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21:01
{
    ;(ᴉ)ulʇuᴉɹd˙ʇno˙ɯǝʇsʎS
} (++ᴉ ;0Ɩ > ᴉ ;0 = ᴉ ʇuᴉ) ɹoɟ
That will never compile.
@CaptainObvious Nope, nothing to do with VS.
@nhgrif Unless you make a compiler that can read upside-down code
@CaptainObvious For the record... another abuse of the IDE tags. So I ask again... why do we have them?
Some people seem to like them. I wouldn't mind seeing them go.
21:02
@skiwi Your semicolons didn't get flipped over.
@nhgrif (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻)
2
OK, embarassing question.....
when you click on your 'graph' icon, you get your achievements.....
how long has it had the UTC time on there too?
...where?
Oh, I see.
I don't know. Never noticed before.
Yup, there, you grabbed a shot before me.
@rolfl Forever, I'd say
21:06
@rolfl That's because I'm on a Mac.
BOOM WHAT
I'll let you bask in your momentary satisfaction
OH BASK I WILL
You are right.... mac's are all about that 2-second screen-shot advantage
worth every cent
2-seconds is a long time, by the way.
Jay Hanlon on April 15, 2015

In the time since we started working on the profile, generations of dinosaurs were born, fell in love, had families, and were killed by a comet. Or climate change, or maybe texting and driving or some nonsense like that. Anyway, as of today, it’s live on SO and about half the network, and we’ll be rolling out to the rest over the next few weeks. And it was worth the wait:

Unfortunately, the designers said I could have… like two, maybe? At most. So, we went with that:

The Profile Page lets you show others a summary of what you’re all about. Share your interests, favorite c …

21:09
Yeah, that ^^^ but I would have been meaner (because @nhgrif is making me irritatred)....
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Jay Hanlon on April 15, 2015

In the time since we started working on the profile, generations of dinosaurs were born, fell in love, had families, and were killed by a comet. Or climate change, or maybe texting and driving or some nonsense like that. Anyway, as of today, it’s live on SO and about half the network, and we’ll be rolling out to the rest over the next few weeks. And it was worth the wait:

Unfortunately, the designers said I could have… like two, maybe? At most. So, we went with that:

The Profile Page lets you show others a summary of what you’re all about. Share your interests, favorite c …

I hoped the capslock helped indicate the complete non-seriousness of that...
OH, IS THAT WHAT CAPS ARE FOR?
You're punctuating... which is doing it wrong.
True... Well, It's all good.... just been an irritating day... fighting with technology, people, and traffic.
@rolfl YA RLY
21:15
ORLY
YARLY
LUK MUM I RIT LOLCUDE
KTHXBI
Just read about SE initiating a DDoS attack with the Stack Egg.
Kind of comical, what?
How did Normal end up in the BTW enum?
What?
Oh, hi @Duga
6
A: What's a Zombie? And what are the many other memes of Code Review?

Vogel612Meme: BTW Originator: [attributed to] Malachi, Mat's Mug and Others Cultural Height: The 2nd Monitor Background: The many ways of backronymizing btw led to the introduction of the BTW enum: public enum BTW{ Bananas, Bring, Normal, Wall, Web, Win, Woods, Work } Thi...

21:25
I don't get it...
I've been here for 2 years and I've never seen that
Back To Work, By The Way...
You people have the weirdest memes
Bee Tee Dubs means "by the way" and nothing else.
21:26
In what language?
Feb 13 at 15:33, by Malachi
I really hate Documentation BTW.Normal
There it is!
What the....
How did this answer get an upvote...?
0
A: iOS swift strings do not compare as equal

ThrowingSpoonAre you sure there isn't a space at either of the ends of one the strings?

