The 2nd Monitor

Corbin

11:00 PM

ehhhhh...... not exactly..... x.x

i have until monday now though, so worked out fairly well lol

syb0rg

@Corbin How did you get that to happen?

Corbin

she just did it... it's a final project, so she doesn't really care when it's turned in as long as she has time to grade it before term grades are due. professors aren't formally allowed to have anything due after tomorrow though, so she had it due today.

not sure why she didn't tell us until today

kind of screwed over the people who completed it... but at least they're done, i suppose

syb0rg

@Corbin Yeah. How far did you get to completing it?

Corbin

i finished the presentation and it was actually way too long, but the actual project part, i have about 20% of :)

Stack Exchange

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Q: please evaluate my code - perl

I have been working on this code for quite a while and just want to make sure it is up to good standards. I know many of you will have questions so as they come up, I will edit my initial question to provide you answers. So any ways to make this code more concise would be great. Be gentle on me, ...

Simon André Forsberg

11:05 PM

@Jamal Now I am jealous. You can talk to yourself on deleted questions.

Jamal

I can do that on locked posts, too. :-)

Corbin

@SimonAndréForsberg The OP might find that a bit insane :p

Malachi

105.1k close votes needed on Stackoverflow. holy carp

retailcoder

Holy salmon you mean?

syb0rg

@Malachi Yeah, they need a better system for that over there.

Malachi

11:12 PM

mackerel

retailcoder

Holy trout!

Jamal

Okay, who keeps upvoting the monkey? :P Only three upvotes away from 4K.

Corbin

lol

retailcoder

Holy monkey!

Malachi

I was helping him out earlier when I was avoiding writing this VBScript

syb0rg

11:18 PM

So close to earning a silver badge with this question...

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A: Simple Java animation with Swing

Things I would fix: Don't do this: import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; It could be problematic for the compiler to import a bunch of packages at once. If two packages provide the same type, both are imported, and the type is used in the class, a compile-time error occurs. This is describ...

retailcoder

Not me, out of ammo. Feature request: a handgun, for such emergencies....

3

syb0rg

@rolfl You hit 4K!

Simon André Forsberg

@Malachi Actually, there might be up to 525k close votes needed. Since a question can be in the close queue without having a single close vote. (Added to the queue because of a flag)

retailcoder

@syb0rg: already upvoted that one

Corbin

damn! >.<

Malachi

11:20 PM

@SimonAndréForsberg i am not following?

retailcoder

So this means we trust the monkey now?

syb0rg

1 vote away from a badge!

Simon André Forsberg

@Malachi You said "105.1k close votes needed on Stackoverflow. holy carp"

syb0rg

@Malachi 5 close votes are needed per question to close it.

retailcoder

^^ this needs a (sic)

Holy macaroni

Malachi

11:23 PM

the name of the review container is "close votes"

syb0rg

@Malachi But not all of those questions have 4 close votes with only one needed to close the question.

@SimonAndréForsberg Calculated the maximum number of votes needed right now to close all of those questions.

Malachi

@syb0rg I see what you are saying, I was just saying that there are that many questions where someone thought they should be closed

syb0rg

@Malachi Ahhh.

Malachi

I need to work on getting 2k rep on stackoverflow at least.. I am going to be doing a lot of editing when I get home tonight....lol

retailcoder

Then take that 105k+ close votes as close votes you can put in, no?

syb0rg

11:26 PM

@Malachi Got you to 1K

Simon André Forsberg

problem is that each person only has 50 close votes per day

Malachi

@syb0rg thank you

retailcoder

@Malachi you could also work on hitting 2k over here :p

Malachi

@retailcoder when I am done with this Token I am working on I am going to post the vbscript for it.

before I put it into production

syb0rg

@Malachi Did you upvote this question?

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A: Simple Java animation with Swing

Things I would fix: Don't do this: import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; It could be problematic for the compiler to import a bunch of packages at once. If two packages provide the same type, both are imported, and the type is used in the class, a compile-time error occurs. This is describ...

Malachi

11:28 PM

@retailcoder I am just trying to figure out how I want to do this Foreach Loop

@syb0rg i don't have any votes left

syb0rg

@Malachi :(

For 30 min. at least...

Malachi

@syb0rg I am not really a java person, I know very little. but I can look at the logic stuff I guess.

retailcoder

I'm adding vbscript to my tags.

Malachi

@retailcoder Represent

Represent = star

syb0rg

@Malachi I tried to explain the review changes as much as possible.

