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18:00
Hi
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@Rainbolt There, you've seen stars and a train.
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And I'm officially out of stars now. =/
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#StarHappy
18:02
What, is everybody afraid of breaking the star wall? I'll do it. I don't care.
My cousin is a honey badger anyway.
@RubberDuck STAP
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Q: Generic NSMapTable replacement written in Swift

AlexThis is my attempt at writting a generic NSMapTable with weak keys and strong values (after your feedback I'll be trying to write Strong-Key/Weak-Value and Weak-Key/Weak-Value variants to have the complete functionality of NSMapTable with generics). To my knowledge it works correctly. Here's the ...

That's not me applying stars
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ No.
@CaptainObvious I doubt anyone will star this.
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Bah.
18:05
If I had one I'd do it just to spite @Hosch250.
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I was wrong.
Whoever is doing it will soon be out of stars, unless a raptor gets them for failing to write good code first.
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WOS
Web Of Stars?
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s/Web/Wall/
> How bad can it be?
18:08
@RubberDuck How many times do I have to see that?
As many times as it takes for it to no longer be funny.
Mar 23 at 15:26, by RubberDuck
I have a sick sense of what is fun.
s/fun/funny
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Mar 23 at 15:25, by RubberDuck
@Morwenn It could be, but I'm the duck that thinks VB6 is fun.
context ^
I knew it!
@rolfl so we need a new huh?
Did I miss the star-fest?
18:11
The Wall has been broken, but not destroyed.
@nhgrif Not really, it just ended.
or not
In fact, it is still going on somewhat.
hi @JS1!
Hi
18:12
Hi
Did I miss the star-fest?
#CrazyBunch
We'll be seeing TS and RSA soon enough.
Or maybe not the RSA's.
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@nhgrif Apparently not, it is still ongoing.
This is as good as New Years.
18:13
They would not have given us stars if they were not meant to be used, right?
♪ 'cause I'm happy.. ♪
> You have fully used your vote allowance for today.
Now you see what we mean when we say star-happy, @Rainbolt.
WTF stars everywhere!
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aw, out of stars
> starred show 8 more / show all 21767
18:19
@Mat'sMug The only reason I don't star-gree that is because running out of stars and star-greeing are mutually exclusive :(
TSG then ;)
Did I miss the star-fest?
yeah you did
Did I miss the star-fest?
18:23
@nhgrif That is the fourth time you said that, did you just have a stroke?
Why not post your O(n^3) solution to codereview.stackexchange.com? — Attilio 1 min ago
@Hosch250 yeah, he's seeing stars
@Mat'sMug lol
I think we need to close the chatroom for today just so we don't break the wall.
in The Nineteenth Byte, 31 secs ago, by Nathan Merrill
their chat had some missing spots, so I had to fill them
18:27
all in all it's just another star in the wall
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Did I miss the star-fest?
I don't know how to properly translate this, but @nhgrif a le piton collé
(and only upside-down @phrancis got that one I wager)
incoming meta BTW
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Q: Printing calculations

ExikleI'm new to C and I've been working on some code for a project for school. This was the finished result and now that I'm done it, I came back and tried making it better. So I was wondering, how would I make this printAvgCalPerGroup simplified? #include "diary.h" void printTotalCal(Food * list) {...

18:33
They thought we would not notice ;-) :
in The Nineteenth Byte, 12 mins ago, by Rainbolt
Guys, Code Review has 21768 starred messages. We have 2306.
mwahaha
21788 dude
21789
we're in our own league..
hi @TheBestOne! that's a pretty cool avatar you got here!
@StackExchange whenever you're ready
18:37
Sleeping @StackExchange
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Q: April 2015 Community Challenge

Mat's MugLast time we created and reviewed Simon Says games, and that was a lot of fun. So, what should we do this time? Feel free to resubmit non-winning ideas from previous rounds, although new ideas are usually more successful. Post an answer to this question with your challenge Vote for those answe...

