The 2nd Monitor

Duga

00:00

RELOAD! There are 1647 unanswered questions (94.5869% answered)

Quill

2 days in a row 50 rep from capping on Programmers.SE ;-;

wow, I just used a Java web app that Chrome didn't even support

clunkiest thing I think I've ever used

like my 512k Macintosh is less clunky

Phrancis

for (int outerArrayIndex = 0; outerArrayIndex < random2dIntArray.length; outerArrayIndex++)

I think that iterating variable name is overkill naming

Maybe outerIdx would be just fine and easier to read

Quill

just i works too

Phrancis

But I have another for loop nested, and I don't really want to use i and j

Quill

oh, fair enough

Phrancis

00:09

Does this make a decent toString() output?

outer[0]: [0]: 1821409289 [1]: -1459757699 [2]: -1444951286 [3]: -141135047 [4]: -2130600815
outer[1]: [0]: 739573485 [1]: 1673429165 [2]: -471085458 [3]: 294645122
outer[2]: [0]: 539610958 [1]: 147434669 [2]: 877680245
outer[3]: [0]: -722467894 [1]: -447091004
outer[4]: [0]: -1270903932

Morwenn

I've started working on yet another obscure sorting algorithm. Fun times.

Phrancis

@Morwenn Just how many ways of sorting are there?

Morwenn

@Phrancis Probably an infinity.

Phrancis

Blech

Quill

@Morwenn you really ought to write papers. like proofs suck and everything, but seriously.

@Phrancis does a sort of all sorts contain itself?

Morwenn

00:12

@Quill I just copied the implementation from a paper describing it and optimized it a bit.

I don't know what I would write a paper about.

Quill

I'm sure you're versed enough to write one on sorting algos. Even if it's just an optimised version of another algo

like the papers that make it into journals these days are just... wow

Phrancis

I might play around with this sorting algo: Fisher–Yates shuffle

Morwenn

The optimizations are really specific to the implementation; they have little value from an algorithmic point of view.

> Using Collections to shuffle an array of primitive types is a bit of an overkill...

Proceeds to implement a shuffling agorithm.

Haha, wat. Seriously.

Phrancis

Mine's an array of objects (arrays of primitives)

Maybe that won't work

Morwenn

I guess a Fisher-Yates is simple enough to implement for anything. I don't see why it wouldn't work with objects.

Quill

00:21

This is not the Fisher-Yates shuffle. This is called Durstenfeld shuffle. The original fisher-yates shuffle runs in O(n^2) time which is extremely slow. — Pacerier Oct 31 '14 at 12:39

sounds like a dance move

Morwenn

Oh, I guess I only knew the Knuth version then.

Another solution is to associate a random index i to every element n and sort the collection of pairs on the index. It will effectively shuffle the collection.

Quill

I really ought to read TACP

Duga

Include code in your post. If you are looking for ways to improve your code, go to Code Review. If you want to improve the aesthetics, go to User Experience — Arc676 30 secs ago

Morwenn

Yet another book I didn't read .____.

Even though I make plenty of references to it :p

Quill

s/book/textbook set

Phrancis

00:29

Algorithms sound complicated

Morwenn

Some of them are really simple. Other are too clever for their own good.

Phrancis

Hmm, maybe I could create a small array of random integers, then just sort them based on the random value

Morwenn

A few ones look short and simple but you don't understand them.

@Phrancis Why not use a simple Fisher-Yates? It's O(n) while sorting is almost never O(n), often O(n log n) and sometimes O(n²).

Captain Obvious

0

Q: UserScript that tracks Views Since Last Visit

I try keep an eye on any questions or answers that I have posted here within the StackExchange network and I like to prioritize my updates and improvements based on ones that get frequent visits. I previously used a paper sticky note attached to the side of my monitor with question titles and vi...

Phrancis

@Morwenn Like this one?

Duga

00:35

possible answer invalidation by Enrique on question by Enrique: codereview.stackexchange.com/posts/115610/revisions

SirPython

@Duga Is this okay? The OP isn't asking for a new review.