Malachi

11:30 PM

@syb0rg it looks like a good review.

retailcoder

Lol

Malachi

@retailcoder I noticed you changed the room title, but sadly this is on my 3rd monitor (here at work)

syb0rg

@Malachi Did you star that pinned comment of mine to the left?

I'm trying to beat @retailcoder in a little competition.

Malachi

@syb0rg i did star that

Simon André Forsberg

@Malachi I got you to 2K on SO

syb0rg

11:32 PM

Dang it. Where can I scrounge up two more stars...

Simon André Forsberg

or, well... almost...

Malachi

@retailcoder, how do I select all child nodes, is it .childNodes?

@SimonAndréForsberg Represent

syb0rg

@SimonAndréForsberg Haha, only a few rep. points away.

Simon André Forsberg

@syb0rg what do you need stars for?

Malachi

thanks guys. I don't think I am going to answer any more questions though, I have 69 answers....

only time I will make a joke like that....lol

Simon André Forsberg

11:34 PM

@Malachi I was shocked at how many answers you have that have no up-votes at all

syb0rg

@SimonAndréForsberg The outspoken badge.

@retailcoder is really close to earning the badge, so I am trying to beat him.

Simon André Forsberg

@syb0rg I don't think that badge works as you might expect it to though. @rolfl got it but he has never had a message with 10 stars. @retailcoder does not have it but he has a message with 10 stars I believe.

Malachi

@SimonAndréForsberg I know, there are a ton of questions that have very little votes. like no one wants to even look at them and stuff

syb0rg

@SimonAndréForsberg It's 10 different users, I know. I'm still not sure why @retailcoder didn't get the badge.

rolfl

Hi all... got some catching up to do ;-)

syb0rg

11:36 PM

Maybe @retailcoder should make a post on meta SO to ask why.

@rolfl Have you upvoted this question?

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A: Simple Java animation with Swing

Things I would fix: Don't do this: import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; It could be problematic for the compiler to import a bunch of packages at once. If two packages provide the same type, both are imported, and the type is used in the class, a compile-time error occurs. This is describ...

Jamal

@rolfl: On being a trusted user? :-)

Simon André Forsberg

@syb0rg I have considered making a meta SO post suggesting to reword three of the badges, as I find them very "It's hard to tell what is being required here, this badge is ambiguous, vague or incomplete and cannot be understood in it's current form"

rolfl

@syb0rg - nice answer

200_success

@rolfl Welcome to the 4k club! It has been a pleasure observing your work and learning from you.

rolfl

@200_success thanks!

syb0rg

11:38 PM

@rolfl Thank you!

Jamal

Maybe now I can let some of you cast delete votes. :-)

Simon André Forsberg

@syb0rg Have you upvoted this answer?

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A: How Can I make This Mess of Java For Loops Faster?

Before I get started I have to say: Thank you for coming here. Mess of Java For Loops is almost an understatement. Now, let's get working, shall we? In the below answer I assume that sortedDictionary and anagram_words is both of type List<String>. I also assume that anagramCharacters is of type ...

retailcoder

20 upvotes!! nice!!

Simon André Forsberg

I need 3 more upvotes, and the accepted answer needs 4 more upvotes.

syb0rg

@SimonAndréForsberg Yep. I read through it, and thought it was phenomenal.

Simon André Forsberg

11:40 PM

Thanks

syb0rg

Sorry that I can't do it again, haha.

Simon André Forsberg

I'm looking forward to writing one again some day :P We need more crappy code!

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rolfl

@syb0rg - I am not sure I 100% agree with your opening statement, but the rest of it is v.good.

retailcoder

^^ theoretical star @SimonAndréForsberg

syb0rg

@rolfl For my answer on that question?

rolfl

11:42 PM

Yes... about the import package.*

syb0rg

@rolfl The saving memory part, or the whole thing?

rolfl

I am not sure how importing package.* can lead to the issue with multiple types with the same identifier...

200_success

@SimonAndréForsberg With all due respect, cleaning up the nesting using recursion is still just a superficial improvement to a poor strategy.

syb0rg

@rolfl Here is an example in an answer:

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A: Import package.* vs import package.SpecificType

Take a look at the java API, and you'll see many classes and interfaces with the same name in different packages. For example: java.lang.reflect.Array java.sql.Array So, if you import java.lang.reflect.* and java.sql.* you'll have a collision on the Array type, and have to fully qualify them ...