@Hosch250 - do you know the irony of User Experience?
@rolfl Huh?
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is asking for what amounts to a code review. It may be a better fit for Code Review. — Tieson T. 10 secs ago
18:38
That ^^^^
Oh, yeah, the white one?
JS1
JS1
@Mat'sMug Hi, just lurking here...
Or is it transparent?
Not sure, but it makes for a good user experience, right?
it's all right, I lurk all the time. The 2nd Monitor is a nice place to be lurking in :)
18:39
@Mat'sMug Yup. You could roughly say "stuck in a loop".
We should create stack eggs.
@Hosch250 submit it! that's excellent!
resurrect the stack eggs!
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A: April 2015 Community Challenge

Hosch250How about Stack Eggs? I'm afraid the system doesn't like the idea, it said my suggestion was too short.

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Q: April 2015 Community Challenge

Mat's MugLast time we created and reviewed Simon Says games, and that was a lot of fun. So, what should we do this time? Feel free to resubmit non-winning ideas from previous rounds, although new ideas are usually more successful. Post an answer to this question with your challenge Vote for those answe...

@StackExchange 'bout time!
I like this. I bet there will even be an on-site playable version that leverages Stack Snippets! — Mat's Mug 5 secs ago
18:41
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Q: Route factory which creates instances based on database context and model

BonnerI am trying to bridge the gap between the database context and routes that are stored in the database. The factory is designed so that when used in other assemblies, you are forced to use the database context which is known to contain the DbSet which can provide the required data to populate the...

I was thinking of that. — Hosch250 31 secs ago
Awesome thanks! I didn't know that Code Review existed! — Nicholas Chauvin nxchauvin 56 secs ago
I'm winning handily for now :)
@Hosch250 I predict you've already won...
Why can't I do school and chat at the same time?
18:43
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A: April 2015 Community Challenge

RubberDuckRe-Nominating this one, because I think it's a fun little challenge. http://meta.codereview.stackexchange.com/a/3786/41243 Implement a simple calculator Where the definition of "simple" is whatever you make it - only supports basic arithmetic operators? Fine. It supports scientific notatio...

I need to leave now...
@Hosch250 see ya!
Did I miss the star-fest?
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Not yet.... ^^^
BTW, I bet PPCG is going to have a KOTH challenge on clickers.
18:47
@Hosch250 I've massively edited your entry.. can anyone edit it further to complete the specs? I need to get to work!
We can write a playable version and lure them over to run their entries through it, which might get them to post their code...
lol
well it remains a - the specs need to remain somewhat loose
@Hosch250 number of players could be 1... we can't force a language or platform on implementations..
I see.
But, as long as theirs could click the stack snippet version, I think it would work.
for example I could make it a console app in C#
Yup, that is how PPCG KOTH challenges work.
I'm not sure how they do it, though.
18:52
-2?
@RubberDuck I like your idea :)
People hate fun :)
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ It's Mug's idea really.
Ah, well, I still like it ;p
I think I might try to make one in VBA if we go for that :D
I think I might make one in VBA just because...
18:54
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ don't you dare making one in SQL!
Mar 23 at 15:26, by RubberDuck
I have a sick sense of what is fun.
It's kind of handy having that pinned over there.
@Mat'sMug Well that'd be pretty weird now wouldn't it...
Maybe I could make one in ChucK with sounds!
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Q: Cleaning up HTML code

Nicholas Chauvin nxchauvinI have just started learning coding and am trying to clean up a website that I am making. Everything is functional, but I imagine there is a better way write everything that is there, because a good chunk of it is repeated each time (the part with mouseover and mouseout) Is there a way to create ...

