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@anonymous234 said in The "but what does it do" effect: how often do you have trouble understanding what stuff does?:
I've been thinking about starting a wiki dedicated to describing software products in a simple way - from the point of view of what "services" it provides for the user or other software.
Too often there's a reason for the sparse description: the emperor has no clothes.
Great to see the Tory party so on the ball with accessible user experiences. Login by email address only, no password required
@polygeekery said in Delete my what.thedailywtf.com profile:
Why does a person who has never posted except to ask to delete his profile want to delete his profile? You wouldn't have one if you had not posted to have it deleted.
@fbmac sockpuppet detected
Amazon now does time travel:
(bear in mind that the status message switched to this some time after 8pm on Tuesday when the package was still hundreds of miles away at the wrong depot)
A certain Berlin-based business college evidently use a networked scanner that returns scans by email (via a UK-based secretarial services company).
That's sort of OK - though a bit convoluted - provided that you use the correct email address. They don't.
For the past three weeks I've received a constant stream of student resumes and application forms. The address used has vaguely similar initials, but completely wrong domain and wrong country.
When it first happened I immediately replied to them - thinking that would be the end of it. I've tried contacting twice more since then, also copying-in the hapless students whose application forms are going astray. Still no joy.
The somewhat secretary is now clearly working on her personal tax returns :) (tax id numbers, payroll details etc.)
Were I more evil than I am I could stir up a lot of trouble.
@Lorne-Kates said in WTF Bites:
No, all he needs is a treatment with the right essential oils. They will cure him.
Well duh, people are complex, like cars. Unless you change the oil regularly things break and top quality essential is obviously better and more oily than regular fat.
@anotherusername You need a doubt too.
but I'd prefer
@blakeyrat in case you'd not noticed the internet is international and subject to a mishmash of extra-territorial law. You (USA'ian) get some silly cookie laws inflicted on you (which GDPR actually makes slightly more sane), we (Europeans) get copyright bullshit and bureaucracy along with futile 'child protection' laws.
If GDPR had been around for longer some of the current facebook data leaking shit might not have happened...
@xaade I've no experience, so make of this what you will...
Be careful not to jump to conclusions that there's even a problem (or one that can be resolved medically). Could her distraction be well within range of normal childish behaviour? Do her teachers think there's a serious issue?
Maybe your daughter's just bored, bright kids can easily just zone-out if required to do stuff that seems stupid or pointless.
If she's quite young, make sure you've checked out stuff like vision and hearing tests, because if she's struggling then that could come across as a lack of attention.
Doctors may be under pressure to prescribe pharmaceuticals - be appropriately sceptical about that and get second opinions (which is not to say it might not sometimes be a solution).
Don't seek or follow medical advice from random strangers on the internet . Good luck.
@el_heffe said in I guess it could be worse. It could be phpBB.:
message_die() was called multiple times
I'd guess it's a error nested in the error handler (perhaps the database connection has gone awol) relevant-ish link More recent phpBB versions don't appear to include this feature.
Status: sufficiently bored that am resorting to googling phpBB source
@el_heffe said in I guess it could be worse. It could be phpBB.:
I guess it could be worse
Yes, it could be Firefox, which doesn't know how to do square-roots anymore (wasted ~1h yesterday over that)
@boomzilla said in 🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
I don't get it, they were just holding the camera the wrong way,
I'd been going to argue that for an introduction, aimed at non-programmers, that JavaScript wasn't a bad choice, but then I read the course description.
CS 106J: Programming Methodology in JavaScript
Introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and testing. Emphasis is on good programming style. This course covers the same material as CS 106A but does so using JavaScript, the most common language for implementing interactive web pages, instead of Java. No prior programming experience required. Enrollment limited to 100.
why choose javascript as an exemplar of object-orientated design and how/why tackle engineering principles in a course for absolute beginners.
@timebandit said in WTF Bites:
Trying to update a Windows 2016 server, it failed with this error
Have you tried switching it off and on again?
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At least he picked the right category. 'mafia' is somewhat appropriate for this merchandise
@bb36e "post-literate" is a scary word combination.
Just think, some advanced future civilisation might devise a way to imbue our emoticon pictographs with abstracted meaning and join them together in novel combinations according to lexical rules - imagine the exciting possibilities...
:(
@sh_code said in Stanford dumps Java as introductory class:
@accalia said in Stanford dumps Java as introductory class:
lowers the barrier to entry
i don't understand why people consider this to be universally good. if you can't get past the barrier of entry consisting of the basics, how well do you think you will cope with anything and everything beyond it?
Because there are many more reasons to teach basic programming skills than just to churn out professional programmers. Unless you're trying to enforce trade guild like exclusivity, where only those initiated in the arcane Rights of Computing are allowed to create a Program then it's a good thing for non-specialists to be able to solve simple problems themselves (or at the very least be on the same wavelength as the programmer who they eventually commission to solve the problem).
