The Official Status Thread
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that's not python then because last i checked python won't let you do assignment as part of the clause to an if statement....
or did BDFL Guido change that when i wasn't looking?
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That's VB.NET.
The equivalent C# would be:if (!(u.DefaultSpecialDate.ToShortDateString() == String.Empty))
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if (!(u.DefaultSpecialDate.ToShortDateString() == String.Empty))
The codebase I'm working on has lines like (from memory)
if (someString.Equals(string.Empty, StringComparrison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == false)
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if (someString.Equals(string.Empty, StringComparrison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == false)Well, you need to match both lowercase and uppercase empty strings, after all :stuck_out_tongue:
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the string comparison was the icing on the cake
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It's not like we aren't already using REST. :3
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##LAME JOKE 2015
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Last time I checked, python hisssssssssssssssssssssssss
the nerdy jokes thread is that way
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You left out start.
because not all implementations of the konami code end in START
some just end at and others end with SELECTSTART. and that's not even all the variations that have been used over the years.
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The Gradius III version with L and R comes to mind.
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yep. and there's a couple of places in Golden Sun where it'll do things if you enter the konami code backwards
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TIL!
I haven't played that game in awhile and never actually finished the first one because I lost the cart :(
I was at the last battle too. :(
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I haven't played that game in awhile and never actually finished the first one because I lost the cart :(I was at the last battle too. :(
nooooooo!
also, there's a spot where the forwards konami code will let you name all the members of your party, not just the hero. i never remembered where it was though and always had to look it up.
when my sister played that game her entire party was named "BUTT"
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Status: I just had a very positive experience with a telecom company. Their prices are cheap and perfectly clear, no locked phones or obligations to stay for a year, everything clearly worded, and their website is so good and useful I seriously considered creating a thread here to share our "anti-WTF experiences" just for them.
Then I discovered they were bought by Orange years ago D: . Now I have mixed feelings about giving them my money.
Some background: for the people who don't know about them, Orange is a large international gang of scammers and thieves. Like many other telecom companies here, they make millions by convincing dumbass teenagers to pay them 60€/month for a shiny smartphone, scamming (metaphorically) as many people as they can by continuously changing their confusing rates, scamming (literally) as many people as they can by overcharging them and simply ignoring the laws, and buying lots and lots of expensive ads to maintain a clean image.
Plus, years ago I was their client, and their web interface was really, incredibly bad, I seriously cannot begin to describe the WTFery contained there. Let's just say that most programmers would have to, literally, intentionally try to make their code bad in order to build something as slow and error-prone as that. So I was kinda shocked by seeing a nice, well-designed website for once, and it just makes it sadder that they're owned by the big stupid dinosaur.
TLDR: nice company turns out to be owned by polar opposite evil company, bad website is bad, I write pointless rant here. Now I'm off to take a shower and do some actual work.
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Snow actually showed up and school cancelled after school activities, so I don't have to finish preparing for a Pack Meeting.
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Status: my work password expired just 2 days before I go on vacation for 2 weeks...
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positive experience with a telecom company
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Status: got tired of running out of water during my adventures due to the 3-sip capacity of my flask. So I found a backpack and went to the well.
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Status: I like giving my boss status updates when I actually know what the hell I'm doing for once. Yay.
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Here's some pseudocode:
- when the
ai start
command is issued:- construct the AI
- wait for the game to be running, then start the AI
- when the AI is constructed:
- emulate keypresses to generate and start a map
- wait for the game to end
- wait 60 seconds
- if we're still on the "game over" screen, simulate the ESC key, then:
- delete and reconstruct the AI
- wait for the game to be running, then start the AI
There's a very subtle problem with this: [spoiler]the AI resets itself on the "saving game" screen, where the world is still loaded, so it assumes the game is in-progress. When the saving finishes, the next world is generated and loaded. The AI doesn't get reset again, so the setup procedures aren't called. The dwarves just kind of hang out around the caravan and eventually die of starvation.[/spoiler]
- when the
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Yup.
The government forced the infrastructure owners to sell their services to MVNOs so in a year the market went from an oligopoly of only 3 incredibly shitty companies, to dozens of small companies actually competing to give good customer service (even if they couldn't lower the prices beyond what they had to pay themselves).
