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[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] 15 commits. 3 opened issues. 31 closed issues. 10 issue comments.
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[retailcoder/Rubberduck] 5 commits. 11 opened issues. 2 closed issues. 8 issue comments.
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[Vogel612/JavaBot] 4 commits.
 
@Duga no more "reload!"?
 
Rubberduck's issues are growing faster than they are being cleared.
 
Yeah, but they are todo's for future versions :)
 
@Hosch250 Guess you better start helping, then ;-)
 
Hmm, next summer.
 
12:03 AM
@Mat'sMug I thought that would be enough for you..
 
It feels a little strange running a VM.
 
> 31 closed issues
 
@Hosch250 Not for me. I run Java VM's all the time.
 
@SimonAndréForsberg has been hitting really hard today :D
 
I have my music running off my main OS, so I can't adjust it without leaving my full-screen VM.
 
12:04 AM
But... RELOAD! has a historical value ;)
 
@Phrancis that's largely related to the fact that we don't close issues until we release new versions (perhaps we should change that though)
 
Well, whatever is most practical
 
Ah, missed it (saw it in VBA room though)
 
12:05 AM
For good measure ;p
 
lol fine, fine reloaded ;)
 
Cron PHP script to pull newly added clients from remote db, add their information to local db http://codereview.stackexchange.com/q/80332?atw=1 #php
Is this Twitter account a feed or is someone actually behind it?
 
Alright, @Simon, profile created
 
@Phrancis it's automatic
 
@Phrancis It's a sentient bot
 
@Mat'sMug I should start to tweet too!
 
We going to do this whole linked in thing, I guess.
 
I don't see why not :)
 
@SimonAndréForsberg You are the log-in page?
 
@Hosch250 yes, precisely ;)
 
12:11 AM
Anyone who's on Twitter would be great if you could follow @Cardshifter, we're going to have a few exciting announcements soon :)
@Cardshifter
0 tweets, 1 followers, following 7 users
 
Hey, now I know who runs LinkedIn!
I'll tell my family that to see them turn green.
@Phrancis I don't have a Twitter.
I am considering creating one though, if it will help my app.
 
@Phrancis @retailcoder is following :)
 
What do you think? The textbooks say it will.
 
Twitter helps if you have a bunch of people following that RT your posts
 
I know nobody on Twitter.
The best I could do is link my blog and tweet with the OneNote tag.
 
12:14 AM
@Hosch250 Don't underestimate the power of your fellow Code Reviewers.
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:)
OK.
Will decide by end of next week.
 
@janos tweeted about my Android app back in October. I was very surprised and happy about that!
 
United, we can rule the world make it go viral.
 
"Java Developer at null", I like the sound of that.
 
lol
 
12:16 AM
What is null, anyway?
 
Monking, everyone.
 
I mean, I know the programming term.
 
@SirPython Thanks for the slide, the ball, the teeter totter, and the hazardous swing set!
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No problem, @Duga =)
 
@Hosch250 I assume it was because I entered self employed.
 
12:17 AM
Oh.
You are?
What are you doing?
Want to create a company with me?
 
null == bits all zeroes (from my understanding)
 
I like the curve my last four messages made.
 
@Simon - taking me a while to grok the system. But you should be able to find me now at linkedin.com/in/rolflear
 
@Hosch250 I am partially.... I am technically self-employed, but my main income from that is being hired by a company nearby here.
 
OK.
 
12:21 AM
@rolfl You got a named link? I'm jealous! How did you do that?
 
It's a little edit icon on the right-side of your screen....
 
"Do you have any published articles, studies, conference presentations, or other work?" - does 371 Code Review answers count?
 
Yup.
 
 
Whoever keeps starring had better stop before they run out too soon.
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I never get links right either.
 
love the monkey picture as always, @rolfl
 
Little do you all know, I am secretly taking over Code Review bit by bit, right at this very second. It will only be a matter of time before you'll all be working for me >=)
 
@rolfl I probably should add CR moderator as a volunteer experience as well. :-)
 
Are and the same?
There is a suggested edit for that suggests they are.
It appears they are.
 