Because programming can be a fun hobby and simple introductory courses ought to let people scratch an itch without being scared off by a barrage of obtuse syntax.
@Gąska said in The Official Status Thread:
Why would you want your email client to organize mail in a way you can't comprehend?
Plausible deniability
@dkf that's an efficient UNIX-style nail pulling device - single responsibility! Who wants a newfangled dual purpose 'hammer'?
@HardwareGeek the first rule of forum etiquette is "You don't talk about forum etiquette"
statusbolded italic text***** just bought a pack of fresh sea bass for 4p
Co-op is making good on its promise not to waste food
Slightly depressing: I asked the checkout guy why this wasn't just a staff perk (shop was closing in 5 mins and he was actively trying to hand out the left-over stuff). He said it could have been, but none of the staff even knew how to cook fresh fish. Millennials...
I spend my time solving interesting data analysis problems. I'm supplied with a stream of accurate data from computer literate contributors who read all the documentation and submit well curated records. When problems very occasionally arise they are always expressed as polite, constructive and detailed bug reports.
My working day is planned and deadlines are sensible and predictable. A team of highly competent colleagues develop and support mobile apps; write most of the front end stuff (except the interesting parts - which are reserved for me); process incoming data (which is always well-formed and never consists of a mixture of spreadsheets, xml and ms dos era binary database dumps); reply to social media and deal with internal politics (which because we are a well-funded, competent and sane organisation are largely non-existent).
The downside is that my boss is a tyrannical stickler for time-keeping and I have no annual leave; no flexibility on what I work on, and the organisation is strictly hierarchical so I must know my place and never disagree. Insubordination is not tolerated.
[ooc I don't like this opposite reality quite so much after all... :(]
@ThaMe90 said in Dealing with a special kind of co-worker:
Since a few weeks we have a new tester in my office
He's new and probably struggling to fit in. Give him some time to get to know the project and to work out the dynamics of your workplace.
he likes to butt into conversations that he's not part of, trying to become part of it by giving suggestions about things he doesn't know about.
That can be irritating, but surely it's better to have some one who's interested and wants to understand and be involved in discussion than a doormat who doesn't contribute and just stands silent in the background? (particularly if the guy's a tester)
It might be that the guy's an idiot, who will drive you up the wall every time he opens his mouth (I know someone like that), but more likely he's just trying to find his feet and make his mark (and that phase will pass).
Maybe part of the problem might be that he's saying some stuff that you don't want to hear? Make sure you listen to what he says (particularly if your first reaction is to be irritated). Maybe he is just wrong or ignorant, in which case take a deep breath and explain to him why things are as they are. Just possibly, some of what he says might be insightful. He's new so might bring a fresh perspective on some stuff.
P.S. I know this might be more of a problem with myself, not adjusting to this new co-worker
It's good that you see that, otherwise someone here might point out the same, more bluntly...
@boomzilla said in The Cooking Thread:
Status: Ribs are in the oven!
it's dangerous to lean that far in.
@PleegWat said in In other news today...:
Dutch terminology is slightly different but it really is not breaking and entering if they didn't break anything while entering.
Yes, someone kicked in my front door - the police were a bit pissed-off that there was no evidence of entry (no theft etc.) - it made the crime merely 'criminal damage' and not worth pursuing (though they still farcically dusted the door for foot-prints ).
@magus said in Microsoft Build 2018:
but javascript is horrible at data types...
So is Excel, ∴ match made in heaven...
Even without the security risk this is a bug that mangles data.
I have to work with a lot of grubby records exported as text or as spreadsheets. By the time I get to see them they're often full of '#name?' values as text. Somewhere along the line a user innocently wrote an entry that began with an '='. If that flat-file ever gets anywhere near Excel then it will try, and fail, to interpret the text as a formula. Once the data is re-exported to text all that's left is the useless error message ghost. I see hundreds of entries like this.
I know the work-flow is broken, but in many cases the data files have been sitting around for years - the originals are long gone. I can't disabuse my users of the notion that Excel is a good way to view and edit csv files.
Don't get me started on the way Excel mangles dates (and anything that looks even slightly like a date)
@gleemonk rewriting it now would be a kick in the teeth for your relative. Effectively you'd be taking over his project - because the learning curve for him to pick it up again would be very steep and demoralising.
I've been in a similar position to you and quickly learnt to bite my lips and make minor tweaks rather than undermine someone who'd learnt a huge amount from scratch but, through inexperience, had produced a monstrosity (mostly just for her own personal use).
Offer specific guidance when asked but otherwise stay well clear.
@kazitor what's the word for legible but for audio?
'intelligible' could be used, though not specific to audio and plenty of podcasts aren't to begin with.