@CaptainObvious Cleaning up question title
@CaptainObvious @Mat'sMug Hey look a new French person!
probably from Qc as well
19:00
Question has now been posted on Code Review, and should be deleted on Stack Overflow. — 200_success 1 min ago
19:12
Did I miss the star-fest?
there was a star-fest?
19:27
Haven't ran out of stars in a while!
wow voting really sucks on SO (like that's any news...)
Everything works!
Praise Buddha
I got a custom user identity working without relying on a tutorial. Good old code snippets from all over the internet put the puzzle together
What did you break just now?
@skiwi ALL THE THINGS
I'll have you know that nothing is visibly broken and everything totally works, thank you very much
19:42
Well, in some cases 2 bugs can negate eachother
Now I just have to extrapolate the solution from this tiny 3-class project to my real project
You might want to ask over there: Code Review for good or bad practice and review on your code. — Jeff Noel 1 min ago
I guess there will be another blogpost tonight. Gotta make sure I don't forget this stuff
@skiwi nanosecond rollover ;-)
Apparently I still have stars... not sure how.
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Q: Node.js parameterized route - good or bad practise?

Vlad MatveiThis is my code: router.delete('/delete-:object', function(req, res) { var query; var id = req.body.id; switch (req.params.object) { case 'news' : query = queries['news_delete']; break; case 'member' : query = queries['member_delete']; ...

20:01
Did I miss the star-fest(s)?
Oh yes
Did I miss the star-fest?
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Q: How can I make my CASE statements more efficient and shorten the amount of code

DunderMifflin11I'm taking part in this Daily Challenge on http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/29zut0/772014_challenge_170_easy_blackjack_checker/ Basically, you have to develop a program that runs two blackjack players and outputs the winner, the user has no input on the player's choices - basical...

Has chat been lagging for anyone else?
I tried posting a message from my phone earlier today, and didn't get any updates to chat for several hours until I just now got home.
Are you sure that it didn't stop scrolling down?
That happens to me quite often
20:13
@nhgrif ^^
;)
I was kind of hoping that "Has chat been lagging for anyone else?" would get 10ish stars.
Guess everyone burned all their stars.
Here, have at least one star ;)
I think that all my stars combined is maybe one day's worth of stars
I'm very selective
I am too, except where there is a starfest.
20:19
Why doesn't that stuff happen on my university? :(
@skiwi TS
@skiwi That's pretty impressive
There, one of my unique stars
I wonder how much time that took to perfect.
@skiwi I've seen a similar video like that before, that was a good one!
This one is awesome
20:25
@SimonAndréForsberg Ah yes, definitely, I've seen that one!
TTGTBATIWSAAPPHSASSMGNA
I think that's a new abbreviation-record!
@skiwi TS
@nhgrif It's been lagging for me last 10-15 minutes I'd say
Did I miss the star-fest?
@skiwi Trouble is, no one knows what you mean.
@nhgrif Did someone hack your computer to keep saying that?
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@nhgrif No, you didn't. You had some messages starred, and you might have starred some.
@Mat'sMug 437 pages here! ... No, wait... that was the "all" page. 89 pages with starred messages.
20:31
I have 8.
> We'll be counting stars...
I wish that would be updated.
@Hosch250 TS
No one hacked my computer. The problem is, the Internet isn't just some big truck with a truck driver driving all the messages around. The Internet is a series of tubes. Sometimes tubes get clogged, and when tubes get clogged, messages some times bounce around in space and off the moon and continuously get sent. That's how it works.
@skiwi - another bug for you......
20:33
lol
private static final Comparator<MathEquation> ranking = Comparator.comparingInt((MathEquation eq) -> eq.isValid() ? 0 : 1)
        .thenComparingDouble(eqb -> - eqb.getRSquared());
Why is the explicit (MathEquation eq) needed?
Oh.
I've had messages get sent multiple times sometimes, but not this many times.
Is that the first one still coming in from a couple hours ago?
I've been getting failed message attempts a lot today
I haven't.
That's because your messages have been entering the tubes upside down @sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ.
20:37
@nhgrif TS
I'm starry today.
I don't know what "TS" is.
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A: What's a Zombie? And what are the many other memes of Code Review?

