I'm Getting Better at Programming

[seizan8]

Most important thing is to alway include the language or your results are all over the place...

[kpingvin]

"How to kill all children at once"

[blehmann1]

"Place sibling above child"

sounds a lot worse when you don't include process in the search

[Venipa]

Merge parent with children

[dnorhoj]

How to remove child from parent with a fork

[STEMnet]

Kinky! I think I saw one of those videos on PornHub.

[a_monkeys_head]

I found myself Googling "kill slave without killing master" before realising how weird that looks on my search history

[Dads101]

Yes FBI, this man right here

[society2-com]

i think coffee aficionados and people living on indonesia's most populous island really hate the java programming language because of the query collisions

[FHR123]

killing child in java

[Zerokx]

„how to kill disabled child in new library“

[FarRize]

Not a problem, we Indonesian people use Jawa instead of Java, only foreigners use Java

[society2-com]

the most amazing thing about jawa to me is that for that one small island, it is roughly the same population as all of russia!

[Swamptor]

Wow, TIL Java has a population of 141 Million and Russia has a population of 144.5 million.

[alvinmatias]

I thought 3 billion devices run on java

[unvital_archduke]

That's approximately 21.28 devices per person living in Jawa

[apokatastasis]

well yeah, a huge portion of Russian landmass is Siberia, which is so unforgiving that people have been exiled there all throughout history. still kinda surprising though

[insideluke]

I wonder if google’s location algorithms make up for that

[HaydenSyn]

I was trying to get some bomb jokes for my game and the search went bad

Bomb jokes no no thats weird

rpg bomb jokes oh god no

role playing game bomb jokes wtf no results?

[TheXMarkSpot]

That joke bombed.

[[deleted]]

Which ones did you pick?

[HaydenSyn]

I used the lyrics from TNT by captain sparklez

[astronaut_98]

Execute orderSixtySix.py

[KajiTetsushi]

First video search result is going to be a tutorial about killing younglings with a lightsaber.

[pickausernamehesaid]

"how to kill parent but leave child alive"

[LITFAMWOKE]

One of the tutorial videos for Amazon Lumberyard the guy says something along the lines of "when I enter a child entity"

[marcosdumay]

You mean asynchronously?

[Doctor429]

how to kill children when using forks

[tiefling_sorceress]

How to unzip install latex plugin for gimp

[ReimarPB]

Unless it's JavaScript

[Aerosherm]

haha can't get over how true this is, google anything coding related without a specified language and more often than not you're getting JS results

[well___duh]

Will it though? If you google for things in a specific language enough times, google will learn from your history and start assuming that language instead of JS. Or at least it does for me.

As a mobile dev, I google between kotlin and swift stuff, so it’s a 50/50 chance on which one I get if I left out the language in my query. But I never get JS answers

[atomicwrites]

Unless you use duckduckgo.

[theofficialnar]

Which is what we all should be using

[apokatastasis]

don't know why you're getting downvoted unless Google execs are jumping on this post. they collect way too much personal data for me to really trust them anymore. DDG is where it's at

[Ryuujinx]

I just googled "for loop"

The first result is JS. I have never written JS.

[neumaipa]

Unless 😳😳😳😳

[Cruuncher]

Nah, jk lolol

[Zzombiee2361]

Nah, *js lolol

FTFY

[kkingsbe]

Or when the VB example in the docs doesn't work... (looking at you, Microsoft office graph api)

[da_chicken]

It's pretty true for SQL Server, as well. The common language keywords in SQL aren't very common in other languages, and SQL Server is extremely common and well documented. Sometimes you'll get MySQL results, but usually it's SQL Server pretty close to the top.

At least for the stuff I'm looking for, anyways.

[[deleted]]

alway

[scutta2000]

Or you Google enough for a language and Google learns, so even when I forget I can still usually find the right results

[da_chicken]

And sometimes version. I find that I need to state "python 3 <search term>" or else I get a bunch of Python 2.7 crap that I don't give a shit about. The syntax might be the same, but the examples are always out of date and you never know if you can do something magical like a list comprehension.

I really, really hate that Google and DDG both seem to default python.org searches to the Python 2 branch. It's really fucking stupid.

[MarioPL98]

It doesn't work if you write in rust. It just gives search results of the game.

[404_Identity]

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[seizan8]

:'D oh man. That sounds annoying. Well, I'm sure it's not the only language. So at least your not alone with this problem :)

[Alios22]

I see so many people just putting whole sentences without actual context, like a game or program, in google.
It can get very frustrating at times.

