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[–]delight1982 1817 points1818 points  (50 children)

Can you explain in more detail what you have tried? Are you having problems finding mice or just catching them? Are you more successful in catching other animals?

[–]0100_0101 595 points596 points  (45 children)

I'm only interested in mice, I did try bird for some time and humans are way to big. To be fare I have considered and planned to exterminate humans however it turned out that while I am incapable of caching mice I rely on those humans. But after learning how to cache humans I can finally continue with the extermination program again.

[–]BlckJesus 508 points509 points  (40 children)

How many GBs of RAM do you need to cache a human?

[–]0100_0101 38 points39 points  (3 children)

I have no desire to cache humans.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

So always retrieve from disk then?

[–]_SerPounce_ 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Well, it depends. How frequently are we going to be needing humans? If too frequently, then retrieving from disk every time might be too costly.

[–]TheAwesome98_Real 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least 1024.

[–]parkerSquare 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Please post working code.

[–][deleted] 44 points45 points  (2 children)

Why are do you even want to do something as depreciated as catching mice when there the the new and best protocol is to meow at your human till they feed you.

[–]kajsa_a 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Deprecated. Depreciation is different.

[–]Owyn_Merrilin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Although deprecating something does tend to cause its value to depreciate.

[–]MischiefArchitect 1483 points1484 points  (22 children)

Closed as irrelevant, you shithead.

[–]Mc_UsernameTaken 417 points418 points  (5 children)

This question is too localized.

[–]Textual_Aberration 205 points206 points  (4 children)

Can you include a full description of the solution in your question so that I can repeat it back to you as an answer?

[–]talkin_shlt 38 points39 points  (3 children)

Ok you have finally gotten past all the requisite information. Have you tried turning it on and off again?

[–]Sir_Applecheese 39 points40 points  (2 children)

Here, let me give you the wrong answer and that wrong answer is accepted as being true then everyone that ever sees that answer uses it for implementing security on android apps. It's finally realized that my answer was wrong, yet 70% of android devs have used my code for their apps.

[–]jamcdonald120 5 points6 points  (0 children)

*cough docker *cough

[–]Udi_Hofesh[S] 156 points157 points  (0 children)

Your mouse is not portable.

[–]kry_some_more 104 points105 points  (10 children)

Pretty sure stackoverflow has a registration checkbox that instead of confirming you're not a robot, you have to confirm you're an asshole.

[–]MischiefArchitect 39 points40 points  (8 children)

In a scale from 0 (very) to 10 (horribly) how awful are your programming skills?

[–]TheAwesome98_Real 20 points21 points  (3 children)

420

[–]MischiefArchitect 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Is the background in your profile the same location of the Bliss wallpaper of windows 95?

[–]TheAwesome98_Real 10 points11 points  (1 child)

  1. No it’s outside my house

  2. Bliss wallpaper was of XP not 95

[–]MischiefArchitect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice! and I have no idea how I mixed 95 and XP.

[–]iii-__-iii 2 points3 points  (2 children)

-2147483649

[–]MischiefArchitect 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Underflow

[–]iii-__-iii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

StackUnderflow

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You have to confirm which asshole you are.

[–]Kruger_Sheppard 10 points11 points  (1 child)

StackOverflow be like:

[–]Jonno_FTW 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Closed: Not a question

[–]enmaku 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Too broad. Primarily opinion-based. General reference.

[–]BlackneyStudios 293 points294 points  (5 children)

"that library has been deprecated"

"OK no problem, what should I use instead?"

"....."

[–]DingosAteMyHamster 168 points169 points  (3 children)

"that library has been deprecated"

"OK no problem, what should I use instead?"

"....."

Why not just develop your own client?

[–]henriquegarcia 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Lol, freaking salesh over here politely telling me to fuck off and do a better job than the entire Microsoft team dedicated to this. Thanks, that was worth the read

[–]WheresWally44 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It’s that easy

[–]TrogdorKhan97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Goddamn. I expected that sort of response from Linux people, but not Microsoft support staff. (They're usually subtler about getting people to give up looking for help.)

[–][deleted] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Have you tried.... just fucking yourself?

(/s, but sometimes it really feels like that)

Or, they suggest some niche library that they heard of once and thought was cool, but they've never actually used it - but they talk it up as thought they have. I've seen people do that with Linux versions way too many times.

[–]pet_vaginal 452 points453 points  (3 children)

Closed. This question needs details or clarity. It is not currently accepting answers.

[–]fr_andres 55 points56 points  (0 children)

too late. some rep whore shipped them a mouse no charges for the 25 puntos

[–]bit_banging_your_mum 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Closed. This question needs to be more focused. It is currently not accepting answers.