Mat's MugMeme: TS | RSA Originator: SimonAndréForsberg (TS), rolfl (RSA) Cultural Height: star-power Background: The 2nd Monitor is quite a star-happy chatroom. How many of you know that there's only a number of times you can "star" a chat post - a star cap (like the rep cap and the vote cap, a star ca...

What's the daily downvote limit?
Did I miss the star-fest?
Boy, we need to intercept all those messages somewhere so they stop coming through the tubes.
I think there is just a vote limit at 30-40 votes per day.
Did I miss the star-fest?
20:42
@nhgrif TS
@nhgrif 20
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Q: Hacker Rank: Extracting digits from a given number and check for divisibility

ManishThis is my first post out here, so forgive me if something is not per the rules. The problem in question is a coding challenge from Hackerrank Problem Statement You are given an integer N. Find the digits in this number that exactly divide N (division that leaves 0 as remainder) and d...

Sadly, this quesiton on Stack Overflow has 3 reopen votes: stackoverflow.com/questions/29417800/…
It's undeniably a duplicate though. Fortunately, there are probably plenty of other people with the gold badge to one-click reclose it.
@nhgrif You're gonna be flagged soon if that keeps up...
@nhgrif Disregard that, I thought you were asking about stars. I don't think there's a daily downvote limit other than the regular vote limit
Did I mess the stir-fry?
All right... I'm done.
20:51
Yum, stir fry.
Guess what tomorrow is?
Stir Friday!
Are you sure it isn't E-stir Friday?
If you're looking for code review, there is in fact a site dedicated to that. — Josh Caswell 1 min ago
An internet stir fry would be interesting.
20:57
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Q: 5 Customers, but only 1 Bank Teller

EricRecently, as part of an interview, I was given a (seemingly) simple code prompt: To simulate a Bank with 5 customers and one teller, allowing them to deposit to and withdraw from their accounts, but with each customer on its own thread while only allowing one to access the teller at any given ti...

Good looking question. ^^
Now with a new and improved titile.
21:09
What is the correct process to flag a post for migration? I've used moderator flag before but some were marked as unhelpful and commented not to do that...
Yes this would be a good fit for Code Review. — Phrancis 53 secs ago
Moderator flag...
but if that's being marked as unhelpful, open a SO meta question.
Because I've seen SO meta's saying that's exactly what you're supposed to do.
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A: Why was my off-topic flag on a question about parsing mathematical expressions declined?

Shog9As Bradley noted, this question is not off-topic. It might be answerable on another site (although probably not Math), but that alone does not make a question off-topic either - there are lots of sites where certain programming questions are appropriate (when they overlap heavily with the main to...

Please chose 1 specific language to solve your problem. Additionally, if you have working code and want it critiqued, you may find better reception on Code Review. If your code is not working, please post errors — paqogomez 1 min ago
Code Review isn't for people who still haven't decided on a language yet. — nhgrif 1 min ago
21:27
@nhgrif OK I just might do exactly that, thanks for the info.
I'd search for those existing meta answers suggesting you flag too.
@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ Flagging anything on SO can be a crapshoot of declines/helpful.
If there's a question you feel should be migrated, then flag it with a useful mesage for mod-attention.
There is a good site codereview.stackexchange.com specifically for reviewing working code. — Drew Dormann 35 secs ago
I usually say something like "Working code, would be a better fit for Code Review"
Here's a better one "Working code, would be a better, fit for Code, Review"
21:31
No, not good enough.
The CR and SO mods have a good communication channel going.
Bluefeet and ChrisF are the SO mods whoi typically handle these types of things, and they are most practiced with the CR scope.
They typically do two things:
1. check to see whether the question actually is off-topic for SO (and note whether there's red flags for off-topic on CR).
2. check the CR rep of the user flagging.
But, most of these flags are considered noise.
questions have to be good questions to be migrated.
As already said, this belongs on code review, you will get useful feedback there. — Evan Carslake 38 secs ago
So, I would recommend a message like this:
> This question is off-topic here on SO, and is on-topic on Code Review. The code works, and meets the CR scope. Find me in the 2nd monitor if you have questions.
That's a good one. ;)
except that the code woks is only good on stir-fry day
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Still have stars ;-)
21:36
So I didn't miss the star-fest?
@nhgrif Not yet.
@rolfl Do you think I should ask on SO meta anyways? I have it practically all typed up, I can add that bit you suggested to see if that woks for them?
(just so it's on the record)
har har.
no, I don't recommend another migration question.
have you seen the other questions about CR migration there>?
OK. I'll try that for a while then, and if the issue persists I will check with you again, thanks for the wise monkey advice :)
@rolfl Have not, I'll poke around and look for them
21:40
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A: What questions are suitable for migration to Code Review, and how does the process work?

