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6:00 PM
Why is emulation automatically started when I open the console in Chrome? I don't remember changing that setting anywhere.
I can't seem to turn it off.
 
They may say "I copied it from SO", but did you look at the result? In reality you have to make changes. Saying "I just copied it from SO" is probably similar to saying oh "This only takes 1 line in my favourite programming language". It's just an exaggeration to sound cool or something. Find the actual pieces from actual projects that are lifted. Until then, it just doesn't happen.
 
Oh tiny icon. I got you.
 
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Q: Should I give the answer to a failed interview coding exercise?

GlenH7We had a senior level interview candidate fail a nuance of the FizzBuzz question12. I mean, really, utterly, completely, failed the question - not even close. I even coached him through to thinking about using a loop and that 3 and 5 were really worth considering as special cases. He blew it. J...

 
@Brandin yes, I've looked at the result. They copy a snippet that may define a method or just uses an IEnumerable<string> or whatever, paste it into their method and go about their merry way. People think this is good practice because it's breaking out of NIHS and utilizing professional resources effectively, so they're proud of the ease with which they employ such skills.
 
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I think it's safe to say that we've had vastly different experiences with others that we've met in the field.
 
6:03 PM
On the one hand, we're the ones who know and we tell them what to do, on the other hand, they need to feel like they're part of the process. Decisions, decisions.
 
I have a challenge for people who think "copying" from SO is a thing. Try to make a real program from SO snippets, without writing anything yourself. You are only allowed to copy. You are not allowed to write anything of your own originality at all. That is my challenge. Go.
 
@Brandin ok, I give up
 
user41796
Amazing how that doesn't change the point that's trying to be made
 
@GlenH7 in other news, so you bought a bottle of Connemarra?
 
user41796
Indeed I did
 
6:10 PM
But seriously, I try to write complete functions that can be used by simply calling with apropriate arguments. So they could be dragged and dropped into code
 
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Quite tasty, and have enjoyed working my way through it
 
specific example of drag and drop: stackoverflow.com/a/30316760/541136
 
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@JimmyHoffa I mentioned Amrut to you, right?
 
aye glad to hear it. It's not the cheapest stuff but I think it's worth the price when you look at other peaty options
yes, Amrut you did mention
 
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okay. I'm glad I got both of those at the same time
 
6:11 PM
it is interesting the number of international whiskey's I'm starting to see - the japanese and such which are feckin' EXPENSIVE. but very interesting.
 
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The Amrut has more body to it. So the Connemarra provides a nice counterbalance
 
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@JimmyHoffa That's actually what I was looking at when a guy at the store tipped me off to the Amrut
 
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Was nice running into someone who knew more about whiskey than I did
 
Yeah, as I've been sticking to Irish lately trying to get an idea of the character, it's definitely a light bodied option. I quite like it for it's simplicity, but I think I'm going to grab some Scotch next to change it up to something more robust
 
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The Amrut wasn't exactly cheap, otherwise I'd really encourage giving it a try
 
6:13 PM
Irish whiskey is like the whiskey equivalent to a session beer is my take away
 
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I keep telling myself that I ought to put together a tasting notes book of my own
 
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Not that I think I could sell it or anything, but just to make it easier to keep track of the various liquors I've enjoyed (or not)
 
Yoda: Let's put it on. Obi-Wan: Put what on? Yoda: The last robe you'll ever wear.Ghanima 8 hours ago
WARNING: THIS IS A FORCE AWAKENS QUESTION - DON'T CLICK IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN TFA
It was about clothing and how nobody ever seems to change in Star Wars.
 
psr
@JimmyHoffa Nonsense. It breaks ties when parties of similar wealth have disputes.
 
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@LightnessRacesinOrbit GAH!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU WARN ME OF THE SPOILERS!!
 
6:23 PM
I played KTOR, I figured whatever gear you wear is what your build is optimized for...
 
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That reminds me, I should really see that movie at some point
 
Yoda's rags are like +4 agility.
 
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@LightnessRacesinOrbit It's okay. All is forgiven. I'm just going to curl up in a corner and have a good cry about it. I'll be okay.
 