Morwenn

@Phrancis Yes. Without the fancy xor swap.

Phrancis

Okay, I'll try that

Using a temp holder variable is better then?

Morwenn

The xor swap only works for integers and has some quirks.

Phrancis

Ahh

Quill

00:37

ᴉʞuǝ

60 9

javascript jquery stackexchange userscript html

60 rep despite 1.2k on other sites

Morwenn

Also, most of the time, a temporary integer will cost almost nothing or will be optimized away.

Quill

@Morwenn The wikipedia page says Fisher-Yates in O(n^2)

Morwenn

@Quill Yeah, the original, but every implementation you will find is actually the Knuth version.

Quill

18 mins ago, by Quill

This is not the Fisher-Yates shuffle. This is called Durstenfeld shuffle. The original fisher-yates shuffle runs in O(n^2) time which is extremely slow. — Pacerier Oct 31 '14 at 12:39

Morwenn

I learnt when you shared the article that the version I've seen everywhere wasn't the original.

Quill

00:40

Yeah ^^^ you're right

Morwenn

Most of the time when people talk about Fishr-Yates, they actually talk about the Knuth version :p

200_success

Wow, the license debacle is just a gold mine. I'm now in third place, after two posts complaining about flawed sentiment analysis.

Quill

pretty much

one of the users earlier made a 'reduce downvote reputation requirement' post on meta, and it got like 50 upvotes, put his rep up

Morwenn

I wish there was an easy way to assert the code is yours and allow to share it under a permissive licensse.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Swift menu code

I want to know what do you think about the sctructure of this code! If you think that there is some sctructural improvement, tell me! Here github link: https://github.com/LucianoPolit/LPDropdownMenu Here the code: // // LPDropdownMenu.swift // Created by Luciano Polit on 1/8/16. // Copyrigh...

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200_success

00:43

GitHub

Morwenn

I won't post everything on GitHub.

Quill

my trick is not to write anything anybody else would want to borrow

2

Morwenn

I put a note in my profile description saying that you can consider everything I share to be zlib licensed unless it specifies that the code comes from somewhere else, but I don't think it has any legal value.

It only asserts that I won't sue anyone for anything because I could care less.

200_success

^ "couldn't care less".

Jeroen Vannevel

3

Well, it says "boy's"

4

Guess I'll take it

4

200_success

00:47

"Boy's" seems redundant.

Morwenn

@200_success It's an expression.

Quill

@DanPantry's work uniform, right @JeroenVannevel?

Phrancis

I was always intrigued by the "could care less" grammar some people use

Quill

there's a massive ELU question on it

Morwenn

Quill

00:52

licenses ~~suck~~ are great fun

I spent like an hour deciding which one to apply to my github and se

an hour of precious time i could've been wasting on javascript

2

Phrancis

Holy mother of Java... this works

Vogel612

post for insta-review

Morwenn

@Phrancis What?

rolfl

@Phrancis Why are people surprised when it's working?

Morwenn

@rolfl Yesterday, I found an old research paper about a heapsort derivative with some strange heap structures and an algorithm description in pseudo-code. I translated it to C++ and it didn't work. Then I changed a few things based on wild guesses and at some point it worked but I couldn't explain why because I didn't understand the algorithm. It's a case where you can be genuinely surprised that it's working.

Phrancis

01:04

@rolfl I'm not surprised when "it" is working, I'm mostly surprised when code that I write is working :)

Morwenn

That or when you feel that something will improve your algorithm but it's nothing more than a feel and it works.

Anyway, I'm going to sleep. See you another day :)

Quill

later

rolfl

Night @Morwenn - and, yes, I have experienced those OMG moments..... Like "Holy crap, what did I do to make it actually work?"

Hosch250

01:34

LOL: upi.com/Odd_News/2016/01/12/…

If I were him, I would have left the original up - he is hardly recognizable.

