The 2nd Monitor

Mat's Mug

00:00

@popovitsj as a 30K user on CR.SE I can certify that this question would already have more votes on CR, and better and more detailed answers. And OP's question is "How can I avoid using this nested if-else chain?" ...which is exactly what CR.SE is all about: making OP's code better. — Mat's Mug 19 secs ago

Like, knock it off

Hosch250

Flagged for migration.

Mat's Mug

Oh, I just noticed the guy had an answer.

Hosch250

So?

Needs the rep, or something?

So, why isn't this working?

I suppose you want to ask me that, huh?

Mat's Mug

Just what have you done to break it? Lol

Hosch250

Nothing.

I deleted your installer and created my own.

I'm going to bring it in and look at what you do in your installer.

What bonus do I get if I get this working?

Mat's Mug

00:09

@Hosch250 If you get the x64 installer to "just work" like the x86 one does, I'll send you a RD mug and t-shirt!

Hosch250

OK.

Mat's Mug

I need to get the artwork done, I actually want to make RD mugs & tees... no joke :)

Hosch250

OK.

But seriously, what did you do?!

I just made my installer identical to yours, and it is in the CP, but Office doesn't see it.

Hmm, one thing that I dare not change.

Send a screenshot in a sec.

Our registries are different.

Hmm, fixed it.

I just needed to add the keys.

Captain Obvious

00:25

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Q: A Virtual Piano

I have created a virtual piano that turns the home row (excluding 'g' and 'h') and the top row (excluding 'y' and 'u') of the user's keyboard in a piano's keyboard. The home row is used for white keys and the top row is used for black keys. The keyboard's keys bind to piano's as shown below: ...

Hosch250

YES!!!

Got it to have the same values as you.

Now, I have a clue at what I should change!

Mat's Mug

That key is where office apps find VBE addins

Hosch250

OK, I didn't enter it.

Testing...

Mat's Mug

Mine worked flawlessly on my machine :/

Hosch250

Almost having a heart attack...

Mine failed even when my build worked.

Failed again :(

@Mat'sMug Do you have an AMD machine?

Mat's Mug

00:29

Intel inside

Hosch250

Funny.

Look what I found:

if $(ConfigurationName) == Release64 (
    Copy $(TargetDir)\NativeBinaries\amd64\git2-e0902fb.dll $(TargetDir)
)

Mat's Mug

That's trash I believe; the setup build knows to grab that dependency AFAICT

Hosch250

OK.

Mat's Mug

Probably leftovers from the various configuration attempts

Hosch250

Mmm.

What about this:

if $(ConfigurationName) == Debug64 (
c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe $(TargetPath) /tlb
)

I deleted the other stuff, and it worked fine.

@Mat'sMug One question - what exactly does that regasm command do?

Mat's Mug

00:33

That one is supposed to register the debug build, but it somehow doesn't. I have to run it manually (I made a .bat file on my desktop for it)

Hosch250

Ok.

Does it enter a key in the registry or something?

Mat's Mug

It registers the assembly - creates a bunch of entries under the CLSID key and /tlb switch creates the type lib that exposes the RD COM API to VBA, so unit test code can use Rubberduck.AssertClass

Hosch250

OK, so where can I find those registry keys?

Mat's Mug

They're GUIDs - look for ProgId's in the code, they define the GUIDs (whatever you do don't change those!!)

Hosch250

So, could I do this manually by adding registry keys in the installer?

Mat's Mug

00:38

I tried that last release, didn't work

Hosch250

Oh, OK.

Mat's Mug

I think adding a custom action to run regasm.exe during setup could work... but if you ran it manually and it still didn't work then I have doubts

Hosch250

I haven't run it again.

Mat's Mug

Room owner hat now - we're kinda hijacking the 2nd monitor right now...

Gotta get the kids into bed, bbl

Hosch250

No one else is here...

SirPython

00:40

I'm here.