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@AshleyNunn Yeah, we can't promise you won't run into some spoilers in here otherwise
 
6:27 PM
@GlenH7 wget is better than curl if you want a web of dreams
 
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@GlenH7 I'm not too fussed about spoilers, tumblr's told me enough now that I have a skeleton understanding
 
@psr Untrue. The rules are followed the same regardless: In the event of a tie either one says uncle first, or the courts will judge a ruling for a victor which given the detailed and enduring process executed, the original meaning and words of the signed contract are likely so over-analyzed as to no longer mean anything, as such the judgement has little relation to the actual legality of the situation. Tie's are basically broken by a roll of the dice from an exasperated judge.
oh you can't see that can you?
 
Guess it's just another Friday in The Whiteboard.
 
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@JimmyHoffa No, really. wget is better
 
6:29 PM
@GlenH7 no, really, I've never used curl and hardly used wget and rarely script anything so I say we just salt your tumbler for harrassing me so!
 
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AWw, hot damn, @LightnessRacesinOrbit, why you gotta ruin a girl's dreams like that ;)
 
I kid, I would never salt someone's tumbler. That's felonious heirophancy.
 
@AshleyNunn Ruining girls' dreams is what I'm good at
 
Starring for "felonious heirophancy"
 
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@JimmyHoffa I need to pick up some margarita mix, thanks for reminding me
 
6:30 PM
What about the elephants?
 
programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/307527/… I'm anxiously awaiting an answer from a SOLID zealot that insists his class does too much and writes a 'clearner and simpler' version with 3 more classes and 5x more code.
 
Gonna make a change, for once in my life. It's gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference, gonna make it right.
 
@whatsisname without looking too closely, that looks clean to me
 
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@JimmyHoffa I had to look up Heirophancy. Well done.
 
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6:33 PM
@whatsisname You're just throwing the gauntlet down, aren't you
 
@GlenH7 beat's throwing a gauntlet up. Youch.
 
@whatsisname Cracks fingers
 
Feel free to just reuse that chat message anytime you need to throw a gauntlet in here. You're welcome Whiteboard.
Jan 11 at 21:58, by Jimmy Hoffa
6 hours ago, by Ixrec
<-- helping
 
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@JimmyHoffa It's a pretty good looking one too
 
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although I would have thought that the wrist protection would extend further down
 
6:36 PM
I'm going to grab lunch, after I'll see what glorious 'simplifications' have been provided in the meantime.
 
++ungood
 
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@AaronHall Is this one better?
 
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@GlenH7 that's some high fantasy stuff right there
> You'll poke your eye out, kid!
 
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From Elder Scrolls apparently
 
6:41 PM
looks like it
Daedric
 
@GlenH7 Yes. drools
 
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I gotta admit, the gaming world has come up with some really sweet gauntlet designs
 
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Ridiculously impractical, I'm sure. But who cares?
 
@GlenH7 Google Daedric Armor
 
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@Ampt Cooler sequel to Google Glasses.
 
6:43 PM
+10 to search results
 
I scorched my leather gauntlets just this morning.
 
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@Ampt Ridiculously impractical. But who cares? At least you know you were killed by someone who was a serious bad ass.
 
Maybe I should get a some chitin ones instead. Or ... scrunches face in thought
Guar hide?
What's the ones in Fallout?
 
@KitZ.Fox oh man, whats the heavy armor equivilent to chitin? Bonemeal?
It was bonemold - and it was medium armor
 
I don't remember bonemold.
But I need light armor for my purposes.
 
6:47 PM
all over balmora when you first get in
 
Wow. It's been forever since I played Morrowind.
 
right?
you could get almost a full set of glass and a full set of ebony within a half hour of starting if you did it right
also depended on your spawn luck for the ebony
 
80% of programmers solve FizzBuzz without using modulo?
 
what?!
 
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A: FizzBuzz - really?

Tim PostI was recently tasked with interviewing over 50 programmers for a senior position where they would be working mostly with PHP. I tossed the fizzbuzz problem on the screening exam, mostly to amuse myself and because I wanted ten good questions and had only nine. My intent, at the time was to show...

I can't figure...why would that...why wouldn't you...I don't understand that.
 
psr
6:52 PM
@KitZ.Fox Glass I think?
 
@psr glass was the best light, yeah.
 
Yes, I favored glass. I'm talking real life though. I use gauntlets to handle the woodstove.
 
psr
@KitZ.Fox In real life glass would probably be a poor choice.
 
@psr so would super spiky armor, but that doesn't mean it's not cool!
 
But obsidian is glass, and it looks so cool.
 
6:54 PM
@psr so would super spiky armor, but that doesn't mean it's not cool!
 
I used to use gauntlets to handle monkeys. Does that make me cool?
 
