The Official Status Thread
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@lucas1 said in The Official Status Thread:
@rhywden That won't work you nob. They will copy the values not the sheets ... Fucking moron.
Erm, the values are created dynamically and, more importantly, deterministically based on their name (checksum-like, remember?). Also, the values they're given are non-editable to them - the upper ten rows for each sheet are locked and I dare say that none of them is capable of cracking the password (and if one of them were he'd deserve his 100%).
Which means that it will be blindingly obvious if they copy any values from their neighbour - because the values in their solution won't match the values they're given right above their solutions.
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@rhywden There's always copying the formulae from your neighbour instead.
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@pleegwat said in The Official Status Thread:
@rhywden There's always copying the formulae from your neighbour instead.
Yes, I've taken some steps in that regard as well. Though I had to use VBA.
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I am reminded of one of my English teacher's spiel about cheating. Roughly translated:
Every glance forward, rearward, or to the sides will be interpreted as an attempt at fraud. Fraud is rewarded in three ways: Immediate confiscation of your paper. Three points penalty of what is on it at the time. And one hour of detention in your own free valuable time. And remember, helping others cheat is also punishable.
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@lucas1 A different teacher heavily encouraged us to make our own cheating aids. He drew the line at using them though.
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@pleegwat said in The Official Status Thread:
I am reminded of one of my English teacher's spiel about cheating. Roughly translated:
Every glance forward, rearward, or to the sides will be interpreted as an attempt at fraud. Fraud is rewarded in three ways: Immediate confiscation of your paper. Three points penalty of what is on it at the time. And one hour of detention in your own free valuable time. And remember, helping others cheat is also punishable.
Naw, not that harsh. I simply try not to make it too easy on them. I'm already delighted if none of them calculates everything manually thus completely missing the point of Excel.
This is a class for pupils looking at a future job in business administration where the chances of having to do balance sheets and stuff are non-zero. Other courses involve economics and similarly business-oriented topics.
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@rhywden Yeah, definitely a different audience than the 13-15yo pupils were when they got that teacher.
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@pleegwat said in The Official Status Thread:
@lucas1 A different teacher heavily encouraged us to make our own cheating aids. He drew the line at using them though.
I once did an exam where the pupils were allowed to use every non-digital resource they had (i.e. books, notes, previous homework).
Every single one of them said afterwards that this exam was much harder because there were no easy points to be gained through rote memorization.
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@rhywden Open-book exams. I've had one or two, and the experience was the same.
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@pleegwat said in The Official Status Thread:
@rhywden Open-book exams. I've had one or two, and the experience was the same.
The last of my Physical Chemistry exams was an open-book one. There were two positive factors, though:
a) They drew heavy inspiration from the homework we did over the course of the semester and
b) They let someone else do the exam first, then took his result and made that the "100%" (without changing the points for the tasks, mind!)Which resulted in me scoring 130% in that particular exam.
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@rhywden said in The Official Status Thread:
there were no easy points to be gained through rote memorization.
That speaks highly of the quality of the exam.
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@adynathos said in The Official Status Thread:
@rhywden said in The Official Status Thread:
there were no easy points to be gained through rote memorization.
That speaks highly of the quality of the exam.
I both gave them the choice and did warn them beforehand. ;)
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@rhywden said in The Official Status Thread:
Though I had to use VBA.
Did you wash thoroughly afterward?
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@hardwaregeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@rhywden said in The Official Status Thread:
Though I had to use VBA.
Did you wash thoroughly afterward?
Yes. I still feel unclean, though.
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@bb36e what the FUCK
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@bb36e I couldn't* get my car out of its all-natural protective ice casing so I had to walk to the Chinese takeout place like some caveman.
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Status: I just realized I had a topic tab open on my phone. That's why was marking my notifications read the moment they arrived, without my having actually read them.
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@gąska said in The Official Status Thread:
@anotherusername 2GB total RAM, not free RAM.
So? Why does it require 2GB total RAM to install "the latest security updates"?
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@anotherusername because they're lying bastards who call every update a security update. It's actually upgrading Windows to newer release, and this newer release has increased hardware requirements - a perfectly reasonable thing, if it wasn't called security update, and if it wasn't obligatory.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@gąska said in The Official Status Thread:
@anotherusername 2GB total RAM, not free RAM.
So? Why does it require 2GB total RAM to install "the latest security updates"?
If Windows Update takes up all available RAM, then there isn't any RAM left for malware to exploit.
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@pleegwat One of my open book finals went a chapter beyond what I had thought the course covered. So I read the chapter and did the problems.
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Status: : I just realized I've spent $3,050 on the MLP game from GameLoft. OMG....
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Status: Finally managed to make a functioning login form. I am very proud of this incredibly simple accomplishment and very concerned that I've wasted too much time doing this when I have homework for two different classes due tomorrow.
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Finally managed to make a functioning login form. I am very proud of this incredibly simple accomplishment and very concerned that I've wasted too much time doing this when I have homework for two different classes due tomorrow.
