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12:00 PM
You're just telling him what he did wrong.
 
I don't know. The last few sentences feel patronising to me
 
@Duga Did they just do it again or what?
 
possible answer invalidation by Darklightus on question by Darklightus: codereview.stackexchange.com/posts/134489/revisions
 
@MathiasEttinger Yes. Paging @SimonForsberg OP added in the edit ....
lol.......
OP added in the edit you reverted @SimonForsberg.
 
@MathiasEttinger Yep...
 
12:01 PM
talk to you guys olater, have a meeting for the rest of the day now :(
 
Why is it so hard to understand the do not edit your post after it has been answered rule :|
@DanPantry Good luck, won't be that much of fun I guess...
 
@DanPantry Slightly. That last part "Either you can explain your review, or you haven't written one." is a bit unnecessary
 
but I didn't... — Darklightus 1 min ago
Hum… seems like the edit history doesn't agree with that claim.
 
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Q: Using Java 8 streams for finding Persons with maximum numbers (Codeforces-151B)

ADGSee Problem - 151B - Codeforces for details. I think I have been very messy with using the Streams. Can you review for a good and better implementation with Streams? Any other improvements? public void solve(InputReader in, PrintWriter out) { int n = in.nextInt(); List<Person> ps = new A...

 
Hmm, In a JD what should I understand from: Good knowledge of Openstack
 
12:12 PM
@CaptainObvious I'm not even interested in reviewing this...
Maybe that's why I don't review that much, the question has to hit a sweet spot for me
 
Yep, all reasonable suggestions and time permitting, I would have done a much stricter code review. Sigh.... such is life. Live and learn... — cplusplusrat 38 secs ago
 
Monking everyone!
 
monking!
 
12:33 PM
@CaptainObvious I'm tempted to close that question as not reviewable because of the variables names, but that's probably the wrong way to look at it, right?
 
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Q: A class to create and modify SQLite3 databases with a terminal

mattkaeoI would like feedback on the class I've written. The purpose is to dynamically create and interact with SQLite3 databases, accepting lists of complete or incomplete statements. import sqlite3 class DB(object): """DB initializes and manipulates SQLite3 databases.""" def __init__(se...

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Q: Optimizing my Python code for a basic programming challenge

Abhimanyu SahaiI'm a beginner Python (2.7) programmer, and I've just started solving basic problems on SPOJ. I correctly solved the ADDREV problem (http://www.spoj.com/problems/ADDREV/), however my code takes 0.06s time and 8.8M memory to run. The top Python 2.7 rankers for the problem take <0.005s and 4.00M. S...

 
7 more rep till 15k... what could I do for 7 rep
 
I'll help you. Dunno how I missed voting that answer
^^
 
Thanks!
Now I think I can protect posts
 
Yes you do
 
Zak
12:43 PM
@syb0rg I could give you some downvotes if you want to get to a nice round number ^^
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I'm good thanks :)
I'd rather use those 3 rep to downvote bad answers anyways
 
@DanPantry Nope, that's very diplomatic of you.
Congratulations @syb0rg on reaching 15k!
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hi
 
@Gareth Hello
Looks like this answer was fixed, but still has downvotes: codereview.stackexchange.com/a/134503/27623
 
12:59 PM
Fixing up a question, this is now how you do that.
0/10, would close again.
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A note to all viewers: vote on posts!!! With as many views as this question has, the vote count is extremely low! — syb0rg 1 min ago
 
hi
anyone there??
 
We all are here technically
 
But when we aren't, don't tell anyone
 
1:22 PM
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Q: VBA Copy certain data from Word to Excel

DanielI need to complete one task in VBA and after looking on the INTERNET for the past months, I think I'm too noob to make it. I have a word file - standard INDEX file. I need to copy the data from this file to another (excel) based on some logic: Logic: dps_so - DPS number (In INDEX: Header DPS ....

 
My comment on that post is working!
 
monking!
 
Vote count has increased since my posting of it
@Mat'sMug Hello!
 
