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7:03 PM
still 100 rep behind vnp
2k behind @RubberDuck
 
have you killed a zombie lately?
 
I answered some questions yesterday....
 
@PinCrash I just received an email with an attached Excel spreadsheet containing a screenshot. I don't know why, I immediately thought of you.
 
@Mat'sMug LOL
Wish more people sent screenshots in Excel instead of Word, as Excel is at least 50% less likely to crash [citation needed]
 
7:20 PM
They should seriously just send the screenshot without sticking it in an Office program file.
But honestly, I don't ever remember Word crashing on me, and Excel usually (99% of the time) only crashes when RD does.
 
Like.. copy-pasting the screenshot in an Outlook email? ;p
 
@PinCrash An email is not an Outlook file. It follows an ISO (I think) protocol.
Or is it an IETF protocol?
 
Well, it's just an HTML file when it comes right down to it
 
Actually, I don't even thing it is required to be HTML because I can choose to send my emails as HTML or raw text in Outlook.
 
Outlook mail is MS-Word
 
7:24 PM
> MS Build event schedule, tomorrow from 9:30pm - 10:30 pm (EDT) There is a session on The Future of C#. Among things listed for C#7 is pattern matching.
@PinCrash should we just quote you in the future?
 
@Mat'sMug give context
actually, I'm going to shower
 
a .docx is also a Marked up text file
 
buttcrackcleaningtime
 
@PinCrash I think Kaz will disagree with you.
 
but leave context behind and I'll look at it somewhere in the next few days
 
7:26 PM
did something happen to chat?
 
@Malachi Define what kind of "something" you're referring to?
 
is the footer bar supposed to be transparent?
 
No
 
let me refresh
 
It isn't here.
 
7:27 PM
@JeroenVannevel it's @EBrown, he's got a list of DO's and DON'Ts for expression-bodied members, and he wants me to proof-read it... but I think I might have used C#6 once, by accident.
 
Sep 7 '15 at 10:07, by Zak
#Times I've crashed Excel today: 7 (and counting)
 
Kaz crashes Excel, Malachi crashes his browser
 
@Mat'sMug there are DON'Ts?
 
@Malachi Reboot browswer.
 
7:27 PM
lol
 
put everything in an expression-bodied member
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it's syntactic sugar
 
@Mast are you crazy? then I have to consolidate all my tabs so I don't lose any
 
you're not making guidelines for T? and Nullable<T> either
 
@Malachi Crash your PC, your tabs will automatically restore.
 
Though I am open to counter-arguments. Someone ping me with a link to the guidelines and I'll look at them
I'm off now
 
7:29 PM
plus I have Live Build 2016 paused (since like 12:45 EST)
right after Ashley talked about Xbox One Development mode
suppose I could close some of the CR tabs I don't need open...lol
 
I got a couple of good SE posts open that I need to upvote the moment it's tomorrow.
Rep cap and all.
 
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Q: Compile-time string hash

glampertA while back this question proposed a constexpr compile-time Sieve of Eratosthenes. It also linked to another SO question about compile-time computation of CRCs. I've found a place where I'd like to precompute the hash of a few C-strings, so I used those previous questions as a base. I'm impleme...

 
darn close to quitting time
25 minutes away....
 
7:45 PM
is anyone using Edge?
@Mat'sMug Unfortunately, Ctrl+M opens the "Reading List" in Edge. I found the button though to add it. — Carcigenicate 14 mins ago
should that go to MSE?
does it mean Ctrl+K isn't working in Edge either?
and wth is a "reading list" in a browser??
 
I use edge at home for my school website
the hot keys should still work as long as the text box has focus
 
@Mat'sMug Correct.
 
that's odd
 
CTRL-K works.
CTRL-M doesn't work even when the cursor is in the box.
 
anyway, I think I might go fishing tonight
@Hosch250 that is messed up....
they have a new identity system they are rolling out with Edge and other Apps in Windows 10
TTGH
later
 
7:51 PM
@Malachi No it isn't. CTRL-M is an application-wide shortcut. Websites should not be able to override it.
 
IMO websites should be able to hook any hotkeys they like. Except Alt+F4
actually.. they're probably not hotkeys
 
@Mat'sMug god I hope not
And if you do, ctrl + W shouldn't be able to be overwritten either
 
Just happened on work chat.
 
