The 2nd Monitor

Duga

12:00 AM

RELOAD!

Ethan Bierlein

INTERRUPT

Duga

There are 1411 unanswered questions (94.3356% answered)

Ethan Bierlein

Damn. It's going up.

Simon André Forsberg

Jun 1 at 0:01, by Simon André Forsberg

@Duga Killing 5 zombies a day would keep @Duga away.

2

maaartinus

@SimonAndréForsberg Aren't zombies protected as a minority?

Phrancis

12:08 AM

Home, at last

200_success

This question is off-topic for many reasons: it's not your own code, there's no code in the question, you're asking for code to be written, and you're not asking for a code review. — 200_success ♦ 17 secs ago

Simon André Forsberg

@200_success Thanks for that comment. I was considering using a custom close reason myself.

Phrancis

12:26 AM

How would you solve this particular problem in SQL? — 200_success ♦ 9 hours ago

@200_success the OP posted example input and output, so I will give this a try in SQL and see how it goes!

Hosch250

Is this correct?

0

A: Query the context or resulting list

There are a few potential issues here, speed and accuracy in particular. Speed The cache is often faster than querying a value directly because of computation - you need to input, process, calculate, and output values. For example, when you search the web, the servers return results based on c...

Thanks, santa. I take it you agree with me.

Ethan Bierlein

You're welcome!

Jamal

twitter.com/ddmirolli/status/614592056837697536

Oh boy. A user thought I had answered the question, but I had edited it.

Ethan Bierlein

Heh. Lol

Phrancis

Anyone notice the rainbow logo? :)

Ethan Bierlein

12:35 AM

@Jamal Replied to tweet

@Phrancis Yes, and I like it.

Introducing Atom 1.0!

►

Phrancis

Makes me very happy this ordeal is finally over with :)

Ethan Bierlein

Watched that video, and it totally was awesome.

Phrancis

@EthanBierlein Literally LOL!!

Ethan Bierlein

Ikr. The part with the grandma was the best.

Simon André Forsberg

@Jamal a) That's when you ping @Lyle'sMug and say that it was his answer. b) Nice of a user to tweet you!

Ethan Bierlein

12:41 AM

Hello @RubberDuck

Jamal

@SimonAndréForsberg Second time, actually. :-) Fortunately, I have not yet been scolded at for a moderator action.

Mat's Mug

~~can't wait for Monday~~ nah, seriously... let it be weekend.

@SimonAndréForsberg user-to-be actually!

Ethan Bierlein

Schauen Sie! Es ist eine andere crappy Übersetzung von Englisch nach Deutsch! Um Sie von der Magie der Google Translate gebracht!

Mat's Mug

Englisch bitte :)

Ethan Bierlein

@Mat'sMug nein

Simon André Forsberg

12:53 AM

> Look! It is another crappy translation from English to German! To you brought the magic of Google Translate!

Ethan Bierlein

^^^^

Mat's Mug

picks up eyeballs on the floor

Ethan Bierlein

@SimonAndréForsberg Das ist, warum ich mit Google Translate! Es bietet die ungenau, dumm, schrecklich Übersetzungen überhaupt!

Jamal

Zombie down:

0

A: Kruskal algorithm implementation for adjacency list represented graph

Since Vertex just has public members, it can just be a struct. In addition, you don't need to set bVisited to false in two places. It just needs to be done in the constructor. You could also make it an initializer list instead, which is more proper when setting default values for data members...

Ethan Bierlein

Der Weihnachtsmann hat man belohnt @Jamal

Mat's Mug

12:59 AM

das ist fun and all, but please stick to English in The 2nd Monitor

Ethan Bierlein

awww

Hosch250

I got my 13'th Revival badge.

Zombie down, too.

200_success

@Phrancis I'm skeptical. You have a hammer; everything looks like a nail.

Hosch250

How to: Log into a website when you only have your user name, the email isn't on file, you forgot your password, and you don't have security questions set up?