Have you tried Code Review? — Joseph Wood 7 secs ago
@JosephWood This would be considered off-topic for Code Review. Read what is on-topic over there to understand why. — syb0rg 5 secs ago
I think a better place for this would be here: codereview.stackexchange.comDean Fenster 54 secs ago
 
Zak
Robot Wars is coming back. Why was I not informed!
 
1:33 PM
@Zak Too busy with Pokemon Go?
Hello @OlzhasZhumabek
 
@Syb0rg, hi! Yes, your comment is working :)
 
Zak
@syb0rg On my 8Gb iPhone4 that struggles to even open Spotify without crashing? Not likely.
 
@DeanFenster Or you could read what's on-topic for Code Review and learn that hypothetical code will be closed right away there. — Mathias Ettinger 1 min ago
@syb0rg, my mistake. I was under the impression that if your code works and you are simply looking for improvements (i.e. performance) then Code Review was the place to go. I'm still (and always) learning. — Joseph Wood 36 secs ago
 
@OlzhasZhumabek I'm glad! The votes per view ratio has definitely increased, which is what I was going for
@Zak Waiting for the iPhone 7?
@OlzhasZhumabek You could also upvote the comment, it would probably help viability
 
Zak
@syb0rg Eh, maybe. Might just get a 5S. Having an old phone makes it a lot easier to not procrastinate on it.
 
1:38 PM
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Q: Refactoring predicate

BenjAs you can see in the example below, I partially refactored the code so okFields use the extracted function checkStringLength. Now I also want problemFields() to use the same refactored function, but there is difference between how okFields and problemFields use the function: you see that the p...

 
@syb0rg, done!
 
@Zak Awesome :-)
 
Remonking
 
@Vogel612 Hello!
 
@Vogel612, hi!
 
1:48 PM
Second last lecture of the semester for "Data Structures and Algorithms" ...
title "Introduction to Machine Learning"
Subject: .... Backtracking
 
@Vogel612, seems like schedule contains undefined behavior
 
~facedesk
 
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Q: Movable object design in Haskell

wowofbobSuppose I have an object which has a point denoting it's location and shape. type Point = (Double, Double) data Object = Object { location :: Point , shape :: Shape } where a shape might be like data Shape = Circle { radius :: Double } | Rectangle { height :: Double...

 
@Vogel612 Wut, that has nothing to do with ML, does it?
 
It does in neural nets
Tho usually it's called backpropagation...
 
1:54 PM
well it's repetition of the last lecture...
Now the prof talked about MC vs LV algorithms
 
I thought backtracking was an algorithm in itself.
 
It is
But that isn't tied to ML at all really
As far as I know anways
Hey @pacmaninbw
 
Monking.
 
Ein Landsmann?
German is a crappy language...
how do you people say "someone from my country"?
 
@pacmaninbw, monking
 
2:00 PM
I voted down an answer yesterday. Poster updated it with a good answer, can someone go vote it up? codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/133916/…
 
@pacmaninbw it's been edited. you should be able to upvote it now.
 
@pacmaninbw Why don't you change your vote as well?
 
just try :)
 
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Q: Sorting seems to be slower with 2 threads instead of 1

BusyAntI'm implementing a simple merge sort to practice with Python's Threads. I've tried to split the job into two threads, that sort normally, then I can join them and merge the result. However, it takes almost twice as long with two threads than it does with the "normal" algorithm. Did I do something...

 
Hey @user2296177!
 
2:01 PM
Thanks all!
 
@syb0rg Hey!
If you were to design a skip iterator, that is an iterator that skips values according to some predicate, would you design it in terms of:
1. Skip values for which predicate( value ) == false
2. Skip values for which predicate( value ) == true
 
@user2296177 doesn't that depend on how you name the function?
 
@user2296177 Make sure you watch out for branch prediction.
 
@user2296177, I believe true is better, since skip ? true
 
It's not a function, it's a type that basically wraps around some other iterator and then operator++ skips values according to a predicate until the next match is found
 
2:06 PM
@user2296177, why would someone have something like that? We have xxx_if family of algorithms
 
@user2296177 Call it filter and keep the ones that are true? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_(higher-order_function)
 
@user2296177 skip the ones where the predicate evaluates to true
Just like any method in LINQ: Where(predicate) gets the values where the predicate is true. First(predicate) the first where the predicate is true. etc
And SkipWhile(predicate) skips those where it's true
 
@JeroenVannevel That makes sense.
Thanks everyone.
 