General user experience > specific site experience
 
> On an even more serious note we should convert all Wayne apps to LOLCODE
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7:57 PM
ctrl + T should always ever immer open a new tab
 
@JeroenVannevel I 100% agree.
@RubberDuck Want me to write a proposal to management?
 
@JeroenVannevel why do you need Ctrl+W when there's Ctrl+F4?
 
Ripe zombie; open question with answers, at least one answer having score 0, no answer having score > 0: An asynchronous service to produce a results cache for a list of items
 
@Mat'sMug I've never heard of ctrl + f4
 
8:03 PM
It's fine, I'm out anyway. Time to put the 'ow' in Krakow
 
@Hosch250 No need. I'm way ahead of you.
 
if a POS system is storing a CASH tendertype transaction at 17:40:40.573, and then a CHANGE tendertype for the same transaction at 17:40:40.573, and all other fields are identical between the two records, ...how am I supposed to tell the CASH one is the one I want? I just trust that the POS is storing them in the correct order and grab the first one I see? #StupidSystems
 
Cool.
 
@RubberDuck haha you rock!
 
@Mat'sMug add column to distinguish between type of transaction
IM OUT POLISH PARTY TIME
 
8:07 PM
not my db
 
despair and change jobs
go build a school in Burundi
 
oh twitt... there's a "number" column.
first is 1, second is 2
facepalm
 
Also just happened in chat...
> I bet we could write [product] in LOLCODE better than [consultants] could in C#. Any takers?
Oh.. and fun stuff from embedded land.
 
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Q: Am I wrong to use extension methods for my data layer?

Mark KenyonI've started to use extension methods to provide data layer functionality in our project. Our project is an MVC website using Code First Entity Framework. So, I've done things like this: namespace OurProject.Models { public class Project { public int ProjectId {get; set;} ...

 
> The controller executes a line at a time per thread, so the more you cram into a line with line separtors (;), the faster the code will run.
And...
 
8:11 PM
wut
 
> Variable locations are located in a variable array. The look up time is related to the number of characters in the variable name. Shorter variable names => shorter execution time. The time is apparently small, but real.
 
OMGWTF
 
@Mat'sMug 6 threads, each one executes one physical line of code in turn.
 
So, that is literally true?
 
For this particular controller, yes.
 
8:12 PM
I've heard of stuff like that, but wasn't sure if it was real.
Wow.
 
how... nevermind, I don't even want to know
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I'm way down the rabbit hole. It's like time traveling to 1980.
 
buckle up: this year April fools is a Friday
5
 
This Microsoft Bash thing better not be an April fools joke...
 
LOL. Yeah. Closing on our house on Friday. Our April Fools joke is that it's not a joke.
 
8:28 PM
> If transaction A leaves the server at 17:40:40.573 and 500 ns later transaction B leaves the same server, and the destination server doesn't have enough precision to tell the difference, but they are different types, how much coffee will the maintainer need in order to retain their sanity?
 
nah, the two records are written with the exact same timestamp by the application, I'm positive - it's .
and I need a coffee
 
None. Just flip a coin to determine which one is first.
 
If you can get transactions to happen "simultaneously", you should go into high-frequency trading.
 
8:45 PM
Looks like someone is almost out of stars.
2
 
lol
 
@Hosch250 nah. I'm too busy to be out of stars these days.
 
holy starwall
 
Dilemma... should I trust feature overview user-facing documentation from 2011...
 
9:02 PM
On-site interview at 4pm tomorrow (if the email goes through).
The first time I sent it, I got a postmaster message.
Dang, it didn't go.
 
@PinCrash what language?
 
@JohanLarsson English
(it's C#/.NET but user/customer facing, so it contains no code)
 
9:16 PM
@Mat'sMug (or any other mod) I just wanted to point out some behavior I've been seeing in the First Post review queue: a user named Tunaki has been doing quite a few "No action needed"s. Occasionally, the user might leave a vote (I can't quite tell), but most of the time they leave nothing for the OP.
 
are the posts actually fine?
 