I have this issue with my U.

Mat's Mug

call support

or hack into it ;-)

Hosch250

1:14 AM

Lol, I'll call support tomorrow.

And, my personal email isn't on file either.

Oh, I guess I could chat tomorrow.

Oh, just went to the page, and you have to log in to do that too.

I bet you have to log in to get ahold of them on the phone.

Mat's Mug

lol that's kinda dumb

Hosch250

Actually, I've called them before, you don't have to log in.

It says call 24x7.

I guess I'll try now...

BBL.

Jamal

Another zombie:

0

A: GOF Composite Design Pattern Implementation Using Modern C++

These #includes: #include<iostream> #include<vector> #include<string> #include<memory> #include<algorithm> look nicer with a space after each #include directive: #include <iostream> #include <vector> #include <string> #include <memory> #include <algorithm> This may also be nit-picky, but ...

Mat's Mug

was it @maaartinus telling me about the trailing comma in list initializers?

        _moduleTypes = new List<DeclarationType>
        {
            DeclarationType.Module,
            DeclarationType.Class,
            DeclarationType.Project,
        };

legal in C# as well!

what an awesome little feature

Quill

monking

Mat's Mug

1:22 AM

monking!

Phrancis

@200_success I can appreciate that sentiment, but I'll do it for fun. I think I'll use MySQL this one time, because creating functions in postgres is such a PITA

I've never used SQLite but I have a feeling it's not really much different from other flavors. Postgres is just very esoteric

Ethan Bierlein

Monking @Quill

Hosch250

Got in.

Quill

Say, how do I provide parameters to functions stored within dictionaries in Python?

commands = { "new" : self.new_item(data, filename) }

maaartinus

@Mat'sMug Right, it was me.

Mat's Mug

1:31 AM

@Quill commands["new"](data, filename)?

(IDK, I don't python)

Ethan Bierlein

@Mat'sMug Right on

Mat's Mug

yippie!

Ethan Bierlein

For example:

def f(x):
	return x * x

d = {
	"f": f
}

print d["f"](10)

Mat's Mug

@maaartinus I need to tell R# that this "redundant comma" is there on purpose though :)

@EthanBierlein pretty instinctive

Ethan Bierlein

@Mat'sMug Instinctive?

Mat's Mug

1:33 AM

2 mins ago, by Mat's Mug

(IDK, I don't python)

Ethan Bierlein

More faceplam

After all, I am a Python natural. :)

Mat's Mug

except for a terminating semicolon, syntax is identical in C#

well for the retrieval and actual invocation, that is

Ethan Bierlein

Hmm, sorta.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Linear Cryptanalysis of a substitution permutation network--performance issues

I was translating a script I had that would automate linear cryptanalysis of SP networks from python to C++. For those who aren't familiar with crypto, linear cryptanalysis involves finding relationships between certain input and output bits of a 1 -> 1 array. What I'm doing is looping over all ...

Phrancis

@200_success Are you going to be around for a bit? Of all people here I know of, you know the most about PostgreSQL, and I just can't wrap my mind around returns from functions... the documentation is not very good IMO

Hosch250

1:38 AM

Palmface ^^

Ethan Bierlein

@Mat'sMug Yup. Mostly the same, except for the type declarations, and syntax of dictionary elements.

Dictionary<string, Func<int, int>> d = new Dictionary<string, Func<int, int>>() {
	{"f", (x) => x * x}
};

Console.WriteLine(d["f"](10));

Mat's Mug

    var d = new Dictionary<string, Func<int, int>>()
    {
	{"f", (x) => x * x}
    };

var-ftw

...and braces :)

Ethan Bierlein

You darn kids! Back in my day, we had to be explicit, and we didn't have var!

Mat's Mug

how is (x) => x * x explicit?

delegate(int x) { return x*x; };

:p

Ethan Bierlein

I'm talking about using var over typing out the full type, Dictionary<string, Func<int, int>>

Not about the lambda itself.

