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there's no such thing as self-documenting code IMHO

CreateDatasheet, GenerateDatasheet, MakeDatasheet, LoadDatasheet, DisplayDatasheet. ergh

not for my brain. i almost always find it easier to read English descriptions

clinch

@Jez i was being facetious

3:15 PM

And here's one that's completely empty.

LaunderDatasheet, PutDatasheetOnTheDatabed

@clinch oh. well there are people who think one should write "self documenting code"

oh! oh! here are some things with load in them.

DoThisOneLittleOperationThatReallyOughtToBeInABiggerFunctionButIfIPutItHereTheFu‌nctionNameCanTellYouWhatItDoesWithoutTechnicallyBeingAComment

clinch

hahaha

3:19 PM

omg why is this like this?

I can't even!

Contrary to belief, they do not bury their heads in the sand. Let’s look to Wikipedia for insight into why we think that they do.
This myth likely began with Pliny the Elder (AD 23–79), who wrote that ostriches “imagine, when they have thrust their head and neck into a bush, that the whole of their body is concealed.” This may have been a misunderstanding of their sticking their heads in the sand to swallow sand and pebbles, or, as National Geographic suggests, of the defensive behavior of lying low, so that they may appear from a distance to have their head buried.

It doesn't appear that they put their heads near to the ground to listen for danger but the misconception is very old @MattЭллен

over 1,900 years

@skullpatrol ah. I see

I guess listening for danger could be considered as a defensive behaviour as the National Geographic suggests

of lying low

could be.

Final grade: 98.5%

:D

well done, I never knew that

3:35 PM

lol

Mitch

4:01 PM

@MattЭллен Holy shit that's rude and shows a lack of empathy

A: what does "chanced that way" mean in this sentence?

There's no accounting for ostrich

Mitch

@KitFox avoids eye contact

@Jez But it's so modular!

@Jez Truthfully, I am sometimes comment-blind. reading through code to see what it does, I'll ask the original author, and they'll point to the javadocs that answer it right effing there.

@MattЭллен people are so ostrich.

tchrist

Sure a lot of GR questions.

I’ve retracted my close vote and answered the fellow after he said what it was he found and failed to understand. However, he still didn’t say where he looked. I smell Google-shite.

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Any dictionary should provide a perfectly reasonable definition for using chance as a verb. The OED provides several: 1. intr. To come about by chance; to happen, occur, fall out, come to pass. a. with the event as subject, expressed either by a sb. preceding the verb, or by a clause fol...

And I have no idea what to do with nonsense questions like these.

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Q: doubts in rewrite in present continuous passive

I Have to rewrite this sentence in the present continuous passive: Investors are investing a lot of money in this. If I write in this way, is it correct ? In this is being invested a lot of money by investors or A lod of money is being invested in this by investors

4:17 PM

what is "GR"?

General Relativity?

tchrist

Somebody has a stupid homework assignment created by a stupid teacher or a stupid book.

GR is General Reference in an ELU context.

General Reference; i.e. they're answered in an accessible online reference