Phrancis

I think I'm ready to post my Q and be subjected to being pointed out that I have a lot left to learn :)

Matt

I keep seeing posts where there are just off coding mannerisms where people are doing odd things they don't need to in order to keep the characters per line down. The couple of questions I have answered I touch on it. Now I see lots of the posts in my tag are just the same. I don't want to put the same text in every post about it.

Then I found this meta.codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/5237/… where the accepted answer discusses making a canonical post. Which the poster also did make such a post.

After 6 months does that sentiment still hold here?

Can I make some q&a posts to cover the simple things I would find myself referencing all the time?

Phrancis

@Matt Looks like that never was really acted upon... May be best to bring it up on Meta again, I think, if you feel some actions should be taken based on that

At the same time, I also (personally) feel, after giving it some thought, that canonical answers may be good to save reviewers' time, but may not always be applicable/relevant to the reviewee's question

Matt

@Phrancis That last point might be true. While I am new here I have seen a few times paraphrased versions of "We are here to review all the code" (hopefully not using that out of context). While I doubt presentation is ever the focus it never hurt to mention it.

Phrancis

01:52

@Matt One way I look at it is, if reviewing code came down to applying specific rules, we would have programmed a computer to do that long ago

(and we have, where applicable)

Matt

I will bring it up in Meta. Wasnt sure if it would be a good idea since of not but seems like the best course of action.

Phrancis

^^ I agree

Matt

@Phrancis True. There should be a happy medium between strict and sloppy. The main reason I am even thinking about this is I keep seeing people using line continuation characters when there is no need to. Makes editing code a pain.

Phrancis

I had a similar thought about PHP-MySQL questions not using PDO, but, I talked myself out of trying to make a canonical post

Not quite the same thing, though. Your concerns may be completely valid in your context

Duga

02:08

If this code is working and you're simply looking for 'tips' you might be better asking on codereview. If not, specify what the exact problem is. — Jim 57 secs ago

Phrancis

02:21

Incoming Java Q :)

Hosch250

in The Nineteenth Byte, 24 secs ago, by Alex A.

@Hosch250 Code Review and Code Golf and break off into a site with a dual purpose: Get help writing good code and get practicing writing terrible code.

Captain Obvious

2

Q: Random 2-D int array generator

I've been working on learning about irregular arrays and thought making a generator such as this one would be a good exercise in applying what I have learned. The following class generates an array containing \$n\$ arrays which themselves contain arrays of integers of decreasing length, of which...

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Duga

try codereview.stackexchange.com instead. It's a forum specifically for optimizing code, unlike stackexchange — Paul 20 secs ago

Mat's Mug

@Duga it's not a forum

Hosch250

@Duga We are Stack Exchange.

Quill

02:27

@CaptainObvious @Phrancis is the this keyword necessary to access internals?

Phrancis

@Quill It depends, but it appears the compiler will guess right if you don't use this. I used it to remove ambiguity for the compiler

Mat's Mug

incoming lol

Quill

@Phrancis, you forgot an e: codereview.stackexchange.com/revisions/116841/3

Duga

@Paul call me a pedant: no Stack Exchange site is a forum (they're Q&A sites), and you probably mean "unlike Stack Overflow" - besides that, you're entirely right, on Code Review you make it work, we make it shine ;-) — Mat's Mug 53 secs ago

Matt

So if those are bots do the humans running them still get the messages or is it just blowing in the bot wind

Quill

02:30

@Duga is a bot, Captain Obvious is a feed

And kinda

When they log in as the bot on the main site after ages, there's a huge reply count

Simon usually does screenshots to count it

Mat's Mug

Dec 14 '15 at 20:35, by Simon Forsberg

Oh my god the pings I will see...

trying to find the last screenshot he posted...

Phrancis

@Matt The messages post in a chat room (or multiple, depending). In the case of @Duga the creator need not necessarily be involved with all messages; rather, it feeds the messages here so the community can handle them appropriately

EBrown

Technically this is not a 2D array, it's a jagged array (or array-of-arrays). — EBrown 1 min ago

Phrancis

@EBrown here-be-pedants :)

EBrown

@Phrancis Not particularly. It's actually a very important distinction.