12:29 AM
Is it just me or should we make Code Review Stack Exchange an answer to "Do you belong to any professional organizations or associations?" ?
 
^ Agreed
 
If the community agrees, can I merge them so I get the badge?
unity3d.com
 
Oh, and about linked in, I will probably be promiscuous about any requests to connect....
feel free to 'reach out'
 
oh vim
 
@rolfl I don't know if "promiscuous" is the word you mean. Do you mean lewd?
Promiscuous means lewd.
 
12:32 AM
> characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association
 
@mjolka That's a fancy lookin' editor
 
"1.having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships"
 
@SirPython i decided i didn't have enough eye strain in my life
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In computer networking, promiscuous mode or promisc mode is a mode for a wired network interface controller (NIC) or wireless network interface controller (WNIC) that causes the controller to pass all traffic it receives to the central processing unit (CPU) rather than passing only the frames that the controller is intended to receive. This mode is normally used for packet sniffing that takes place on a router or on a computer connected to a hub (instead of a switch) or one being part of a WLAN. Interfaces are placed into promiscuous mode by software bridges often used with hardware virtualization...
 
OK, the second definition is good:
"2.demonstrating or implying an undiscriminating or unselective approach; indiscriminate or casual"
 
12:33 AM
@mjolka Lol.
 
what is the purpose of combiner in the below program?
def accumulate(combiner, start, n, term):
    """Return the result of combining the first n terms in a sequence."""
    "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"


def summation_using_accumulate(n, term):
    """An implementation of summation using accumulate.

    >>> summation_using_accumulate(4, square)
    30
    """
    "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"

def product_using_accumulate(n, term):
    """An implementation of product using accumulate.

    >>> product_using_accumulate(4, square)
    576
    """
    "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"
 
I will probably also accept many requests to connect, feel free to connect me. linkedin.com/in/simonforsberg
@rolfl I read that as Promiscuous code
 
Who knew that taking over Code Review would be so resource intensive.
 
@SirPython I did
 
@SimonAndréForsberg, @rolfl invites coming your way
 
12:36 AM
@SirPython Don't worry, I have unlimited resources.
 
So, this makes a little more sense now.
 
@Duga Well then why didn't ye tell me!? :-P
 
@Mat'sMug @retailcoder on Twitter needs a picture man!
 
errr... if i can figure out how to invite
 
The company recruiting me opened an office in my state on January 29th. Apparently, it should accomodate 60 people (not all programmers, the web article just said the building should create 60 new jobs).
 
12:37 AM
@SirPython A bot never reveals her secrets
 
And the city it's in... I'd be a little surprised if there are 60 tech-oriented people there...
 
Grr... I can hardly type with a clogged memory/RAM.
 
My RAM never gets clogged.
 
Perhaps they're having trouble filling their positions.
 
My parent's Mac does.
 
12:38 AM
@nhgrif How many tech-oriented people do you think exists there?
 
Right, checked in, done my linked in work duty, but now I have to check out for a bit, and do some family time... back in about an hour, will catch that invite then, @mjolka
 
@SimonAndréForsberg @rolfl so linkedin asks how i know you. options are Colleague, Classmate, We've done business together, Friend, and Other. Other requires your email address. i hate linkedin
 
I found that too... I used friend for Simon
I think I will have t a lot of friends
 
should be an option for "I harass him on chat"
 
I hate giving information I don't want to give.
 
12:39 AM
@Rolfl You're coming home with me. I'm freaked out by spiders and I just realized that a monkey would be the perfect tool (lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/4115/…)
 
@Phrancis speaking of picture... you need one on LinkedIn ;)
 
@SimonAndréForsberg I don't know. They're in Conway, which is a college town outside of Little Rock, which is the state capitol.
If they were in Little Rock, it'd make more sense. If they were in Northwest Arkansas (where I am), it'd make more sense. Conway is a slightly odd choice, I feel.
 
@mjolka I'm just as confused as you and @rolfl are. I guess friend is the best fit.
 
@Mat'sMug @mjolka if you got a private field of a type List<string> in your class of a type and want to have a public Get interface for it, in that Get method would you go return privateFoo; or return new List<string>(privateFoo); ?
 
