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7:03 PM
Got it already. ;-)
One more for . Maybe I can still squeeze out another answer.
 
If you would put a lot of money as reward for someone finding a bug in your program, would you then always lose the money?
 
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Q: Simple anagram or permutation generator in Python

nicholaschrisIn preparation for a job interview I decided to try and implement the classic find all anagrams of a given string solution. I wanted to see if I could translate a javascript solution into python. This was my attempt: def anagrams(word): if len(word) < 2: return word else: ...

 
@Phrancis - you will need:
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Q: Database schema documentation for the public data dump and SEDE

Stu ThompsonStack Exchange releases "data dumps" of all its publicly available content roughly every three months via archive.org, and also makes that information queryable over the Internet at the Stack Exchange Data Explorer (SEDE). Over time, as new features and other bits of data are introduced to Stack ...

 
OK, I'll have to email this to my home, it's blocked by my company web filter
 
7:19 PM
@SimonAndréForsberg On 421 unit tests and counting
 
7:41 PM
@Malachi should we start bugging Tim now?
 
@Mat'sMug TS
@Mat'sMug I so agree!!
@TimPost !!!!!
 
I feel like commenting, "is 'next couple of days' included in the '6-8 weeks'?"
 
his Profile says he is in the Philippines ???
but he was active on Meta like 3 hours ago
 
ugh. comments disabled on locked posts
 
@Mat'sMug IKR
BTW.Work
 
7:47 PM
ditto
+140 so far today... I wonder....
 
I'll only manage the one answer today, I think
 
do I prepare for tomorrow afternoon's training/meeting, or do I review some more code...
 
You polish your resume...
 
(gotta train teh team on "how to create a .msi")
 
When do the habs play again>?
 
7:49 PM
tonight!!
 
what?
 
tonight 7:30
 
I only got +60 rep today.....?
 
Well, me too ...
 
@rolfl and yes, I have to train people on how to create a .msi. I also had to explain what a stack trace was today.
 
7:50 PM
@Mat'sMug VS2013 doesn't use them...
 
VS2010 does
never played with VS2013, perhaps I should download and install the Express edition...
 
@Mat'sMug That's only because either their code is perfect, or because they swallow their exceptions?
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they say to use some third party installer, but I haven't bothered with figuring it out yet, I barely figured out how to do it in 2010....lol just use the .exe for the small apps I create
@rolfl I am outta stars
 
@rolfl well the problem was an exception about an unregistered component on the test server (it works in the dev environment)
 
quit saying witty things people
lol
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7:52 PM
...and the fact that "deployment" was "take the .dll from here, copy it there"
 
witty things people, witty things people, witty things people, witty things people, witty things people
 
the funny part is that no later than yesterday I said "we're going to run into issues one day or another if we keep deploying like this. we need to add a setup project to that solution, takes 10 minutes"
today I said "TOLD YA"
 
xD
 
Well, ppl, the help I got on Node.js / Javscript a couple of days ago (or was it just yesterday), has helped a lot. Thanks @Corbin ... @skiwi and @chillworld ... ;-0
 
Thanks, Santa!
 
7:58 PM
@rolfl cool :o I think it aws yetserday morning btw, I was at work namely
 
I know it was simple, but I have used it to prove a few high-value decision points, and you have impacted the future of IBM ;-)
 
I can't undo that one
lol
did you grab that one @rolfl.....lol
 
witty things people
 
What seems to be the problem here
 
There's a problem?
 
8:15 PM
@rolfl I know. What I don't know is what the problem is
 
hello @newfaces, welcome to The 2nd Monitor!
 
It seems that someone flagged my comment back here:
23 mins ago, by rolfl
witty things people, witty things people, witty things people, witty things people, witty things people
 
wtf
 
(which, for the new folk here, was said in response to:
24 mins ago, by Malachi
quit saying witty things people
 
star cancelled
 
8:16 PM
It was invalidated as far as I know. Also, another active chat I can procrastinate from work at!
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Hey Nathan
 
Hey. I've poked around CR a little...just never actually registered. :p
 
We are the 'big little kid' on the SE block.
 
