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by Duthomhas

Random Story Time (1,2)

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...

[25 replies] Last: Future story coming. Just don’t want the topic to close yet. (by Duthomhas)

by seeplus

C++ developments

This article may be of interest: https://www.itprotoday.com/c-programming-language/c-in-2025-how-the-language-is-adapting-to-a-shifting-tech-landscape

[8 replies] Last: The std::variant was ruined by committee. Use boost::variant instead. ... (by Duthomhas)

by zapshe

Complacency (1,2,3)

We're here at the last chance for him to turn back. We all know defying their decision, especially being 9-0, is the hill he wants to die on. He's installed his...

[43 replies] Last: About all we have accomplished is that I dislike all politicians even... (by zapshe)

by Duthomhas

More unpopular opinions

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 ...

[12 replies] Last: What do you think of the Pattinson Batmans? The movie itself wasn't ... (by zapshe)

by chipp

what happened to this forum?????

it seems like it became veeeery quiet in here what happened????? are we have another new forum or something...?

[6 replies] Last: apart from these, this forum is on a blacklist at most active c++ site... (by jonnin)

by chipp

insecure connection??

i've been inactive on this web for soooooooo long and when i wanna check in to this web before, there's a warning that says this web has insecure connection ...

[6 replies] Last: @salem: ic... actually, the warning my browser displaying before is wh... (by chipp)

by Duthomhas

I wrote a cron job! (1,2)

This is a continuation of Finally switched to Linux Mint (https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285724/ ). Mint, by default, is constantly popping up notificat...

[25 replies] Last: Someone did wrote a news piece for April 1st about "one common package... (by keskiverto)

by Duthomhas

Well, it looks like Mozilla is finally turning Evil™

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...

[7 replies] Last: Louis Rossmann does good work (I support his right to repair efforts) ... (by zapshe)

by sargon94

Software in Fortran

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...

[6 replies] Last: The problems are not that the vendor is using an ancient language. The... (by seeplus)

by zapshe

AI is something special (1,2,3,4)

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,...

[71 replies] Last: HUH? You're not forced to reply either. I just wanted to reach some co... (by zapshe)

by PhysicsIsFun

Website does not work properly with Linux

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 ...

[6 replies] Last: Ah, it seems my understanding of the problem is in error. Sorry. (by Duthomhas)

by Duthomhas

Short films worth watching

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...

[8 replies] Last: LOL, yeah, it was Melissa driving, I wasn’t in the car, but she saw ... (by Duthomhas)

by seeplus

New Safe C++ Proposal (1,2,3,4,5,6)

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...

[104 replies] Last: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42231489 I've been reading quite... (by helios)

by seeplus

C++23

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...

[3 replies] Last: Note that something like for (auto& elem : getVector()) has always b... (by Peter87)

by helios

Unpopular opinions (1,2)

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...

[25 replies] Last: Oh, interesting. I should have at least looked up the Wiktionary defin... (by Ganado)

by seeplus

Another one bites the dust

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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by Cyclone

Windows water mark now appears on desktop

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 ...

[1 reply] : Definitely run a full virus scan (Windows Defender will do), but it is... (by Duthomhas)

by Duthomhas

Fox-Star Search Fun (1,2)

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...

[28 replies] Last: Take your time, I already know how to ensure your code does compile wi... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by deleted account xyzzy

C++ fixed size string

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...

[7 replies] Last: So you'd rather have tons of 3rd party libraries instead, or custom co... (by deleted account xyzzy)