@JoeWallis Depending on the language, a reduce could work.
 
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Q: improving this query?

user111114Here is my request : Select a, b, c, d, price *(select p.value1 From Params as p where p.PAR_Field = 'Taxe' and p.PAR_KEY = 'TVA')/100 as RealTVA, price+price*(select p.value1 From Params as p where p.PAR_Field = 'Taxe' and p.PAR_KEY = 'TVA')/100 as RealPuTTc, Qte*(price+pri...

 
2:16 PM
@Mast I thought they wanted List<int> -> List<int> (filter) rather than List<int> -> int (reduce)?
 
I don't know, it's a hypothetical question.
I thought he was trying to do things based on whether something was true or not.
If it returns only one thing, a reduce would do the trick. If it has to return multiple things, no, it won't.
 
@OlzhasZhumabek Which ones in specific?
 
@user2296177, copy_if, remove_if, replace_if and many more in <algorithm>
@user2296177, also, if it would be possible, I would return dummy type with operators doing nothing on dereferencing if value should be skipped and provide different function to get the value without any restrictions. On increment, I'd still keep to increment it only once, not search for the next value that shouldn't be skipped
it may sound very bad, but I would like to control the algorithmic complexity of my algorithm
 
@OlzhasZhumabek The end objective is to have a wrapper around any container that can be iterated to be viewed as if it only contained certain values.
 
@user2296177, oh, then my idea is irrelevant ^^
 
2:26 PM
So vector v{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 } can be seen as vector v{ 2, 4 } by using the skip_iterator
 
Why do people down vote new users questions? codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/134543/… Surely that is discouraging posts. Is that part of general Code Review ethos?
 
@user2296177, may be moving them to the end or beginning is a good idea? I can't recall the algorithm name
 
Zak
> So hacky.
factFindBook.Worksheets(CStr(factFindBook.VBProject.VBComponents("wsAssetsLiabilitiesExperience").Properties(7))).Activate
 
@Gareth The problem is that Code Reviews are near-impossible when there's no context
 
@Gareth To show them that these kinds of posts are discouraged
 
2:27 PM
@OlzhasZhumabek I know what you're saying, but that does bring whatever expensiveness swapping two values of any type means.
 
^^ and that
 
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Q: AngularJS services with promises best practice

Prashant GhimireI have an AngularJS application where I have services that calls $http resource and returns a promise that I resolve in my controller. Here's a sample of what I'm doing: app.service('Blog', function($http, $q) { var deferred = $q.defer(); $http.get('http://blog.com/sampleblog') .then(fun...

 
@Gareth, usually there is no downvote without a warning
 
which is better than most SEs
 
I almost always reverse the downvote if the post gets fixed
Positive reinforcement
 
2:28 PM
@Vogel612, definitively
 
and definitely :D
 
@Gareth This question: codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/134306/… started at -4 if I recall.
 
Zak
@Zak @Mat'sMug I think you'll appreciate the horrificness there.
 
@Vogel612, my bad English reveals itself from time to time xD
@user2296177, yeah, the types should support constant time swap and noexcept. But anyway, if one would like to apply algorithm, I think they would first search for _if, and usually it is there
 
@Zak wth, why go through the VBIDE API to fetch the name of a worksheet via its PropertyBag....
I mean it's fetching the name of a worksheet, right?
looks up the 7th property of a worksheet vbcomponent
 
Zak
2:32 PM
@Mat'sMug Because I can't reference worksheet codenames directly from an external project.
So I have to reference it by sheetName, which may change, so I need to get the current sheetName from the codeName, hence the hack.
 
wah
 
Zak
@Mat'sMug Unless there's some secret way to go OtherWorkbook.Codename.Activate that I don't know about
 
=MID(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))+1,255)
name that range WorksheetNameTouchThisAndDie
 
Zak
@Mat'sMug Fun, but even more fragile than just relying on the worksheet name never changing.
 
