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Dennis Meng
Dennis Meng
5:40 AM
what the
i just got three reviews in a row in the queue
all about java 7 update 45
(all dupes)
 
Amar
Amar
5:52 AM
Hello, need some advice.

My question is getting downvoted without any comments. Downvoters does not leave any comment. I know that is not mandatory to add a comment. My question is well formed as per SO guidlines, so I think someone is downvoting because I made them unhappy sometime or the other by pointing out mistake/closing question because it was unfit etc.

I don't mind getting downvoted for a poor question/answer I have posted. Thats okay! Usually the comments give me chance to improve it. But I don't know what to do in scenarios like now. The question in discussion is this. (I would…
 
Dennis Meng
Dennis Meng
Huh. Question looks fine to me
(and I think I've also been on the receiving end of "got downvoted because made someone upset" before)
 
Amar
Amar
@DennisMeng I don't know what to do but "suck it up" (excuse my language)
Downvotes implies that its a low quality question and in the SO system asking low quality questions has negative effect, i guess.
Thats the only down side.
 
Dennis Meng
Dennis Meng
not much of a question asker myself
though that may very well be partly because i don't do enough side projects
(never really get into a situation outside of work where i'm ever stuck)
 
animuson
animuson
6:37 AM
Ahhh interview on the 6th, and I still haven't answered that stupid "What's your biggest weakness?" question. Erghhh.
 
Bart
Bart
7:20 AM
There you go then @animuson. "Answering biggest weakness questions".
 
Duncan Jones
Duncan Jones
8:07 AM
Just came across this answer - I guess it's probably legit but feels little like advertising: stackoverflow.com/a/12078469/474189
Any thoughts?
Note - question also needs to be closed as off topic, if anyone is feeling trigger happy.
 
Bart
Bart
He doesn't seem to have recommended it more than once @DuncanJones. Not really a spammer as such.
And I just went all trigger happy.
 
Duncan Jones
Duncan Jones
:-)
 
rekire
rekire
9:02 AM
please check this two answers which seems to be spam. just strange that one where also upvoted. (deleted now)
http://stackoverflow.com/a/19585274/995926
http://stackoverflow.com/a/19585337/995926
 
 
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Tim Stone
Tim Stone
2:04 PM
@AndrewBarber Show them how to waste time on Meta while maintaining the facade that they're actually getting something done?
...Or did you mean like...actual...programming?
 
Bart
Bart
2:19 PM
@AndrewBarber Just click on "Build Assetbundles" and go take a coffee break for an hour. And when you come back, discover that you set it to the wrong platform. Switch that, take another break. Once finished importing, hit "Build Assetbundles" again, and take another break. ..... me, frustrated? Why?
 
Andrew Barber
Andrew Barber
2:32 PM
@TimStone @Bart Hmm... sounds like good advice! ;-)
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
3:31 PM
You should teach them connection strings. Everybody needs to know that.
 
Andrew Barber
Andrew Barber
3:53 PM
@jadarnel27 oooh... and, how to use Regular Expressions to parse HTML!
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
@Andrew Yes, that! Totally that!
"What's wrong with this high schooler you brought back?" "Oh sorry. He got...uh...Zalgo'd."
Seriously though, there were a lot of "practical" things that I didn't know / understand just after graduating from college. I didn't really do any coding before that, or in my spare time in college.
One of those was how to connect to a database with code. I learned that at my first job.
Which is ridiculous.
Ridiculous!
 
Andrew Barber
Andrew Barber
Ridiculous! (I'm glad you typed it there, because I never have any idea how to spell that!)
 
Bart
Bart
5:00 PM
Redonkulous obviously.
 
TCPMAN.EXE
TCPMAN.EXE
5:59 PM
ಠ_ಠ
 
Bart
Bart
◔_◔
 
 
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Bart
Bart
11:04 PM
I'll leave this here:
 
probably Pekka
probably Pekka
Is that really accurate?
I'd have thought you pronounced the name with a soft d in the end.
So, "Oh dead", not "Oh debt".
(Sorry for the examples Oded .... may it console you that "peccable" means "morally bad in principle or practice" :)
 
probably Pekka
probably Pekka
11:23 PM
Uh oh
Better get stocked up with the survival kit (only $37)
Lol fast forward to 12:00 when he tells us how the collapse of the Dollar is going to go down
Loooool 17:50 where he disses other survival guides his friends bought online - "people trying to make a buck out of the impending crisis!" (indignant face)
He simply couldn't let things go on like this.
Wait, why the hell am I watching this?
 

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