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Jan 14, 2008 at 1:25pm UTC

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by seeplus

Another one bites the dust

https://simontoth.substack.com/p/daily-bite-of-c-end-of-line RIP Daily bit(e). You will be missed but never forgotten. For the archive, see https://github...

Aug 2, 2024 at 5:41pm UTC

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by Ganado

New account creation is still broken

I remember somebody mentioned a while back that new account creation is broken, but I can't find the post*. I tried to make an account just as a test, and the ...

Jul 31, 2024 at 12:25am UTC

[9 replies] Last: Oh - I'm looking at the "modern" version. Thought it might have been ... (by mbozzi)

by andywestken

Expectations

Looking for feedback to sanity check my expectations of junior and not-so-junior C++ developers. Currently wondering how things have changed since I started in ...

Jul 27, 2024 at 7:37pm UTC

[13 replies] Last: Could count on one hand the number of professors that didn't upset me... (by George PlusPlus)

by seeplus

Crowdstrike BSOD

A flawed security update by Crowdstrike is causing BSOD for windows computers wordwide. It seems to be caused by csagent.sys The workaround Steps are: Boot Wi...

Jul 25, 2024 at 7:50am UTC

[18 replies] Last: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHrayP-Y71Q An update to the previous... (by TheIdeasMan)

by andywestken

Expectations - Expert Beginners

This thread follows on from one of the posts in the thread "Expectations": https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285833/#msg1243092 [quote=George PlusPlus]But t...

Jul 19, 2024 at 6:29pm UTC

[8 replies] Last: It's probably judging the result obtained and the time to complete. ... (by jonnin)

by andywestken

Expectations - Coding Standards

This thread follows on from one of the posts in the thread "Expectations": https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285833/#msg1243093 [quote=Duthomhas]Those ar...

Jul 18, 2024 at 6:55am UTC

[9 replies] Last: I think programmers should be expected to be able to put their own opi... (by Peter87)

by andywestken

Expectations - Common Knowledge

This thread follows on from one of the posts in the thread "Expectations": https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285833/#msg1243095 [quote=seeplus]Although n...

Jul 17, 2024 at 4:42pm UTC

[2 replies] Last: Another aspect of what else should count as common knowledge is what... (by George PlusPlus)

by TheIdeasMan

PDP 11 Dave's Garage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6t2L3SVM8 Trials and tribulations of working with old computer and old OS.

Jul 5, 2024 at 8:32am UTC

[1 reply] : Ah the good old days! That takes me back. I did a lot of programming w... (by seeplus)

by zapshe

I work for Google... (1,2)

I didn't know if I was training OpenAI's GPT models or not. Turns out I was in fact training Google's Gemini model. I'm not sure what the relationship betwee...

Jul 3, 2024 at 3:15pm UTC

[27 replies] Last: "the data must flow" (by Ganado)

by Duthomhas

Lions and Tigers and Pointers, oh my! (1,2)

I’ve been spending time at SO again lately (dunno why) and I am again impressed by how confused people get by the idea of pointers. It really doesn’t see...

Jun 27, 2024 at 6:55am UTC

[23 replies] Last: Alignment is (or at least was) relevant for vectorization. While compi... (by keskiverto)

by helios

Specialization vs. Diversification

Suppose that you already have some competency (which if you're here, probably doesn't stress your imagination) and that there's some completely unrelated discip...

Jun 26, 2024 at 7:31pm UTC

[16 replies] Last: I think you guys covered it... it depends on 2 main things, your actu... (by jonnin)

by zapshe

Typing Speed Test

Do we want to partake in competition again? ------ Reference: https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/279014/ I found that the code we used last time wasn't workin...

Jun 24, 2024 at 11:36pm UTC

[13 replies] Last: abcdefghijklnopqstuvwyxz Alphabet was incorrect. It took you 2326 mil... (by zapshe)

by Duthomhas

I wrote a strrstr()

Just because. https://stackoverflow.com/a/78527348/2706707 If I made a major fail I’m sure the nice folks at SO will let me know, so, feel free to roast...

May 31, 2024 at 8:31am UTC

[17 replies] Last: If compiled for 32 bit (as opposed to 64 bit above) then the average t... (by seeplus)

by seeplus

Pipes, pipes and yet more pipes

https://www.cppstories.com/2024/pipe-operator/ Is C++ becoming/is too complicated?

May 29, 2024 at 6:53am UTC

[5 replies] Last: It seems to me that the overall goal for C++ is to be able to write m... (by keskiverto)

by Duthomhas

Finally switched to Linux Mint (1,2,3)

Got a new PC (finally) and since it is really nice, modern hardware I am finally making the move from Windows. I liked Windows 7. Very clean, good OS. Windo...

May 24, 2024 at 1:04pm UTC

[51 replies] Last: That's too complicated for me, I use windows in virt-manager for same... (by keskiverto)

by seeplus

Happy (belated) 60th birthday Basic!

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/ My first introduction to programming was using HP's version of Dartmouth Bas...

May 9, 2024 at 5:11pm UTC

[12 replies] Last: I had a C=128, a souped-up version of C=64, several C=1541 floppy driv... (by George PlusPlus)

by seeplus

functional/monadic extensions of std::expected

https://www.cppstories.com/2024/expected-cpp23-monadic/ It's C++ - but not as we know it!

May 6, 2024 at 3:03pm UTC

[2 replies] Last: Great. I can’t stand monads. They contaminate everything they touch. (by Duthomhas)

by George PlusPlus

Daily bit(e) of C++ | Optimizing code to run 87x faster

https://simontoth.substack.com/p/daily-bite-of-c-optimizing-code-to

May 3, 2024 at 8:05am UTC

[11 replies] Last: Ah, I misread. IDK. Good question. (by Duthomhas)

by helios

Bad Apple!!

I made a thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5VUOLRues https://github.com/Helios-vmg/spindafy Check out the video I linked in the description or it won'...

May 2, 2024 at 11:49pm UTC

[7 replies] Last: I'm thinking a good strategy is to get a histogram of the selected pat... (by helios)