The 2nd Monitor

Duga

00:00

RELOAD!

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There are 1364 unanswered questions (94.5571% answered)

SirPython

00:22

Rolfl is right. This room has gotten a lot more quiet.

Mat's Mug

I don't see this as a bad thing either

having multiple active chatrooms might work too

I've been more active in VBA Rubberducking than The 2nd Monitor for quite a while

I blame rubberduck-vba though

Mat's Mug

00:38

ah crap, I found a way to write compilable VBA code that breaks the Rubberduck resolver.

I swear, this compiles:

Sub Foo()
    Dim Foo As New Foo
    With Foo
        With .Foo
            .Foo = 42
        End With
        Bar .Foo.Foo
    End With
End Sub

still not ready for review

oh damn

wasn't running the 1.4.1 build. it works!

Hosch250

LOL.

You need an inspection for that.

Duga

01:14

Since your code works, but you're looking to increase performance, this would be a better fit for Code Review. StackOverflow is for broken code. — FreeMan 21 secs ago

Captain Obvious

01:41

0

Q: looking for a more elegant way to concatenate a SoundCloud Playlist Update JSON

I am currently working on an implementation of SoundCloud for a 3rd party iOS app, and as there is no SDK anymore I am doing all my calls via Alamofire. This is what SC expects you to send in your body params: { "playlist": {"tracks":[ {"id":"__"}, {"id":"__"}, {"...

maaartinus

02:32

@Hosch250 Did you really want to play against me? I've just managed to lose against my random player. I guess, I should get some sleeeep. :D

Refath Bari

Hey guys

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Interview adjacency list graph problems in C++: proper graph implementation

I know this type of question has been asked before. However, my reason for asking it is gaining insight into what is expected in a 45 min interview when asked to implement graph algorithms. I have never had to give an interview, but have been asked in several interviews, questions pertaining to g...

c++ c++11 interview-questions graph

Captain Obvious

03:03

0

Q: C++ Gdiplus Image Wrapper

I have been having major problems lately with pointers (not this part, couldn't even test it,) So I was wondering is this an alright design? Anywhere a bitmap pointer is needed I just use the get. I would normally not ask this, but if I swap an old bitmap with a new, it crashes, could that be a r...

c++

Duga

03:27

Welcome to Stack Overflow. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the Stack Overflow help file, which will help you understand what kinds of questions are appropriate for this site. This site is intended to help you obtain answers to specific programming questions, as opposed to providing tutorial, design or code review assistance. — MarsAtomic 26 secs ago

Hosch250

04:09

Hi, @RefathBari.

Donald.McLean

04:42

Greetings, Programs.

Hosch250

Greetings.

We want another candidate to force primaries.

Maybe 200 will run.

Ethan Bierlein

Hilo

Donald.McLean

@Hosch250 I thought he was running.

Mat's Mug

nothing official as of yet

Donald.McLean

Or at least planning to run.

Why a primary?

Mat's Mug

04:57

because, bragging rights

Donald.McLean

What bragging rights?

Ethan Bierlein

The fact that we have enough users willing/able to become moderators.

Mat's Mug

to be fair, preliminaries would only be cherry on top.

it's the vote count we're really after

@Donald.McLean for the most successful elections a graduating beta site held :)

Hosch250

@Mat'sMug We all love upvoting!

Ethan Bierlein

Lots and lots and lots of ammo.

Captain Obvious

05:07

0

Q: What are the best practices for Various ways to achieve the same result using LINQ with my code example

This code works as intended, however, I am sure that there is a way to condense the xmldataLoad() method. If someone could maybe explain a better approach than what I have done with the method, I would be extremely grateful. Essentially, what I am saying is I am rather new to using LINQ and don't...

c# linq xml

Duga

This should be moved to CodeReview. I will flag it for you. — Ionic 27 secs ago

Hosch250

@CaptainObvious Remove most of those usings!

@Mat'sMug Other than clean code, does not having unnecessary usings reduce processing/linking time?

I assume the compile removes the unneeded ones?

Night guys, I'm not in Australia, so...

Mat's Mug

using merely provides a handy alias. the compiled code couldn't care less

'night

Quill

@Hosch250 Good night

Ethan Bierlein

Hello @Quill

Quill

05:12

Hello

Ethan Bierlein

Hello @Gemtastic

Gemtastic

Monking :)

Donald.McLean

There you go. Eleven candidates.

Mat's Mug

@Donald.McLean you're awesome :)

Gemtastic

:)

Donald.McLean

05:20

Not that I have any real chance of being elected, but I'm more than willing to do my part so that the site can revel in the glorious excess of the coming election.

