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| Welcome to the lounge forum in C++.com! In this forum, users can to talk about topics other than programming. Feel free to participate in a constructive and p... |
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Jan 14, 2008 at 1:25pm
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by Duthomhas
I wrote a cron job!
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| This is a continuation of Finally switched to Linux Mint (https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285724/ ). Mint, by default, is constantly popping up notificat... |
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Mar 15, 2025 at 6:02pm
[12 replies] Last: my early work was in unmanned air vehicles. We had sims, of course, a... (by jonnin)
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by Duthomhas
Random Story Time
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| I once went to McDonalds, waaay back when $5 was expensive, and bought food that totaled something like $6.85. I gave the cashier a five, two ones, and a dim... |
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Mar 14, 2025 at 8:29am
[19 replies] Last: it was a little joke from ancient history. Long ago, there was a made... (by jonnin)
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by Duthomhas
Well, it looks like Mozilla is finally turning Evil™
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| Firefox users are getting an updated EULA where Mozilla gets copyright to everything you post online through their browser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4... |
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Mar 11, 2025 at 8:49pm
[7 replies] Last: Louis Rossmann does good work (I support his right to repair efforts) ... (by zapshe)
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by Duthomhas
More unpopular opinions
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| Continuing from https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285914/ If you are in a school zone, either early in the morning when students are being dropped off or ... |
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Mar 5, 2025 at 6:27pm
[5 replies] Last: to a degree, that is the issue. Most schools are pretty large complex... (by jonnin)
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by sargon94
Software in Fortran
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| Quick question for the group: Is it normal to run into primary software written in Fortran?! It's caused nothing but trouble over the last 6 months, and I thoug... |
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Mar 3, 2025 at 9:46am
[6 replies] Last: The problems are not that the vendor is using an ancient language. The... (by seeplus)
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by zapshe
AI is something special (1,2,3,4)
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| I feel like AI is getting overlooked by many. I feel like I have a real professional in any field I want to learn about just waiting for me to ask things. Yes,... |
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Feb 1, 2025 at 4:15am
[71 replies] Last: HUH? You're not forced to reply either. I just wanted to reach some co... (by zapshe)
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by PhysicsIsFun
Website does not work properly with Linux
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| Hi guys, on my Linux machine (Ubuntu 22.04.05) the website does not work properly. I need to use the legacy version by clicking on the button at the top right ... |
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Jan 26, 2025 at 1:46am
[6 replies] Last: Ah, it seems my understanding of the problem is in error. Sorry. (by Duthomhas)
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by Duthomhas
Short films worth watching
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| I don’t particularly like horror, but this one was great! The Curse of Dracular https://youtu.be/kjd6jETfd5c?si=Oa9pabr4-kvrHC6v (Contains a claymation... |
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Jan 7, 2025 at 5:03pm
[8 replies] Last: LOL, yeah, it was Melissa driving, I wasn’t in the car, but she saw ... (by Duthomhas)
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by seeplus
New Safe C++ Proposal (1,2,3,4,5,6)
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| There is now a Safe C++ proposal that extends C++ by defining a superset of the language that can be used to write code with strong safety guarantees. See: htt... |
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Dec 2, 2024 at 8:24pm
[104 replies] Last: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42231489 I've been reading quite... (by helios)
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by seeplus
C++23
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| C++23 has finally been accepted by ISO as the latest C++ standard ISO/IEC 14882:2024 For a useful summary of features see https://www.cppstories.com/2024/cp... |
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Nov 19, 2024 at 10:58am
[3 replies] Last: Note that something like for (auto& elem : getVector()) has always b... (by Peter87)
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by helios
Unpopular opinions (1,2)
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| The plural of "layoff" is "layoves". Every non-pressurized drink should come in a bag, as it's a much more efficient packaging (assuming it must be disposabl... |
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Nov 15, 2024 at 6:54pm
[25 replies] Last: Oh, interesting. I should have at least looked up the Wiktionary defin... (by Ganado)
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by seeplus
Another one bites the dust
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| Codeproject has joined those other great sites that have gone to the cloud. It's ceased to host new content and displaying existing content is limited to the fi... |
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Nov 14, 2024 at 9:45am
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by Cyclone
Windows water mark now appears on desktop
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| I was messing around with some programs. Not sure what happened but there was now a watermark saying to activate windows. Said go to settings which I did. Then ... |
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Nov 1, 2024 at 12:56am
[1 reply] : Definitely run a full virus scan (Windows Defender will do), but it is... (by Duthomhas)
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by Duthomhas
Fox-Star Search Fun (1,2)
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| A recent question asked about the A* Search algorithm (https://cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/285875/#msg1243408 ), something I had never messed with, so I decid... |
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Oct 24, 2024 at 11:08pm
[28 replies] Last: Take your time, I already know how to ensure your code does compile wi... (by deleted account xyzzy)
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| Why is something like this not part of the C++ stdlib, only available in many different 3rd party libraries? One example, header only, with a vcpkg package: fi... |
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Oct 24, 2024 at 10:46pm
[7 replies] Last: So you'd rather have tons of 3rd party libraries instead, or custom co... (by deleted account xyzzy)
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by ayoesquire
How to use C++ like modules in Arduino
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| Hello everyone, I recently came across this thread on How to use modules in C++ posted on the forum by @ frek dated June 7, 2022. Please, I have two broad... |
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Oct 7, 2024 at 6:26pm
[9 replies] Last: I think current Arduino complier does support standard C++14 and C++1... (by deleted account xyzzy)
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| While bumping around in the available vcpkg libraries early this morning I ran across one that looks IMO rather interesting, a terminal UI package: https://g... |
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Oct 6, 2024 at 6:18pm
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by Ganado
New account creation is still broken (1,2)
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| 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 ... |
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Sep 18, 2024 at 8:30pm
[35 replies] Last: **Boot!** (by deleted account xyzzy)
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by Ch1156
C++ Concept Visualizations
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| So I've been thinking of something and i thought it would be helpful to be able to see how things work in C++ instead of trying to visualize them yourself, its ... |
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Sep 9, 2024 at 3:10pm
[9 replies] Last: I will see if i can figure out how to make these more digestible while... (by Ch1156)
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