Mar 20 '14 at 15:08, by Vogel612
@Malachi would like to change that... make BTW the enumeration class, an thus have BTW.Normal and BTW.Work
0
Q: Implementing "for(1,7,Step,N)" in prolog

YonChoThe problem is : for(+N1,+N2,+Step,N) for(1,7,2,N). N=1; N=3; N=5; N=7 true The code i've done is : for(N1,_,_,N1). for(N1,N2,Step,N):- N1 < N2, N1P is N1 + Step, for(N1P,N2,Step,N). But when it runs it shows: ?- for(1,7,2,N). N = 1 ; N = 3 ; N = 5 ; N = 7 ; false. I think that in mus...

@Duga is broken, by the way.
@Duga didn't tell us about: stackoverflow.com/questions/29660648/…
And then that question got posted and closed here.
21:30
Speaking of which:
I edited with real code, Sorry, I didn't know about this rule. — ViTUu 5 mins ago
Only needs 1 more re-open vote.
Flagged comments as obsolete, should draw some mods in.
...wow...
I have more SO rep than the guy who writes NSHipster...
He just posted a comment on a question I had also commented on.
Any of you have any idea on how I should go about finding a company to internship at?
I need to take one next summer, so I need to start getting ready now.
I've been looking through SO Careers, but they mostly want Senior Devs Only(TM).
3
A: What are some best practices for creating an internship opportunity?

JPMNow I can't provide feedback on the question from an employers perspective can I can comment on what I believe you can do in order for this arrangement to be successful from a intern's point on view. None of this information provided exclusively applies to intern's but I feel the effects of getti...

21:44
0
Q: How to rewrite if(x && y) in functional Scala style?

MyTitleI have code snippet like this: if (obj.dateFrom != null && !obj.dateFrom.before(obj.dateTo)) { // do something } I'm trying to rewrite it in functional style. So far I tried and get this result: Option(obj.dateFrom) match { case Some(x) if obj.dateFrom.before(obj.dateTo) => // do...

@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ Thanks.
@Hosch250 offer to work for free, most will say yes
@Lyle'sMug Then I am limited to what I can drive to.
@nhgrif cast
Or what you could remote to, but... for an Internship, I'd have to recommend against full remote.
21:47
This is going to get U credit, so I'm not sure exactly what their rules are.
I wrote to my adviser two nights ago.
@Hosch250 I was more or less joking, but I would just send a resume, and on the cover letter tell them you are currently looking for an internship that could possibly turn into full time work after school
@Lyle'sMug OK.
I'd love to work on the new universal Office apps, but I didn't take Calc in college, and won't have time to take it either.
MS apparently won't consider you if you haven't done Calc.
I did it in HS, maybe they will consider that.
@Hosch250 Just realized that question was actually from the company's approach and not the applicant, sorry.
How much calculus?
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ Well, it actually was useful.
21:49
In your High School course, did you learn derivatives?
I'm not sure, I don't have the page handy.
Yes, I did.
I learned how to take derivatives and what they are useful for to the third level.
I don't remember off hand, but I can quickly brush up this summer.
My parents already have told me I can't take a job out of driving range (they are paying for college), but I figure if I get paid enough to cover room/board, I can choose.
@Hosch250 How long ago was high school?
I'm a sophomore now, so that would be two springs ago.
After this was when I started learning programming.
@Hosch250 Maybe this one and ... maybe this one (although less specific to internships and more general)
>
That they don't know much. The worst thing for you to do is to think that you know how things work - especially business. Colleges can be good at teaching theory, but even the most pragmatic college will not teach you how that particular company does things. Companies expect new entries to the workforce to be a bit humble and focus on learning.
How to use Google. Okay, maybe not Google itself, but technical hires need to be able to search for answers on their own. You're certainly going to have to ask a bunch of questions; that is to be expected. The expectation is that you can answer the
OK, I know I don't know much, and I know where to find MSDN and SO and CR...
21:55
Given that you're apparently a .NET person, you should probably learn some SQL.
Alright, will do.
I've heard you can do SQL with Linq?
Sure. But that's not what I meant.
I meant you should learn how to do SQL with SQL.
OK.
I'll write some SQL scripts for CR and post them for review this summer.
The W3C actually has a pretty good (although a bit dated) SQL tutorial, good to learn the ropes
21:57
Man... you know what's irritating?
Maybe...
Month 1: Teach a coworker something new. Month 7: Coworker tries showing off to you by parroting back what you taught them 6 months ago.
@nhgrif Hey, at least they remember what you taught them from six months ago.
My conscience is irritating me.
No, they remembered that one thing I taught them 6 months ago.
21:58
They might just not remember who taught them. That sounds like something I would do, by accident. I have pretty bad "memory leaks" :)
I have school I should get done.
6 helpful flags today, wait for me, Deputy!
You can't parrot one thing back to me, not remember I was the one who taught it to you, and not remember the things I taught you on the other 6months-1day and expect me to be impressed with your massive programming knowledge--not when you're asking me questions every single day.
Are they an intern?
And now back to your regularly scheduled programming
22:01
No.
@RubberDuck Lol, reminds me of my app before I cleaned it up this winter.
There are just a couple things left that bother me now.
I should split it into a couple pages instead of just displaying/hiding grids as needed (yeah, I'm awful).
No, this isn't quite code hoarding. I'm not sure the answers I provide is getting stuffed into our applications.
And usually, the answers I provide are things like "Stop subclassing this same damn form every time and start creating heirarchies"
But sometimes, "OOP" and "magic" are interchangeable... which is sad... because it gives less meaning to the bits of code which I actually do want to call "magic"... (it's still not magic... but nonetheless...)
BTW.BeerThirty
@Hosch250 I took calc in highschool and then again in College, and haven't looked at it since. I actually had to retake college algebra and Trigonometry, I was rather embarrassed that they made me take them again. but I do need to learn trig again, I forget the functions....
22:06
0
A: Message factory