Mat's Mug

1:48 AM

yes, and I'm saying if you have anonymous methods and lambdas, you do have var ;-)

Ethan Bierlein

Ah, okay. Thank you master C# guru.

Mat's Mug

lol

Ethan Bierlein

@Mat'sMug Although, I thought that you couldn't do this: var f = (x) => x * x; Am I right?

Mat's Mug

right, because you can't assign a lambda expression to an implicitly-typed variable

Ethan Bierlein

Okay, so why can you use var in place of Dictionary<string, Func<int, int>> then?

Mat's Mug

1:52 AM

because the type is right there: new Dictionary<string, Func<int, int>>

Ethan Bierlein

Wow... I'm so freakin brain-dead right now. xD

Mat's Mug

zombifying?

you're in Europe, right?

oh nm.. Minneapolis

200_success

@Phrancis PostgreSQL documentation is some of the best documentation ever.

Ethan Bierlein

@Mat'sMug Yup. It's only 8:58 and I feel like I'm gonna fall over and fall asleep.

Mat's Mug

2 words: coffee, coffee

Ethan Bierlein

2:00 AM

4 Words: Coffee, Large Caffeinated Soda

Oh dear. Stuff is happening that I don't want to happen.

The code is returning results, but it's returning the opposite results.

There we go, now it works.

Mat's Mug

lol.. I'm totally in the right-hand box right now

Ethan Bierlein

ikr

I was. But now I'm not.

Mat's Mug

@RubberDuck repro on this?

in VBA Rubberducking, 12 mins ago, by Mat's Mug

copy inspection results to clipboard, crashes with a NRE in Rubberduck.UI.CodeInspections.CodeInspectionsDockablePresenter.FormatResultForC‌lipboard

RubberDuck

2:16 AM

Never had that happen and I'm away from my laptop.

Ethan Bierlein

That, is the longest looking namespace, ..., I've ever seen.

Mat's Mug

Rubberduck.UI.CodeInspections is the namespace...

Ethan Bierlein

Oh, oops

That's still really long

Phrancis

@200_success I guess I just suck at reading it lol ;)

Mat's Mug

perhaps... descriptive though

RubberDuck

2:18 AM

@200_success has obviously never seen the amazing documentation Microsoft has for the VBIDE library. Truly breathtaking stuff.

Mat's Mug

nope

RubberDuck

Oops. Did I say breathtaking? I meant utterly frustrating.

Ethan Bierlein

Ooh, I've heard that VB documentation is horrid.

Mat's Mug

yeah, well.. you google up VBA stuff, VB.NET docs come up.

Ethan Bierlein

I just submitted this on some VB.NET docs pages as feedback: VB docs suck, like usual.

Mat's Mug

2:22 AM

...

RubberDuck

Or, ya know, They just neglect to document out params. christopherjmcclellan.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/…

Mat's Mug

@RubberDuck I remember that "discovery". Yay C# IntelliSense!

RubberDuck

Saved my mind.

Hosch250

At least they got that right.

2

Q: Differences between 'plead' and 'beg'

Fearing for his life, he pleaded/begged the mugger for mercy. Which verb is correct here and why? As I looked up in the dictionary, I found both 'plead for mercy' and 'beg for mercy'. Therefore, I think both words have similar meaning.

word-choice

That's not what you do, you say "You call that a knife? That's no knife, THAT'S a knife!" (while casually pulling a knife from your boot and slitting their shirt open).

Ethan Bierlein

0

Q: List querying capabilities in Python 3.x

Either out of boredom, or my odd fascination with LINQ and SQL, this, thing, was created. Essentially, it provides list querying capabilities. At the moment, you can only query lists based on conditions, and sort them. Here's the source. py_listq.py import operator as oper class QueryableList...

python data-structures python3 data-querying

Hosch250

2:30 AM

Ever saw Crocodile Dundee? My parents showed us that scene during the Boston riots after we read about the guy chasing those thugs off with a machete.