@KitZ.Fox Did the monkey's have crazy death diseases?
 
Yes.
You've worked with monkeys before too then?
 
are your gauntlets black and super pointy?
 
sighs No.
But the monkey ones were lined with mail!
And covered in leather.
 
6:58 PM
Sorry, not cool enough Pulls out FAIL stamp
 
darn
 
If you'd just hand me your application
 
No!
storms off
 
sir, we need to finalize these results
SIR!
 
This question is not really a good match for Stack Overflow Questions here generally are: a specific programming problem, or a software algorithm, or software tools commonly used by programmers; and is a practical, answerable problem that is unique to software development … if so, then you’re in the right place to ask your question! Your question is none of those. Hence the downgrades... — zipzit 1 min ago
 
7:01 PM
oop! crud. I left a ticket open all afternoon.
pretty sure I did not spend 3 hours sending an email.
 
oops
 
@KitZ.Fox this echoes my experiences interviewing people as well. I have not words. My only take away is - education is all about learning how to wiggle through hoops to the point that people are taught how to do that so well they manage to be accredited with skills they absolutely haven't the slightest bit of.
but if you want them to wiggle through a hoop, they're your guy! Thanks education system. You taught us all how to feign achievement.
 
Well. I guess mod was the first thing I thought of because of my math background, not because of my coding background.
@JimmyHoffa Well, then I hope you support Common Core.
 
@KitZ.Fox nobody can be a programmer and NOT know the modulus operator. That's like being a programmer and wondering what STDIN is. It makes no sense.
 
I don't know what STDIN is, except insofar as I've seen it and STDOUT.
 
7:05 PM
@KitZ.Fox I don't know enough about it. I haven't bothered looking because what they had doesn't work so it's not like it could not work more. Either it will or it won't and it's beyond my knowledge to assess which.
 
@JimmyHoffa It's assessment based on demonstration of skill proficiency. I had a huge argument with a guy over it at the last parent seminar.
 
@KitZ.Fox you should have decked him and then did a victory lap, because real life isn't enough like video games.
 
Where I basically called him stupid and said his parenting style was destroying his daughter's self-esteem.
Not a shining moment for me, but the guy had it coming.
 
@KitZ.Fox ooo moves like that you were one ear-bite away from completing a combo
 
I managed to refrain from saying that I would make sure to tip her extra once she started working at the strip club.
 
7:09 PM
:( parenting is hard, I just feel bad about people who are making many mistakes. Lord knows I am. I'll be lucky if my kid can tie his shoes. Yesterday I found him watching someone play a video game on youtube by the name of "How to be a ******bag" ... I don't believe in censorship, but he's 6 and that had me questioning my beliefs a bit.
 
But come on. So stupid. He was objecting because how could he push his daughter to get all A-pluses if the system only tells you whether or not she can you know, like add two digit numbers together? How is he supposed to drive her to excel in that environment?
And I tore into him. I couldn't help it. That is entirely the wrong attitude to have.
My kids are awesome, they excel on their own because they like learning. What is the value in destroying that sense of excitement about exploring the world? It's like insisting your kids play every video game to 100% completion whether they like it or not.
Because why? It will get her into a good college? And then what? She gets a job and starts a career and guess what? There aren't artificial standards anymore. How you gonna judge yourself then?
Wow. Pardon me. I'm going to take a brief walk and regain my senses.
 
@KitZ.Fox let's be clear though: There are too artificial standards still! Nyah nyah! Meritocracy doesn't exist! Get that paper and make money for failing! Woot! Management FTW! Be friendly, make friends, success will be natural then because productivity has no bearing on whether or not you make it! Just look at your own managements recent decisions; do they have to be right or succesful? Nope! No standards for them! Title means they are right and productive! :D
 
OK. I meant letter grades.
 
Hooray for well reasoned approaches to an unreasonable reality! Let's all work hard hard hard get smart smart smart and the harder and smarter we get we'll by virtue of rational processes be more successful and provided greater value! That's how the world works! Yep, I'm convinced!
 
Learning to evaluate your skill proficiency and identify your strengths and weakness is a far more valuable thing to teach a child than "do whatever it takes to get an A".
 
7:18 PM
@KitZ.Fox nah, you'll get more value from doing whatever it takes to get that A, which leads to getting that fancy degree and getting all those other menial accreditations that provide you salary because people believe more in signatures than merit when they're incapable of assessing merit (as most are)
 
@JimmyHoffa: reminds me of an argument in the comments on a question, a guy was saying I was being unreasonable in claiming that any programmer that doesn't know 2^8 = 256 off the top of their head is worthless
the other guy saying what does it matter you can look it up
 
what is the point of the amazon dash button if I can't have it order the brands that I want?
 