nhgrifI can't recommend these string constants at all. We should be using an enum. Even if your enum is still string backed (which it doesn't appear that that'd be necessary), it's still going to be better overall to use an enum. As a start, the enum, means that users can't simply pass any random va...

I would love to do that.
@nhgrif Have an upvote because I know you write good answers.
Have a second (hypothetical) +1 because I just read it and it is good.
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Q: New to OOP PHP: need critics on first class and overall project structure

rickshaw_manThis is my first serious programming effort, so I'd like some comments about what I did so far. Project structure: / |--App/ |--Backend/ |--Common/ |--Configuration.php |--Route.php |--Frontend/ |--webroot/ |--assets/ |--index.php |--public_html -> link to Ap...

22:28
> Hi Jeroen, Thanks for reaching out, we're specifically a Ruby and Java shop so we're probably not a great fit for you.
Is that a friendly way of saying "bugger off" or would a response of "but I know Java too!" be warranted?
Either, I'd say.
Question is, do you want to use Java?
I'd use PHP if it gets me an internship in CA
Okay...
Why CA? MS is in WA.
Apple, Google, and FB are in CA.
I thought you wanted to do MS?
Jon Skeet works at Google, though, so I guess they use MS stuff.
The programming/career aspect is only part of the reason I want to do it in the USA
And Apple uses XP for their production plant(s).
Unless they updated, that is.
The reason I like MS best is because I don't have to rely on anyone else for any part of the ecosystem - they have Windows/Windows for phone and Windows Server, Office, VS, Bing, Skype, games, they even have hardware now.
22:42
@JeroenVannevel That and I feel sure you could learn Ruby pretty quickly, right? I've heard once you know a language well it's pretty easy to pick up another one.
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ To a certain extent, very much so.
However, it is more difficult for some, like OOP languages compared to procedural languages.
And some (like BF) are like nothing you've ever seen before...
Makes sense. Is Ruby OOP?
Not sure.
I've looked at Ruby, it doesn't look too bad.
> According to its authors, Ruby was influenced by Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp.[13] It supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional, object-oriented, and imperative. It also has a dynamic type system and automatic memory management.
Boy, if I learned BF, my family would think I was at least 10 times smarter than I really am.
"How do you keep track of what is what?"
> You don't.
There is a reason you don't write real programs in this...
I feel sorry for my teacher.
I'm about to hit him with a two-page essay.
If that on top of my 7-page paper doesn't knock him out for the required 10 seconds or whatever, I don't know what will.
We saw this today:
What kind of bird is that?
American Avocet.
Oh, I saw a Wilson's Snipe for the first time on Sunday.
Those are gorgeous birds.
23:04
@Lyle'sMug - you need a little superglue there? Seems your mug has broken?
Hi, @Quill
@Hosch250 You a twitcher?
@Hosch250, Hello
@rolfl Huh?
Obviously not, since I don't get it.
Twitchers' vocabulary is the set of jargon words used by twitchers. Twitchers are committed bird-watchers who travel long distances to see a new species just to add a species their "lifelist", "year list" or other lists. Some terms may be specific to regional birding communities, and not all are used due to dialectic and cultural differences. == Terms == To burn up or flog: To beat around in the undergrowth hoping to flush a bird. A desperate measure and not a kind way to treat an exhausted migrant. Mega or Megatick: A very rare bird Chooks: already seen or common birds (used in Australia...
23:06
@rolfl Ohhh, yeah.
Hi Jeroen