@rolfl yeah, it was, I invalidated it b/c @NathanC vouched for you
 
The most active, largest, SE site that has not graduated.
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Thanks BigHomie
 
8:19 PM
@rolfl you're welcome, but don't thank me, @NathanC vouched for you ;)
 
@rolfl and best place to be on SE :)
 
You would think that the blue-name I have should have some wieght...
 
@BigHomie My life's on the line! ohwait...
I guess since my avatar is a bomb, my life's always on a line...and that line's on fire
 
Will we have mugs if we ever graduate?
 
@rolfl Good thing that IBM's future is in the hands of a javascript novice ;-)
 
8:20 PM
@Morwenn IDK, but we could have CR tees!!
 
@Mat'sMug That sounds great :D
 
I want a CR tee-shirt... to wear at my next job interview!
 
@Mat'sMug me too!
I caused a mass influx of people didn't I?
 
I would even prefer a CR mug though.
 
you flagged @rolfl's post?!!
 
8:24 PM
@Mat'sMug lol I couldn't take it back either
it was a joke, I have never flagged a post in chat before
 
@Morwenn I want all the CR swag I can get!!!
 
Slightly annoying issue in my game, I have no clue in whoms turn it is when I'm playing the game :D
 
I should flag every time he posts that stupid video
 
Evenw orse, I hav eno way to hack it in the code
 
like, the [tomorrow's day-of-week] video?
 
8:25 PM
@Malachi You should flag the video on YouTube. It would be faster.
 
lol
 
@Mat'sMug TS
 
@Morwenn Contains disturbing content.
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4
@Mat'sMug that one?
 
Bloody Hell!
 
8:26 PM
@BigHomie you know us all too well
 
exactly!
 
hehehehe
 
(am I going to run out of stars or what!)
who pinned that
 
and then you go and pin it?
can I still flag it though......
 
I did.
No,.
 
8:27 PM
@rolfl I knew it
@Malachi please, keep the flags for ex-famous dictators
 
@Mat'sMug infamous
 
whatever
 
lol
if they don't post anything I can't flag though
 
seriously, I'm starting to wonder if I can reuse the url Tim sent me when I won the mug during winter bash... it's just a form you fill up online...
 
@Malachi - (mod hat on) seriously, flag things when it's offensive, spam, or whatever.... but not just to express a differing opinion, or for fun.
It interrupts thousand's of people's day
 
8:30 PM
YES!! You have fully used your vote allowance for today
TTQW
later @all!
 
@rolfl you got it!
later @Mat'sMug
 
@Malachi I did not get it...
 
Wait, people were working today?
 
I was surprised last week when @Malachi posted Ms. Black singing "Royals". The girl can really sing!
 
Dear Santa, I can use another 5 upvotes before the hockey game starts ;)
 
8:31 PM
I have a small bell tied to my ankle.
 
@SimonAndréForsberg that was a good one, but I still like Lorde better
 
Malachi, as the 'target' of the flag, I did not know it had happened.
 
Dear Santa, I could really use more upvotes than @Mat'sMug soon.
 
@rolfl lol. who saw it first?
 
Everyone using chat with 10K rep or more.
and all moderators except me.
 
8:32 PM
@Malachi I like Rebecca Black's Friday more than Lorde's Royals.
 
lol I thought it was just moderators
 
No. Flags are not stars.
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@SimonAndréForsberg not when you have a bass cannon
 
@SimonAndréForsberg There's a special place for you...
 
And that 10K rep is people with combined rep on all SE sites with 10K.
(all of them, except me!)
 
8:33 PM
@skiwi I knew saying that would upset someone :) @Malachi didn't react the way I would have guessed at all
 
@SimonAndréForsberg 89 little rep points on the wall, 89 little rep points...
 
hehe :p
 
(gone)
 
TTG
 
But honestly, I like Friday, Friday, Gotta get down on Friday... :)
@Mat'sMug 89 little rep points will stay in the Mug, 89 little rep points.
 
8:35 PM
@rolfl You made me realize that I just passed the 10k bar on the networks some minutes ago :o
 
Congratulations, @Morwenn
 
somehow I ended up here ▲▲
 
@SimonAndréForsberg Thanks :)
 
@rolfl I think most thanks are to @corbin
 
By the way, @Malachi, if you'd like to make some more progress on Copy Editor, you could help find better titles for this and this (at least the C# one).
 