@OlzhasZhumabek but essentially since there are disparate people giving warnings, and down voting, anyone can down vote a dud question. The question hasn't even had an edit yet. @syb0rg I'd even suggest on a new user you are abusing them. If I went into a hockey match with a new player, and didn't allow them a foul or 2 on their first game, or did a full tackle, I'd basically be sent off by my team mates. It's just rude really. The experience lead through doing, not through whipping. RANT
 
2:37 PM
Abusing? Seems like quite a strong word for this context
Guiding? That's a better word
 
Zak
@Gareth You and I feel the same way about this. Some people feel otherwise. It depends on your perspective.
 
@user2296177, there is apply_if in boost, so I think it is better to write apply_if than skip iterator, it makes the nature of the algorithm more concise and concrete. In my opinion, simple iteration is no op, so applied function should be integral part of the algorithm
@Gareth, I think it is because people are taking downvotes too serious. It is just a downvote, it is reversible and it doesn't affect things on the bigger scale
 
@syb0rg guide is too loose.
 
Zak
@Gareth My perspective is to avoid a negative first impression at all costs. Others (can rightly) argue that people should read the Help Center before posting. And that by downvoting (to -4), the post will be removed from the front page and hence keep our site landing page better-maintained for new arrivals. Plus, sending strong signal that the post needs changing/improving etc.
 
@Zak, agreed. I think the SE itself has requirement to read help center first, and it is bad that SE doesn't make it more explicit
 
2:42 PM
@OlzhasZhumabek how seriously would a new user look at a downvote if they didn't have a perspective of it's context? @Zak which is what @Vogel612 and another did on that occasion. Code Review for a new person is highly personal, for those with more experience they understand the nature of reviews.
 
that's why my downvote included an explaining comment
 
@Gareth The OPs got comments. When I was new I didn't.
 
Welcome to Code Review! This question is incomplete. To help reviewers give you better answers, please add sufficient context to your question. The more you tell us about what your code does and what the purpose of doing that is, the easier it will be for reviewers to help you. Questions should include a description of what the code doesVogel612 26 mins ago
 
when downvoting, there is a popup saying to leave comment about reason of the downvote, and those who have the rights to it and care about voting usually do
 
oh, didn't realize @Vogel612 was a bot
:)
 
2:44 PM
@Gareth, he is not a bot
 
@OlzhasZhumabek I know
 
Zak
@Gareth Like I said, I agree with you in that I think new-users should be spared downvotes initially, but I can also appreciate the arguments for why they're useful, and I don't presume to know which option is the "better" one.
 
@Gareth, :)
need to go for a meal, cya guys
 
@OlzhasZhumabek Enjoy your meal.
 
@OlzhasZhumabek Cya
@Gareth I don't see how it is?
 
2:48 PM
@Zak nor I. Perhaps part of the FAQ should be, any user with a score of say 5 or less should not be downvoted. Any user downvoting such a user shall within 12 hours of the downvote receive 1 negative point in the Code Review forum. Any user found not un-down-voting after a further 24 hours shall receive 2 negative points in 2 forums. The un-down-voting rule shall be recursively applied until the user has -1024 points
this would encourage those who purport to maintain the rules to bare their own rules in mind, and the nature and meaning of real code review. Compassionate and praise
 
@Gareth We don't vote on users
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we vote on posts
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that's a very important misconception
 
The base problem is that downvoters don't get a notification when the downvoted post gets edited into shape
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^^
 
because rep (and favourism) should be irrelevant to how you vote
 
@Vogel612 You vote on users when the user only has 1 post
1:1
 
2:50 PM
The down-vote text says "doesn't show research effort"
 
@Gareth @Gareth that's an accusation I won't even bother to reply to
 
A bad, off-topic question doesn't show research effort
 
sorry, the you was a bit strong.
one votes on a user when that user only has one poast
 
Some questions are so bad I can't bother with a comment though.
 
it wasn't intended as a pointed message to you
 
2:50 PM
If they did their research they would know what's on-topic
 
that's a fallacy. Just because a User has only one post, voting on that post is not voting on that user
 
merely an observation of the 1 to 1 nature of a user with a single post, and the ethos of introducing users to code review
 
@Gareth Irrelevant coincidence.
 
hahaha :) LOL
 
Zak
@Mast I disagree. Yes, technically correct. But what matters (in terms of impact) is how the OP perceives it. And it probably feels like they're being voted on. Especially if new to the site / to SE in general.
 
