The 2nd Monitor

8:11 PM

@janos So... you'd rather have down-votes?

Q: special summation of integer array elements

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I looked at this question and thought that I could find a much simpler way of doing this, here is the criteria that was given: My current task is to find a score from an array where the highest/lowest scores have been taken away, and if the highest/lowest occur more than once (ONLY if they oc...

Q: Python convert dict entries to sets and lists

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I have the following Code snippet. Can you please tell me if there is a better way to do this? people = {'123456':{'first': 'Bob', 'last':'Smith'}, '2345343': {'first': 'Jim', 'last': 'Smith'}} names = list() first_names= set() last_names = set() for device in people: names.append...

python array dictionary

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Q: Special summation of integer array elements

I looked at this question and thought that I could find a much simpler way of doing this, here is the criteria that was given: My current task is to find a score from an array where the highest/lowest scores have been taken away, and if the highest/lowest occur more than once (ONLY if they oc...

c# array rags-to-riches

Egyptian style brackets are not wrong, that styling is widely accepted and is mostly a preference depending on who you ask. — Malachi 6 secs ago

> A minor firewall change had some very ill effects, we have reverted and are digging into the issue.

(StackStatus)

@Malachi then don't ask me! ..."Egyptian braces" => Java. "Readable braces" => C# ;)

8:26 PM

@Mat'sMug Where is @BenVlodgi when you need him....lol

@BenVlodgi you agree with this? (curious)

@Mat'sMug s/Readable/Horrible/

bah-dum-tsss

^^ Thank you

@Malachi wrong or not, C# has a convention of not using the Egyptian braces.

Use Java conventions for Java and C# conventions for C#

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@SimonAndréForsberg I can agree with that

@SimonAndréForsberg and that

8:30 PM

Not only should you use the right tool for the job, but you should also use the right conventions for the tool

go with VB

Although of course, if you would have started with the first, then you would be stuck with Egyptian braces :)

back to my problem at work now. I have to find Ghost code making this asp.net page do things that it doesn't have code for (because I deleted it)...I am still trying to change a hard coded value

I think I just passed @Mat'sMug for rep this month.....

What do you guys have against Egyptians anyway @Mat'sMug and @SimonAndréForsberg?

@Malachi I have nothing against them, I use them all the time in Java

I do like them more than I like C#-braces, but when I do C#, I use C# braces anyway

janos

yup, me too

8:48 PM

@SimonAndréForsberg: you dabble around in Spring, right?

@JeroenVannevel yup

Starting a couple of days ago, @skiwi does as well

That said, I can't claim to be an expert in it

janos

me too

What's up?

@SimonAndréForsberg When I build my web app it says "The Module has not been deployed". I clean & rebuild and it says "Unable to delete file C:\spring-web-4.0.1.jar"

Lots of related issues online but none of them actually have an answer

@Malachi I kinda slowed down slightly since last month :)

8:50 PM

Sounds like there's a process somewhere that's using your file

Yeah I figured, but I don't have it open

I'll take a look with process explorer

Is your web server running?

@Mat'sMug I know. how is the new job going?

busy as hell

do you like it?

8:50 PM

yeah, it's basically white-card dev :)

@SimonAndréForsberg Isn't glassfish supposed to start when I build?

Only java.exe has a handle on the spring-web.jar

@JeroenVannevel That is probably Glassfish

@Mat'sMug not sure I know what White Card means

@JeroenVannevel Depends on how you build. Maven? Netbeans? SpringSource? Eclipse?

@SimonAndréForsberg Netbeans

8:53 PM

@JeroenVannevel I'm always using SpringSource for Spring development, but if you're running the webapp from inside Netbeans then Glassfish is supposed to start, yes. At least that's what SpringSource does :)

@Malachi your job: ______________________________

(i.e. develop whatever it is that you deem necessary for our business' needs)

It's a bit weird that it doesn't redeploy the webapp. It should be possible to redeploy without restarting the server. Or perhaps that's not possible for you? I don't think all servers support that

@Mat'sMug I guess a Tic-Tac-Toe Ultimate is not necessary for the business? :/

lol

but I decided I didn't want to use the fugly AS-400 front-end system, and built my own schema on their MySQL server, and now I can issue a report in 5 seconds, that used to take an hour.

@Mat'sMug you lucky....

IKR

8:59 PM

@Mat'sMug Holy mother of performance improvement

I have no idea what AS-400 is though

runs on unix, no idea either

@Mat'sMug you don't know AS-400 they should be super fast.. you still take your data from them though right

AS-400's OS is a Database.

my Dad is manager of a large AS-400 group for Enterprise Rent-A-Car

yeah, and this is their UI

Q: Learning Node.js, not sure I fully understand call backs?