But there are three full universities in Conway.
 
12:41 AM
@rolfl You should try to make more friends than typos! ;)
 
Can someone go kill a zombie to help this take-over-Code-Review process speed up?
 
@Mehrad I'd return privateFoo but have the getter return an IEnumerable<string>
 
@SimonAndréForsberg ^^ huh?
 
@Mehrad what @Mat'sMug said
 
12:42 AM
If you're animal lover, adopt a monkey and they'll hunt them for you. haaaaaahahah... million bucks answer
 
Is there an easy way to search SO profiles by location?
 
Bah... forget the zombie thing. I need some fresh blood with a fresh mistake.
 
@Mat'sMug @mjolka Josh Smith on his example returns the other. And I was wondering why. I don't think he didn't have any reason to do so.
 
@nhgrif Data Explorer
 
@Phrancis Like that happy face :D... the other profile picture suits you more when you deal with Git :P
 
12:45 AM
@Phrancis I blame caching
 
@Mehrad Ain't that the truth
 
@mjolka Are you Matt?
 
@SimonAndréForsberg yep
 
Whoa.....
 
BTW anyone welcome to connect, if you want.
 
12:47 AM
@Phrancis You too are the login page?
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@Phrancis that link took me to my own profile :D
 
Boy, we must have the whole company here.
 
@Mehrad you're saying he does public List<string> GetFoo() { return foo.ToList(); } ?
 
Weird
 
@mjolka 100%
 
12:48 AM
Why is the plural of "monkey" not "monkies"?
 
@SirPython because it Monskey
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Alright, TTGTB. Looking forward to more LinkedIn connections, requests, endorsements, and whatever else there is.
 
@Hosch250 @Mehrad you can just search for Francis V. Gaboury
 
@SimonAndréForsberg Huh?
 
12:49 AM
Close enough
 
I don't have LinkedIn.
 
@mjolka Just go Black
 
@Mat'sMug Different Matt. Not a Mug, but still a Matt.
 
@SimonAndréForsberg 'night!
 
@Mehrad so there he's making a defensive copy of the list, so calling code can't modify what's stored in the private field
 
12:50 AM
Everyone of your best behavior!
 
lol
 
We have company.
Hi, @David
 
@Phrancis let's give that one a go. Hope that doesn't bring me again :D
 
Welcome @David !
 
Today, I found out my company (or sister company) has an internal web forum on our intranet. I'm weighing the procs/cons of trolling it...
 
12:51 AM
@Mehrad i think it's much nicer to write public IEnumerable<string> GetFoo() { return foo; } -- the client can call ToList if they want to, and they won't have access to Add etc on your private field
 
Supper's on.
See you.
 
@Mehrad also a lot of the time you don't care what data structure is being used when you call a method -- list, array, hashset, whatever. you just want to enumerate over it
 
@mjolka interesting. Very interesting
 
@Mehrad also this way ToList is only being called if it needs to be -- a decision left up to the client
 
@nhgrif there is no cons in trolling anything. trolling is joy given by gods
 
12:55 AM
Curse you, @Duga! What a coincidence that right after you learn of my plans for domination, my computer freezes up! There will be revenge.....
 
@mjolka totally agreed. I am a fan of using IEnum when IList isn't really necessary. and mainly wanted to understand Josh's mind set cuz I respect him as a pro. great explanation. thank you
 
@Mehrad hope it helped :) i actually haven't heard of Josh Smith
 
@mjolka sure did. He is famous for this article msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx
 
@Mehrad looks like a good article! i really need to sit down and learn wpf/mvvm properly one day
 
@mjolka it's a big deal. and if you do, don't forget this article.
@mjolka didn't get this one!
@Phrancis found and sent a connection invitation :D
 
1:04 AM
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Q: General computation functions using functional paradigm

overexchangeBelow is the problem: Show that both summation and product are instances of a more general function, called accumulate, with the following signature: def accumulate(combiner, start, n, term): """Return the result of combining the first n terms in a sequence.""" "*** YOUR CODE HERE *...