@JimmyHoffa That will depend on whatever value you want to derive from your life. And my way allows my children to decide that, rather than dictating it to them.
 
I don't want cottonelle TP, I want angel soft. But they only have Cottonelle dash buttons
 
@Ampt the point is it makes you want the brands you can order, AKA: Cha-Ching!
 
7:19 PM
Therefore, I win.
 
what a stupid service
 
@Ampt: welcome to the 21st century economy
 
If they are going to jump through hoops, then they will do so knowing that that is what they are doing.
 
@Ampt here here. Fuck cottonelle. However I need to get the dash button for my dog's toothbrush treats and dryer sheets because they do have my brands in those dash buttons..
 
Like I think the idea is great - give me a little fob to push that I can mount in the closet where we keep the TP
grab the last roll? push the button
 
7:20 PM
You get groceries from Amazon? Do you live in the jungle or something?
 
hope it lasts you 2 days
 
@KitZ.Fox meh. Too much knowledge will place them in the out-group. Successful people think those hoops are value, and that's why they maintain an in-group of hoop jumpers.
 
@KitZ.Fox I don't feel like stopping at the store specifically for TP
 
if you have the dash buttons you pay more for the items though
 
I find that confusing. Are you urban dweller?
 
7:21 PM
@whatsisname really?!
@KitZ.Fox Suburban
 
@JimmyHoffa I guess that's my problem then.
 
@Ampt: yeah, if there are any sale prices you don't get those either
 
@KitZ.Fox why would I want to drive to a store every time I want TP, paper towels, laundry, and cleaning supplies? I'll always need them. Amazon sends them to me monthly and I never have to think about it.
 
That is mind boggling to me.
 
I have a car. Infact, I'm going past the store today. But why would I want to take a half hour to park, get in, get my tp, get out, and get back on the road when I can just push a button and have it delivered to my apt?
like I save a half hour of my time
 
7:22 PM
Because you have it in your hand and you can check it off your list? I don't know. It just seems weird to do that.
Expensive too.
 
It's just in time toilet-paper scheduling
 
@Ampt: does your reality consist of never having to get anything else from the store ever?
 
hahaha
 
@KitZ.Fox only thing I need to do at the store is acquire food stuffs, makes shopping quicker over time and less frequent. We had diapers and wipes from amazon monthly as well.
 
just buy a ton of it when you're at the store and restock when you are at the store for something else
man how did people live 30 years ago, must have been pure misery amirite
 
7:23 PM
Right. Like I go weekly to get groceries. I get it then.
 
Sorry for not living the exact same way you guys do
forgot I had to fit into this little box here
my bad
 
I used to do that. This is just easier. Why bother? It's not more expensive.
 
I'll get back in my row and call my number for check off!
 
just don't make things that aren't complicated more complicated for no reason
 
Einstein wore the same outfit every single day to reduce his cognitive load by making one less thing he had to spend time thinking about. Amazon helps me do this. That story is probably utterly fabricated but this is me caring.
 
7:24 PM
I'm not meaning to sound judgy. Sorry. I'm just surprised and confused. It's never occurred to me that that's a thing that is a different experience for other people.
 
@whatsisname it's less complicated though... I never have to think about it. The stuff just shows up.
 
@KitZ.Fox Different people do things differently? Preposterous. There is only one way to do it, and it's my way.
 
I think I purchase toilet paper maybe 4 times a year, how does this even warrant such an in depth discussion
 
How is it not more expensive? You don't pay for shipping?
 
I have prime
 
7:25 PM
@KitZ.Fox it's very common these days for people to use that
 
so no
 
@KitZ.Fox nope
Free 2 day shipping on everything
 
@Ampt No, I meant specifically groceries. It's not that it doesn't make sense that it is different. I just never thought about it being different.
 
wait, YOU DON'T HAVE PRIME?!
HOW DO YOU EVEN LIVE LIKE THAT
I dont get my groceries from amazon, no
but I only go shopping once every two weeks or so
 
I have Prime. Uncaps, man. It's cool.
 