@EthanBierlein PyLinq, eh?

Ethan Bierlein

Yup

Captain Obvious

1

Q: List querying capabilities in Python 3.x

Either out of boredom, or my odd fascination with LINQ and SQL, this, thing, was created. Essentially, it provides list querying capabilities. At the moment, you can only query lists based on conditions, and sort them. Here's the source. py_listq.py import operator as oper class QueryableList...

python data-structures python3 data-querying

Ethan Bierlein

@CaptainObvious I'm on TV!

Hosch250

@EthanBierlein What'd you do this time?

Ethan Bierlein

@Hosch250 ~~I blew up a tree~~ I posted that question here, and then @CaptainObvious posted.

Hosch250

2:33 AM

Oh, I wasn't sure if you meant for real.

Ethan Bierlein

Ah. lol. xD

Look at my awesome swag rep gain.

Mat's Mug

woah

Ethan Bierlein

Ikr

I've been going completely berserk with my activity on CR in the past month.

I actually have a new goal now. 7.5K-10K by summer's end.

Hosch250

Just a bit over 100 more, and I'm on the first page.

Got to write a couple answers.

Ethan Bierlein

@Hosch250 Of ...?

Hello @JeroenVannevel

Hosch250

2:38 AM

First page when sorted by rep.

For all time?

Yes.

Cool

0

Q: I created a Tic-Tac-Toe program in about 250 lines. How can I shorten this code?

I'm new to C programming and I recently challenged myself to writing a tic-tac-toe program. I found that my code becomes lengthy very quickly with so many if statements. This code works as is (and I still wish to add more features), I just think there's probably a more neat/efficient way to progr...

performance c programming-challenge loop formatting

0

Q: Implementing Powerset

I implemented the powerset function: powerset({abc}) = { {}, {a}, {b}, {c}, {a, b}, {a, c}, {b, c}, {a, b, c} } import Data.Set (fromList, toList) import Data.List (sort) powerset :: (Ord a, Eq a) => [a] -> [[a]] powerset xs = toList . fromList . (map sort) $ xs : [] : f xs ++ map return x...

haskell

Mat's Mug

@Hosch250 you need to get past @JeroenVannevel before that can happen though ;-)

Ethan Bierlein

2:40 AM

I'm gonna kill a zombie now

Hosch250

@JeroenVannevel is going on vacation.

Mat's Mug

@CaptainObvious FGITW answered

Hosch250

@Mat'sMug Me too.

Only not FGITW.

Quill

@Hosch250 As an Australian, you really can't escape it. Most Non-Australians just refer to that film whenever they talk about the country

Hosch250

Not me.

Duga

2:55 AM

I moved the post to codereview.stackexchange.com, how do I delete this post? — SuperGoA 38 secs ago

Hosch250

I talk about the Rescuers Down Under.

Quill

Although if you wish to watch a movie that greater reflects Australian culture, watch The Castle

Hosch250

> Sit down and enjoy the view. Nothing but abandoned opal mines, far as the eye can see. And dead ahead, is home, sweet home.

Sure. I bet you anything these modern Americans would just pack up and leave when they were told.

Quill

Huh?

Duga

Does the code code work? If so, Code Review would be a better place for this. — jme 56 secs ago

Hosch250

2:58 AM

Fighting city hall?

Nobody has the guts to do that around here.

Quill

Something like that, just has bogan aussie settings and language

Ethan Bierlein

I think this is a good answer:

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A: Scraping efficiently with mechanize and bs4

Remove nasty comments. For example, your "block separator comments", ###...### are completely, and utterly useless. Remove them. Another thing would be to not create "title comments", #----...----. Comments should be helpful, many of yours are not. Again, another tip on comments. Many of your c...

Thnaxs snarnta!