 
@mjolka I went through it. I understand what's he talking about. good example
 
@Mehrad Hasn't appeared yet but I'll look for it :)
 
@Phrancis somehow the first time I pressed connect it went through without saying anything. Now that I tried it complained about LinkedIn too far of a connection type of a thing. But asked @Jamal to introduce you to me over there :D
 
Ahh I see
 
1:22 AM
Stupid linkedin, complaining about not knowing you
 
That SO answer, Jeroen, is still giving back.
 
Yeah, a hot SO question is still a different caliber than a hot CR question
I haven't gotten around to reading the updated version yet
sounds like something I should do in class tomorrow
 
@JeroenVannevel LinkedIn should have an option like "I really know him, believe me"
 
I'll just leave this here: be.linkedin.com/in/vannevelj
I think I'm publicly connectable
I think
At least the recruiters always find a way
 
@JeroenVannevel Looks like you are
 
1:38 AM
Alright I'm out, some people got boring classes to attend
later
 
later gater
 
1:55 AM
I'm halfway to total CR domination....
 
@SirPython let us know before you take over then we can prepare ourselves. ;)
 
Of course! I still have to complete the other half, anyway.
 
forget the reading file thing. then implement a simple link list. you may gonna need insert(),search() and delete() functions. cplusplus.com/articles/LACRko23 or codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/42958/…mhs 1 min ago
 
@SirPython I guess you have found the first half which is the Code and now you wanna to the other which is Reviewing it :D
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@mjolka what component you use in the UI if you wanna show a list of some stuff in the settings and make some un/available?
 
2:01 AM
Uh oh... I think I found my problem; and I think CR already has already stopped me.
 
Windows Tech Preview for Phones!!!
 
@Hosch250 Oh Yeahhh...
 
Unfortunately, I don't know if I will be able to get it right away.
 
@Hosch250 Got a Microsoft phone?
 
I have a Lumia 520, and I heard that devices will not be supported till later.
Yup:
Lumia 630 Lumia 638
Lumia 635 Lumia 730
Lumia 636 Lumia 830
 
2:03 AM
@Hosch250 damn
@Hosch250 are these the phones you have ?
 
No, the ones supported.
 
s/?/?????????
 
I only have a 520.
 
my bad
I am like that's heaps of dollars
 
No, I got it pay-as-you-go for about $60.
I don't use cellular, so I don't pay any more.
Just a testing device.
 
2:05 AM
fair enough
 
Be back in a sec.
 
Blasted Code Review; thwarted my perfect plans.
 
OK.
 
2:23 AM
Anyone around here who uses Twitter?
 
I do
 
I know, but never mind.
I was just curious if I would get in trouble if I used hastags for advertising-type stuff.
I followed you.
So, when would I use the "@" and when the hashtag "#"?
 
@Hosch250 i think @ is for addressing a person, # is used to indicate a topic
 
OK.
 
@Mehrad not sure what you mean, do you have a screenshot of what you want?
 
2:44 AM
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Q: Calculating range of ArrayLists

ShortyI have written this method which calculates the range (max - min) of an ArrayList. I have two for loops each for a different ArrayList. The for loops do exactly the same thing except uses a different list, so I was wondering if there was a way to just use one for loop (or any other way) that does...

 
It would be awful convenient to have a second monitor -.-
 
You need Windows so you can easily snap windows side-by-side.
 
This works pretty fine, just a bit too much info for a notebook screen lol
 
I got Twitter.
Oh wait, I think it was @SimonAndréForsberg I was talking to earlier.
 
What is it?
 
2:54 AM
Hosch250
I followed CardShifter
 
There you are :D
 
@Phrancis second monitors are worth it
 
Thanks.
Just posted an answer.
 
There is an extra port on the MacBook, looks a bit like HDMI but not quite certain
(plus, I don't have a spare monitor lol)
Icon looks like this: |[__]|
 
@Phrancis mini or micro dvi
 
2:59 AM
Ah ok
 
i think ...
 
Greetings all.
 
@Phrancis So, what is CardShifter anyway?
 