7:26 PM
phew
sorry
I thought you were a non-conformist
 
Nah. It's just a lot to think about.
 
everything will be more expensive when amazon becomes the only retailer in america and then they can charge 4x more for stuff
 
@whatsisname Everyone else better get on that 2 day shipping then
 
I think whenever I get shipments, all the things I pull out of the amazon boxes.. Kitty Litter and pads, dog tooth brush treats (so helps her breath), carpet cleaner (stupid cat), paper towels, toilet paper, dish detergent, laundry detergent, dryer sheets, clorox wipes, kleenex... I think that's it...
 
yeah, nothing that's spoilable
but all that stuff is something you might only need every other trip
 
7:28 PM
It's like you go along all cozy and then realize that not everyone actually experiences the same drop in daylight over the course of the winter.
 
why bother tracking it?
 
You know?
 
I understand, I just can't believe how much flak you guys were putting up over it
 
Like I know you're going to have different slang and stuff because you live somewhere else, but there are things that just don't seem like they could be different.
 
@KitZ.Fox give it a try. Go into amazon and schedule yourself a monthly shipment of paper towels. See how quickly you get hooked too. It's less complicated not more, just appears that way to folks not used to it I figure.
 
7:30 PM
I don't know if I can deal with another change in process right now.
 
lol
I could write up a user story for you
 
And I think I would feel bad about taking money from a local retailer and giving it to Amazon.
 
> As a Sock Puppet, I want dryer sheets delivered to me monthly, so that I can stay soft without waiting to be carried to the grocery store
 
Although I can see the benefit. I think I'm just kind of surprised. Also, I didn't know I could schedule recurring shipments.
 
@KitZ.Fox what brands do you buy and what stores do you shop at?
 
7:33 PM
@Ampt I buy the local store brand. It's a Hannaford.
 
The local store brand is likely the local distributor brand aka the national local distributor brand with a different logo
Your local store is owned by
Delhaize Group (French pronunciation: ​[dəlɛːz]) is a food retailer headquartered in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium which operates in seven countries and on three continents. The principal activity of Delhaize Group is the operation of food supermarkets. == History == Delhaize Group was founded near Charleroi, Belgium in 1867 by Jules Delhaize and his brothers Auguste, Edouard and Adolphe. He was helped in this endeavor by his future brother-in-law, Jules Vieujant. For their new company, they chose the lion, the symbol of strength, as their logo. They also chose a motto: unity is strength. As of...
Revenue	€21.1 billion (2013)
Profit	€487 million (2013)[1]
Total assets	€11.6 billion (end 2013)[1]
Total equity	€5.076 billion (end 2013)[1]
so... kind of local? ish?
 
It's a subsidiary of that company.
 
yup
AKA owned by
 
Well, they're owned by a Belgian conglomerate so you're supporting a good labor country, that's good
> Some former Hannaford workers gathered in Bangor Wednesday to speak out against what they say are anti-union practices within the grocery store chain. The workers were also joined by members of the Maine People’s Alliance and the group, Food and Medicine.They say they want to put an end to what they call Hannaford’s misinformation and intimidation campaign against the Employee Free Choice Act. The legislation, which is pending in Congress, would make it easier for employees to form unions.
 
And the subsidiary is headquartered in my home state, providing jobs to my people, and they sell local products in addition to large brands.
 
7:37 PM
I mean that's kind of like me supporting my local walmart, right?
It employs people from the area
 
@KitZ.Fox but their revenues go overseas. Wal-mart employs local people in your area too
 
and sources the finest products from the local warehouses!
 
I am a member of Food and Medicine.
I am actively engaged in labor politics.
 
Also, they're a non-union grocer, you want to support local, support a union grocer, they don't fire their stockers when they get injured or become pregnant
 
So mind your tone.
 
7:39 PM
I am a member of ASCE!
 
haha whoa whoa
@KitZ.Fox am I mistaken, they are a union grocer?
That read like they weren't, just sayin'
 
When I say local products, I'm talking about produce from local farms.
 
@KitZ.Fox relax eh? We aren't trying to pick a fight
 
@JimmyHoffa It sounded like it to me.
 
@KitZ.Fox disagreement is par for the course in here; nobody gets heated about it, no need, we all disagree as professionals on a daily basis in our careers and do so the same in here
 
7:40 PM
Forgot that I installed that tone chrome-app last week... does it put my sarcasm font on automatically for you?
 
I don't need y'all giving me grief about your impression that I don't know anything about local economic practices.
 
Just trying to make a point that - how local is local for ya?
 
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@KitZ.Fox My observations would back the numbers mentioned by Tim with the modulo operator. Lots of folk have no idea about it.
 