I'm not sure, but I thought one was supposed to at least leave a vote or comment or something
 
not necessarily (e.g. the post has already been acted upon) - but I am seeing poor reviews of poor posts
 
I don't see a use for No action needed
if you've nothing to do or say, better to Skip
 
9:22 PM
and let somebody else act
@Tunaki is new around here, active on SO, he just hasn't seen our discussions on this
we probably have a meta post
we should link it for him and he'll get it
 
Eh, I don't want to start a holy war.
 
TTQW
 
here's the meta post btw
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Q: First Post Review Queue — what is it? Why is it a bad idea to click "No Action Needed"?

rolflWhen you pass 350 reputation you gain access to the Review Queues. One of them is the "First Post" queue. What is this queue, what purpose does it serve, and how should I process items in that queue?

gotta go now
 
9:46 PM
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Q: Music.SE Site Design (With an updated logo and color!)

HynesUPDATE MARCH 28, 2016 Thank you to everyone who took the time to review and provide feedback. Based on your feedback, the following changes are being made to the design: Logo A few people mentioned they read the logo as "IMUSIC" instead of MUSIC, so I've dropped the three bars before the wordm...

@Mat'sMug they take the text in the paragraph tags to condense articles and pages down to the content that you're probably interested in
it was a mobile concept but obviously edge doesn't care
 
@Quill No, that is the reading view.
Safari has had that for ages.
 
It's called Reading List in Safari
 
The reading list is a list of articles you want to read later. Basically, a list of temporary bookmarks.
 
It wasn't in Safari on OS X for a while after it got implemented for mobile
 
I don't like most of the new SE designs.
They seem kind of slapped together, and they have ugly color schemes.
Anyone want to comment on my Roslyn PR?
I'm especially interested in missing edge cases.
 
9:56 PM
what's up with the Review Queue stuff in the transcript?
did I miss some drama?
 
No drama. I was just pointing out something to the mods.
 
very well-spotted @SirPython, I'll have a chat with Tunaki tomorrow
 
Okay, thanks!
 
This is probably relevant, but Tunaki is one of the guys in the SOCVR team
he's probably used to hitting "No action needed" a lot on Stack Overflow, and the practice overflowed
they live and breathe review queues. even have a bot to monitor it
 
he's just new here, that's all. this should be fine, once he's made aware of that meta post above
SOCVR? what's that? SO Close Vote Ring?
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10:03 PM
s/Ring/Reviewers
basically that though
 
thanks
 
anyway, I wouldn't call 2k new necessarily
but whatever, when you have that much rep network wide you should probably be more considerate of the site's way of doing things
 
that meta post doesn't exactly jump into the eye
anyway really gotta go
 
see you later
 
In-person interview tomorrow at 4:00 CST confirmed.
Hmm, I wonder if she mixed CST and CDT...
...
> 4:00 central time. Good luck.
So, I assume CDT...
 
10:25 PM
0
Q: ReactiveUI WPF - What am I Doing Wrong?

3-14159265358979323846264I've created my first ReactiveUI app in WPF. Simply, the user enters their full name in one textbox, and then the name gets split into its parts and displayed in the other textboxes. This is just an example ... I realise parsing names is often futile! MainWindow.xaml: <Window x:Class="TestHuma...

 
10:43 PM
0
Q: C# Sorting array without using the bubble sort

denisI'm a beginner and like to experiment new things so today I tried to implement sorting method for an array without using any Sort and the actual challenge was to do it without using the bubble sort algorithm. I created my own but I feel that there are some things that can be shorten because it's ...

 
11:28 PM
0
Q: Optimizing a complex phone keypad to string translator

BHustusI'm currently working on a program for the sake of both practice in Python and extra credit in an English class. For context, in one of our books, there is a long segment where a mute character tries to 'talk' through the phone by punching keypad letters. I got curious; I decided that I wanted to...

 
11:42 PM
 
@Quill Very interesting. What's that about anyway?
 
idk, it's funny, I guess?
 
I suppose. I'm too tired to be funny now.
 
you have an interview tomorrow, go to bed man
 
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Q: Filter nested array of objects with object property

AnuI am filtering array of objects with object properties provided by the user. The goal is to return an object property 'label' by matching the property 'value'. 'input' provided to the function can be either array of one element or many elements or not an array. I'm using lot of loops to accomplis...

 

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