversation before:
QA: that change is QA FAILED!!! HAHAHA go fix it!
Me: you suck at testing and didn't follow the script. I am changing your feedback to "QA Stupid"
 
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In other words.. VTC on QA feedback :-)
 
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@Snowman epic
 
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@GlenH7 wait, you don't want me to make it better?
 
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8:04 PM
We used the term "working as designed"
 
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I like that one too, except QA and even customers have said "sure, but your design is stupid."
 
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@Snowman Part of the issue is likely due to ESL. The other part of the problem is lack of familiarity with how SE works
 
@GlenH7 where I work we always abbreviate that to "WAD"
 
user41796
We did too
 
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Didn't know if that was a universal acronym or not
 
8:06 PM
though if we agree it's bad design we usually convert the bug ticket to a feature request instead of simply withdrawing it
do you also have "CNR" for can not reproduce?
 
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@Ixrec I've done that a few times. Working as designed... ten years ago. Might be time to update the design for 2015.
 
@Ixrec never seen either of those acronyms. WAD just makes me think of texture package files for quake..
Doom WAD is the default format of package files for the video game Doom and its sequel Doom II: Hell on Earth, that contain sprites, levels, and game data. WAD stands for Where's All the Data?. Immediately after its release in 1993, Doom attracted a sizeable following of players who created their own mods for WAD files—packages containing levels, graphics, and other game data—and played a vital part in spawning the mod-making culture which is now commonplace for first-person shooters. Thousands of WADs have been created for Doom, ranging from single custom levels to full original games; most of...
 
probably has something to do with the fact that we have our own internal bug tracking software that has codes/acronyms for everything
 
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@JimmyHoffa ah, memories. I still have a source port installed somewhere. I haven't played it in a while but I feel like taking a stroll down nostalgia lane now.
 
even the non-technical people will say "wad" as a single syllable because these acronyms are so pervasive
 
8:11 PM
@Ixrec it's interesting how businesses all construct their own internal languages
 
I have a suspicion we do more of that than average, we have a lot of terminology specific to our product that clients also use
 
@Ixrec internal vocabulary size is directly correlated to company age
 
once at a presentation someone's slide had a picture of a client's vanity license plate that was a clear reference to our product
true, the one I work for is fairly old
not like IBM old, but decades
lol
I know I posted and then deleted a link to it once, maybe someone else was playing the guessing game that time
 
ah, I never would have guessed. Weird.
 
yeah, it's one of those companies that's the most famous thing ever in that one industry, and almost unheard of to those who don't care about that industry
mostly real-time data and analytics
the sheer volume and variety of data is the main challenge
we even have an official API that other companies can build financial data apps on top of
I feel like I've seen ads for that company on my company's TV channel...
we have a separate team for charts too, people really like that stuff apparently
though I find the chart apps in our product very intimidating, in a way-too-many-features kind of way
 
8:26 PM
@Ixrec yeah, it was more than intimidating... like you said, people really like that stuff. Makes sense when you realize the majority of the automated trading going on is simply signal processing, so if traders can tune their charts to display a signal to them they've gotten most of the benefit I suppose
 
in fact one of our biggest problems is that most of our clients never notice 90% of our features, I hear stories from our sales people about how they configure our clients' setups and the clients love all the changes but then never configure anything themselves because they have no idea how any of it works
@JimmyHoffa we also get a lot of that in our monitoring app, mostly for specific color patterns
 
@Ixrec haha yeah; in financial software, the stuff is almost entirely written to provide an insane feature set used by one set of users: The large wealth management groups. Because they have massive amounts of wealth they're pushing around, and typically they want an enormous number of power user features. Everybody outside of those small set of users just uses it like a form for buying and trading products.
 
Excel-style conditional formatting is a big deal, as are "color themes" specifically designed to make our product look more like those of our competitors (yes I've been told by business this is why they exist)
heck, one of the current goals is to improve discoverability by making the UI more Excel like
what part of the service were you working on when you were at that company?
 
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@enderland or anyone else: how do I use a bookmarklet like this one?
 
@Snowman See the star in your navigation bar? Click that, and when the little popup shows up, change the name field to "Bookmarklet" and click done. Works like a charm.
Nov 9 at 20:53, by Jimmy Hoffa
Nov 6 at 20:35, by enderland
2 days ago, by Jimmy Hoffa
yesterday, by MichaelT
Jul 28 '14 at 18:52, by Jimmy Hoffa
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8:41 PM
@JimmyHoffa and where does the JavaScript go?
 
@Snowman create a shortcut that is that javascript, that's what I did in Chrome
 
@Snowman no no, just click the bookmark and it magically works. Do it. Just click it now, it's great.
 
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@enderland I tried that and clicked it, a blank screen came up and I still can't see deleted posts
 
@Snowman hmmm. I have a bookmark, which contains: javascript:$('.message:has(.deleted)').each(function(){var mid=this.id.split('-')[1];$.get('http://chat.stackexchange.com/messages/'+mid+'/‌​history',function(data){$('#message-'+mid).css('color','red').html($(data).find('‌​.message:eq(0)').html())})})
 
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In fact the chat goes away and I get "[object Object]" in the browser's main area
 
8:43 PM
and it works
woah, lol
 
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If I try it on a blank tab, nothing happens.
 
user114359
Is it a Firefox or NoScript problem?
 
in the last step: put the bookmarklet text into the "url" and give it a name
 
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@JimmyHoffa I have a bookmark and it looks right, but it doesn't work
 
user114359
The URL is set
 
8:47 PM
@Snowman firefox or noscript? you using firefox?
 
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@JimmyHoffa both
 
@Snowman uh well then yes, it's that. Just use chrome, the internet hates you otherwise
 
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@JimmyHoffa crap. I prefer Chrome on mobile, and Firefox on desktop. Oh well, I'll mess with it later
 
@Snowman well you prefer wrong then.
 
user114359
I have to go prep two turkeys in brine
 
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8:49 PM
I have a lot of deep frying to get ready for tomorrow
 
ugh, my wife needs to do that. Insanity I say.
 
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