@RobertHarvey Another example I've seen is having separate value objects for unsanitised input data. As long as user input is consistently wrapped at the point it enters the system, you can use the type system to enforce validation + sanitisation before allowing conversion to types used in more sensitive contexts. In this way, you can use the language to more reliably prevent things like dumping unescaped strings into web pages.
wonder how many times do I have to repeat to Shog that idea of removing hot questions is his, not mine...
Whether you want to admit it or not, @gnat, that's what you're arguing for: you want to replace it with something else, but can't seem to muster the nerve to just say that. And I think I know why: the hot lists are a convenient boogieman for deeper quality issues. I don't deny the appeal of blaming the barbarians, but it was wrong three years ago and it's just as wrong now. — Shog919 hours ago
@Shog9 I would possibly buy that if only I could see; if I could see that trouble brought by genuinely hot questions correlates with site quality issues, I'd probably join your crusade. But the way how things work now doesn't allow for that - hot questions are fake way too much and way too often to make any meaningful conclusions based on them. Maybe that's why you're alone in your quest for HQ removal, people just suspect that you're throwing out the baby with the bathwater — gnat19 hours ago
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@gnat I'll claim ownership of the idea if it will make the hot questions go away... :-)
@gnat gnat's don't bite, they eat fruit, also they're silent.
@JimmyHoffa here's the guy who disagees...
Son, your deficiencies are your own. You should stop cultivating them. Your handle is perfectly apt though, since gnats are notorious bloodsuckers. — Walter Map2 mins ago
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5:13 PM
@gnat Am I safe in assuming there were other comments from you on that answer? Cause that's a bit inflammatory based upon the remaining comments at this point. And yes, the one you linked is already gone.
@GlenH7 nope, besides two comments that are there now, I did not wrote anything (if needed, any mod can verify that, because they see deleted comments)
I abstain of personalized comments "wars", just like I abstain of edit wars. When I sense things coming in this direction, I simply flag stuff and let mods handle it
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7:53 PM
@gnat Um, all I can say in response to that other person's comment then is "wow, you need to grow a thicker skin. Maybe this online thing isn't quite right for you."
First off, this doesn't avoid the technical challenges present in the last suggestion: there's no denormalized "top answer score" column available, so calculating this would require querying all answers attached to each question across all sites. Oh, yeah - there's no denormalized "pending close ...
nothing challenging performance wise is needed over what is there now, because "hotness correction" is limited to posts already picked by current algorithm. Take 100 questions and less than 1000 answers already selected as of now, adjust their score, reorder and feed top 3-to-26 into sidebar. That's it. O(1), performance "cost" is negligible — gnat7 mins ago
Yes, I'll take design patterns for 600 please:
And the answer is:
Broadcasters receivers in android follow this design pattern.
Uhh.... What is the Observer Pattern?
Sounds like they wanted to hint at the Observer Pattern without actually using the word Observer and giving it away.
Yes, I'll take design patterns for 600 please:
And the answer is:
Broadcasters receivers in android follow this design pattern.
Uhh.... What is the Observer Pattern?
Sounds like they wanted to hint at the Observer Pattern without actually using the word Observer and giving it away.
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