Ok no problem if you're interested in Java.

Our LA positions are currently full.

If you're interested in an internship in Atlanta Georgia then please contact [email protected]

Tell him that I referred you.
Looks like "But I know Java too!" was the right response
Well, the farthest we have been is the Sax Zim Bog, and that was just a day trip.
@JeroenVannevel You didn't get your CA internship though.
@rolfl Reminds me of that movie 'The Big Year'
I have been to....MooseFactory with my parents (they are the real twitchers).
@JeroenVannevel Not sure posting their email address here is a great idea...
23:08
@JeroenVannevel Contact @nhgrif. His company needs someone.
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ Figured that myself as well just a moment too late
Nobody spam them, okay?
@rolfl I guess I have heard the term, but we don't usually call ourselves that here.
@rolfl I'm sure can remove it
"How far can Georgia be from California..". Pretty damn far apparently.
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ Remove what?
;-)
23:09
@JeroenVannevel Don't you know your geography at least that well?
They are on opposite sides of the country!
Atlanta is not bad, I hear
Go ahead, tell me the location and capital of each European country
That is, if they are talking about the US Georgia.
Obviously, with the Atlanta in there.
Brussels, Belgium?
London, England?
Paris, France?
23:11
Nope
Madrid, Spain?
London, United Kingdom
Nope.
Edinburgh, Scotland.
23:11
@Hosch250 - one of my better ones.... 2 up there/.
Those aren't countries
I hear rural Georgia is not that great, but the big city of Atlanta I bet has lots of fun stuff around
The UK is the country
Nope ^^^^
That is debated.
23:11
Don't get me started on the UK, it is not a country
I'm pro-separation.
it is a state.
Scotland is a country.
(Shame on you, Scotland, you lost your heritage.)
England is the only country that has no form of government at all.
Dublin, Ireland.
23:12
In the context of international relations: the UK is what is considered the country
Actually, it's not... ;-) Not always, anyway
Rome, Italy.
Vienna, Austria.
@rolfl The only time I see England/Scotland instead of the UK is when it's about rugby or other sports they play over there
I can picture the map of Europe in my head, but I don't remember many more capitals.
England /ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers much of the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern...
England is a country that....
23:15
@Hosch250 Well, you had all the straightforward ones. I'm just saying that you can't expect me to know the location of every US state
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political. Fifty six sovereign states, six of which have limited recognition, are listed with territory in Europe and/or membership in international European organisations. There are eight areas that are not integral parts of a European state or have special political status. == Definition of Europe as a continent == Under the commonly used geographic definition, the border between Asia and Europe stretches along the Ural Mountains, Ural River, and Caspian Sea in the...
Contradictory!
I know more or less the location of every country in the world.
No, not at all, I said the UK is a state, not a coutnry
Though it does say:
> The United Kingdom consists of the countries of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The UK is responsible for the foreign relations and ultimate good governance of the Crown dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey, which are otherwise separate. The mainlands of England, Scotland and Wales make up the island of Great Britain (or simply Britain), which is sometimes used synonymously with the United Kingdom.
We have the 10 days in XXX games.
The only ones I don't know are the Oceania countries.
@rolfl Well, I'll assume you're right then. You're from the commonwealth after all (twice, even!)
@JeroenVannevel three times.
Dang it. Wrong link...
What's the third?
Canada, SOuthAfrica, and Britain....
Oh, Britain too.
23:19
Lisbon, Portugal.
(I didn't look any of these up.)
Lichtenstein - name the capital.
Istanbul, Turkey.
Not Europe (or half not).
Turkey and Russia are Europe depending on your mood
Yeah, those pesky urals.
I have been to more than 30 countries.... and it is hard to remember their names ;-)
23:23
Istanbul is in the European side and Ankara the capital the Asian.
I believe Istanbul is on both continents.
Ha, got me out.
Istanbul is the largest city, but not the capital.
I have a little house there. It's a beautiful place :)
I'm not sure if Washington DC is the largest city in the US - I hope not.
@rolfl Yeah, I think there's a bridge in the middle of the city connecting both continents
23:25
My opinion is that WDC is the largest collection of liars and crooks in the US.
There is a river crossing through Istanbul which separates two continental borders
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Q: My first full program. tic tac toe