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Been learning the basics of node over the last couple of days and finally hooked up what I needed, I'm just after someone to comment on if I have gone the right way around this task. It creates a server which users access to get updates to Orders through server side events. The events are publis...

node.js

(or something like it)

Q: Adding Abilities to Cards Dynamically in a Trading Card Game

9:01 PM

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I have figured out how to pass functions around in Lua, and I am using the technique of inserting functions into tables in order to dynamically assign functions to the cards in a trading card game. The functions are assigned when the Card is first created, but more could easily be added later. I ...

game lua

@Mat'sMug oh yeah. my dad has shown me the interfaces many times.... he actually used to train AS-400 Operators

the backend is ..flat files

;)

(take that, unicorn!)

ah, looks like something was wrong inside my dispatcher-servlet.xml

good thing we get that file for free on the exam

Found the clue inside the glassfish server logs

And it works! Time for a break

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nhgrif

9:22 PM

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Q: Speaking of UserExperience

I occasionally browse this site, but it wasn't until today that I was encouraged to create an account--and only to post on the meta. As many of you know, when certain links are pasted into StackExchange chat, the chat will automatically be replaced with some sort of image. However, when http://...

bug design chat

rolfl

Oh, that will be closed as duplicate, I am pretty sure.

Q: Project Euler #5 (Smallest multiple) in Swift

@Mat'sMug I made a comment about viewing people profiles all willy nilly without being ready for what I was about to see.....

200_success

@Mat'sMug I believe that the proper English term for that is "carte blanche".

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nhgrif

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I found this one a little bit easier than the previous problems, but I was already familiar with the GCD/LCM formulas. import Foundation func printTimeElapsedWhenRunningCode(title:String, operation:()->()) { let startTime = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent() operation() let timeElapsed = CF...

programming-challenge mathematics swift

Q: Project Euler #5 (Smallest multiple) in Swift

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I found this one a little bit easier than the previous problems, but I was already familiar with the GCD/LCM formulas. import Foundation func printTimeElapsedWhenRunningCode(title:String, operation:()->()) { let startTime = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent() operation() let timeElapsed = CF...

programming-challenge mathematics swift

9:29 PM

@200_success oh damn. and I thought I was translating it :)

thanks!

@200_success That makes so much more sense

@Malachi are you talking about my updated profile? am I that scary? :)

(non-native English here, sorry!)

LOL

that is funny right there!

@JeroenVannevel TSG

TSG?

@Mat'sMug surprised me, I wasn't ready for it.

@JeroenVannevel theoretical stargree

9:31 PM

holy...

@Malachi I don't think that clarified anything, lol

A: What's a Zombie? And what are the many other memes of Code Review?

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Meme: Stargree, Stargreed Originator: Skiwi Cultural Height: A conversation about a duck Background: Stars shine in CR chat quite fluently, and it sort of means that we either find it funny or that we agree, if this were Facebook they would be Likes

nhgrif

So, this is what I started working with at work this week:

Modbus

Modbus is a serial communications protocol originally published by Modicon (now Schneider Electric) in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Simple and robust, it has since become a de facto standard communication protocol, and it is now a commonly available means of connecting industrial electronic devices. The main reasons for the use of Modbus in the industrial environment are: developed with industrial applications in mind openly published and royalty-free easy to deploy and maintain moves raw bits or words without placing many restrictions on vendors Modbus enabl...

it is permanent record that I would rather listen to Aqua than to listen to Rebecca Black's song Friday....meta.codereview.stackexchange.com/a/2359/18427 Crap

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anyway, TTQW

9:33 PM

sideprojectprofit.com/godaddy-responds-hostbenchmarker

That's pretty nice

incoming Metallica song

(whenever you're ready, @CaptainObvious)

Q: Feedback requested: Runnable code snippets in questions and answers

You have to call his name 3 times

it's the law

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Today we're proposing a new feature to the Meta Stack Overflow community: Stack Snippets. What Do Stack Snippets Do? Stack Snippets make code blocks runnable. Here's an example: alert("You can even do alerts"); .hello { font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; } <div class="hello">Stack...

Whaaat

@Mat'sMug me too

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I had a bit of an issue with my last piece of code, having to do with cleaning up resources. I needed a way to ensure the database connection was always properly closed, even if there still were instances of an IPresenter or IRepository still floating around. IDisposable class module Option...

design-patterns vba repository

@JeroenVannevel That something is so typical Spring...

9:43 PM

@SimonAndréForsberg The error that gave it away was

> The matching wildcard is strict, but no declaration can be found for element 'mvc:annotation-driven'

Perhaps an import issue, because it was written just fine

@Mat'sMug I'm glad I already knew how you looked from your Facebook profile :)

@Malachi Remind me to send you Aqua's Barbie Girl next Friday.