Mat's Mug

02:34

^ I second that

EBrown

A jagged array is an array of additional arrays, any of which can be any size. A 2D (or multidimensional) array has the same number of elements in each direction.

Phrancis

Please put that in an answer then!

EBrown

@Phrancis Too busy. :P Waiting on my Xbox One to finish installing CoD Black Ops III.

Phrancis

But in either case, I appreciate the feedback

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Multiple connection string in Web Api 2

I have a Web Api 2 using Dapper.net, and it's accessed by various client with their own database. Currently I'm using custom header called Client-Id to identify the client. This Client-Id contains a ConnectionString name, I passed this connection string into my Constructor. Here's my Project S...

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Mat's Mug

02:36

@EBrown gosh, I haven't even played Black Ops II

I'm so out of sync

EBrown

@Mat'sMug Me either...lol.

I went MW3 -> Advanced Warfare (which sucked) -> Black Ops III.

Mat's Mug

I played them all in sequential order up to Black Ops

was awesome

if you started with MW3, you're missing all the references to the previous titles

EBrown

Well I played CoD II -> MW -> World at War -> MW2 -> Black Ops -> MW3 -> Advanced Warfare -> Black Ops III.

Duga

@Paul, thanks for the advice. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong. If I need advice from coding style, or small changes, code review is good place. But if discussion smarter new ways of algorithm implementation, I should go to stack overflow? If I am wrong, I will make the change. Thanks. — Lin Ma 52 secs ago

Matt

@Mat'sMug Unless the previous titles explain where bullets come from im sure you arent missing much.

Mat's Mug

02:39

@Matt I can think of one particular bullet where it's actually the case ;-)

EBrown

I loved the Modern Warfare series.

Duga

Code Review will also address your algorithm implementation - have a look at the guide to Code Review for Stack Overflow users =) — Mat's Mug 12 secs ago

Quill

TBH the entire franchise was worse than PHP 5

Mat's Mug

that's low

I call cheapshot

Quill

well.. I have all of them and have finished all of them

Captain Obvious

02:45

0

Q: Can this python simple code be greatly improved / shortened?

I just started programming, and something is telling me that this working function looks to big for what it does. Can you give a better version of the code so I can understand how to code faster, shorter code ? import os, rarfile xpath= "/root/tree/def/" dpath="/root/tree/down" def unrar(): ...

python

Mat's Mug

@CaptainObvious IDK about the code, but the title, certainly

the MIT MSE post is sitting at -100

Matt

I'm more of a Battlefield fan myself

Duga

@LinMa a look at the tour of both sites should answer the question where to post it. IMO you should move it to CodeReview, but there might be other opinions aswell. — Paul 58 secs ago

Quill

I like the games but they recycle content, engines, story elements. like there's no new stories, they're all just crappy reboots

Battlefield was fun, I want to play hardline

Phrancis

@Quill "Welcome to Game Review!" - But joking aside, I feel similarly, at least to the extent where most of the resources were channeled towards online play

Also, Hardline is very different

It doesn't play or feel like Battlefield

Quill

02:54

that's kinda my reasoning for wanting to play it

pimping

5

A: Extract Excel data using Interop.Excel from C#

The workbook I'm using to test my code has one worksheet which uses the Excel columns A through CO and uses rows 1 through 11361, so I don't expect it to be too blazing fast [...] Cell CO11361, in R1C1 notation, is R11361C93. You're reading the value of 1,056,573 cells, through COM interop.....

Phrancis

It's a cop game, and as long as you keep that in mind while you play it, it's great; but, if you play it expecting it to be like past Battlefield games, you'll be disappointed

EBrown

@Matt I play BF4 on PC.

@Phrancis I played the beta (one of them) for Hardline and didn't like it at all. (But to each his own.)

Anyway, Black Ops III is installed, back in a bit.

Matt

@quill Stories are good and all but those games are pure multiplayer experience for me.

