Australia adds a 401K program (copycats that they are...) and suddenly you have to go through and re-tag all your 401K posts [united-states-of-a] anyway
Would it be sane to just modify searches instead? So /tags/united-states would automatically include all posts that are tagged [401k], and it could be removed in the future if it turns out to not be a good choice?
it's why Google almost always produces better results than the SE internal search unless you have very, very specific tag requirements and KNOW that your results are properly tagged
Incidentally, I find it ironic that the unemployment department's automated messages suggest going to the website for faster service, when I'm calling about issues with the data displayed on the website.
I've started to realize, I now alternate between SO, MSO, the Unix SE, and here; at some point the actual things I used to do besides SO kind of disappeared from the cycle. I think chat replaced them
That's why i love [javascript]. I'll sit and think for a bit, then start to type an answer, get distracted, come back, refresh, and see an answer by CMS - but it'll be a great answer, so I can just read it instead of typing.
Ok, I should note that not all JS questions end this way. The ones that don't usually have 2-3 answers that are... somewhere between "ok" and "cringe-inducing"
But, those I down-vote / edit / comment on, so it's not totally wasted
Though I do want to hit 10k for access to the mod tools/views, my biggest goal is 2k so I can fix/apply formatting. Especially for programming questions...GAH!
Mine flattened again a bit at 10k; it's amazing how much time the poking through posts with close/delete votes, new tags, new user posts, and flags can take up
"Thanks for taking the time to explain it so clearly Jaime"
We had a discussion recently on meta about edits that change content versus just formatting/grammar edits. I think I know which side of the argument you're on
What happened to Neil Butterworth's account? He about section says "please delete me". I have never seen him saying "please".
By the way what happened to his reputation score?
P.S: He will be missed I think.
@JonB well, it's a good theory, but I don't think I can recall Neil ever not being sarcastic or frustrated by the idiocy surrounding some of the questions
you can spend some time with a good book and a project and get fairly proficient at, say, C# or JavaScript. But C++... You get people who think they're experts and haven't even touched most of it.
@JonB You're doing it wrong; you're supposed to post all 6000 lines of your source code with the title "I have an error" -- don't actually include the error message, that makes it too easy
@JonB heh... That was actually the tie-breaker in our last hiring decision: both candidates did a reasonable job answering questions, but one used examples from his projects, while the other... you could almost hear him flipping pages mentally
I don't mind experts in a narrow area though, as long as they know they're experts in a small subset of the picture, too many don't realize there's a lot they don't know/haven't even heard of
@NickCraver That's what I love about SO: open a question I think I know the answer to, and see that someone's already pointed out all the problems... and posted a better one.
I think these days if you really need to use C you're probably working in some kind of niche field (like embedded systems) where domain knowledge is far more important than language mastery.
@Changeling Changeling - what I mean is that a c expert is not necessarily qualified to work in embedded systems. An average c programmer with excellent knowledge of embedded systems would be preferable to an advanced c programmer with little embedded experience.
@JonB I agree. It's good to know your limitations. It's not a PC.
anyone have any solutions when the customer does not know what they want other than an order system? It just brings me anxiety knowing that they'll end up changing their mind once they start seeing such a system form
but we DID add graphs to the users and rooms pages here, did you guys see?
I find those VERY useful for understanding when rooms / users are active during a day.. in an international world.. of many different time zones and sleep schedules.
Did you get lucky and stumble on your ideal job immediately?
Did you find a local small software house and send your CV off? How?
Did you go through graduate recruitment?
Did you start on an internship?
I know this is not programming related and off-topic but it could be an interesting ques...
When I posted my first question to SO I was amazed that the correct answer was the second one. On the forums you usually scroll a page or two of complete nonsence before the answer from anyone which at least touches the topic.
Expressions were deprecated and removed in IE8 (unless you're in compatibility mode). They're also performance hogs and you should stay away from them if you can, using JavaScript instead.
You don't need to use eval() inside expression(), and this is what's causing your error. eval() expects...
You're just jealous you have to develop for those other inferior browsers!
true, though rare I bet, and he's the one who proposed on meta that you be able to unaccept your own answer...i honestly don't know how much that plays into it, i personally love getting accepted answers though, meaning you actually solved someone's issue
the community's very fickle with voting, go figure on that one, but the author getting an actual solution is much more rewarding, imo
I made a mistake today.
I answered a question incorrectly. (A C# question, no less. My head is truly hanging in shame.) Unfortunately, by the time this was pointed out, the answer had already been accepted.
Another answer has been posted which is correct. It has more votes than mine, and mine h...
And you'll probably find yourself all alone there :) People tend to hang out in the kitchen (Chat feedback) trying to find out what's cooking, or in the bar (here), waiting for something interesting to happen.
you can't answer a question without the requirements :) if you read up the chat thread here you'll see what you want isn't very clear to others..forcing yourself to formulate this as a question will help you better lay out what your needs are and probably clear up a few things to yourself as well as you're enumerating over your needs.
much better answers come when knowing the complete question :)
@Nick Craver, You're certainly right, maybe after I'll create some tables, it'll be more clearer what I really need and then I can ask a detailed question :)
IMO that's a good route to take, being forced to explain something to others is an excellent way to find things you never considered, even before you ask
@NickCraver, yeah, half the time, asking the formulating the question so someone else understands it actually forces you to thinking about it sufficiently that you find the answer on your own, before the other person's really had the time to think...
@Nick: what's the world coming to where you have to just take a shot in the dark at answering a question where the OP hasn't added enough information? ;)
@Andy - I think the image is coming from cache and the load handler is being bound after image.onload fires, but again somewhat of a shot in the dark :)
What happened to Neil Butterworth's account? He about section says "please delete me". I have never seen him saying "please".
By the way what happened to his reputation score?
P.S: He will be missed I think.
Did you get lucky and stumble on your ideal job immediately?
Did you find a local small software house and send your CV off? How?
Did you go through graduate recruitment?
Did you start on an internship?
I know this is not programming related and off-topic but it could be an interesting ques...
Expressions were deprecated and removed in IE8 (unless you're in compatibility mode). They're also performance hogs and you should stay away from them if you can, using JavaScript instead.
You don't need to use eval() inside expression(), and this is what's causing your error. eval() expects...
Is there a shorter way to write this?
var ttt = "dd";
if (ttt.length < 3)
ttt= "i" + ttt;
Why all my post are closed?
