Lounge - April 2024

I just cannot understand this driving behavior...

People where I live (NJ) are weird, but I’ve had this happen in places like NM too. Today I was coming home in my big ol’ pickup truck, and the neighborhoo...

Apr 25, 2024 at 6:28pm

[9 replies] Last: The other driver then came to a full and complete stop also. And just... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by SubZeroWins

What windows/gui library? (1,2,3)

What windows/gui library would you fellas recommend for someone starting out as their first entry? I know some SFML, but I am curious what you would have recomm...

Apr 22, 2024 at 4:44am

[49 replies] Last: I never had a complete lockup, but very sluggish and either it taking ... (by SubZeroWins)

by zapshe

I've been working an odd job

I've been doing this remote job where you train an AI. You give the AI a prompt, it does the code, you evaluate and critique the code if need be. Pays pretty we...

Apr 17, 2024 at 5:00am

[5 replies] Last: app.dataannotation.tech There is a coding assessment you have to pass... (by zapshe)

by seeplus

Guidelines are not rules

See: https://arne-mertz.de/2024/03/core-guidelines-are-not-rules/

Apr 14, 2024 at 7:40pm

[9 replies] Last: There were rules? "There are rules, and then there are rules ."... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by deleted account xyzzy

Linux XZ Utils hacked

How one volunteer stopped a backdoor from exposing Linux systems worldwide https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119342/xz-utils-linux-backdoor-attempt This ...

Apr 10, 2024 at 8:40pm

[4 replies] Last: I thought the attack only targeted some of the enterprise-type server... (by keskiverto)

by Ganado

One thing I don't like about references in C++...

Let's say I'm searching through a codebase for "fooVar", because I want to see all the places that the fooVar variable gets set. I get line-item results like: ...

Apr 10, 2024 at 5:08am

[11 replies] Last: Another thing I find myself using macros for more and more often is th... (by Duthomhas)

by seeplus

C++ Safety in Context

See: https://herbsutter.com/2024/03/11/safety-in-context/

Apr 1, 2024 at 10:22pm

[6 replies] Last: @keskiverto I posted because of the comedy of not agreeing about the ... (by TheIdeasMan)

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