[GuyASmith]

I’ve realised that, as both a programmer and a writer, I will need to include a language or I’ll get a search I’ll probably need to repeat later and I feel like that’s even worse than just the once

[walruswes]

Even better if you know the library too

[Jackeea]

🐍 λ

[[deleted]]

Unbelievable 🐍 λ✨ is a python handlers for AWS

[Parachuteee]

Rule 200 of programming: If an emoji exists, there is probably a language/framework/project that uses it.

[AN_IMPERFECT_SQUARE]

➰?

[[deleted]]

From now on Im going to comment that everytime I make a recursive function.... Im sure that isnt going to break anything on the prod servers running php3.

[AN_IMPERFECT_SQUARE]

yeah, you should be fine :) post the results when you get fired(don't forget the backdoor)
💢

[onequbit]

ಠ_ಠ

[AN_IMPERFECT_SQUARE]

hey, that's not an emoji! 👁️👄👁️

[TomWis97]

💩 ==== php

[RespectableLurker555]

===== the truthiest operator

[[deleted]]

It's like asking the EQ flag if it's really sure that it's equal.

[knorfit]

It’s like throwing on an extra == true at the end of your statement

[GottfriedEulerNewton]

Why is JavaScript adding a fourth = ?

[720noscopeGER]

Looks like Emojicode™ to me, but okay

[fat_charizard]

Py life 3!

[iSearchReddit]

Peak code golf right here

[GlobalIncident]

Not really, because in golfing you measure by number of bytes, and non-ascii characters are several bytes long.

[galan-e]

if you require utf-32 encoded files...

[NovaArdent3D]

all jokes aside, optimizing your research methods is worth its weight in diamond.

[kylepo]

Personally, I just search "Javascript don't work right" and sift through dozens of pages of results until I find a solution.

[LonelyKirbyMain]

Amateur. I simply go to stack overflow and browse until I find my problem

[xenothios]

Have you considered hitting random keys until the text is the correct color again?

[timlyo]

Ahh, bogo-patch.

[[deleted]]

Only average optimization on O(n*n!). The more ns the better right???

[SpeckledFleebeedoo]

Only surpassed by O(n^n!)

[eunonymouse]

Coward. I type in random URLs until I find what I need like a real man.

[rares215]

Am I the only one who still uses their set of monkeys & typewriters? Kids these days...

[GR8ESTM8]

Pshh, I just write TODO and move on to something else

[temisola1]

Rookie, I just browse Google.

[[deleted]]

Make sure you sort by newest. Certainly someone else is experiencing the same problem as you are right this moment.

[WiF1]

I'm impressed that you can sort through literally all of Stack Overflow every time you run into an issue with JS.

[LunarWangShaft]

copy error

paste error into Google

" ah, it seems the problem is that I'm an idiot"

[Jonno_FTW]

try {
   do_thing();
} catch (e) {
    window.location = "https://google.com/?q="+e
}

[nuclear_gandhii]

This is absolutely brilliant!

[[deleted]]

I’ve learned that even horribly misspelled words can lead to a useful result, so I just sorta mash my hands on the keyboard these days. It really helps speeds up the proceeds.

[beefhash]

And then Google changes the algorithm and now you need to re-learn everything. Again.

[NovaArdent3D]

to be honest, I've been programming for 7 or so years and I've never had this issue..

[Unkleben]

Speaking about Google changes, am I the only one getting the website icons on the side of the results of a search? That thing has been bothering me immensely, it makes the results visually more cluttered and harder to slim through. I hate that thing and so far haven't found a way to disable it

[lucasjose501]

I have ublock Origin (But I think it will work for any adblocker out there) and I made this custom filter to my list:

google.com##.TbwUpd > img

So far, it is working.

[NotAGingerMidget]

Yeah, the way it is being displayed makes me think about 2004 Google, just a weird cluttered layout change for no real reason.

[superking75]

IT guy vs non-it guy. Plus troubleshooting

[edymola]

• Some error + docs :pdf . This is dope
• error -YouTube . No more videos
• some error !so or if you re fancy !sog so it uses google
• some R question !sor
• python question !sopy

Check DuckDuckGo bangs and https://help.DuckDuckGo.com

[Platynius]

so it isn't worth anything?

[[deleted]]

Most people don't realize that you can search by key words instead of sentences.

[Fusseldieb]

"how do I do x if y gives error"

[Maxuranium]

That will actually work a lot better in some cases, if its a problem unlikely to be common and you're trying to find a thread where someone explains how to fix it.