Quill

Tell 'im 'e's dreamin'

►

Hosch250

Pretty basic, but not had any action:

0

A: User can choose to add one of two node types to a treeView, both of which have almost identical settings

Early returns Early returns are your friend: private void UpdateRelayWordPagesAndContextMenu() { if (NavigationControlRelayWord.SelectedNode != null) { // Really long block here.... } } VS: private void UpdateRelayWordPagesAndContextMenu() { if (NavigationControlRelayWord.Selecte...

And, I hit 50 for today.

Ethan Bierlein

Man, I should learn LINQ

And C# for that matter.

3

I already know a little C#, but I could definitely learn more.

Killed another.

0

A: Python deploy function using Fabric

Using % for string formatting is deprecated. You should be using str.format() instead. Here's how one would use str.format(): print "Hello {0}.".format("world"). str.format() also supports using keyword arguments. Here's an example of that: print "Hello {word}.".format(word="world"). Near the en...

Phrancis

3:16 AM

@200_success My take, for all its worth

Ethan Bierlein

Yay! 50 bronze badges!

Hosch250

@Phrancis Is that delete an accident?

maaartinus

@Phrancis That's my question, too.

Captain Obvious

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Q: Conditionals for time specific data (SQL style)

I was inspired by this question from @AndyRoid to try and come up with some fast and accurate datetime calculations that didn't involve complex if/else statements. My hammer tool of choice was MySQL, because of its simple syntax and very common use on the web. This could easily be adapted to ot...

mysql datetime

Mat's Mug

wow, I'm having a major WTF moment

should this assertion fail?

Hosch250

3:23 AM

Not sure, what is it?

Ethan Bierlein

Ahm, err, umm, no. yes. no. I don't know.

Hosch250

What is callSiteContext?

Phrancis

@Hosch250 I noticed a little error, tried to delete so I could edit, but wouldn't let me. The question is OK now, error has been fixed

Mat's Mug

the ...context of the call site

Hosch250

I mean, it is the ICS_S_Whatever?

Mat's Mug

3:24 AM

yes. it's a ICS_S_MembersCallContext

aka not a AmbiguousIdentifierContext and not a CertainIdentifierContext

how the Hell does the assertion pass?

Hosch250

Does it?

Mat's Mug

yes

Hosch250

Let's see.

Where's the definition?

Mat's Mug

of what?

Ethan Bierlein

I just realized that I don't have all the required badges needed to run for mod. :(

Phrancis

3:26 AM

> Suddenly realizing I'm > 1005866346 seconds old...

Hosch250

I probably don't either, what are they, @EthanBierlein?

Ethan Bierlein

Civic Duty, Strunk and White, Deputy, and Convention

Hosch250

Oh, I do.

Ethan Bierlein

That was for the SO elections though, but still..

Hosch250

I never get the easy way out of things, do I?

Lol, making decisions is hard, living with the consequences is easy.

Letting others make decisions for you is easy, but living with the consequences is hard.

Ethan Bierlein

3:29 AM

Screw it. I think I'll have most, if not all of those badges by election time.

Hosch250

3 days?

Mat's Mug

@EthanBierlein that's the spirit!

Ethan Bierlein

@Hosch250 Oh wow, it's in three days?

Hosch250

Should be easy, except the meta one.

Mat's Mug

starts Monday

Ethan Bierlein

3:30 AM

I CAN DO THIS

TIME TO BEAT THE JAMALIZER

2

AND FLAG ALL THE POSTS (that are bad)

Hosch250

The meta one could be a little tricky, because meta questions get good answers posted fast.

Quill

@EthanBierlein They'll be close votes

Hosch250

@EthanBierlein Let's see, I think @rolfl has an obsolete comments query.

Ethan Bierlein

Hmm, I wonder if they'd be okay with close votes over flags.

Hosch250

data.stackexchange.com/codereview/query/301615/…

That is one I started writing.