@Legato Greetings
@Hosch250 It's a multiplayer online trading card game. We just released alpha 0.5 today
 
Me thinks this is a good answer: codereview.stackexchange.com/a/80396/34073
So, you play cards over the internet?
Sounds interesting, but I don't do that.
 
3:02 AM
That's neat @Phrancis
 
Well, card "battles" like Magic The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh or Hearthstone
 
I've only heard their names.
 
Up-voted @Hosch250 Any other question/answers that need attention?
 
Well, I'll follow it, but I won't play.
Thanks, no.
 
^in game
 
3:03 AM
Except the other answer is good too, but I don't like how it prints in the method.
Only card games I play are cribbage and different solitaires.
 
UI is a bit rough, next release should be all fancy libGDX stuff, but it's fun to play nonetheless
 
Anyway, I need to comb my dog.
Bye.
 
Ciao
 
@Phrancis What's a good way to learn/get started libGDX? I won't get the chance to start anytime soon, but I want to note what you have to say/have an idea for when I do start.
 
Simon is doing all the libGDX stuff, I'm mostly web & game designer. But hang around in this room and you'll see plenty of GDX stuff going on

 Coding Projects and Duga Heaven :)

Minesweeper Flags, Zomis' games, PDB, MTG, Cardshifter, and al...
(mostly happens in the GMT+1 regular day time)
@Legato All I can say is that it seems libGDX and Java 8 make great bed fellows, and GDX seems extremely flexible
in TCG Creation, 2 days ago, by Simon André Forsberg
Me and my cousin just implemented support for a XBox controller in a test game of his in 18 minutes!
 
3:18 AM
Wow. Awesome.
 
IKR
Anyways, you ever want to try a round of Cardshifter just ping me and/or visit this
 
3:53 AM
@mjolka I read the name of the available databases from SQL into a list of strings in my program. I want to add a setting page to list those and also be able to give a little enable and disable type of feature for each of them since don't need to work with all the databases at a time. I was thinking of a Listbox with checkboxes in it for the UI of this idea however, I think it'll be really ugly unless I write lots of Templates for it
 
@Mehrad Got your invite via Jamal on LinkedIn, connected now :)
 
@Phrancis Yay... :D I like to expand my professional network.
 
Makes two of us!
 
@Mehrad how about a ListView or GridView?
 
How kind of my employer to put their logo all over my profile lol.
 
3:59 AM
@Mat'sMug the license ui is getting there
 
@mjolka Hey that looks pretty good!
 
@Phrancis thanks! :)
 
@mjolka ooooh nice!
 
gotta figure out how to do async validation in .net 4.0. apparently support for it was introduced in 4.5
 
Now, to make a Facebook page for the game...
 
4:06 AM
@mjolka Yes. You can use the background worker
 
@Mehrad do you have a link to an article or code sample?
 
for Background worker?
 
@Mehrad well for async validation i guess
 
@mjolka I didn't know there is thing such as "Async Validation" however, doing and Async action (any action including validation) is quite straight forward.
Let me find you a sample
It's as simple as this basically
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A: Concurrent blocking Tasks in a BackgroundWorker

MehradI would go with Task-based method (if you're using .Net 4.5) instead of the BackgroundWorker. That will sort out most of your problems. Something in the vicinities of async Task<List<T>> yourJobAsync(...) { var results = await Task.Run ( () => { //your job. return jobRe...

 
@Mehrad ah, thanks -- that sort of stuff is fine. i was looking for something like this in 4.0 social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/…
 
4:12 AM
Ging!!!
 
@mjolka Oh... input validation
@mjolka got a very good example for that actually if I can find it
@Pyraminx Hi there
 
@Mehrad sorry, yeah input validation. i think this is one of those areas where i don't really know enough to form a good question :)
 
@mjolka the link for the sample I am after is expired. however I got it locally. Do you want to grab it from my Dropbox?
 
@Mehrad that would be awesome, thank you
 
4:27 AM
apparently Dropbox removed the View Only feature from it's free version. and it's now only Edit Available version is free for sharing
to I copied it to OneDrive instead for you
In this MVVM example, creating new customer uses input validation. Run it straight away and play with it to see if that's what you want
 
Anyone prefer Facebook to Twitter, or feel like following us there, Cardshifter on Facebook
No more pimping our project for a while, will be quiet now :)
 
@Phrancis Cardshifter?! are you making a facebook game Phrancis?
 