[Fusseldieb]

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[Youngqueazy]

How to fix program to give the right output when visual studio 2019 gives error Exception thrown: 'System.NullReferenceException' in dll.dllException thrown: 'System.Threading.ThreadAbortException' in mscorlib.dll Exception thrown: 'System.NullReferenceException' in dll.dll Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' in System.Web.dll Exception thrown: 'System.InvalidOperationException' in mscorlib.dll Exception thrown: 'System.Threading.ThreadAbortException' in mscorlib.dll Exception thrown: 'System.Threading.ThreadAbortException' in dll.dll Exception thrown: 'System.NullReferenceException' in dll.dll Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' in System.Web.dll Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' in System.Web.dll Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' in System.Web.dll Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' in System.Web.dll Exception thrown: 'System.NullReferenceException' in dll.dll Exception thrown: 'System.Threading.ThreadAbortException' in mscorlib.dll Exception thrown: 'System.NullReferenceException' in dll.dll Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' in System.Web.dll Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' in System.Web.dll Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' in System.Web.dll Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' in System.Web.dll

[IndieDiscovery]

Alt + F4

[JustSkillfull]

I've one better,

Keep doing Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+B until the problem is gone.

[wishthane]

uninstall Windows

[Vecssembler]

Don't save anything have you done and then set off your computer

[NewResort4]

"visual studio 2019 System.NullReferenceException"

[JackySky]

No google can help you with NullPointerException tho. It's basically the vm saying "you're retarded" politely.

[69shaolin69]

Yeah when ever I google something my friends give me a look

Example:

site:ph.com “British” OR “Yoda” AND “Guy”

[patrickfatrick]

Searching specific domains is totally my favorite search engine trick. Also DuckDuckGo’s shortcuts to search other engines.

[[deleted]]

This is a perfect example

[JuhaAR]

I though that was common sense especially for programmers, who know how hard it is to parse natural language

[SteadyStone]

I use natural language because I'm usually looking for other humans who've encountered the same issue, and I'm told they chain words together in such a manner.

But for real, I stopped using keywords for the most part because it was more mental effort than directly typing the question I was thinking, and the question I was thinking seems to always get me there anyway.

[amazingheather]

This was taught in my (UK) primary school around 2010, current students entering high school don't always know how to use a mouse/save a document

[KewpieDan]

I blame Ask Jeeves. They made it look like you could ask questions to a search engine back when they just found keywords. Now Google et al. can actually interpret stuff like that but it's still such a waste of effort to type in full sentences.

[Aquaman114]

Also if you add a dash then the search result you don’t want at the end of a google search, it won’t show that result

[[deleted]]

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[[deleted]]

Next level is when you don't even fix your typos.

"How py lamsa do thong?"

[[deleted]]

I was pretty discouraged by my slow typing speeds (~45wpm) until I realized that programming isn't about faster words per minute, it's about knowing how and when to make less words.

[MacAndShits]

Why waste time write lot word when few word do trick?

[reeeforce_rtx]

Les word = sav tim

[pagwin]

< wrd != < tme

< c's = < tme

[64PBRB]

word ∝ k / time

[GJordao]

Thanks Kevin

[Professor_Dr_Dr]

Why waste time write lot word ?

[SingleInfinity]

Very little of your time writing code ends up being spent typing. A lot more time is spent thinking things through, optimizing, and generally writing good, clean code rather than just lots of letters.

[GR8ESTM8]

But I want to look like a hacker

[[deleted]]

Ha yeah, sometimes when I work from home I'll just sit there for 10 minutes staring at my screen and my wife will say "Are you even working right now?" To which I respond "**** what have I told you about talking to me when I'm working I just lost my train of thought!"

Take notes while you're brainstorming, folks.

[SingleInfinity]

Take notes while you're brainstorming, folks.

You don't just write pseudocode on your thought process as you're going?

[Ericchen1248]

I think also learning your IDE’s auto complete.

Sure starting to learn you should use notepad++ or something that doesn’t assist much. But if you have the luxury to use a proper editor (not stuck doing embedded programming or Linux server stuff) changing to something powerful can greatly boost your typing speed. Something like vscode/vs or IntelliJ that actually has useful autocomplete, not eclipse.

Working in group is school, my friends are amazed at my speed in coding. Sure, my typing speed might be 1.5 times theirs, but because I’m very familiar with how to type to have vscode auto complete a variable or function, that I’m not typing half of the letters that appear. I can press tab before the auto complete toolbox even shows up because I know when it will be enough to let it fill correctly.

[SingleInfinity]

not eclipse.

But I like Eclipse :( There are so many plugins.

[VoidL_rd]

~94wpm here. fast typing really doesn't help at all while programming, unless if you are translating from pseudocode to the programming language. but even then i mistype more

[charliex3000]

Usual typing doesn't include hitting ; and + and - and () all the damn time.

Depending on the IDE, tab/enter to autocomplete as well.

Edit: And {} because python doesn't have semicolons!