Jeroen Vannevel

I AM HERE AND I FEEL TOTALLY SUBDUED BY THIS OFFTOPIC BANTER

Hosch250

We can't let the room get frozen, you know.

INVASION!!!

Mat's Mug

@JeroenVannevel Lol

Hosch250

@JeroenVannevel It is awfully easy to subdue you.

Jeroen Vannevel

The only times I'm not lurking is between 6am and 13pm

rolfl

00:42

Monking.... non-lurkers.

Mat's Mug

@JeroenVannevel You have weird sleep hours

SirPython

Monking

Jeroen Vannevel

@Mat'sMug I have. Good thing my parents have become used to it already

Mat's Mug

Monking!

Jeroen Vannevel

There's always life in the house -- my mom switches with me around 6am

cats love it

rolfl

00:43

Thats when the good answers happen?

Jeroen Vannevel

The bullying commences

rolfl

Your mom answers on your account?

Jeroen Vannevel

pesky canadians

I NEED AN ADULT

rolfl

ARE YOU JEROEN'S MOM?

Captain Obvious

-1

Q: Coderbyte longest string

So I am currently working on a problem set for Coderbyte and I cannot seem to figure out why my code is not returning any value at all. JS lint is not seeing any issues with, but when I run the code on repl.it I don't seem to be returning any value. I tried converting the value of the longest arr...

javascript

Jeroen Vannevel

00:43

STOP BULLYING MY SON

rolfl

Thought he was a girl, sorry, will stop....

Jeroen Vannevel

Where's that room owner hat now?!

rolfl

humpf... downside of being a mod.... I have to appear to be nicer....

Jeroen Vannevel

You're not doing a very good job at that

Good thing I have such a thick skin

rolfl

No ;-) Im not

OK, I have written a completely lock-free concurrent fixed-length queue in Java....

Took me much longer than it should have, but the results are... impressive.

Task BlockingQueue -> Lockd 2x2 19999900000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :  90.8013
  Fastest  :  73.0744      Slowest  : 108.1787
Task BlockingQueue -> Syncd 2x2 19999900000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  : 184.7098
  Fastest  : 118.6704      Slowest  : 245.4649
Task BlockingQueue -> Atomd 2x2 19999900000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :  53.7627
  Fastest  :  44.3904      Slowest  :  79.4626
Task BlockingQueue -> Concd 2x2 19999900000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)

20% faster than any of the cometitive versions.....

That's on 2 threads writing, 2 threads reading.

SirPython

00:56

Shoot. I just realized that in some code that I recently posted, I forgot to take out a part of it. If there aren't any answers, can I quickly remove that part?

rolfl

Yes

For 12 threads writing, 1 thread reading, it is much faster.....

Task BlockingQueue -> Lockd 12x1 71994000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :   7.4066
  Fastest  :   4.0888      Slowest  :  12.9854
Task BlockingQueue -> Syncd 12x1 71994000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :  14.0705
  Fastest  :   6.9707      Slowest  :  22.4337
Task BlockingQueue -> Atomd 12x1 71994000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :   5.7643
  Fastest  :   2.9484      Slowest  :   8.9926
Task BlockingQueue -> Concd 12x1 71994000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)

And for 1 thread writing, 12 threads reading, it is also faster ;-)

Task BlockingQueue -> Lockd 1x12 719400: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :   1.3140
  Fastest  :   0.6415      Slowest  :  15.9841
Task BlockingQueue -> Syncd 1x12 719400: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :   1.8970
  Fastest  :   1.0593      Slowest  :   3.7305
Task BlockingQueue -> Atomd 1x12 719400: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :   0.9957
  Fastest  :   0.5808      Slowest  :   2.4077
Task BlockingQueue -> Concd 1x12 719400: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)

Only slightly faster there, 0.58 milliseconds to feed through 12,000 members through the queue

With a somewhat balanced 4 writers and 3 readers it comes in faster too....

