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jsuth

Apr 24, 2021 23:40

Sometimes the code review post will ask why something doesn't work but often it will be that they implemented something in a way where the design could be improved. There's a lack of abstractions. Or they aren't familiar with certain language features. There's a lot of overlap with aspects of writing skills.

jsuth

Apr 24, 2021 23:37

Sounds like another day at the office

jsuth

Apr 24, 2021 23:36

Maybe I should find a skilled writing reviewer who wants coding help and do an exchange.

jsuth

Apr 24, 2021 23:33

I can certainly imagine and remember instances being boring though

jsuth

Apr 24, 2021 23:32

Maybe reviewing code is more interesting for the reviewer.

jsuth

Apr 24, 2021 23:32

I don't see why they would be that different.

jsuth

Apr 24, 2021 23:30

@Cerberus I'm not a skilled enough writer for my opinion to be worth much, but I'd guess that it could work effectively for a certain scope. Reviewing beginner to intermediate writing (thinking of ESL folks) of limited length probably involves fairly common objective errors.

jsuth

Apr 24, 2021 23:05

@Cerberus Thanks–it didn't seem like such a thing existed but I figured I'd check. It's interesting if people are willing to review code for free but not English writing.

jsuth

Apr 24, 2021 22:46

codereview.stackexchange.com is a SE network for code review. Is there an analogous SE site for reviewing English writing?

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jsuth

Aug 4, 2017 06:08

@Heslacher I feel like a downvote is a bit harsh since overall the response is good. Posting a comment seems like it could be easily missed by other readers. I think it'd be best if the reviewer edited their post to fix it. Maybe this is impractical though

jsuth

Aug 4, 2017 05:41

specifically codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/171821/… #6 is what I'm referring to

jsuth

Aug 4, 2017 05:40

To clarify: say the answer addresses different points with numbers (1.. 2... 3..) and point 1 & 2 are high quality but 3 is factually incorrect. Should 3 be edited?

jsuth

Aug 4, 2017 05:39

What's the appropriate way to respond to errors in portions of a reviewers answer? Comments? If the answer is factually incorrect, should the answer itself be edited?

jsuth

Nov 11, 2016 12:34

am i crazy or did the code font change?

jsuth

Nov 2, 2016 23:58

@EBrown why go for that?

jsuth

Nov 2, 2016 23:52

cool. thanks

jsuth

Nov 2, 2016 23:51

@Mat'sMug why not improve it if there are reasonable ways to improve it though? i don't think it's popular enough to warrant a new post. i see SE codereview as something to potentially show to future employers so that's why I'd like to document improvements

jsuth

Nov 2, 2016 23:26

Does any of this really matter?

jsuth

Nov 2, 2016 23:26

Or does it matter?

jsuth

Nov 2, 2016 23:22

I want to add a new improvement after accepting my own answer. Would it be better to submit as a new answer or edit my existing answer? I'd imagine add new answer since the new answer is unrelated and it seems like it might be wrong to edit an already accepted answer. codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/145168/…

jsuth

Oct 31, 2016 18:33

he doesn't have to accept but maybe some wise guys can pay the OP a visit

jsuth

Oct 31, 2016 18:32

roger

jsuth

Oct 31, 2016 18:30

Is there a protocol for when a submitter goes mia and doesn't accept an answer?

jsuth

Oct 29, 2016 05:20

👏

jsuth

Oct 29, 2016 05:13

I don't think anyone is being served with raging allcaps mate

jsuth

Oct 29, 2016 04:59

@Kaz Yeah. I guess a mathy question like that didn't strike me as something that would blow up. The top answer is interesting though.

jsuth

Oct 28, 2016 22:40

this is kinda useful codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/124479/…. still takes some work to cleanup but you could probably modify it to just parse the code blocks

jsuth

Oct 28, 2016 22:29

Maybe there could be a button that initiates adding a file that starts that off for you

jsuth

Oct 28, 2016 22:24

cool, yeah that's exactly what I was wondering about. that's understandable

jsuth

Oct 28, 2016 22:16

that*

jsuth

Oct 28, 2016 22:15

i just mean, it seems like it'd be a useful feature. i'm surprised it doesn't exist, so i could imagine maybe the philosophy is that they prefer not to have to pull reviews into an editor. maybe i'm wrong and the it just doesn't have enough demand to be a feature

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jsuth

Jun 26, 2017 07:55

@Carpetsmoker cheers

jsuth

Jun 23, 2017 04:04

(hell, how do you make quote markup?)

jsuth

Jun 23, 2017 04:02

jsuth

Jun 23, 2017 04:01

The plugin literally says

jsuth

Jun 23, 2017 04:01

"That, more than anything else, is why I deleted it. I would have edited it with some more information on how to use the plugin if it was a solution to the answer."

jsuth

Jun 23, 2017 04:01

So it seems reasonable that someone else might come to the same conclusion and find it useful. Maybe not. But it seems a bit overboard to delete it. Why not let voting decide if it's useful?

jsuth

Jun 23, 2017 03:58

(well i can't figure out markdown quotes)

jsuth

Jun 23, 2017 03:55

@Carpetsmoker I arrived at the thread via google with the same problem as OP and my solution was that I found an alternative plugin that solved that problem. I decided that I would rather use a plugin that offers that functionality than maintain a fork or add random hacks to my vimrc. The accepted answer literally says

>It seems to work but I don't know how reliable it is.

jsuth

Jun 22, 2017 04:25

and it's not like github urls are going to disappear from the face of the internet

jsuth

Jun 22, 2017 04:24

It seems overly noisy to require one to link plugin source just to mention that it solves the problem in question

jsuth

Jun 22, 2017 04:21

If someone wants to google something, they don't need to know or care about how tcp/ip work

jsuth

Jun 22, 2017 04:14

i can understand why a policy like that would be desirable but it seems dogmatic and counterproductive to apply it to every situation

jsuth

Jun 21, 2017 08:32

oops, futility=utility above. either way, i'm not angry, just looking for clarification and how to better contribute in the future. i appreciate the work you guys do moderating

jsuth

Jun 21, 2017 08:29

tldr; OP wants to open netrw with ranger, he found a plugin is missing that functionality in a certain situation and the rest of the discussion is focused on sort of work-around hacks to make that happen

jsuth

Jun 21, 2017 08:26

it's easy to imagine others arriving at the post in the same situation and it's likely they would want the solution i posted

jsuth

Jun 21, 2017 08:25

either way, i came to the posting wanting the same thing and found a plugin that solved my problem (and what it seems the OP is trying to do). i don't really understanding the futility in deleting the post

jsuth

Jun 21, 2017 08:24

in my view, my response directly responded to what the OP was looking for. his title doesn't quite match what he actually wants to do. he basically wants to replace netrw with ranger, but the plugin he's using doesn't offer that, so he's resorting to a workaround

jsuth

Jun 21, 2017 08:21

@Carpetsmoker i'd like to get some clarification

jsuth

Jun 21, 2017 08:19

i'd like to confer about a deletion. i'm not sure how to best share it. the link is vi.stackexchange.com/a/12684/13098