rolfl(the bulk of this answer is plagiarized borrowed from: What is migration and how does it work? - I have taken that and adapted it to focus on Code Review specific concerns) Migrating to Code Review: Background General Constraints Technical Constraints Question Constraints Answer Constraints ...

That has a crappy message.... needs updating.
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Q: Be careful when recommending Code Review to askers

chillworldCode Review is becoming well-known on Stack Overflow. The folks over on Code Review are happy about that. The only problem is that there are a lot of questions redirected to CR which don't belong there. So I want to ask that the users who direct askers to CR (or request migration of questions...

TTQW - later folks!
@Mat'sMug Didn't you just get there?
> Obviously, there are questions you’ll have to turn away, either because their only connection to your site is via the audience (“How do I make bread as a programmer?”), because it’s completely off-topic (“How do I cook a fish in a dishwasher?” obviously belongs on Cooking, not Home Improvement) or because they’re simply not useful or constructive.
> Along the same lines, don’t attempt to scavenge on-topic questions from other sites by asking the moderators there to migrate them to yours. Again, there’s no harm in leaving a comment suggesting that a question would be a better fit somewhere else. But focus on the questions that aren’t on-topic, or aren’t getting answered – snatching someone’s question (or answer) away without any forewarning is a slap in their face.
> And unlike deletion, there’s no community veto: once a post is migrated, the source is locked and the answers deleted – if the destination rejects it (by closing and deleting), it’s gone without the origin getting a chance to override it. It breaks the lifecycle.
There are a lot of reasons to not migrate a post. It is the default action.
So, if you are sure it should be migrated, then sound convincing in the message to the mod ;-)
Also, you cannot expect these flags to be processed fast.
expect a day or so at least.
21:51
And in that day, if the question gets some good answers on Stack Overflow, then it probably shouldn't be migrated.
^^ rather, it should not have been flagged for migration because apparently it was not off-topic.
So @nhgrif isn't stuck in an infinite loop after all.. =)
Every computer has an "End infinite loop" button on it, silly.
I wonder if mods are exempt from star limit....
... still have some.
@rolfl That's not necessarily true. People post answers to off-topic questions all the time because they like Internet points.
21:53
True, but it also means that the question was not closed.
This is especially true when it comes to questions that are off-topic because they are duplicates.
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Q: Payroll Program using 3 types of pass-by

Jin NguyenThis program is a payroll using calculate two types of employee. Two overloaded functions for two type of employee (hourly and salaried). There must be one pass-by-value, one pass-by-reference, and two pass-by-reference using pointer. All the variable must be local. There are 3 files of this proj...

which means it is on topic... right...?
You don't browse the tag very much on Stack Overflow, do you?
No.... not anymore.
But, remember, every question should be closed as off-topic (or nearly so), to be a candidate for migration.
closed-as-duplicate means it is where it belongs.
21:55
Yes, that's true.
Although, people also often post answers to questions asking for tutorials.
The reality is that there are very very few questions which are candidates for migration
Yes.
Especially as Code Review gets more and more popular.
Most Stack Overflow questions that could be migrated are a result of someone not knowing Code Review exists.
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A: A moderator declined my migration flag—what are the policies for flagging questions for migration?