No it's all PR lol
 
PR?
 
Game is all Java, all free, no ads or purchases
(PR == Public Relations)
 
4:32 AM
@Mehrad thank you! i'll have a read through
 
interesting
 
Mostly made FB page for people who don't use Twitter
 
when I pressed Play
404

There isn't a GitHub Pages site here.
 
@Mehrad On Facebook?
Ah, you're right, that's temporary (domain name is not tied to repo yet, soon to come)
 
@mjolka anytime. Hope it'll be useful. I actually never knew about INotifyDataErrorInfo. I will learn about it. Looks really interesting
@Phrancis aha. :D
@Phrancis is this PR for the company you work for?
 
4:37 AM
Nah it's totally for the open source game we're working on
Company I work for doesn't need PR lol.
 
@Phrancis if this works it will be the first game i will be playing on facebook
it better be better than farmville :D
 
It's not a Facebook game dude :p
 
cuz that game almost broke my inbox ... Invitation all over the place and once seen a friend playing it and I was like WHATTTT !!!
 
4:43 AM
@Mehrad IKR. Facebook games, especially Farmville... blech
2 mins ago, by Phrancis
https://github.com/Cardshifter/Cardshifter/wiki/How-to-play-Cardshifter
^ Play game :p
I should probably make it go there from FB for now, actually
There, now try it
 
@Mehrad Hahahahah clever =;D
 
I am trying to figure out how to play it
 
Like the new login screen? Just came up with it ;)
 
it's BAM
 
4:57 AM
Not bad - except for the IP address.
 
interesting that you can screenshot your mouse cursor. It should be a Mac thing.
 
Come in here @Mehrad
 
Why not just take that from the webpage?
 
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Q: Compounding Interest Investment Table: Allows for Comparison of Multiple Plans

CSCI_ugaI am trying to fix this code so that it pairs the "bestBankName" with the highest gross over the investment period. Right now the program just labels the first program as the "bestBankName". Suggestions are appreciated. import java.util.Scanner; /** This program compares CD /Investment p...

 
 
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6:29 AM
monking
6 hours ago, by Simon André Forsberg
@janos tweeted about my Android app back in October. I was very surprised and happy about that!
@SimonAndréForsberg happy to do that anytime
promoting our work is hard, in no small part because we're programmers, not marketing experts
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(nor people who give a damn about marketing, which doesn't help)
I see I missed a LinkedIn sharing party...
for what it's worth, this is me: linkedin.com/in/janosgyerik
btw, as a professional profile for programmers like us, I recommend Stack Careers instead, which has specific fields to showcase your programming work, such as open source repositories, apps, websites, best answers on SE, books you read, ...
For the record, it didn't work for me nearly as well as I had hoped. In most of the offers I received from Stack Careers so far, the actual interviewer seemed completely unaware of my activities, as if they haven't read my Careers profile at all. I've been asked not long ago if I'm familiar with the concept of Code Reviews (not a joke)
So it's no magic bullet. But obviously it's good to have yourself listed in as many places as possible, and I still hope that companies that contact through Stack Careers are more interesting than those through LinkedIn
and btw, when highlighting your best SE answers, keep in mind that your highest scoring answers might not necessarily be your best products (certainly not the case for me)
 
 
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8:10 AM
monking
 
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Q: How to make iterative formulae shorter in excel

ahornI have just typed out a very long code in excel that just repeats itself 17 times, but each time with different cell references. In order to learn how to type better code, I have come here to ask you if there is a more concise way of writing my code, perhaps by using another column of cells? The...

 
I am impressed ^^^ @janos
 
8:29 AM
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Q: General of my code and coding styles.

Josh KirkpatrickI mainly develop in PHP and every now and again i have to do stuff in Javascript which i'm not really comfortable so i would like a review of how i can improve my code and knowledge, This scrip takes Data coming from Json, does some basic checking on the data fro format and things like that and t...

 
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