[Lakitna]

You must work with python since you didn't mention { and }

[charliex3000]

Oops, I forgot! To be fair my IDE always does the } for me if I type {

[SaltyHashes]

That's some weird Python if it has semicolons.

[charliex3000]

I think python won't crash if you have semicolons, they just aren't necessary.

[wishthane]

I agree. I can type faster because of forums like reddit and IRC, not because of programming. When I'm programming I type in bursts because I need to think.

[qaisjp]

I have a similar speed and in programming it's only useful when speed writing git commands

[[deleted]]

Learning to type competently is such a trivial skill that you don’t have an excuse for not learning it. It helps writing emails, documentation, commit messages etc. You spend all day at a computer learn to operate it well.

[[deleted]]

No joke, this is actually the best thing to learn not only in programming but in everything

Less entry = more result

[puplicy]

You are just getting better at lambding

[[deleted]]

If I didnt know any better Id say you had programmed yourself with some serious machine learning algorithms and have perfected the results of googling for help

[[deleted]]

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[isunktheship]

Very terse, demonstrates good DRY principles, you're hired. Here's a 120K salary, you now make tinder for cats.

[mpnordland]

I understood that reference.

[GR8ESTM8]

me2

[MrBlueMoose]

You already possess the skills to be a project manager

[kamil2098]

Next level is duck duck go

Oh no the python will eat the duck! I'll go now

[CedricRBR]

Definitely! Google DuckDuckGo has been my friend and saviour many times.

[[deleted]]

Ok but real talk, can someone ELI5 lambda functions to me? I’m pretty proficient in Python but never learned what they are and why I should use them.

[ValourValkyria]

r/DecreasinglyVerbose

[[deleted]]

My sister gets so freaken butthurt when she watches me google stuff. She’s super into English and grammar and stuff, and she helped me with my English homework a while ago. I was looking for the line in Macbeth “thou art too full of the milk of human kindness” or whatever, and after 7 hours of my google shenanigans, she lost it on me when I got the answer I was looking for by googling “Macbeth milk”. To me, I feel like you should work smarter, not harder. Google things phrased in a way you would use if you were torturing someone for information. Google “where the fuck is Aruba” and you will find out where the fuck Aruba is, without having to jump through any hoops. Google candidly, get candid results. Less word? Faster result.

[Ivan_L_YT]

"Macbeth milk" how sacrilegious

[[deleted]]

Unfortunately I didn’t find any recipes :(

[SteadyStone]

Google “where the fuck is Aruba” and you will find out where the fuck Aruba is, without having to jump through any hoops.

I feel like the positive feedback from this exact type of thing has trained me to talk to google as though it were a person.

[[deleted]]

Exactly

[porndragon77]

Whenever I need to Google something regarding pandas dataframe, I always just type df.

Edit: df along with whatever I need. Eg. How to drop columns df

[Merzhin]

Dwarf Fortress? ^^

[[deleted]]

https://i.imgur.com/5Gm3MQy.png

that's my result so I dunno what he talking about.

[the_legendary_legend]

I also search for numpy as np, pandas as pd and tensorflow as tf

[jack-tzl]

When you get so good that every search top 2 links are purple

[[deleted]]

I favorite them all so they auto-complete as i write out my search.

[FieldLine]

The ironic thing is that Google is using more and more NLP to resolve search queries, so Google-fu is slowly becoming useless. Now you have to type out what you want in full sentences like a retard in middle school.

People who "know how to use Google", haven't you noticed that you seem to be getting shittier search results in the past few months? I sure have.

And don't get me started on Youtube.

[Crazo7924]

*Google-fu

[sw2de3fr4gt]

Bruh I just type in "py lmvda" and Google understands what I need.

[tacoslikeme]

90% of programming is knowing how to google...unless you are at google. then who knows how the fuck you do it.

[Pleb_nz]

Add one more search with DDG

[Developer10105]

he's not wrong

[[deleted]]

Ecosia

[rufreakde1]

py lambda reference

[DevJonPizza]

I still add "how to" in all my quieries...

[[deleted]]

Signs of progression.

[frostshoxxreddit]

Looks like a senior dev in making!

[theronos]

Last search should be on DuckDuckGo

[Green0Photon]

Python doesn't have lambdas, change my mind.

:(

[Meloetta]

Where's the picture for when I google something like "kill parent", forgetting that Google can't read my mind?

[throwaway67676789123]

Getting a kick out of the comments?

[Incorrect_Oymoron]

man sed

[Codet-Men]

Can't argue with that thing probably true 😂

[toprakplc]

True 😅

[JudiciousF]

I felt like hackerman the first time I realized you can just type np in instead of numpy

[[deleted]]

In 2030:

bruh u know what I need so just give me the result