Mat's Mug

lol

Donald.McLean

Now I'm going to see if I can figure out how to use this library.

Thank goodness for REPL.

Mat's Mug

why did I even expect this to be resolved as a recursive call?

#NamingIssues

Ethan Bierlein

Still working on the Resolver?

Mat's Mug

yeah

if I change Sub for Function here, all Foo's resolve as references to the function.

except the Dim Foo As New Foo local

Ethan Bierlein

05:29

Yikes...

Mat's Mug

I blame VBA

because assigning a function's return value is done by assigning the identifier of the function

Ethan Bierlein

When in doubt, blame caching or VBA.

StackOverflow

-3

Q: Please review the db schema for Company

The following schema is for a company's profile page that displays the details. I have taken into consideration Normalization rules while designing it. A company can be in different kinds of businesses and it has social presence too. All of the contacts details should also to be displayed in th...

sql database database-design database-schema code-review

Quill

@StackOverflow code-review .. but there's no code. #FlawedLogicFTW

Ethan Bierlein

06:09

Shhh...

Hello? Anyone there? Or are y'all </lurk>ing?

Mat's Mug

yes

Ethan Bierlein

Hi

Mat's Mug

</lurks>

yo

Snowhawk04

sup

Mat's Mug

2:15AM here, about to GTB

Ethan Bierlein

06:13

Hello @Snowhawk04

Mat's Mug

aaaand made my Careers.StackOverflow profile public

Mat's Mug

06:28

and TTGTB

Quill

'Night!

Ethan Bierlein

06:47

I wonder how Q is doing.

Hmm. Seems like everybody is </lurk>ing...

Duga

I think this might be a good question on codereview. Here this might be too opinion-based. — Gábor Bakos 14 secs ago

Ethan Bierlein

Well, night a ways.

Duga

07:10

It doesn't quite look on-topic for Code Review. The first question reports a problem, the second might indicate unfinished code, and the third is asking about new code. — Jamal 49 secs ago

Captain Obvious

07:27

0

Q: portable getting time in milliseconds, seconds c

Mac doesn't have the unix clock_gettime so I am trying to create something that's really portable and only dependent on c, so far I've come across this function. static void current_utc_time(struct timespec *ts) { #ifdef __MACH__ // OS X does not have clock_gettime, use clock_get_time clock_...

c loop timer

Duga

If you have working code and want to improve it, Code Review is usually a good place to go. Also, when you do var sumAlert = sumSupport = sumCashout = sumPhone = 0, you're (unintentionally?) declaring the last 3 variables globally. — Stryner 1 min ago

Duga

07:45

@Mat'sMug I've reviewed a few answers on code review where just a db structure is mentioned. Well in this case a create table would be nice but it's just the concept. — Ionic 27 secs ago

Mast

08:03

Monking

Duga

It's Code Review, not Concept Review. — Mast 47 secs ago

Captain Obvious

08:38

0

Q: Dropdown UI component

I've implement a custom dropdown, that help to find users from data. Each item have a userpic, first name and last name. And my task is create a dropdown with settings like use picture or not. I coded it in create function, in a loop with if-statement: if (is_use_picture) { /* ... */ }. Would be ...

javascript

Mast

@CaptainObvious He forgot to finish his question.

Would be great if I coul

UWYAd. If you won't take the effort to finish your sentences, why would anyone take the effort to review your code?

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Time complexity.

The following is the problem. (One of the hackerrank question) You are given a list of size N, initialized with zeroes. You have to perform M operations on the list and output the maximum of final values of all the N elements in the list. For every operation, you are given three integers a, b an...

performance python3 complexity

skiwi

09:38

Monking

@Mast I don't k

Captain Obvious

0

Q: FileSystemWatcher Created Event

Hej, ive wrote a little Function that monitors some Directorys. If a file gets created, it will check in the extension List for a Match. Can you please tell me if i could make my Function better in anyway. Please bare in Mind that i started Programming 5 Months ago :). Heres my Code: private v...

c# wpf

Captain Obvious

10:35

0

Q: PHP: Best way to handle multiple IF statements (working code)

I am new to PHP and was just wondering if there is a better way to write the following OR if it would make any difference to use elseif here instead of multiple if statements - especially if the options in questions might be more than in the example here (the current code is working). Note: I c...

php php5

skiwi

@CaptainObvious Fuuuuunctions

Duga

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it should be on codereview instad. — Flow 49 secs ago

skiwi

Cool to see that you also decided to run for mod @Donald.McLean :)

Duga

@Flow While you are right that this question would be better on codereview it doesn't mean it is off-topic on SO. — Pshemo 14 secs ago

Mast

@Duga That's a bad question with bad answers.

skiwi

10:54

0

Q: Registration, login and logout in a Grails application

I'm completely new to Groovy, but have many years of Java experience, and recently I have started working on a Grails application, currently it contains the following: User and Person domain classes UserService service class UserController controller class to offer a REST API This application...

spring groovy rest grails

@Mast This is a better question ^^

Mast

@skiwi Ah, your springy clocked bean-factory

skiwi

Couldn't think of a fancy title for a non-fancy application :(

@Mast Yeah...

