Lounge - March 2022

What artwork have you been working on?

I didn't want to step on Duthomhas' toes in his post about his art, so here's a place where I want to hear about anyone's artwork, what have you been working o...

[8 replies] Last: I am still stunned by what you are doing with SVG. I certainly agree t... (by newbieg)

by UeleseA

Not c++ related

Has anyone used the software cpu sim? I have been told if you know how to do stacks and linked lists from the C++ you should be able to use cpu sim however I...

[4 replies] Last: If'n English is wanted there is CPU-OS Simulator, for Windows: https:/... (by George P)

by George P

A Developer Altered Open Source Software to Wipe Files in Russia

https://www.wired.com/story/developer-altered-open-source-software-to-wipe-files-in-russia/ Malware has become Protestware.

[16 replies] Last: Heh, would be strange bedfellows .... I hope you are right. (by jonnin)

by malibor

Do you guys have experience with Media Foundation API?

Windows Media Foundation is MS's modern and native Audio API: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/medfound/media-foundation-programming-guide I d...

[8 replies] Last: I've never used it, but at a glance the API is reminiscent of OpenAL. ... (by helios)

by helios

Floats

I just got called during my vacation because someone didn't get the memo that if you have a flow of data like this: A --double-> B --u64-> C --double-> D A --do...

[16 replies] Last: Actually we have a customer that I personally wrote the entire Windows... (by helios)

by Duthomhas

Another pair of eyes, please

I was playing with a date difference calculator in C (because... SO raisins), and checking my work against timeanddate.com, but I think that website is in error...

[14 replies] Last: Leap seconds are only relevant if 1. you're measuring the interval in ... (by helios)

by Adalaide

Any words of encouragement?

I was really excited at the start of learning c++ in school but I feel like I am falling way behind and just not "getting" it no matter how hard I study. Is thi...

[6 replies] Last: OP: It's possible that you may be comparing yourself to your peers. I... (by IWishIKnew)

by helios

Hypocrisy

This week I read the following comments. I'm paraphrasing, but maintaining the general idea: [On the topic of Ukraine and "women and children first"] Men sh...

[13 replies] Last: I believe that racism is not a significant problem in our society. Th... (by helios)

by seeplus

PuTTY

Does anyone know the escape codes to change the cursor style in PuTTY 64-bit under Windows? I can't find this documented. It's currently set to VT100 emulation ...

[15 replies] Last: It's used in this context as a simple telnet client - as the MS one is... (by seeplus)

by Albatross

The C++ Tutorial on hackingcpp.com

I was recently linked https://hackingcpp.com/index.html The site features a number of helpful visual summaries of C++'s standard collections and the <algorit...

[5 replies] Last: It looks better than most. quick drive by stuff that stuck out -- PI... (by jonnin)

by GroovyJack

Lossless data compression algorithm question

Hello, I have the following question about LZ77, a lossless data compression algorithm, wondering if anyone here would know how to solve this: Given the initia...

[1 reply] : TTBOMK, LZ77 (in its "pure" form) is not concerned with how symbol... (by kigar64551)

by helios

Scripting GUI toolkits

Yesterday I was thinking about Qt and how it needs MOC to provide type safety in the GUI code when I started to think about how it the build process would be si...

[6 replies] Last: Doesn't connect depend on the MOC? The signals and slots are specifie... (by kigar64551)

by closed account G21UpDi1

bitcoin?

I find bitcoin interesting. It does come off like a legal ponzi scheme to me. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/08/bitfinex-hack-bit...

[12 replies] Last: Oh, I agree it is likely to fail and sooner rather than later. Its al... (by jonnin)

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