Her Majesty's finest fail to notice an aerial target with a big flag.
Dick-head in a zip-up lycra body suit and shiny hat with a really big gun gets pissed off, but has no idea where to look. Please help.
@lucas1 said in I have to work with you, I don't want to have to pretend I like you.:
do you have anything on topic to add?
There was a topic to this thread?
Assuming that I've understood your question, the starting point could just be to get rid of the with
statements and to write out the references to anything from NoSquint in full, i.e.
NoSquint.interfaces = NoSquint.ns(function() { with (NoSquint) {
// doing something with NoSquint, e.g.
dialogs.foo = "bar";
}
});
becomes
NoSquint.interfaces = NoSquint.ns(function() {
// doing something with NoSquint, e.g.
NoSquint.dialogs.foo = "bar";
});
That won't significantly improve the code quality (which from the fragment you've provided looks suspiciously cargo-cultish) but could at least get the thing running in strict mode, after which you could begin more drastic refactoring.
with
doesn't do anything particularly clever, it just adds an extra scope for variable look-up. It doesn't create a closure or grant any additional access to an object that wouldn't otherwise be accessible, it's really just a way of saving some typing (adding some nasty ambiguity along the way).
@blek both statues are motivated by capitalism, the first is a cynical attempt by an artist to sell over-priced bronzes to multiple cities the second is a marketing gimmick by a faceless asset manager.
What's important is how people re-interpret both symbols - that's where they begin to acquire value and interest.
@anonymous234 the groom's lack of concern for the bride is quite telling...
@benjamin-hall said in Microsoft Build 2018:
@japonicus said in Microsoft Build 2018:
@magus said in Microsoft Build 2018:
but javascript is horrible at data types...
So is Excel, ∴ match made in heaven...
As long as they don't go on any dates they should be fine, right? What ever could go wrong?
or strings or large integers.
@sweaty_gammon It's always easier to make a complex architecture. Simplicity is hard, and requires a thorough understanding of both the domain and tools used to be done correctly.
Complexity also allows people to spend a lot of time and lines-of-code on architectural busy-work, building abstractions for their abstractions and putting off tackling (or burying) all the complex bits that require some understanding.
@lolwhat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@japonicus said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Speed can have a profound effect on the consequences of an accident even if it isn't the cause.
Well, we are speeding around the Sun at 66,600 mph, but things seem all right.
I don't fancy our chances in the event of a collision.
I don't understand the suggestion in the linked articles that paying-up the £8.8m could drive the brokerage into bankrupcy. Surely, if the trades actually happened then that money exists and could just be handed over?
Could it suggest that some sort of shadow game is going on, where the trades made by individual casual investors are not real and don't actually happen on a live exchange - and that normally the brokerage just works on the basis of covering any gains by small naive speculators themselves (on the cynical basis that most individuals will make net losses). That could also fit with the whole ludicrous scale of exposure of this speculator - surely checks on real trading would have kicked in long before he reached anything like £3.8 billion.
@masonwheeler said in Possible cause of autism found:
@dangeruss Does the mercury found in vaccines inhibit production of this hormone?
but maybe the 14 children were exposed to LEDs
seriously, since when has sociability ≡ autism and how is a minuscule study like this significant or publishable?
[and no haven't read the paper yet - is behind a paywall]
@TimeBandit said in The Official Status Thread:
@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Status Thread:
I doubt there's any chance of that.
Picasso did it
Am curious on what basis Reuters asserts copyright.
@masonwheeler said in In other news today...:
So... what's the point of this article?
The shocking and scandalous news is that the police didn't just shoot her.
They don't repeatedly apply the hashes do they?!
// If we hoisted out anything, put it back
var keys = Object.keys(hoisted);
if (keys.length) {
var found = true;
var unhoist = function(key) {
result = result.replace(new RegExp(key, "g"), function() {
found = true;
return hoisted[key];
});
};
followed by
while(found) {
found = false;
keys.forEach(unhoist);
}
Lest there was any doubt of negligence...
@Benjamin-Hall for me, probably 70% domain specific. The need for specific programming skills is very secondary because adequate knowledge of particular tools can be acquired as and when needed (and that skill-set is transient, because technology moves on).
My role may be atypical, because I spend as much time on data analysis, user-support and politicking as on software development. Most 'programming' jobs are probably more compartmentalised and focused than mine.
In general, I think domain specific knowledge is terribly undervalued and that's partly why so much useless and ill-designed software is churned out (by programmers who, from a position of ignorance or as victims of misdirected micromanagement, correctly solve the wrong problem).
@Lorne-Kates said in WTF Bites:
You think Wordpress-- or PHP in general-- uses a log in any useful manner?
PHP can easily log things sensibly, but there're a lot of bad php programmers around and many unskilled people run wordpress websites.
Bad workers blame their tools, but it's usually not the tool's fault.