Not praising the government since it was their shitty rules that allowed the oligopoly and the misbehaving companies (and the prices are still inflated), but I guess it's better than nothing.
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Status: had to mute the "demoralize employees" thread, and that was one of my favorites.
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Some background: for the people who don't know about them, Orange is a large international gang of scammers and thieves. Like many other telecom companies here, they make millions by convincing dumbass teenagers to pay them 60€/month for a shiny smartphone, scamming (metaphorically) as many people as they can by continuously changing their confusing rates, scamming (literally) as many people as they can by overcharging them and simply ignoring the laws, and buying lots and lots of expensive ads to maintain a clean image.
So… SOP for big telecoms?
Plus, years ago I was their client, and their web interface was really, incredibly bad, I seriously cannot begin to describe the WTFery contained there. Let's just say that most programmers would have to, literally, intentionally try to make their code bad in order to build something as slow and error-prone as that. So I was kinda shocked by seeing a nice, well-designed website for once, and it just makes it sadder that they're owned by the big stupid dinosaur.
Yep. Definitely telecoms SOP. “We don't care, we don't have to… we're the phone company.” (The web interface for Virgin Media's services drives me up the wall. Fortunately, I only need to touch it about once in a blue moon, but even so.)
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SOP for big telecoms?
Correct.
(The web interface for Virgin Media's services drives me up the wall. Fortunately, I only need to touch it about once in a blue moon, but even so.)
I don't mind it but, like you, I barely actually use it.
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Status: had to mute the "demoralize employees" thread, and that was one of my favorites.
The union, captialism, etc. stuff has been moved to a new topic. Just in case you want to track the "demoralize employees" topic again.
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Oh wow, it's good to know the mods maybe casually eventually get around to doing their jobs, and all you have to do is nag them continuously.
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Status: Searching eBay for venriloquist dummies
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Status: I have two days' worth of stuff, so I'll just make a list:
- Cruise control kicks ass
- Speed-sensitive power steering sucks donkey dick
- The Renault Captur is a crap car
- I'm going to appear on BBC2 this Sunday (in the audience) in a programme with a global audience of 350 million
- A double espresso tastes like you're eating the granules themselves
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..... i saw that ninja edit.... second item used to be labeled 9 not 2
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..... i saw that ninja edit.... second item used to be labeled 9 not 2
That I added when making the post, and I just decided to see how Discourse would handle it
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You didn't have a blank line before the list so it wasn't a list.
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You didn't have a blank line before the list so it wasn't a list.
Dammit![size=4]@CodingHorrorBot[/size]
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@RaceProUK Is Doing It Wrong™
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Cruise control kicks ass
Yes.
Speed-sensitive power steering sucks donkey dick
Generally yes.
The Renault Captur is a crap car
YesI'm going to appear on BBC2 this Sunday (in the audience) in a programme with a global audience of 350 million
One filmed near Guildford, per chance?
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Good job you said that, I'd have forgotten it was on.
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Good job you said that, I'd have forgotten it was on.
A full run of 10 episodes this time round too
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Status: Gassy. Ate some ramen. Still gassy.
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Status: Found a file called 'Barbra Streisand.jpg' on my webhosting; turns out it's this:
And yes, I would have been the one who put it there. I just can't remember why
Oh, also this:
At least I know why this one's pn thereAnd I also found this:
I must have used it somewhere, but I can't remember where...
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Current status: new job, new house, new life.
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i have a very nice bottle from stalingrad for when i get home.... :-D
Now I have lots of beer and I'm 3 time zones away
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Status: Wondering who at Microsoft thought it was a good idea to get all chatty and informal in Outlook:
Who thought that color scheme was a good idea? Oh, my eyes!
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I quite like the purple. Still not entirely sold on the flat colour scheme though
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Status: 'Late' to work because the traffic was horrendous thanks to people getting excited about tractors.
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Status: dreamed tonight that I was waiting in a supermarket, and when anyone wanted to buy an Actimel™ (known as DanActive™ in the USA and Canada) I showed them the scientific papers that say they don't actually work.
Fuck, I'm worse than I thought.
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I've been known to hide the copies of What Doctors Don't Tell You behind more scientific magazines, like Hello