VBA Rubberducking

@MathieuGuindon Arrived late to this. I read through the thread post and it most of it strike me as any criticism is an attack on the individual.

IKR?

9:33 PM

sweet!

There were legitimate examples of disrespectful comments, but that will always be the case.

:shrug: I guess it's because we're both #EliteWhiteMales?

Liftoff.

> Power users on the site are frustrated at being asked the same questions over and over again. They’re angry that n00bs aren’t doing research before asking questions.

I think that was a good stress test for the deployment branch.

Misunderstanding of the purpose of SO.

9:37 PM

@this I agree. Especially with my, um...., unconventional cpp setup.

Unfortunately that doesn't help with the original problem - why you couldn't build correctly with the dinky old PS script

The best I can figure is that it was getting confused as hell about the state of my build environment.

yeah. it isn't using an API - it was using a uh, something.

and I don't think I have as much control as I do with the build task built in the deployment branch

[rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck] comintern commented on Rubberduck.Deployment.Build/Builders/RegistryEntryBuilder.cs of pull request #4582: Deployment enhancements

@Duga lol

9:42 PM

Little known fact, the registry versions are hex.

hmm doesn't it load as int?

You mean display it?

no, thinking of the ITypeLib

it exposes it as 2 ints, IINM

Oh, yeah.

so it'd be the numeric equivalent of whatever DE.AD is

9:44 PM

FWIW @MathieuGuindon you're kinda missing the point that Pete made in his original tweet where the April Wensel article was linked as a reply...

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WTF Windows 10 Update? Why did you make my programmer calculator gigantic again?

because you're a programmer?

A blind one?

Ooooo... shiny new feature!

Or have I always just missed the bit toggling entry mode until now?

@Vogel612 about SO jobs?

9:47 PM

yea

didn't mean to address that at all.

:)

I just read the article, the replies, then the linked articles, and eventually went "ok enough of this bullshit, this isn't the SO I see every day"

[rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck] comintern commented on Rubberduck.Deployment.Build/LogHelper.cs of pull request #4582: Deployment enhancements

VBA might just be a pretty clean tag, actually

but SO is a bit of a cesspool around C++, C#, Java, Android and PHP

9:49 PM

yeah. ~~maybe I should venture into PHP~~ nah

c# isn't as bad as Java or Android.

As for c++, I wouldn't expect less than complete douchery from a c++ programmer in any context.

So from your statements I deduce that VBA programmers are mostly good upstanding people.

^ unfortunately true. It's rare to see a C++ programmer who's also a pleasure to socialize.

I think it has more to do with the nature of work that attract certain type of people

than langauge itself

cf. C++<Lounge> and it's many problems on chat.SO

C++ is for curmudgenly grognards?

9:54 PM

you know.,..

the engineer who used to work here that wrote all of hte C++ programs..\

well, there was Shane's way, and then the wrong way.

was he from Army?

everything i have ever heard says hes a dick

i have no idea

but thats no excuse, im from the army

Luckily most C++ programmers share the real scorn for ANSI C programmers.

There's the right way, the wrong way, and the army way.

wondered because there's usually the right way, then the wrong way, then there's the Army way.

^^

9:56 PM

im not nearly as bad as he is, and, my programs at least use sane table schemas

@KySoto the kind of "mad genius" equating themselves with einstein?

Iven's a mite faster than I am.

fortunately i never met the guy

id probably not have been hired

or if i was, not kept it long

@Comintern hey, hey, I'll have you know that C is more sane than C++.

@this I counter with a lot slower :p

9:57 PM

such is the lot of my life.

@this Shhhhh!!! A c++ programmer might hear you say that!

Well, first they'll have to derference this.

#GoodLuck

[rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck] comintern commented on Rubberduck.Deployment.Build/RubberduckPostBuildTask.cs of pull request #4582: Deployment enhancements

you are basically another johnny; drop table students--

[rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck] comintern commented on Rubberduck.Deployment.Build/RubberduckPostBuildTask.cs of pull request #4582: Deployment enhancements

10:06 PM

@Duga hmm that's new one to me - but it's also not really right-aligning.

it's more like center-aligning

[rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck] comintern commented on Rubberduck.Deployment.Build/RubberduckPostBuildTask.cs of pull request #4582: Deployment enhancements

@this The alignment value works just like string.Format: stackoverflow.com/q/644017/4088852

[rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck] comintern commented on Rubberduck.Deployment.Build/RubberduckPreBuildTask.cs of pull request #4582: Deployment enhancements

10:35 PM

Interesting. I'll fiddle with that. Thanks for the lesson!

Did you test the file in use error, too?

..... ew.

I guess I'll just regex-replace

[rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck] bclothier commented on Rubberduck.Deployment.Build/Builders/RegistryEntryBuilder.cs of pull request #4582: Deployment enhancements

@this Yep.

cool!

[rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck] bclothier commented on Rubberduck.Deployment.Build/RubberduckPostBuildTask.cs of pull request #4582: Deployment enhancements

[rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck] bclothier commented on Rubberduck.Deployment.Build/LogHelper.cs of pull request #4582: Deployment enhancements

11:10 PM

I'm so going to regret this

This is an example of what’s currently wrong with tech as a whole and @StackOverflow specifically This thread would be helpful IF this was a closed platform that had a required tutorial for learning how to engage...👇🏾 #causeascene https://twitter.com/rubberduckvba/status/1085962369543651328

Tweeted by KimCrayton1 on January 17, 2019 at 10:59 PM

ohhh interesting

so SO should do... what?

the second tweet is actually... umm ...

You disagree with us. You are then wrong.

at least cause for hope that stuff doesn't blow up quite as terribly as it can?

11:14 PM

there's a reason why I don't do social media.

^

I'd end up melting all the snowflakes with my insensitivity.

I know it's great for marketing/advertising/networking but I just can't deal with the hassles & stresses associated with it.

At some point we'll have visitors to the pond because of this.

#causeascene someplace where entitled whiners aren't driving away users that generate quality content?

@this not sure I can either

11:18 PM

@Comintern :panics: Hide your elitest views!

Was I being unwelcoming? Sorry 'bout that.

@MathieuGuindon Haven't seen the vein in your neck be that color before. You gonna be ok mug?

something something assume good intentions??

mumble mumble no faith mumble mumble pineapples mumble leaving social media.

hmmm pineapple pizza

or am I inciting a holy war with that?

11:23 PM

feh. I like them.

I don't get what's the big deal with putting pineapple on it.

You don't want it. Look the other way.

@Vogel612 We already got the heat from flamethrowers. Just need the dough, sauce, cheese, meat.

and I'll look the other way when you eat your horrid olives.

^^

mmmm Olives.

ew.

Damnit, now you made me poke at it.

@KimCrayton1 @StackOverflow Are we yelling about the @StackOverflow community, or the community at large? For my part, I adapted to how the platform is being used mainly by following the users generating useful content in walking away...

Tweeted by CominternVBA on January 17, 2019 at 11:23 PM in reply to KimCrayton1

11:25 PM

@Comintern I doubt you're gonna get yelled at for that

@IvenBach deletes reply

@Comintern #FanTheFlames!

so my usual goto pizza topping for nonstandard pizza is spinach, feta, corn and egg with a dash of curry