Mast

Yea, stuff like that can be hard.

Have an upvote.

skiwi

I could always insert a clock that ticks backwards if I want to make things more interesting for future maintainers

Mast

That's evil.

Although there is probably a use case for it, somewhere.

Still evil.

skiwi

10:57

How many issues would it create? :D

Mast

Nobody will suspect a clock ticking the wrong way.

May be a nice tactic for an obfuscation contest though, it's not an often used trick I can imagine.

Captain Obvious

1

Q: Registration, login and logout in a Grails application

I'm completely new to Groovy, but have many years of Java experience, and recently I have started working on a Grails application, currently it contains the following: User and Person domain classes UserService service class UserController controller class to offer a REST API This application...

spring groovy rest grails

Mast

Any php guys around for this bloke?

1

Q: PHP: Best way to handle multiple IF statements (working code)

I am new to PHP and was just wondering if there is a better way to write the following OR if it would make any difference to use elseif here instead of multiple if statements - especially if the options in questions might be more than in the example here (the current code is working). Note: I c...

php php5

skiwi

@Mast Well, you probably have a point there ;)

Wow, in our backyard it's hotter than last Thursday, it's measuring 39,5 degrees already

Mast

Yea, I'm not getting outside today.

skiwi

11:05

(Note, it doesn't rain, that thing is just crazy)

Duga

11:20

I upvoted this as an interesting / useful question but @brunodesthuilliers is correct that the question is opinion-based. It may be suitable for codereview.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic — Anthony Geoghegan 38 secs ago

skiwi

It just hit 40 degrees here

My question has a whopping 4 views already

Simon André Forsberg

@skiwi mine said it was 46 degrees outside a few days ago. It is also crazy.

@skiwi Something tells me yours is in the sun...

Mast

11:38

@skiwi Must be the heat.

Duga

Consider asking this at Code Review SE — πάντα ῥεῖ 22 secs ago

Simon André Forsberg

@keewee279 Honestly, yes. It was either that or a close vote, but I felt that it was still possible to review it. See this meta question. If you want to discuss more about this and want me to explain my downvote further, you are welcome to chat in The 2nd Monitor — Simon André Forsberg 6 secs ago

Mast

@SimonAndréForsberg Technixally this isn't example code, just anonymized.

Duga

Does this game do anything yet? Does it work? Is it playable? Could you provide a screenshot of how it looks? If you answer yes to all these questions, then I would recommend posting it at Code Review. — Simon André Forsberg 59 secs ago

Simon André Forsberg

@Mast I am aware that it's not fully example code, but I don't see any reason at all to anonymize those texts.

Mast

11:47

So?

Simon André Forsberg

I didn't want to VTC, and I don't want others to believe that that kind of question is good, so I felt that a downvote was the best alternative.

Mast

There's a rule vs example code, not versus anonymized code. We don't have to agree on the anonymization, but in my opinion it doesn't warrant a downvote.

Simon André Forsberg

Having $errorList .= "<li>Some text</li>"; on each of the lines is confusing. Is it the same text there or not? Probably not, but I prefer to not have to do any guesswork at all.

Mast

On the other hand, feel free to spend your downvotes on whatever you want.

There are no rules on that either.

Simon André Forsberg

The line between example code and anonymized code is a thin one.

Mast

11:49

@SimonAndréForsberg Hmmm, I see what you're getting at. Know I know why I didn't answer it.

Simon André Forsberg

I just didn't want this question to set an example for what kind of questions we want here. I don't want others to see this question and start stripping their code as well.

Mast

If it was Some text 1, Some text 2, Some text 3, would that have been acceptable?

Simon André Forsberg

It would have been significantly better, at least. But I would have preferred the OP to write up some real examples, such as a simple "Invalid email", "Invalid password length", etc...