8:39 PM
SQL just told me that I'm going to be a billion seconds old on '2015-08-16'
 
upcoming Belgium singer
even paris hilton did tweet about him
 
8:51 PM
I'm also an upcoming Belgian singer
showers love me
 
@chillworld Me like.
 
@JeroenVannevel If your lucky your mom to ;)
 
@chillworld my parents, friends and girlfriends have always condemned my singing
Doesn't stop me though
The world neeeeeeds it
 
@SimonAndréForsberg normally you will hear more about him later on
 
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Q: Guessing game - user has 6 attempts, after 6th attempt it saves the record to a text file

noelsean1212I have got all my code working but I am unsure of how I am meant to code in the high score text file, I have been teaching myself and am not sure of what variables or instances to include for the text file. Below is the code I have so far. It shows that the high scores will be written to the text...

 
8:53 PM
@JeroenVannevel mhhh are your friends in the shower with you? :p
hehe java question
wow 2 methods, a main and a private one :)
while (true && attempts <6) { => need serious guidence
 
@Malachi Already on the iPod.
 
@chillworld all I did was link a SO post and add 3 lines of code, but I'll roll with it :p.
 
@Corbin you know more of javascript then we do ;)
 
That JS/swing post user is looking to fix errors in code - Methinks should go to SO
 
If it has multiple errors, then it's not all working. For assistance on fixing these errors, please consult Stack Overflow. We require all code to be working as intended. — Jamal ♦ 11 secs ago
 
9:02 PM
@chillworld Wishing my French wasn't so rusty.
 
@Donald.McLean well I'm dutch and French wasn't mine favorite ;)
 
I can speak French fluently if anyone needs language assistance!
 
@jamal he is asking also to ignore that
 
@chillworld I took six years of French, but that was 1974-1981. Not exactly current.
 
@jamal => I know it has multiple errors and am asking for guidance on the coding as I am new to programming
guidance => reviewing?
@Donald.McLean wow I can believe that
 
9:07 PM
Yes, if any reviewers work around these errors. But it's still worth mentioning SO so that those errors don't remain.
 
@Phrancis I'm sure @Morwenn does too. :-)
 
No doubt, wouldn't surprise me if Simon does too
 
@chillworld That's what comes of being an old geezer.
 
@Donald.McLean don't tell me almost 10 years ago that I was in afghanistan
 
Eh, I took 5 years of Spanish. It's only been 2 years since the last class I took, and I've already forgotten about half of it :/
 
9:09 PM
@jamal oke right about that, was thinking you wanted to close the post
 
@chillworld I figure this one doesn't need a binding close.
 
@jamal he definitly need some good advice, horrible code but for once a guy that take good names for vars
 
@Malachi Good enough. I understand that it's quite a hassle figuring what the code does.
 
@Jamal it was hard to figure out what the OP was looking for from us Reviewers.
 
9:12 PM
@Malachi It's times like these when I think that "unclear what you're asking" should be used more frequently.
How is your progress on Copy Editor, bu the way?
 
@Phrancis I don't speak much French (even though I studied it for five years), I can understand a bit of it if it is spoken slowly though :)
 
@SimonAndréForsberg Your name sounds very French is why I was wondering :)
 
@Phrancis I'm Swedish!
And I do tend to visit France about once or twice a year :)
 
@SimonAndréForsberg France is on our "to visit" list. But so is Sweden.
 
@Donald.McLean Sweden > France
 
9:23 PM
back gone, see you later all
 
@SimonAndréForsberg I think my wife would rather go to Paris than to Sweden. At least the first time anyway.
 
@Donald.McLean Yeah, OK then. Go to Paris once first. I've only been in Paris once actually.
 
If I were to pick a place to visit based on genetics, Ireland would be first. Followed by Scotland and then Germany and Sweden would be tied for third. It's hard to tell after that, but France, England, Wales, and Africa come in there somewhere.
 
Stockholm and Paris are both very beautiful cities, and both worth visiting.
 
I'm not too picky about where to travel outside of the US. I just want to explore another country.
 
9:33 PM
@Jamal I feel the same way. I need to get outta here for a little while and do something
 
My family isn't doing too well financially, so that won't be happening for a while.
 
I won't be going any farther than Missouri for a while. might move to Tennessee in a couple of years....
 
