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Oh yes. But we ate real spaghetti quite regularly in our house so my parents were not fooled.
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OriginalGriff wrote: French .
Ah, so you do like us from time to time...
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Am I still up tomorrow ? I've set two unsolved ones this week
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AFAIK you get 3 goes until you are booted. So yes, your turn again tomorrow.
Also, I can't even pronounce today's answer
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pkfox wrote: Am I still up tomorrow ? You will be if you never go to bed.
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I love a challenge, but I hate unsolvable problems. Actually they are not unsolvable, but what company is going to pay me to spend months or years to find the answer.
Unsolvable means I do not have access to the source code and therefor I am left guessing as to what the system call actually does. We are limited to what we can see.
Quote: I've set two unsolved ones this week That is a sure sign that you live in my world. Unfortunately, the bean counters do not see the value.
INTP
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." - Edsger Dijkstra
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Time to try some words that people may actually be able to get.
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Maybe "What is the capital of England? (1)"
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Um, how can I spell "London" in one letter? Plz sir, send codz.
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OriginalGriff wrote: What is the capital of England? (1) I got this one: 'E'
But that doesn't mean I'm in for next CCC, though
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Thought you might have gone with:
Drug capital of England (1)
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Hey - I didn't want to make it too cryptic for QA ...
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Yes, but if you're sneezing, you have to work from home.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I've only just started this book, but it is fantastic! It's difficult to find an author who has a great overview understanding like this, but then has the technical chops too.
This book reminds me of the great tech writers (Petzold, Prosise,McConnell) of the past who were able to put things in the right context and you just wanted to sit and think about what they had said. Kind of like having the author in the room and just talking things over.
The Secret Life of Programs: Understand Computers -- Craft Better Code - Jonathan Steinhart[^]
Quote: A few years ago, I was riding on a ski lift with our Swedish exchange student. I asked her if she had thought about what she was going to do after high school. She said that she was considering engineering and had taken a programming class the previous year. I asked her what they taught. She replied, “Java.” I instinctively responded with “That’s too bad.”
Why did I say that? Took me a while to figure it out. It’s not that Java is a bad programming language; it’s actually pretty decent. I said it because of the way in which Java (and other languages) are typically used to teach programming today—without teaching anything about computers.
Quote: Learning to Code is Only a Starting Place
Part of the reason for this state of affairs is that it’s not all that difficult to write computer programs that appear to work, or work much of the time. Let’s use the changes in music (not disco!) in the 1980s as an analogy. People used to have to develop a foundation in order to make music. This included learning music theory, composition, and how to play an instrument; ear training; and lots of practicing. Then the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) standard, originally proposed by Ikutaro Kakehashi of Roland, came along, which let anyone make “music” from their computer without ever having to develop calluses. It’s my opinion that only a small percentage of computer-generated “music” is actually music; it’s mostly noise. Music is produced by actual musicians—who may or may not use MIDI to build on their foundation. Programming these days has become a lot like using MIDI. You no longer have to sweat much or spend years practicing or even learn theory in order to write programs. But that doesn’t mean these are good or reliable programs.
Quote: This situation is likely to get worse, at least in the United States. Wealthy people with vested interests, like those who own software companies, have been lobbying for legislation mandating that everybody learn to code in school. This sounds great in theory, but it’s not a great idea in practice because not everybody has the aptitude to become a good programmer. We don’t mandate that everybody learn to play football because we know that it’s not for everybody. The likely goal of this initiative is not to produce great programmers but rather to increase software company profits by flooding the market with large numbers of poor programmers, which will drive down wages. The people behind this push don’t care very much about code quality—they also push for legislation that limits their liability for defective products. Of course, you can program for fun just like you can play football for fun. Just don’t expect to be drafted for the Super Bowl.
In 2014, President Obama said that he had learned to code. He did drag a few things around in the excellent visual programming tool Blockly, and he even typed in one line of code in JavaScript (a programming language unrelated to Java, which was invented at Netscape, the predecessor to the Mozilla Foundation that maintains numerous software packages, including the Firefox web browser.) Now, do you think that he actually learned to code? Here’s a hint: if you do, you should probably work on honing your critical thinking skills in addition to reading this book. Sure, he may have learned a teensy bit about programming, but no, he didn’t learn to code. If he could learn to code in an hour, then it follows that coding is so trivial that there wouldn’t be a need to teach it in schools.
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But ... but ... coding is just finding the right chunk of code on SO, CP, or YT and chucking it at any old compiler you can find. The errors aren't your fault!
I thought everyone* knew that.
* Certainly, everyone asking questions in QA does ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: But ... but ... coding is just finding the right chunk of code on SO, CP, or YT Of course it isn't!
There's also the big job of posting "Send me codez" requests in QA! Clearly, you totally forgot about that! Are you sure you're really a coder at all?
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- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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Damn! I've been sussed out as the fraud I am!
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OriginalGriff wrote: But ... but ... coding is just finding the right chunk of code on SO, CP, or YT and chucking it at any old compiler you can find. The errors aren't your fault!
Yes, yes, that is all there is too it. You've got it now.
And, yes, I know you are joking / being sarcastic.
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He was joking?!!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Nope ...
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Copyright violation!! The FDA has been notified.
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ZurdoDev wrote: Copyright violation!! The FDA has been notified.
The Food and Drugs Administration doesn't care much about copyright. Maybe patent violations, when it comes to drugs (Big Pharma is throwing plenty of money at them), but those have nothing to do with copyright violations.
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dandy72 wrote: The Food and Drugs Administration doesn't care much about copyright. Explain that to them when they show up at your house to confiscate your ramen noodles.
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I'll be waiting for them. Especially since I'm out of their jurisdiction.
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