2:53 PM
all good fun. I disagree with down voting a user with no experience.
 
@Gareth everything else is double standards
 
@Gareth And what of new users with experience?
@CaptainObvious @Gareth Such as this question?
 
sidenote: cvs-please on that question :)
 
Personally, I got downvoted on my first question, by @syb0rg himself.
Took the criticism, fixed the question, got upvotes, got an answer.
It all depends on how the user takes the criticism
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I had exactly one question downvoted (not my first, it was after a year I think), but that was my own stupid mistake. I deleted the question, fixed it up, went HNQ. Now it's one of my highest scoring questions ever.
 
2:56 PM
As a new user, you have to realize this website wants quality. If you don't put time and effort, you shouldn't expect an answer with time and effort behind it
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lets have a look at that question then. codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/134543/…
hmm, first observation. They aren't english.
Second observations. They haven't posted formatted code.
 
@Gareth Neither am I.
 
@Gareth so what? Valid review point
 
Third observation : the naming sucks
 
Zak
Maybe. I like to give new users as much help and support as I can (at least initially). I still remember when I first came here and completely screwed up my first question.
 
2:58 PM
@Gareth so what? Valid review point. Just because the question has downvotes that doesn't mean it's unanswerable
 
As long as it isn't closed.
It's bad form to answer questions which are about to get closed.
 
@Vogel612 ... as @zak says, CODE REVIEW!!! it's a code review.
 
Those usually don't attract upvotes either.
 
@Gareth I don't quite understand what you're getting at?
 
@Vogel612 We review code, not users.
 
3:02 PM
There's a StackExchange site devoted to code reviews: codereview.stackexchange.com. You'll probably have better luck there, since your question doesn't really fit StackOverflow. — Adam V 7 secs ago
 
@Vogel612 some of us aren't geniouses getting high grades, or who thoroughly enjoy our university experience. We are struggling older people in a world that changes too fast for us, where just getting our mortgage paid, and keeping our jobs is a struggle. Trying to get help would be nice, if only the world would be gentler when we first try.
 
@Gareth If they cared much about the state of their question, they would have returned to comment or edit
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This question is way too broad as it stands. I would suggest Code Review but it's going to be too broad there, as well. — mikeTheLiar 50 secs ago
 
So far they have failed to do so
 
in C# if I do a try catch and specify an exception type in the catch parameters, then it only catches those exceptions and lets the rest fall through the catch right?
 
3:04 PM
@Malachi The rest will get thrown in your face, yes.
 
@mikeTheLiar There's no such thing as "Too Broad" on Code Review*. If the code works, and they can embed it while staying within the ~65k character limit, then we'll review it. *Assuming the code relates to a singular entity (Method, Class, Project, App, Database etc.) — Zak 34 secs ago
 
@Mast, like std::terminate()?
 
@Mast thank you. I am probably going to change it later I am sure.
 
Zak
@Gareth If you want to try to change the social attitudes of the CR communiy then feel free to put a Meta post up on the subject. I've had this argument before and eventually concluded that people are entitled to their opinions and can vote however they see fit, and I can't change that.
On a lighter note, talk about hard-coded bugs:
user image
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Q: Folder Naming Conventions

VinnyGuitaraI am not sure if Code Review is the right spot for this question but I'll ask anyways. I have a small application that reads from a folder tree. Each folder under a year folder will be targeted to a specific user (EG 2016 --> Joe Smith's Folder --> Work... Is there a better naming convention f...

 
3:07 PM
are you guys talking about that SQL question?
 
@syb0rg @Zak totally agree. I'm venting. It's sad to see especially given this response. Maybe they didn't bother coming back. Who knows. Social responsibility. Code Review. Ethical dilemmas.
 