Or perhaps you'd like Aqua on Saturdays instead?

I personally like Dr Jones as well

LOL

No shame.

I listen to The Backstreet Boys daily

@JeroenVannevel I want Java!!

9:49 PM

yeah I don't want that floating around

Now you make me want to listen to 90s music

►

I used to have a poster of Spice Girls

By the way, Scary Spice is definitely not as Scary anymore...

not sure if I have ever actually watched the video, that was back in the day of something like 56k

@JeroenVannevel that's why there are so many 40 year old grandmas

@Malachi Back in those days, at least MTV actually played Music Videos

9:55 PM

@SimonAndréForsberg AMEN! you Preaching to the choir

lol

BRITNEEEEY

BRITNEEEEY!!!

9:56 PM

good thing it's time to go home....lol

good thing I am already home....lol

I meant so I don't have to endure this torture

Later Guys!

You're just jealous of our swag

►

@JeroenVannevel That one I don't have so many memories of

Just to avoid misconceptions: I don't just listen to the Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls and Britney. I listen to literally everything.

@SimonAndréForsberg You don't?! Sk!er boy man! It was super rebellious

10:04 PM

Ah, the nostalgia!

►

(the girls on the images are totally unrelated to the content)

10:14 PM

Hey @Malachi, you proposed I ask for review about code I wrote in an answer : http://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/60975/summing-up-distinct-elements-in-steps/61009#61009

How should I present the question, is it a follow up on OP's question, a new one? Are there rules about this I should be aware of?

@TopinFrassi There's no rules about that, only guidelines. I think it's enough to say "While reviewing another question(link) it was suggested to me that I posted this code as a new question...."

Sounds good, thanks!

Q: Summing up distinct elements in steps (follow up)

10:29 PM

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This is a "follow up" to an answer I gave on this question : Summing up distinct elements in steps Here are the OP's requirements : "My current task is to find a score from an array where the highest/lowest scores have been taken away, and if the highest/lowest occur more than once (ONLY if th...

c# algorithm

11:27 PM

@vnp So, should I consider the performance cost of looping more than once in an array, knowing that the initial length is unknown

The complexity O(n) means (loosely speaking) that if the size of data doubles, execution time doubles as well. If we pass an array a fixed number of times it is exactly what happens.

I'm not sure I understand your second sentence.. :/

Let's say I loop trough it twice, the complexity stays O(n) but, n would be (number of items) * 2?

If you prefer, I can go read about that, if you don't have time/ don't want to explain! I don't want to waste your time

Yes, this is called an asymptotic constant. 1*n is O(n), 2*n is O(n); 1000*n is still O(n)
I am just a very slow non-native speaker.

This is why we never see O(4n) or something like that

Correct

11:37 PM

The only arithmetic operations that can be used are exp and log

n^k, n!, etc also can happen
Some versions of sort have n*(log n)^2 complexity

Q: Super Resolution in Wolfram Language

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An approach to Super Resolution in the Wolfram Language/Mathematica. In effect, large parts of the image that are similar to small parts are shrunk and used to replace them. programming.wolframcloud.com/app The Wolfram Language infers spaces and indentation, for example f[a,b] shows as f[a, b]...

mathematica

RubberDuck

Needs some editing @CaptainObvious.

Thanks @vnp, I understand better now

Always welcome

11:52 PM

@RubberDuck a Presenter implementing both IPresenter and IDisposable would be a PITA because a "master presenter" would have to do type checks and "casts" to access a "details presenter"'s Dispose method.

(because it's DetailsPresenter As IPresenter)

Makes me question the need for IDisposable altogether...

@CaptainObvious I just created the wolfram-language, I think that one might be useful for the future. I don't see mathematica as entirely the same...

Does the mods @200_success @rolfl and @Jamal (and others) agree about that ^^ ?

I guess so..

Retag time?

@Mat'sMug Not sure whether it's best to synonym, re-tag, or leave as two separate tags

Depends.. hold on

rolfl

stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/wolfram-mathematica

wolfram-mathematica?

11:57 PM

0 questions tagged with the former. Non-issue ;)

@TopinFrassi Just to elaborate a bit about the complexity, think about the complexity if you do `for (int i : integers) { sum += i; }`,
that's O(n) obviously (looping through each item once. But what if you do
`for (int i : integers) { sum += i; }
for (int i : integers) { otherSum += i; }` (i.e. looping through each item twice?) Is that O(2n) ? How would it be different than
`for (int i : integers) { sum += i; otherSum += i; }` ?
Which, again, is O(n)...

rolfl

@SimonAndréForsberg retag to wolfram-mathematica instead?