Mat's Mug

3:33 AM

WTH

            var identifierTypes = new[]
            {
                typeof (VBAParser.AmbiguousIdentifierContext),
                typeof (VBAParser.CertainIdentifierContext)
            };

            Debug.Assert(identifierTypes.Contains(callSiteContext.GetType()));

I can't seem to get a frakkin assertion to ...fail.

Debug.Assert(callSiteContext.GetType() != typeof(VBAParser.ICS_S_MembersCallContext));

ok something's not right

Debug.Assert(false);

^^ passes

ok screw it

Hosch250

LOL.

Phrancis

Why is it that the weather is beautiful all day, until you clock out on Friday and it starts storming...

Hosch250

I love storms.

Ethan Bierlein

Me too ^^

Mat's Mug

            var identifierTypes = new[]
            {
                typeof (VBAParser.AmbiguousIdentifierContext),
                typeof (VBAParser.CertainIdentifierContext)
            };

            if (identifierTypes.Contains(callSiteContext.GetType()))
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("'" + callSiteContext.GetType().Name + "' is not an identifier context.", "callSiteContext");
            }

Phrancis

3:39 AM

Do you love areal floods too? And tornadoes?

Mat's Mug

^^ that'll work.

uh

Hosch250

Yeah.

I'd love to become a SkyWarn spotter, but not now...

maaartinus

@Phrancis IIRC there's a scientific explanation for this.

Hosch250

Murphy's Law?

Well past dishes time, BBL.

Just 50 more points to the first page!

Just don't serial upvote me, anyone!

Ethan Bierlein

If I had votes, I'd help.

Unfortunately, I'm already out of votes.

Hosch250

3:43 AM

Whoa.

BBL.

Phrancis

A few miles from where I live at ^^ in 2013

Lyle's Mug

Hello

Phrancis

Hey ~~@Malachi~~ @Lyle'sMug

Lyle's Mug

I have been on vacation, fishing and stuff. Still technically on vacation

Where did that come from @Phrancis

Phrancis

Catch anything good?

Ethan Bierlein

3:46 AM

Aaargh. I'm five votes away from getting [badge:electorate]

Phrancis

Elizabethtown, IN

Lyle's Mug

Caught a bunch of walleye and some white bass

Lol, reminiscing about the old days when my name was Malachi I see

Phrancis

Well, old days being < April's Fool's 2015

Mat's Mug

hey @Lyle, will you be running for moderator?

Jeroen Vannevel

I can answer stuff while on vacation. It's not as easy with a tablet but I'll be damned if someone throws me back

Phrancis

3:50 AM

SELECT DATEDIFF(DAY, '2015-04-01', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP); -- 87 days

Mat's Mug

ah-ha!

   at Rubberduck.Parsing.Symbols.IdentifierReferenceResolver.ResolveInternal(ParserRuleContext callSiteContext, Declaration localScope, ContextAccessorType accessorType, DictionaryCallStmtContext fieldCall, Boolean hasExplicitLetStatement, Boolean isAssignmentTarget) in c:\Users\Mathieu\Source\Repos\Rubberduck\Rubberduck.Parsing\Symbols\IdentifierReferenceResolver.cs:line 247
   at Rubberduck.Parsing.Symbols.IdentifierReferenceResolver.TryResolve[TContext](TContext context) in c:\Users\Mathieu\Source\Repos\Rubberduck\Rubberduck.Parsing\Symbols\IdentifierReferenceResolver.cs:line 517

now... how do I fix this....

Ethan Bierlein

Do you guys remember my first question?

15

Q: Basic Terrain Generator - KhanAcademy

I'm new to JavaScript, and I've been learning off Khanacademy. I wrote the following basic terrain generator and I'm wondering if it could use any improvements. Here's the code: var res = 7; var area = []; var camP = [random(500,1000), random(500,1000)]; var setArea = function() { area ...

javascript beginner graphics

I was such an awful programmer back then.

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