@Gareth I've been doing this for some time, if the users care enough they will respond and work with us to fix up their question. We mentor them as best as we can
 
another candidate for beign closed =.=
 
Sometimes it doesn't pan out as we like
 
Greetings, Programs.
 
3:12 PM
@Donald.McLean, hi
 
@syb0rg guide.. you guide them. It seldom pans out the way we like. End the end we all die. Isn't that just so crap.!
 
@Zak lol
 
@OlzhasZhumabek Anyway chaps. Lovely chat. It's kind of serious, but I agree with @Zak, each to their own
 
Since we're discussing stuff anyway, I'd like to hear opinions about this question:
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Q: Using Java 8 streams for finding Persons with maximum numbers (Codeforces-151B)

ADGSee Problem - 151B - Codeforces for details. I think I have been very messy with using the Streams. Can you review for a good and better implementation with Streams? Any other improvements? public void solve(InputReader in, PrintWriter out) { int n = in.nextInt(); List<Person> ps = new A...

 
@Gareth :)
 
3:17 PM
I personally feel it's a waste of everybody's time and perhaps needs to be closed, but there's no rule that states it as such and hence no reason to close it
We're supposed to be reviewing code, I know, but if I cannot figure out what the question is about because apparently characters for variables are very expensive to type, then I'm not even going to bother
 
Zak
@skiwi There's your review.
 
I'd put it as a comment first to try and get him to rewrite the question
 
I don't feel like we should encourage edits though, even if there are no answers yet
 
Zak
@throck95 Why? If that's the code then that's the code. Telling them how to improve it so they can post a (better) version for review is what CR answers are for, no?
 
@Zak the code doesn't seem that confusing, what he's asking for is what is confusing
 
3:20 PM
I've solved the problem mentioned in the question, but not in java :(
 
if I knew java better I'd take a look at it, but from my limited experience it's pretty clean
 
Went away for a meeting, come back and people have spammed the party parrot and bunchie gifs in Slack, wtf
 
Hi @Gareth, I didn't realize you were in here..... did you see my comment on that SQL question?
anyone else think that this might be better on Programmers?? or am I out in Left Field? codereview.stackexchange.com/q/134541/18427
 
code seems hypothetical, so probably programmers
 
@OlzhasZhumabek Did you ever look into non-recursive implementations of type_list_at?
 
3:33 PM
@Zak Meh, now I see down-votes incoming... This question better doesn't get deleted :/
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A: Using Java 8 streams for finding Persons with maximum numbers (Codeforces-151B)

skiwiI have spotted too many simple issues in order to review this code in-depth, therefore I will point out what simple issues I am seeing and I encourage you to post a follow-up question such that the code can be properly reviewed: Your variables names are way too short, last time I have checked t...

Decided to give it a try anyhow
 
Who is up-voting this post? Do you honestly think it shows research effort, is useful, and is clear? codereview.stackexchange.com/q/134543/27623
Or are you just pitying the user?
 
@user2296177, I was thinking about non-recursive function, but I have no idea how to implement them. Simply no solution comes to mind.
 
I may sound pissed in that answer, but really what else should you be expecting when reading that code
 
@OlzhasZhumabek This is an older question of mine: codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/112547/…
Will help you.
 
@OlzhasZhumabek that is what I was thinking
 
3:36 PM
@user2296177, thank you man. I was thinking that template meta programming is cool, but for now I haven't found any practical application
 
jrh
This is kind of off topic for this channel, I know, but does anybody happen to know offhand where I can find information about what kind of security-related bugs can come up when a web browser is embedded in an application? I'm still trying to understand why this is happening superuser.com/questions/1062259/…
 
@jrh OWASP top 10 are always useful in general for any web related security issue
 
Zak
@skiwi Pissed, but justifiably so.
 
@jrh, I believe it is good for cybersecurity, but I think you should checkout the help center first.
 
@jrh you might want to clean up the question, I don't know I don't spend enough time on SuperUser, but that question doesn't look like it needs to be moved. don't know why it is downvoted, but they are sometimes harsh on SU too
 
jrh
this isn't so much "how do I avoid vulnerabilities", more me as a non-web developer trying to understand why the help file isn't getting rendered
I'm thinking it's some kind of obscure thing like "in 1996 there was the cat picture virus..."
 