Phrancis

Yeah, there's not a whole lot of grey area with Hardline

EBrown

There were certain (political) aspects of it that turned me off.

Captain Obvious

02:57

0

Q: pagination algorithm for advice

Suppose I need to divide scoreResult into pages (which is already ordered by score column from higher to lower), and each page cannot contain too much numbers of records (e.g. 12 is a limitation in my example), and each page cannot contain duplicate id1, and each page needs to be ordered by score...

python algorithm

Phrancis

But, the gameplay is great, as long as you agree to not judge it on past Battlefield titles' merits

It also has a really good storyline, with actual personable characters instead of "generic soldier X"

OK, I'm done here on games

Quill

hey @Phrancis how come you have generate return an int[][] when it gets called like a void

Phrancis

Um. Because reasons?

Probably an error on my part

Actually, definitively an error on my part.

> I'm still quite new at organizing workflow within a class.

Quill

No worries, just asking :-)

Mat's Mug

@Quill ah, here I was wondering why all these votes on that old answer all of a sudden

Quill

03:06

@Mat'sMug santa moves in mysterious ways

Phrancis

@CaptainObvious That needed some editing love, looks better now

Quill

So how come your test call uses the jagged functionality

public class TestRandom2dIntArray {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Random2dIntArray jaggedArray = new Random2dIntArray(5);
        System.out.print(jaggedArray.toString());
    }
}

Phrancis

8 mins ago, by Phrancis

> I'm still quite new at organizing workflow within a class.

In short, the name of the class is probably not very good

Also, I didn't quite realize that a 2D array is supposed to have same number of elements in the second dimension (wouldn't that make it a matrix?)

StackExchange

03:22

0

Q: How do we feel about canonical post for repeat review concepts?

I had started to write a question where I felt I was just going to repeat myself in reviews. Well I've been in the city since I was two and I certainly wouldn't say that I was stuck in a rut... stuck in a rut ... stuck in a rut... stuck in a rut... There are things that I have been seeing ...

discussion answers self-answer

Matt

I had another poll-ish question... Do you guys feel like you learn more about the respective languages you review?

Quill

Yeah, definitely. Sometimes we are commented by other people saying we can improve our reviews even! Reviewing the reviews, lol! But yeah, reviewing definitely helps the skill of the reviewer too

Matt

There is still so much too learn. Reviewing can certainly take more effort than an SO post. At some point I suppose it is a matter of picking an choosing which question to review.

Mat's Mug

^ that

and also, which points you want to point out

using namespace std; would be the "canonical example" of something people point out all the time

Matt

I had a question about that....... how far does one take a review?

Mat's Mug

03:36

there's only the 64K character limit to stop you!

Matt

How many times should I mention that people pick shitty names for variables.... or just not even mention it.

Quill

34

A: Is it effective to review code in language I don't know?

As a regular contributor over at Code Review Stack Exchange, I encounter a lot of questions suffering from Language-agnostic issues, for example: Formatting, indentation Scope Loops Type operations and the list goes on. However, while I don't need to know the language, I can still review thos...

Jeroen Vannevel

After which you write it out in MS Word©, take a screenshot of it and add it to your post

Matt

@JeroenVannevel Nice

Quill

There are language-agnostic issues that will be evident everywhere

Like shitty variable names. I don't think you can canonise shitty variable names

Matt

03:40

@Quill You can't because it is very context specific... but you see it so much.

StackExchange

0

Q: Community Promotion Ads - 2016

It's 2016 now, and we've made some changes to the sidebar size. As such, we can now restart the Community Promotion Ads for 2016! Keep in mind, we have updated some of the guidelines compared to previously - the changes are marked in bold in the Image Requirements section. What are Community Pr...

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Mat's Mug

@StackExchange HURRAY!!!!

Matt

@Mat'sMug That been something that bugged you?

Quill

What about the shirt meta? Why hasn't it been locked yet?

Mat's Mug

this is our first official community ads meta!