It's the choice between that, Walmart, or Target. Which one do you think provides the best benefit locally?
 
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Blasting back to an older conversation
 
It's fine. I gotta enter my time anyway.
 
I'm just saying that while it may appear that you're buying local, it may reach further than you realize
 
I'm not unaware of that fact.
 
@KitZ.Fox I think we're saying that it's all equal - just one has better marketing and brand management
 
Well, then you're wrong.
 
7:43 PM
Have a pleasant weekend!
 
Walmart and Target do not source their product locally.
 
@GlenH7 granted, it's almost on the level of bitwise operators - not many people know about those either, really.
 
user41796
It really is
 
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It's useful in a small number of applications, and not useful at all outside of that
 
it can even be naturally obfuscating, much like bitwise operators.
 
7:45 PM
@GlenH7 !?!? bitwise you may be able to argue that, but modulus..hello.. every time you need to count by any number other than 1...
 
how many people know that 32 >> 1 is divide by 2?
 
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@KitZ.Fox My local target might, but I would have to double check where they are getting some of their product from
 
@JimmyHoffa for(int i = 0; i <x; i += x/2)
lots of better ways than modulo, honestly
 
user41796
But that may also be a biased definition of local as there are some apparel industries here that are nationally distributed but are produced here
 
It doesn't matter. I don't need to discuss it further. There's not a lot of point in convincing strangers that I have thought about it and made a reasonable choice.
 
7:47 PM
@Ampt the thing is, you can just /2 and get that, modulus provides a value you won't get any other reasonable way: Knowing a consistent factor with integer math
 
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@JimmyHoffa Not sure that I ever used a modulus operator on a string comparison...
 
@JimmyHoffa I know, right? It's extremely convenient.
 
maybe I'm nuts, but I use the modulus constantly whenever I want to cycle through something
 
@JimmyHoffa We know you're nuts already - the monads proved that.
 
whats really fun is when you find reimplementations of the modulus operator in codebases
 
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7:49 PM
And all that blather about accepting Haskell into your heart and soul
 
for (ii = 0; ii < 7; ii++)
        {
                digit = (mpce_num/(digitPlace/(unsigned long)10)) - ((mpce_num/digitPlace)*(unsigned long)10);
                checkSum += digit;
                digitPlace *= (unsigned long)10;
        }
        digit8 = (mpce_num/(digitPlace/(unsigned long)10)) - ((mpce_num/digitPlace)*(unsigned long)10);
 
hahaha. I'm listening to a conversation downstairs: "So I know he says he made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs, but it's actually--" "Yeah, parsec is a measure of distance. He's talking about the course he plotted." "...oh."
 
> And he came from on high and said: "Unto thee i bequeeth thine holiest of monoids, it shall be unto the arrows across a category with endofunctors!" and the skies did swell with the music of angels for the universe opened up like the crescent splits the bag! And lo' such transformation was committed upon all that accepted these constructions!
 
My seven year old pays attention.
 
@KitZ.Fox gotta love that piece of revisionism.
did you ever read up on how that came to be?
 
7:52 PM
So the littlest, when he was four, we were lying down in the dark, getting ready for sleep. He's quiet for a long time, then he suddenly whispers "If heat rises, why is it cold on top of mountains?"
@Ampt Because people are dumb about astrophysics?
 
then you pulled out your thermodynamics book right?
 
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@KitZ.Fox "why must you ask these things just before bedtime?"
 
No one is crazy enough to get that close to a quantum singularity.
 
Google quickly indexes new Q's on these sites, right? So... does it use links in these Q's (And A's) to calculate search ranking?
 
we're unintentionally increasing the search index of bad questions by putting them here
 
7:53 PM
He knows. That's the thing. He knows he can get me to try to explain it and then he can stay up just a little longer.
 
GREAT SCOTT
 
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@AaronHall Yes, quickly indexed. Dunno about search ranking.
 
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@KitZ.Fox I have taken to responding with "that's a great question that you'll need to ask me in the morning."
 
He asked me that one too. "Why do you call a black hole a quantum singularity?" Read that in a little kid voice. It's frigging ADORABLE.
How can I resist that?
 
Is it 5 yet?
 
7:59 PM
Sorry. Let's do something fun.
I was enjoying bragging about my kids. You want to take a turn?
 
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@Ampt Nope, which means its extra not 8 pm which means I extra can't go home yet even if I want to
 

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