Ah yes, the cat picture virus of '96, dark times.
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jrh
yeah, somebody embedded cat pictures in HTML help that accidentally your whole drive
there seems to be at least 10 pages out there just dedicated to everything that can go wrong with HTML help
 
@Vogel612 At least you still had energy to review it :P
 
Zak
@user2296177 TS
 
3:48 PM
RSA
 
@user2296177 I don't remember that one, was that worse than the ILOVEYOU worm?
 
PoD
 
WAT
 
Ping of Death
 
jrh
@Malachi I was thinking that there might be too much information in the question, though A) I wanted to mention what I tried (there's a ton of different causes apparently), and B) I wanted to make sure those reading it knew that I did my homework
I figured the downvote was due to it possibly being too localized? Is it?
 
3:54 PM
@Mast that is still going around, isn't it?
 
Monking.
 
@Malachi I hope not, it has been what, 16 years?
 
I get texts from my wife all the time that say " I love you" I keep telling her to be more careful with her browsing
 
lol
 
@user2296177, man that article is talking about crazy stuff. Will reread it later, cause after a night with directx 11 depth and stencil buffers I'm running out of attention span :)
 
3:55 PM
The cat picture virus is still going around. Nowadays it's called lolcats.
 
and they've learned to code
 
Good thing they started with PHP and not with VB, or there would be nothing to laugh about.
 
@Mast you talking about the cat clock script?
 
LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language inspired by lolspeak, the language expressed in examples of the lolcat Internet meme. The language was created in 2007 by Adam Lindsay, researcher at the Computing Department of Lancaster University. The language is not clearly defined in terms of operator priorities and correct syntax, but several functioning interpreters and compilers exist. One interpretation of the language has been proven Turing-complete. == Language structure and examples == LOLCODE's keywords are drawn from the heavily compressed (shortened) patois of the lolcat Internet meme....
 
3:59 PM
We have exactly 4 questions. 3 of them are written by le Mug.
For anyone wondering why his reputation is so high.
 
lol
 
;-)
 
I can't find it right now, but there's a basic script out there that opens 100s of the Cat Clock widget on a machine. So many that it lags out when opening. The kicker, since it's a widget you can't force close them. You have to manually exit out of every single clock.
 
Smells like VBScript.
 
mhmm
 
4:00 PM
It's not fair that 1% of the users hold 75% of the lolcode questions. #OccupyMatsMug
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gotta star that
 
@Legato Hello
 
I think it's more like .01%. @Mat'sMug is great but he doesn't embody 1% alone. :)
 
looking at 200_success' profile, it says "0.03% overall" and he's got the #1 spot, so 1 user would be 0.03%
 
So I was 2/1000 off. I'll take that win :P
 
4:04 PM
We need more users.
 
hide the exploding bear traps
 
Holy bejeezus I got 50 random repz
 
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Q: Phishing Project Webbug Implementation

throck95Here comes the next round. I've implemented some of the suggestions from the previous review. That being said, though, there are a few things that I have on the horizons but haven't yet put in that were suggested. I am currently working on implementing dependency injection so that the database ob...

 
Thanks santa!
 
captain obvious likes linking my posts
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4:06 PM
@syb0rg ditto.
 
@throck95 He does that for all new questions to the site.
 
@EBrown Nah I'm just special. Don't burst my bubble!
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@throck95 Captain Obvious links all new posts.
 
@throck95 :P
 
yeah, he links all new posts. but he likes @throck95's
 
4:07 PM
It's an indiscriminating feed.
 
careful, it's a phishing link
 
@Mast Then why does it link to @throck95's questions with extra love?
 
@user2296177 It does not :P
 
'extra love' lol how do you quantify that?
 
@Mat'sMug Now who's the real Captain Obvious, hum?
@Legato With hearts, obviously.
 
4:09 PM
@Santa please remember to vote on posts, not users. abusive voting does get reversed (around 3AM Zulu time)
 
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it fits to Code Review Stackexchange site, but I don't see that option in 'this question belongs on another site...', — icebat 54 secs ago
 
Sad part is most regulars have kind-of figured out how to wing it without getting them reversed.
 