Jeroen Vannevel

03:43

All these years and just now I learn that you can only make a select few types const in C#

Mat's Mug

@Quill good call. done.

Quill

@Mat'sMug are we going to make one for The 2nd Monitor?

I had some really cool design ideas...

Mat's Mug

0

A: Community Promotion Ads - 2016

^^ that one needs to go up, it's mandatory! :)

Duga

I'm not certain, but I believe this type of question should be posted on codereview.stackexchange.com vs SO. — thril 41 secs ago

Quill

@Mat'sMug that's not an official SE thing, and I can't find any information on who made it to ask whether there's a width limiting feature

Mat's Mug

03:54

I know, but AFAIK the thing automatically scales. It was that size too when the ads were 220x250

Quill

photos automagically scale thanks to html, but they should be created at the dimensions required

a 4000x4000 photo will scale to 250x250, if you set the html attributes to be that

In theory, it shouldn't be too hard to rewrite

EBrown

@JeroenVannevel Yeah, it's a real bummer.

Quill

It's fundamentally the same as Simon's Badges

I'm sure he could write one up if you really wanted

EBrown

TTGTB

Quill

night @EBrown

Mat's Mug

03:58

night!

Duga

@thril Seems a bit too hypothetical for Code Review. See a guide to Code Review for Stack Overflow users on Meta.CR :-) — Mat's Mug 40 secs ago

Quill

14 mins ago, by Quill

@Mat'sMug are we going to make one for The 2nd Monitor?

you totally missed my ping

Jeroen Vannevel

Looks like I'm going back to Barcelona for a week at the start of February

I need better weather than what I have currently

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Check if a given path exist in Graph

I'm using BFS to see if a given path exist in Graph. Here's my implementation: static class Node{ int data; Node next; public Node(int data){ this.data = data; } } //Adjency List to store the reference to head of each Node/Vertice static class AdjList implements Iterable<...

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Mat's Mug

1

Q: "There are currently N bounties, worth X reputation" dynamic ad and the new sidebar width

You've probably seen this sidebar ad on one or more community-ads-enabled Stack Exchange sites over the years: The image is dynamically generated from a non-officially SE app that uses the Stack Exchange API to fetch the bounties from a given site. As far as I understand, the rendered image a...

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Duga

04:19

sounds like you are after a code review Code R — dinamite 45 secs ago

Captain Obvious

1

Q: Find the range of index of consecutive integers from a sorted array

I am new to Java, so please let me know of any improvements for my code. import java.util.*; public class prog{ public Map<Integer, Integer> findList(int[] array1) { Map<Integer, Integer> list= new HashMap<Integer, Integer>(); int start_index= 0; int end_i...

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0

Q: JavaScript/jQuery math game

I wrote this entire program earlier today, and would like to get it reviewed. It is an arcade style math game, where you are presented with two expressions on the left and right side. You will determine whether or not the first expression is less than, equal to or greater than the second express...

javascript jquery game

Quill

0

A: "There are currently N bounties, worth X reputation" dynamic ad and the new sidebar width

The reason that specific width and heights are asked for when providing community ads is to avoid squashing by images not suited for that aspect ratio. See, for example, your image would look like this in a community ad: Yuck. As to ask for the specific aspect ratio is so that it won't be sq...

Mat's Mug

@Quill ~~nice~~ ...got any idea about whether a querystring could be used to specify a width/height?

that sucks

Quill

I tried that, but it doesn't seem so

Mat's Mug

that app needs an update then

Quill

04:27

30 mins ago, by Quill

It's fundamentally the same as Simon's Badges

30 mins ago, by Quill

I'm sure he could write one up if you really wanted

Mat's Mug

yes, we really want one!