Duga

Ah the new.. That was me testing, didn't plan to use that keyword. Yes the game is playable and why Code Review vs Stackoverflow? I don't understand. — Matias Persson 43 secs ago

Ismael Miguel

Greetings

Duga

11:59

Stack Overflow prefers questions where there is a specific problem. This question is "too broad" for Stack Overflow. Code Review however, is specialized in this kind of "Is there anything I can do better?" question. — Simon André Forsberg 13 secs ago

Ismael Miguel

Anyone want to check how @SirPython's bot is doing?

Simon André Forsberg

I would not betray my @Duga.

Ismael Miguel

It isn't betraying

Besides, his bot has a different purpose

Simon André Forsberg

I still think @Duga would be mad at me.

3

Ismael Miguel

I'm just asking a second pair of eyes

Simon André Forsberg

12:00

Could anyone give me a couple of extra views on this question? I am testing to see whether or not my Code Review badge on GitHub works properly.

34

Q: SudokuSharp Solver with advanced features

Even though it's the first time I'm writing something this "big", it feels like I know C# quite good. It's been nice to learn LINQ also and I am very impressed by the features, and perhaps I have overused it here (if it's possible to do that). SudokuFactory: Contains static methods to create so...

c# linq weekend-challenge sudoku

Ismael Miguel

Anyone who takes 1 minute to try it out will help a lot

Well, I just viewed it

5019 views!

How many views you need?

Simon André Forsberg

one should be enough

Ismael Miguel

Actually, I think I gave 2 views

Simon André Forsberg

take one back then ;-)

Ismael Miguel

I wish!

I would put it in a post that has really low views

So, you want to take 1 minute to see the current state and give your opinion?

Simon André Forsberg

12:08

ok, where do you need me?

Ismael Miguel

It can be here

The bot is active

The only thing that isn't working is the pimp

Simon André Forsberg

I think it's better if we test it in another room

Ismael Miguel

Alright

SirPython's Mansion

A place for SirPython to test out his servant, SirAlfred

Mast

12:31

@SimonAndréForsberg Have some views.

5022 by current count.

maaartinus

@SimonAndréForsberg Hi! I had a very short look at your code and can't see how we could let our bots play. Can you give me a link to the relevant part?

Simon André Forsberg

@maaartinus I plan on including support for UTTT in github.com/Zomis/Server

maaartinus

Thanks. So I should wait for now, right? Concerning the in-game protocol, what about simply transferring two digits like majorIndex, minorIndex in the form of a two-character string:

012
345
678

So, "14" means "in the middle upper board, the center square". Or are you using already something else?

Simon André Forsberg

12:49

I think I will use a pure x/y position, like:

012 345 678
1
2

3
4
5

6
7
8

maaartinus

OK, if it's better for you then I have to follow. My representation is how it works internally (when generating all children, I ask first if a board is playable), bit it's a simple transformation.

Simon André Forsberg

long-live-maths

Quill

@SimonAndréForsberg long-live-fortran

maaartinus

Fortran is the evolution of brainf*k. The fascinating thing is that F predates BF. That's the power of science.

Quill

@maaartinus That's the power of PURE EVIL (tm)

Duga

13:12

Then you need a git server. Apache does not offer that by default (even not when including PHP). Git servers that you can use for that are: the one included by Git itself (not such a nice tool), Gitlab, Gitblit, Gerrit, etc. — StephenKing 26 secs ago

Gemtastic

There are git servers? the more you know

Vogel612

@Gemtastic many are a fancy GUI for stuff you can do with a SSH anyways

@maaartinus That's like the new baby-pokemon

maaartinus

;)

nhgrif

13:28

-1

Q: Generating random numbers from thread timing in C++

Do these codes generate true random numbers? If not: can you prove their pseudo-randomness? For computers with more than two CPUs #include<chrono> #include<iostream> #include<thread> using namespace std; #define Mili 7 #define Base 7 #define Thrs 2 typedef unsigned char Num; typedef un...

c++ random

Not sure how to get in touch with Giles.

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic. I've chosen "broken code"/"code not yet written", but I'm not sure that's the perfect close reason. The problem is, this question is asking "Does this code do what I want it to do?" On Code Review we expect askers to post questions that are working perfectly as they expect, and answerers will tell you how to improve the code. This is not where you come to verify that your result is accurate or get help improving your result (other than the gray-ish area of performance concerns). — nhgrif 3 mins ago

He migrated it here.

Quill

@nhgrif Make a comment to invite him here

nhgrif

And while I'm here, since Apple-land gets no attention otherwise: codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/95742/… codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/95721/…

Quill

There's not enough swift reviewers, I'm learning it, but nowhere close to being answerer

nhgrif

(there are two links there, not just one)

Or did I link the same thing twice?