On a budget, you could visit Quebec City instead.
Closest thing in North America to a "French" city.
 
that would be cool during the summer
29 more edits to go @Jamal
 
@Malachi If you want to get there a little more quickly, you can try to fix more bad titles. If not, you can just edit new posts as they arrive.
 
9:39 PM
@Malachi @200_success Montréal is a really fun town in the summer, especially if you can catch the Jazz Fest and/or Formula One Grand Prix
 
@Jamal I do some here and there every day.
 
@200_success Canada might happen someday, at least after we get passports. Though, my family and I seem to be quite fond of England.
 
Speaking of edits, at what rep do you get to approve your own edits? Or is that only for mods?
 
@Phrancis You mean if someone suggests an edit on your post?
 
Or if you suggest an edit, where only you can see it until someone approves
 
9:44 PM
isn't it like 2k rep here on beta you don't have to have it approved?
 
I believe anyone can review an edit on their own post. 1K on beta (2K on graduated) can edit any post, and only mods can edit locked posts.
 
Isn't suggesting an edit a low-rep thing though?
 
Yes
 
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Q: Spliterator implementation

trapoI'm trying to post a little tutorial on the new Spliterator class. There are many tutorials these days on using stream starting from a standard Java collection, but I want to explore the creation of a stream using data coming from the web (so no stream fully backed by a collection). I decided to...

 
even if you don't have an account on the site you can suggest and edit
 
9:57 PM
@CaptainObvious That looks like an interesting question.
I'll say good night for today: Good night for today.
 
10:10 PM
@sim sleep well!
 
Hmm.... sometimes I wonder about people on SO.
C# has a forin loop, right? Or maybe they call it foreach?
Or VB?
 
It's foreach ;)
...in vb it's For Each
 
Okay, so someone whose SO profile claims 12 years of .NET experience should probably have a vague idea of how to use them?
 
Uh, F* yeah!
 
So there's this question. His profile claims 12 years .NET experience and 3 years iOS experience. I know the question is Objective-C and not .NET, but we're talking a pretty basic forin/foreach concept here... stackoverflow.com/questions/23943603/…
 
10:20 PM
Weird
I know sweet nothing of Obj-C, but even I could have noticed the weirdness.. wtf
like, foreach(var a in b){ x++; y = b[x]; } ...
 
Yeah.
 
But worse
 
I've got a forin loop that doesn't use the variable it defines
But it doesn't access an index either. I just need to do something for the same number of times as I have objects in the collection
And forin is faster than a regular for loop in ObjC.
 
That's interesting, I learned today that a for loop was generally faster that a foreach loop in c#
 
In ObjC, forin loops are handled in batches apparently.
 
10:29 PM
Ugh. Phone is dying.. catch you later!
 
later
 
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Q: Non standard modules not included with code

githubphagocyteCode submitted for review is supposed to be "working code". I imagine this to be for 2 reasons: We are not looking to fix broken code Being able to run the code allows deeper review Is this correct? Does (2) apply? When reviewing for style or readability it is less important but questions li...

 
10:48 PM
Thanks, Santa! Bronze badge #100 in less than five hours.
 
11:05 PM
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Q: Is is OK to use a non-primary key as the id in a rails resource?

nPnI am getting ready to set up a resource for some new api calls to my rails application. I am planning on calling the resource devices ie resources :devices This is going to represent a android mobile devices I know this will get me routes such as GET devices/:id In most cases :id would be ...

 
@Mat'sMug I guess I should bump more C# questions. ;-)
 
@Jamal yeah, by all means, go right ahead, flood the front page with C#!!
 
Hm... no thanks. I prefer to flood it with C++. :P
 
I can't wait for tag score recalculation... I think I'm getting :)
would be my 50th badge!
oh look, a target!
 
I am approaching . After today's recalc (currently), I may just need 4 more upvotes.
Yet, I rarely ever address optimization in my answers. I don't quite feel I'm up to that level, unless it's super-easy optimization.
 
11:55 PM
well, answering lots of questions does that - remember it's just a bronze badge; the gold tag badges are much harder to get "out of answering lots of questions"
 
That, and they don't mean quite as much on CR since we don't get dupes.
 
right
(I still want a goldie!)
 
I suspect my next gold will be Constable, unless something amazing happens.
 
Steward?
 

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