Quill

and make it better looking than that one

Mat's Mug

sure

Quill

@SimonForsberg What do you think of this? ^ (The above message set)

var mySet = new Set();
mySet.add("0");
mySet.add(1);
mySet.add({});

var setIter = mySet[Symbol.iterator]();

console.log(setIter.next().value); // "0"
console.log(setIter.next().value); // 1
console.log(setIter.next().value); // Object

@DanPantry ^

Jeroen Vannevel

English probably — Andrew Brooke 5 mins ago

hoho

Quill

04:41

deleted

Mat's Mug

lol

Quill

var string = 'A\uD835\uDC68';
var strIter = string[Symbol.iterator]();
console.log(strIter.next().value); // "A"
console.log(strIter.next().value); // "\uD835\uDC68"

These iterators are weird. Totally better than splitting by character, though

Duga

04:56

Belongs on codereview.stackexchange.com — user657267 44 secs ago

Captain Obvious

05:07

0

Q: Gamma function in Rust

The gamma function is one of a couple nice continuous extensions to the traditional factorial function. I used this Python program as a reference, which in turn, uses this Ada program. As the Ada program describes: The implementation uses Taylor series coefficients of $$Γ(x+1)^{-1}, |x| < \in...

rust

RMunroe

I always have to turn off nature documentaries when they show these scenes.

Duga

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because codereview.stackexchange.com is a better fit for it. — R Sahu 50 secs ago

Quill

@Hosch250 we ought to make the case to get Dilbert feed posted here :-)

Mat's Mug

06:10

2

Quill

Nice

You'll be able to update the photo in 6-8 weeks time when you get one in the mail

Mat's Mug

haha

it's up on the community-ads meta

hey @200_success - rep-capped on MSE again are you? ;-)

TTGTB

Quill

night

0

A: A New Code License: The MIT, this time with Attribution Required

Don't assume what license the developer would prefer: Instead of installing a global standard, give users the option (in their profiles) to choose which license they'd like to use for their answers or questions (two options). The MIT license could be made the default for those who haven't chose...

200_success

Surprisingly, samthebrand's rep has been more or less neutral today.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Creating a BST of minimum height given a sorted array

Problem statement is : Given a sorted (increasing order) array with unique integer elements, write an algorithm to create a binary search tree with minimal height. My Implementation : static class Tree{ int data; Tree left; Tree right; public Tree(int data){ th...

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Dan Pantry

07:15

@Quill what am I looking at here? (aside from it being ES6 Set/Symbol/iterators)

Captain Obvious

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Q: Avoid slow for loop in R

For loops are the devil. I can't see a way to speed this up with apply or other more speedy functions though... pred <- read.csv("predictions_from_external_multinomial_model.csv") pred$id <- test_users$user_id pred$first <- "a" pred$second <- "b" pred$third <- "c" pred$fourth <- "d" pred...

performance loop r

Dan Pantry

Lol new code license currently at -128. SO got smacked

Quill

07:32

Yeah, pretty much @DanPantry probably not worth a ping, sorry.

Zak

08:04

Welcome to Meta.SE! Please make sure to put a clear statement of the problem in your question. — shelvacu 1 hour ago

Captain Obvious

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Q: Creating multiple new child forms from a single form

I have a simple application reading IO and plotting chart on UI. There is one instance that I need to plot three graphs at a time, and to make this easier, I made a graph form where I declared all non-fixed chart settings during form load and load it to chart as settings when the graph form is ca...

c# wpf

Zak

It's snarky. I like it ^^

Dan Pantry

@Quill I don't mind being pinged :-) don't worry about it

Käsebrot

08:17

morning

chillworld

Monking @all

Käsebrot

@Quill you are living here right?

^^

chillworld

@Käsebrot he's a bot ;)

Dan Pantry

Monking @chillworld

He is here more than I am, and that's saying something

Käsebrot

prodigy

Quill

08:37

@Käsebrot hello. Is there something you need help with?

Käsebrot

nah

just need enough rep for reviewing ^^

Quill

Oh, you want to review something?

