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Q: how can convert a string to float algorithmically(without using any standard function)

nadjib labedi'm going to share you a great idea to convert a string like "45.657" to the float number 45.657 in all languages and without using any standard function... watch this tuto in youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8JwSy8wPcM

 
4:22 AM
Thinking a better fit would be programmers.stackexchange.comepascarello 16 secs ago
 
4:38 AM
This question is suitable for Programmersxenteros 1 min ago
 
 
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6:31 AM
@CandiedOrange this is spam, "watch this tuto in youtube"
 
7:15 AM
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Q: how can convert a string to float algorithmically(without using any standard function)

nadjib labedi'm going to share you a great idea to convert a string like "45.657" to the float number 45.657 in all languages and without using any standard function... watch this tuto in youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8JwSy8wPcM

Someone upvoted that <sigh>
 
 
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8:32 AM
^^^ same voter I guess
 
9:01 AM
Looks like a question for programmers.stackexchange.com :) — Gazta 45 secs ago
 
9:52 AM
programmers.stackexchange.com — Gazta 7 secs ago
 
 
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11:30 AM
I wonder if this question might be a better fit for programmers.stackexchange.com, being as it is a question about software development practices. — chepner 40 secs ago
 
 
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12:53 PM
Try asking on programmers.stackexchange.com but be sure to be more specific. — KDecker 19 secs ago
This question as written will be closed quickly and deleted on programmers.stackexchange.com because it is both a resource request and educational request. @KDecker please consider the actual site scope before making recommendations such as that. Thanks. — enderland just now
 
 
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4:01 PM
whoosyer architect?
 
Usernames that make you hungry:...
 
Had to think of something. Guess what I was eating at the time? :)
 
Fruit cake?
 
Thank god no ;)
 
4:10 PM
Anyone ever worked with someone who's Done and Gets Things Smart?
 
Ow, did you put the later half of that sentence in a blender?
 
If I give you the link do you promise not to spend all day reading it?
 
4:40 PM
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Q: Java program not returning anything

john_connerWell, I am new to Java and trying to learn it. I am trying to run this code but it is running successfully without any errors but is not returning anything. Is there a problem with the code? Its a very small program which return a simple value. package com.company; public class Main1 { pub...

One more vote to close.
 
well, I removed the concurrency from my Tableau SDK wrapper.
 
5:09 PM
@AaronHall I've worked with several "Done and Gets Things Smart" people. This reads to me like the old idea: "If you're the smartest person in the room it's time to get a new room".
 
5:29 PM
I'd like a corner office, please.
 
I want to smack people who think that professional software developers should also maintain a robust and professional portfolio in addition to their educational and work history and references.
 
Yeah, I get that. On the one hand, it's great evidence that you can do what you can do, but on the other hand, you'll probably reject really good people if you insist on it.
 
I'm not even sure that it's great evidence.
 
It's not 'great evidence' In my experience all it takes to "maintain a robust and professional portfolio" is a few websites you helped your buddies with. But that's because I haven't been a web developer for a long time.
 
It's hard to prove that you wrote the code. But your peers, managers, and teachers? Those are good people. For recent graduates - insist on transcripts (and actually look at them, not just a GPA). For everyone - insist on references.
 
5:36 PM
Maybe so. In the meetup group, we tell people trying to get their feet in the door to build a portfolio. A portfolio might signal you either have too much time on your hands or you're too desperate to look good on interviews or trying to make up for negative aspects.
 
If you want to see code, have programming problems to solve.
 
Yeah, we should do that, I think we insist on 5 years experience minimum to avoid doing that.
 
I've accepted the fact that there simply isn't any perfect way to hire people. Best I've found to do is spend the time it takes to get the flavor of the person. Every impression is going to be superficial. The only thing that matters is if you can work with them. Find something to solve together. I hate making an interview into an oral exam. Here sit down with me. I'm trying to fix this. I'm thinking I could do that. Got any ideas?
 
plus we're probably looking for culture fit moreso than concurrency ninja.
 
@CandiedOrange I like that.
 
6:00 PM
Part of the reason I think that is because of the success I've had interviewing. So many jobs are inundated with people who apply to 100 places at once. I've never done that. I pick 1, maybe 2 places I want to work and spend a month stalking them before I ever contact them.
Usually I already know someone that works there. Usually by the time I apply I know more about their hiring routine then the guy that ends up interviewing me. I also know whether I even want to work there. Might seem creepy but doing anything less makes me feel like a telemarketer.
 
@CandiedOrange That's a great approach, but it only works if you're a 1 percenter. For the rest of us, we still have to live with the Law of Numbers.
 
 
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7:57 PM
Typically, yes. However this question is very relevant to programmers who run dev machines on an internal network. — rjdennison 17 secs ago
That premise only goes so far. Questions about programming a SQL Server are always on-topic. Questions about configuring or installing a SQL Server are generally not, even though those subjects are of interest to programmers. — Robert Harvey ♦ 31 secs ago
 
8:56 PM
@RobertHarvey that's standard pre-approach for sales - assuming CandiedOrange is nominally competent in a tech or two and isn't holding out for above-average comp, CO's a shoo-in.
 
@AaronHall I am that person. :o
 
:)
Don't make the perfect the enemy of the necessary evil.
^^ I just coined that, you can attribute me going forward...
 
@RobertHarvey Actually you don't have to be a 1 percenter. I learned the trick from a great uncle who didn't finish high school but wanted to work for the phone company. Showed up every morning and simply asked if they had a job for him today. He knew nothing except how to show determination and reliability.
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This went on for two weeks till they gave up and heird him. He worked there his whole life. 1% my ass. This is just showing you can focus on what you want. Believe it or not getting hired is a lot like dating. No one want's to be your second choice.
 
but to answer your question, relatively few people I've worked with have given me that impression
and all of them have been really, really smart
I don't know that intelligence IS the requirement but I will say that it is sure a useful piece of the puzzle
@AaronHall I liked this article, a lot
 
 
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11:05 PM
Something like half the users on here show up with blank icons for me. A right click and show it tab finds they really do have a pic. Is my browser going hinky or am I just on so much they're trying to save the data I'm costing them?
 
I see all the icons
 
I do too if I use a different browser that doesn't have me logged in.
 

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