Task BlockingQueue -> Lockd 4x3 71994000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :   6.3283
  Fastest  :   3.6910      Slowest  :  11.5118
Task BlockingQueue -> Syncd 4x3 71994000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :  19.8354
  Fastest  :   8.6426      Slowest  :  32.4413
Task BlockingQueue -> Atomd 4x3 71994000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)
  Count    :       50      Average  :   6.0728
  Fastest  :   2.8758      Slowest  :  10.6012
Task BlockingQueue -> Concd 4x3 71994000: (Unit: MILLISECONDS)

Bottom line, it is faster on all concurrencies I tested (excluding 1 writer, 1 reader - where it came in second place).

Captain Obvious

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Q: Starting a Clojure Chess Engine

In my journey to learn Clojure I recently decided that I would like to write a chess engine, which is kind of funny because I don't really know chess either. ;-) My goals are to learn Clojure and chess, and write something that is fairly easy to understand. Currently I'm working on board repres...

clojure chess

blaizor

what is the significance of "The 2nd Monitor" as a name for a discussion devoted to code review?

rolfl

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A: What should be the name of our main chatroom?

The 2nd Monitor We all [hopefully - if not you're missing out!] work with at least two monitors. I noticed I keep the chat window open on my 2nd monitor [almost] all the time. Having a 2nd monitor is also quite handy during an actual peer review. I think it makes a perfectly suited name for our...

blaizor

ah

rolfl

01:10

Right, I am beat.... 8 or so hours today removing paving stones and digging trenches in clay... in the sun, etc. I'm done.. .till morning. bye

blaizor

cya

Mat's Mug

@rolfl 'night!

Hi @blaizor! Welcome to our little chatroom!

blaizor

hey

Jeroen Vannevel

The war is over, @rolfl. You've got Vimy Ridge.

Mat's Mug

I can expand this answer if you want to know what you're doing wrong and right in your own code - @blaizor yes, that is what makes CR answers so good! You're getting my upvote if you go with that edit.

blaizor

01:24

yeah thats what i thought. it was 8:00am here in australia and i dont like waking up

im all awake now. ready to go. ready to expand

Jeroen Vannevel

That is disgustingly early

On a Sunday, above all

blaizor

oh

Mat's Mug

lol

blaizor

its sunday

i was scheduled to get out of bed at 2pm

Mat's Mug

#LifeWithoutKids

damn I miss sleeping all morning

blaizor

01:26

im in year 9. haha #LifeWithoutWork

SirPython

01:55

ACTIVITY

Hosch250

Hi.

SirPython

Hello.

blaizor

hello

Hosch250

Hello.

Mat's Mug

hello

@blaizor congratulations, you killed your first zombie!

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

Meme: Zombies Originator: retailcoder (lol.upvote or Mat'sMug) Cultural Height: During The Mission Background: In a (successful) attempt to motivate the community in reducing the number of unanswered questions, a Call of Duty was made in which every unanswered question (no upvoted answers) is ...

(we need a badge for that)

blaizor

02:18

when?

Mat's Mug

when @Legato upvoted your answer from the first post review queue ;)

blaizor

ah

ok

well im almost done writing the expansion, so look back at it soon ;)

i earned the revival badge

Mat's Mug

that's my upvote ^^

blaizor

damn

Mat's Mug

damn?

blaizor

02:24

well if it wasn't yours, id have 3 upvotes when i updated my answer

because there'd be legato, you, and upvoter #2

Mat's Mug

lol

no worries. this isn't SO - here we vote!

3

^^ somebody star that

:)

Hosch250

@blaizor There you go.

blaizor

thanks

is there such thing as a code review that is too long?

Mat's Mug

30K is the maximum length.

StackMonkey

Are you asking for a code review? Then your question (provided your code works) can be better asked on codereview.Stackexchange.com and it is too broad for Stack Overflow. — Martijn Pieters just now

Mat's Mug

02:34

^^ this guy was my 1st pick in the SO moderator elections!

Hosch250

@Mat'sMug Mine too, I think.