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A: Concatenating a SoundCloud Playlist Update JSON

You can make this easier with mapping. So, let's clarify what we have. playlist.tracks - An array of "tracks" which have an id property (which is what we need). trackID - an integer representing our new track myTracks - an array of dictionaries in the form of key "id" and value being the tra...

maaartinus

@nhgrif I disagree.

@nhgrif I mostly disagree. That's a similar problem: Making the output more random instead of making it more performant. It's surely no perfect fit for this site and I'm rather sceptical concerning the algorithm, but answering one more question doesn't kill us. — maaartinus 59 secs ago

rolfl

13:36

@nhgrif Resolved with a code-review edit.

maaartinus

@nhgrif And the answer by Giles is just fantastic and should be kept somewhere.

rolfl

Migrated questions often have a focus on the wrong sorts of aspects.... I give them more benefit of the doubt, and I tend to edit aggressively.

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The answer focuses on other things, but there is still plenty to review in a general sense too.

nhgrif

I'm going to keep my vote to close. That's a pretty aggressive edit which entirely changes the question. If the user could find Computer Science, he could've found Code Review, and if a general review were what he were seeking, he could've made it here and asked that question.

I feel now the question isn't what the asker wants.

On Stack Overflow, that might be fine because questions tend to be a lot more relevant to a lot more people in a much easier way.

Here, that's really not the case.

So if the asker isn't really interested in a general review, then answers aren't that relevant to him.

And everyone is just wasting their time except for the upvote orgasm.

And the fact that this question, a gray area question (rather than a perfect example of a great Code Review question) will probably go Hot

And further increase the problem with have with migration

Simon André Forsberg

@nhgrif that's the second time in a very short while we got that question.

skiwi

@SimonAndréForsberg Probably, but it is in our wooden thing in our backyard, so we could actually be sitting there (not advisble though)

nhgrif

13:44

We've just opened the gap of "Does my code have to work?" Previously it was "Yes, but it's okay if it runs slow or uses too much memory."

Now it's "Yes, but it's okay if it runs slow or uses too much memory, or if you're not qualified enough to assess the output and determine if it's what you actually want."

rolfl

Take it to meta.

2

nhgrif

I made a comment that it belong on meta before your aggressive edit made it less clear what the close votes were about.

You single-handedly decided for the community. Again.

rolfl

I did....

skiwi

@rolfl I think we should do that more often

rolfl

because you were rallying close votes in here, and once you did that, I could not undo it.

skiwi

13:45

22 secs ago, by nhgrif

You single-handedly decided for the community. Again.

rolfl

That's my job

skiwi

^^ and after that he immediately left the room, I don't think we can take that guy seriously anymore

All he does is try to provoke @rolfl

rolfl

If you close a migrated question, it gets rejected, and lost.

skiwi

And aren't moderators allowed lots of decisions on their own? Even based on that their timezones should form a circle around the world, and thus having the effect that mostly only one of them is online?

rolfl

Moderators have all sorts of issues, and this is one of them.

we can't ever be part of "the community".

we don't get to "vote".

Simon André Forsberg

13:52

I believe questions are on topic when the users have tested their code and believe it works. This code obviously works, as in - it does something. The user believed it could be true random number generator. The user was wrong.

I think your edit was a good one, @rolfl.

rolfl

I hve been away for a week, my cat is making things impossible....

nhgrif

What's your deal past couple of days, @rolfl?

I wasn't rallying close votes.

I was figuring out how to get in touch with a moderator from another site who is migrating gray area questions here.

Simon André Forsberg

@rolfl Everyone has their own way of saying "Welcome Home"

nhgrif

gray area (at best)

Simon André Forsberg

@nhgrif You VTC'd the question, did you not?

nhgrif

13:58

30 mins ago, by nhgrif

Not sure how to get in touch with Giles.

Simon André Forsberg

30 mins ago, by nhgrif

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic. I've chosen "broken code"/"code not yet written", but I'm not sure that's the perfect close reason. The problem is, this question is asking "Does this code do what I want it to do?" On Code Review we expect askers to post questions that are working perfectly as they expect, and answerers will tell you how to improve the code. This is not where you come to verify that your result is accurate or get help improving your result (other than the gray-ish area of performance concerns). — nhgrif 3 mins ago

maaartinus

@nhgrif You know what? It's just stupid that this site pretends to be multiple sites. The OP asked it on SO as well. Actually, it's no good question and it fits nowhere. However, fitting a site is not why users come here. They want to get an answer. The stupidity of the site split is bad enough even without enforcing it too rigorously.

nhgrif

Which conversation am I having?

How's the SNR now?

What are we talking about?

SirPython's Mansion

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