KevinThis was not a good candidate for migration. It is on-topic at Stack Overflow, and migration is intended for off-topic questions. Perhaps the most compelling reason—while this question would fit very nicely on Code Review, it isn't necessarily off-topic on Stack Overflow. This is a perfect...

^^ There's the answer I was hoping to find!
So, I'm guessing it would make more sense, unless it's an obvious off-topic on SO and on-topic here, to actually comment letting the user know if they like they can delete it on SO and re-post it on CR?
(TTGH, will read up - please ping me)
22:17
@nhgrif "no harm in leaving a comment suggesting that a question would be a better fit somewhere else" Pffft! That's the reason for my existence!
I've not written C++ at this level in a while, anyone want to review it, make sure I didn't make some stupid comments?
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A: Payroll Program using 3 types of pass-by

Hosch250using namespace std; - not a very good practice because namespaces can have functions and classes with the same names, which become ambiguous and can cause various problems: Why is using namespace std; considered bad practice. You can clean your code up by adding more functions. Why don't you c...

void gross(double&);
Hrm. :/
Yeah, this about needs to be rewritten from scratch.
...
double* pPtr(&stateRate);
double StateTax = grossPay * (*pPtr / 100);
I'm not even certain what that is...
Is that the same as: double StateTax = grossPay * (stateRate / 100); Please say no.
I don't know.
I know that pointers point to a memory location or something and are somehow related to pass by reference, but I don't know anything else.
I think I'll write an app learning them after I get a few more major assignments in.
22:31
void PayRoll::gross(double&salary)
{
    grossPay = salary / 52;
}
@rolfl Would it be inappropriate to ask an OP when their homework is due so I can wait until after that date to post an answer (or a )?
Not inappropriate at all. Ask in a comment - clarification.
@Hosch250 How are you supposed to give Employee's names?
Don't expect an honest answer though ;-)
@nhgrif That is part of the Employee initializer.
@rolfl I know. I'll wait till 1 week after he says it's due.
22:34
@nhgrif This update better?
yes
Post an answer to help him, and post the rags-to-riches later.
I might too.
This assignment has pricked my interest.
Boom. Just shut down a chameleno question.
What are those again?
It's a question that looks like a chameleon but really isn't.
22:38
Q: My code isn't compiling. What's wrong?
A: You have a syntax error on line 47. It should be this.
Comment: Okay great! Now it's compiling, but I've got an infinite loop.
Oh, those.
followed by comment to fix the infinite loop, followed by comment with another problem.
@Rainbolt How do you know if it is a chameleon trying to look different, or something looking like a chameleon?
You can always identify a chameleno because the 'n' comes before the 'o'.
That's because it's a: chamele-NO DON'T DO THAT!
"kuh-meal-NO"
You guys should pile upvotes on this answer: stackoverflow.com/a/29423606/2792531 (and not on mine) because his answer is way better even though the OP marked mine as accepted.
And I'm the only one that has upvoted that better answer.
22:45
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Q: Suggested syntax for instantiating a python (2.7.x) numpy array creation

Dan PattersonNot sure if this is the site I should be posting to, but here it goes. I am creating a class object which I wish to ensure that only numpy ndarrays are passed as input. The code so far: class Points(np.ndarray): '''ndarray required,info='array info',name='pnts'') A points class which uti...

@nhgrif Done.
23:02
By the way, @Hosch250, why didn't you use an IDE for your C++ answer?
@nhgrif Because I have a hard time closing it.
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Q: C# Tree implementation

user1320170I’m working on a C# implementation of a tree class. The tree will be used wherever I need to store data in a tree format. (Application Menu, File Infos etc.). Therefore the tree should support a lot of different use cases. I think my implementation is ok… but I’m not sure. I never implemented a ...

Closing what?
The IDE.
I start programming, and I stop doing school, and I can't do that if I want to meet deadlines...
Maybe you should close Code Review?
23:05
I can minimize my browser and only check when I switch assignments, or when I get pinged.
23:59
RELOAD!

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