I picked him, anyway.

Yep, first pick.

blaizor

ok. not over the 30K limit

Mat's Mug

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A: Batch file command looper

If you want an easy way to loop an arbitrary command several times... set /a loop=100 for /L %%P in (1,1,%loop%) do ( echo Looping for one hundred times ) The first line is obvious. The second line is a bit harder - for /L specifies that for every number in a certain set, the batch file w...

^^ and that's how you pimp

now I wish I could upvote it again!

very, very nice answer!

blaizor

if only there were more questions about the two languages ive known since i was 6 and 10 respectively - batch and as3

Hosch250

I didn't know what a computer looked like when I was 6, and I only knew what a desktop from at least XP's era looked like at 10.

Oh wait, we had an ancient desktop I almost always forget about when I was about 6.

blaizor

02:43

well being born in the era of machines is playing out as an advantage for me

Hosch250

The only thing I remember was my dad would crash it playing Oregon Trail, and I liked playing some fish game.

blaizor

i know heaps of different shell languages, as2, as3, java, xml and some HTML5 (along with CSS3 of course)

what should i learn next?

Mat's Mug

if you're into shell languages, try PowerShell - and then you have a foot in the .net world

Hosch250

I learned HTML5/CSS in the U.

I know a bit of Java.

I wrote my app in C#/XAML.

I think my earliest memory is Y2K.

blaizor

i learnt all the shell languages i know when i was 6-8, i said it to emphasise that im done with them

Mat's Mug

02:47

lol

I'm biased, but I'd say go with C#

blaizor

eh

why?

Hosch250

<sings>Because we looove it, we looooove it </sings>

blaizor

and honestly VS community has been unpacking and installing itself on my laptop for weeks now, and it wont close

task manager isnt helping

Hosch250

Remember that song from White Christmas with Bing Crosby?

What?!

I use VS Pro because I'm a student.

blaizor

its actually gone, but i can still see the logo on my taskbar

like, it isnt pinned, it looks like its meant to be open but it isnt

Hosch250

02:50

Weird.

Did you reboot to clean it out?

blaizor

nah im just gonna leave it

i cbf rebooting

Hosch250

I rarely reboot, usually once/twice a month to install updates.

blaizor

what experience does learning c# offer me that puts ahead of learning other things?

Hosch250

Depends on what you want to do, need to do, and like doing.

I need to get into software development because I don't like ITM.

I enjoy writing real native Windows apps.

blaizor

ah. i had to tear down my system32 folder to remove all traces of windows update because it kept rebooting, then deciding that the update couldnt be done, then unloading all the update packages which takes 2-3 hours, then starting normally again

Hosch250

02:53

I want to write Universal apps for my job.

blaizor

i dont like doing anything except learning more languages :D

Hosch250

Sounds like your system "has serious problems.."

Well, learn C# then, just to learn it!

blaizor

but why?

i could learn php instead

or ruby

or assembly

Mat's Mug

seems the only thing people do with php is ask phpoop questions

Hosch250

C# will take longer.

blaizor

02:56

what does C# do?

Mat's Mug

C# isn't just a language - it's the .NET framework - learn .NET and then you can learn VB.NET (don't), F#, PowerShell, and any other .NET language you like

C# does everything you want it to do

Hosch250

VC++

blaizor

i want it to code itself

will it do that for me?

Hosch250

Almost.

blaizor

haha

Hosch250

02:57

Most of the .NET framework is C#.

blaizor

like XML in android studio

codes itself

Hosch250

The basic C# language is written on C++, but beyond that, it can code itself.

Mat's Mug

I'm writing a COM add-in for the VBA IDE, ...in C#

Hosch250

If you wanted, you could probably write C# with C# with C++...

Mat's Mug

@Hosch250 the latest C# compiler is written in ...C#

Hosch250

02:58

Not surprisingly.

blaizor

thats just stupid

Hosch250

O RLY?

Mat's Mug

better than LOLCODE

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