Eh. Homework is rote, what you're doing is learning for the future! :D
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@gąska said in The Official Status Thread:
@anotherusername because they're lying bastards who call every update a security update. It's actually upgrading Windows to newer release, and this newer release has increased hardware requirements - a perfectly reasonable thing, if it wasn't called security update, and if it wasn't obligatory.
Hey Microsoft, how about letting me uninstall Adobe Flash from Edge, a browser I never intentionally use?
The last ten or so reboots my computer has had have all been Adobe Flash security updates for Edge.
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@lorne-kates said in The Official Status Thread:
@pie_flavor said in The Official Status Thread:
@luhmann It helps that I also have zero HTML, CSS, or JS knowledge.
Insert DiscoDev joke here
Eh, I think I'm doing all right so far.
https://i.imgur.com/bAMKGd6.png
Hopefully I can get the whole thing done with a total of zero client-side code.
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@rhywden said in The Official Status Thread:
@hardwaregeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@rhywden said in The Official Status Thread:
Though I had to use VBA.
Did you wash thoroughly afterward?
Yes. I still feel unclean, though.
I did a GIS for “unclean excel” and found this in the results:
It's not wrong.
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@benjamin-hall said in The Official Status Thread:
@dkf what did that poor pizza do that you'd condemn it to the life of a JS developer?
Pineapple
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@anotherusername
for inappropriate opinion of the One True Pizza ToppingFiled under: #triggered
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
One True Pizza Topping
What, he didn't say anything about anchovies
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@hungrier
OrfrenchFreedomBelgian fries ...
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@luhmann
Or hotdog stuffed crusts
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@hungrier said in The Official Status Thread:
@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
One True Pizza Topping
What, he didn't say anything about anchovies
I was unable to find photographic evidence that anyone has ever put lutfisk or salimak on pizza, but here... have a different Swedish delicacy...
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Status Thread:
Hopefully I can get the whole thing done with a total of zero client-side code.
If you can do that I personally promise to never call you a DiscoDev again.
I'll also consider the mom-fucking, but she's just so gooooooood.
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@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: : I just realized I've spent $3,050 on the MLP game from GameLoft. OMG....
For that price, you could have bought a REAL pony, dyed its hair, added a horn and happy-mark, then just-- you know-- gone to town on it's sweet ass.
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@lorne-kates and roughly half of them also have vaginas, if that's more to his liking.
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Status: It is a Red Bull kind of morning.
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@polygeekery said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: It is a Red Bull kind of morning.
I know what you mean. The 2 cups of coffee this morning have done nothing. (up most of the night due to a vomiting dog - 15 more minutes before I can call the vet)
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
(up most of the night due to a vomiting dog - 15 more minutes before I can call the vet)
I wish you and the pup luck. Last week one of our dogs developed a hot spot on his hindquarter. That ended up costing me $360 (and that is after my discounts).
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Status Thread:
@lorne-kates said in The Official Status Thread:
@pie_flavor said in The Official Status Thread:
@luhmann It helps that I also have zero HTML, CSS, or JS knowledge.
Insert DiscoDev joke here
Eh, I think I'm doing all right so far.
https://i.imgur.com/bAMKGd6.png
Hopefully I can get the whole thing done with a total of zero client-side code.Ok, here's a cool trick:
<input type="[the thing you want]">
As of HTML5 it works for all kinds of crazy things like
email
,date
, and evencolor
.
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@polygeekery said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
(up most of the night due to a vomiting dog - 15 more minutes before I can call the vet)
I wish you and the pup luck. Last week one of our dogs developed a hot spot on his hindquarter. That ended up costing me $360 (and that is after my discounts).
This is my older (11yr) dog. And the puppy (13wks) currently has kennel cough. What I'm worried about is that he ate the legs off a toy - one foot's been vomited (one of the first vomits), a small piece has pooped out - but there's still a lot missing...
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@lorne-kates said in The Official Status Thread:
@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: : I just realized I've spent $3,050 on the MLP game from GameLoft. OMG....
For that price, you could have bought a REAL pony, dyed its hair, added a horn and happy-mark, then just-- you know-- gone to town on it's sweet ass.
Ah, but then there's upkeep to consider...
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@hungrier
I went on vacation in Spring 2018, and I came back to work in Winter 2018-2019. Apparently they didn't get the project done while I was gone, though :(
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Status: Playing an exciting new version of code golf, wherein instead of trying to reduce the number of lines in your PowerShell script, you keep going one layer deeper into native .NET classes trying to find a process that actually works in PowerShell v2. Since apparently just throwing the Vista machines off the roof isn't an acceptable solution.
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
Since apparently just throwing the Vista machines off the roof isn't an acceptable solution
Why
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@timebandit said in The Official Status Thread:
@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
Since apparently just throwing the Vista machines off the roof isn't an acceptable solution
Why
Because if he threw them off the roof, he would be working with the XP machines instead.
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@timebandit
Unlike in Canada, where you always have a convenient snowbank to keep the machines from getting damaged when defenestrated, we have nothing but cold, hard ground for the machines to shatter against. Makes a very inconvenient mess to clean up...