I don't know what you're talking about
though, SE can change their serial-voting algorithm any time without warning
 
Those changes are usually chasing symptoms and not fixing anything though...
 
@StewieGriffin So we were going to duel?
 
4:17 PM
It's time to D-D-D-D-Duel!
 
@Mast yep. IMO the system should warn you on the 3rd consecutive vote on the same user's posts.
regardless of time elapsed between the votes
 
Well, somebody found the one-vote-short, yesterday - thanks, @Santa - and I'm at 80K now ;-)
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ugh, actually it's more complicated than that
 
I would be pretty pissed if the system reversed some legitimate votes though...
 
hey @rolfl!
 
4:20 PM
It tends to happen whenever I go through Jon Skeet's or Eric Lippert's top answers
 
Congratulations @rolfl :-)
 
hey @rolfl, congrats
 
Hey @Mat'sMug / @Mast / @skiwi ;-)
 
@rolfl Congrats!
 
I got 5 new badges from that upvote spree
 
4:21 PM
Thanks.... it's not that I am trying for rep, but I have to keep @janos at bay, soon.
 
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Q: 'Broken Record' Coding Challenge

Jeremiah ZuckerI was asked to complete a coding challenge for an interview. The challenge being to write a test function to check whether or not a string was a broken record. A broken record is defined as a string that contains a sequential repeated substrings. For example: # These are broken records "This is ...

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Q: can this ruby thread pool implementation be improved?

jphI'm in the process of adapting the simple thread pool described here: https://blog.engineyard.com/2014/ruby-thread-pool ...to my application. I'm new to concurrency in Ruby, but here is what I have so far: queue = Queue.new data.each { |datum| queue.push datum } mutex = Mutex.new results = []...

 
huh, won't be too long until we have a new #2 at this rate!
 
What's that massive rep drop? Mid January
 
the santax
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4:23 PM
@rolfl You've given up on trying to overtake 200?
 
@skiwi best posts 2015 bounty rewards
 
@Vogel612 Ah okay, was already wondering whether an user deletion would cause such a massive rep drop
 
@Mast - yup. In a sense it was never about "overtaking" people, it was about adding vote-worthy content. I took a big step back in my involvement in the site almost a year ago, and it's resulted in less vote-worthy contributions, as a consequence, I can't complain if I don't make #1, or keep #2.
 
it could back in the day. But not anymore. When Users with significant amounts of votes are deleted, the votes are retained
 
So votes like ours on this site are permanent
 
4:26 PM
At the time it was targeting 100K in chat (combining all site rep), but the 100K on Code Review looks good too.
 
6-month old votes, yeah.
 
this
is
my
chat-rep
The overtaking people was just banter..... sometimes serious, but still secondary
 
Hmm. Can you query how much rep you've granted across your use of a site?
 
sort of
 
I remember losing some a while ago due to a user's deletion.
 
4:30 PM
@nmnsud the Code Review site is only for code that already works, not for fixing broken code. — Thriggle 25 secs ago
 
Heh, thanks @santa.
 
is @Mat'sMug eating a burger in one hand and typing with his pinky in the other again?
 
@Mast - oddly, the things I think are significant for me, are , , , , and now where I am #1 ;-) (or "tied" #1 for )
 
lol nope, just trying to actually work :)
 
That's after being idle for a year ;-)
 
4:34 PM
@SirPython Hows the cmake coming?
 
@syb0rg It's coming quite well. I've had to look up other online resources other than CMake's tutorial, and I think I'm starting to get a better understanding of how it should be used.
 
Good good
It's good you're diverging from the tutorial as well
Lots of features that the tutorial doesn't mention
 
^^ that. It's very bad at explaining things.
 
It's a good starting place, thats about it
 
4:56 PM
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Q: Javascript Scroll Entrance Plugin

user1895217I'm currently writing a Javascript plugin to provide a very simple way to allow elements to animate in as they appear in the viewport. It uses data-* attributes to determine which animation should take place when an element is scrolled in to view. See the working example here: http://codepen.io...

 

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