Fugs#include <iostream.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <ctype.h> int main() { char* minput = new char; char* match = new char; char* turn = new char; char* xchoice[] = new char[2]; char* ychoice[] = new char[2]; char* board[3][3] = new char[3][3]; char menu() { char* resul...

...sigh
double sigh Nasty code, that.
I don't think it works, though.
Is that surprising?
23:29
I was sighing at the conversation.
Oh.
Which one?
Geography?
Sure.
It is interesting.
> I'm not finished with the program, I just need help fixing problems and cleaning up the code
@JeroenVannevel As someone who lives a considerable distance away from the US, I've had acquaintances that've been to NYC for NYE and they were disappointed
23:32
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ I am reluctant to do more than I already did... I'll leave it to the language experts to close, whatever, if needed.
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ People can't tell the difference between CR and SO
@Quill Why were they?
@rolfl I can see it just fine, what happened?
I just like having you as a broken link/mug ;-)
@JeroenVannevel Over expectation is my guess
23:34
@rolfl Fair enough. I tried running it on ideone but prog.cpp:1:22: fatal error: iostream.h: No such file or directory
Anyone else have a borked Lyle?
@rolfl Works On My Machine(TM)
Not now, but earlier.
If I reload, it will probably work... so I won't reload.
I reloaded, and it worked.
23:36
I should make that broken image icon my actual icon....
If you want to see the US at its best, give the cities a wide berth.
@mjolka I like this.
I think Chris Hatfield saw it at its best....
@rolfl Now that would throw some people off! Just make sure you're not stuck with it for 30 days ;)
I can send it to my users if they complain about my app not working (JK).
He's a mod.
Supper time, see you.
23:42
weird
Time to spork some shreds and chuck things at other things...
@Lyle'sMug You look fine in the left margin.... just the room list is a problem
I swear this programming language has the weirdest vernacular.
Your chuck thing?
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ LOLCODE is like that
23:44
@Lyle'sMug BF is fun too
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ - you have a sock account?
@Quill I haven't tried to code in either language
Whenever my friends, who's extent of IT knowledge is how to play Garry's Mod ask me how typing code is hard, I send them this
It (hopefully, it's been a while since I compiled this) says "I hate you"
23:59
RELOAD!

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