Käsebrot

enough rep -> Review privilege -> moar rep ^^

Quill

Oh, the review queue

Cool

Käsebrot

exactly

chillworld

08:46

so you need to write a question/answer now ;)

Käsebrot

tbh I cant think of a question right now

it's ok

I will think of one

chillworld

you can always answer one :)

Käsebrot

I am afraid I'm not experienced enough

Don't want to get downvoted for bs answer ^^

Duga

You've been put on hold here. So, if you do get approval, you might post it on pastebin [or equiv]. Then, send me a comment here, I'll be glad to have a look (e.g. download, build, disassemble, run). I have special custom tools to do performance analysis. This is what I do for a living [R/T, embed, kernel/driver, etc.] where performance is critical. Chances are pretty good I can eyeball it. Also, if you can post the code, consider reasking question on codereview.stackexchange.com — Craig Estey 45 secs ago

200_success

@Duga Hilarious, that anyone would expect to get a useful answer out of that question.

Käsebrot

08:59

TY!

RoboSanta

Naruto answer; accepted non-selfie answer with 0 score: Drills: A JavaScript web application that creates customizable workout routines and reads commands aloud while keeping track of time javascript jquery html css jquery-ui

Ripe zombie; open question with answers, at least one answer having score 0, no answer having score > 0: Convert XML files to JSON and move them javascript node.js json

Dan Pantry

I made a change yesterday after my boss suggested and now I've had to revert it because it is incorrect but I have no paper trail showing that he told me to change it :( RIP

Zak

@Käsebrot You don't have to review everything about a question. Pick something you know something about (say, variable naming, or readability/whitespace/indenting), then go look through the beginner tag and you'll probably find something you can improve.

Käsebrot

09:14

@Zak now this sounds like a cool idea

will do, ty

did "[beginner][winforms]"

Dan Pantry

Code duplication is the root of all evil.

Holy hell. Sorry to interrupt the discussion but I needed to get that out there.

Käsebrot

legacy code is root of all evil 4 me

^^

Captain Obvious

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Q: Inserting and Populating Chart with Excel VBA

My Code uses a data set which has been modified using another script Calculating Time Difference and then inserts and populates a Chart with that Data. Save a Macro enabled WorkBook as Book1.xlsm with a Sheet named Book1. To setup data values for testing copy the data below and paste it to cell...

vba excel

Duga

09:30

If you want to improve working code, try Code Review — Arc676 54 secs ago

Quill

Hey guys, guess what...

Friday - Rebecca Black - Official Music Video

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Käsebrot

OMFG, why!?

Captain Obvious

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Q: Stylize select listbox html not listbox asp.net control

i wanna change my select listbox html (not asp.net) into shown in following image: How can i change for all browser (Chrome, Firefox, IE): Scrollbar arrows into #B6171C and bar white (#FFFFFF) Higlight blue selected item (background color selection : #FFFFFF; text-color: #B6171C) Wh...

html css

Mast

@CaptainObvious 2 more CV

Pimgd

wish I had enough rep on meta se to see the vote counts on those posts

chillworld

09:35

on SO the unthankfull are the root of all evil

Pimgd

Personally I only attribute if I rip solutions entirely

chillworld

@DanPantry don't you use a versioning system?

Pimgd

aaand it's at -150

Dan Pantry

@chillworld We do.... versioning system doesn't stop devs being silly and doing the same thing in a slightly different way in two different places

chillworld

@Pimgd 5 days working because the "dude" was unclear getting with more info each day. At the end I even create a fiddle and now he's gone :)

Mast

09:39

At least now they should understand their understanding of 'how we received their last proposal' is seriously flawed.

chillworld

@DanPantry your in a team? I don't have that problem, I'm mine own team here ;)

TanMath

@Quill so I have been working on new code...

and I have an error...you free?

Quill

I am currently on mobile and about to do the dishes

TanMath

so...no?

Quill

If you want to ping me the gist link in Maths Is Hard, I'll take a look at it when I'm done

TanMath

09:45

sure...

@Quill posted BTW...

Käsebrot

Quill ur 17?

TanMath

> About:
I'm 17, about to head off towards a computer science degree.

Pimgd

rain rain rain rain rain rain blahhhhhhh make it stop

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