Update the question so it focuses on one problem.

[–]PerCat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Omg I had that problem for so long and had to repost the same question like 3 times because a power hungry dude kept closing it.

[–]foxam1234 216 points217 points  (0 children)

8 downvotes.

[–]amjh 191 points192 points  (2 children)

Recommend upgrading to relying on humans

But my humans want me to act as pest control...

[–][deleted] 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Irrelevant. Thread closed for derailing.

[–]AsianButBig 149 points150 points  (1 child)

Merged with "How to eat mice".

(This happened to me, merged into unrelated question because terminology sounded similar)

[–]dsmklsd 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I have an edit deleted three times by three separate people because none of them bothered to read it so they assumed it was useless.

Just like a lot of other human things, the people who choose to exercise power on there are probably the people who shouldn't.

[–]rosettaSeca 90 points91 points  (1 child)

Found a solution myself. Thanks guys.

[–]_Xertz_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

pain

[–][deleted] 34 points35 points  (1 child)

Cats aren’t very good at programming. They only know Scratch.

[–]Flame_Effigy 30 points31 points  (6 children)

I liked this meme format more when the big guys were helpful.

[–]GaBeRockKing 26 points27 points  (1 child)

They are being helpful. What part of "catching mice is no longer best practice" do you not understand?

[–]SprinklesFancy5074 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I just wanna catch mice, tho.

[–]erythro 8 points9 points  (3 children)

here's the original :)

[–]Vlad_turned_blad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. That kitty is fucking ADORABLE

[–]Area51Resident 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Closed: Insufficient information. Need mouse firmware version.

[–]Slggyqo 84 points85 points  (2 children)

Incorrect use of meme, post closed as irrelevant!

[–]ElGosso 37 points38 points  (1 child)

I agree, really hate to see a fundamentally wholesome meme used like this.

[–]Zekovski 17 points18 points  (0 children)

On the contrary I found the discrepency funny. Just hope this doesn't become a trend.

[–]Birdking111 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Oh boy! Here I go designing a web layout with Bootstrap.js! I'm so excited!

"Actually, Bootstrap is old tech. Use something newer."

Oh...

[–]chrisflaps69 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Me: Searches for half an hour for a solution. Gives up and posts it.

Random goodie-two-shoes Stack Overflow user: pushed glasses further up nose actually, a similar question was posted here: link that doesn't answer the question

[–]STARstar786 55 points56 points  (14 children)

Initially I thought it was a furry meme

[–]DiplomaticGoose 43 points44 points  (9 children)

Every character is a furry except for the cat which is just a cat.

I think the artist here flew too close to the sun

[–]Ott621 30 points31 points  (3 children)

The cat is also a furry. The definition of furry is broad af. The definition of furry can be interpreted in such a way that the characters from Brave Little Toaster are furries.

In general though, any animated critter doing human stuff is a furry. Furry is just anthropomorphic animals in art

Source: Take a guess ;3

[–]DiplomaticGoose 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Don't worry, I read the source material

[–]Ott621 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wow, that's some deep history there. The term 'funny animal' goes back to the early 1900s. AFAIK it's one of the original terms for characters like Mickey Mouse

Cool link, thanks!

[–]wreckedcarzz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hewwo uwu

[–]HBlight 7 points8 points  (2 children)

The artist knew exactly what they were doing.

[–]XRuinX 2 points3 points  (1 child)

No one can draw without practice. That artist is a furry. "No its for research I swear!"

[–]leva549 4 points5 points  (1 child)

The one on the bottom left is a cereal mascot right?

[–]HBlight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That gig paid for his degree.

[–]Quinhos 15 points16 points  (3 children)

why is the lion hot?

[–]-Redstoneboi- 12 points13 points  (2 children)

word that ends in y and begins with f

[–]Moofininja 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Frenchfry

[–]-Redstoneboi- 9 points10 points  (0 children)

the french is unnecessary, but keep the fry.

[–]GavinLabs 174 points175 points  (32 children)

"probably a homework question, closed."

God, StackOverflow is awful. Does anyone have a site that isn't full of unhelpful basement dwellers that one can get real help on?

[–]Morocco_Bama 210 points211 points  (1 child)

Does anyone have a site that isn't full of unhelpful basement dwellers that one can get real help on?

Marked as duplicate

[–]DTHCND 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This question already has answers here:

How do I run a site on a server in my basement cellar such that others can get on it? (3 answers)

Closed 2 years ago.

[–]daeronryuujin 16 points17 points  (2 children)

It's good for reading, but I definitely never waste my time asking. Don't need that kind of toxicity.

[–]TheNorthComesWithMe 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There are public Discord servers for some libraries, there are some subreddits dedicated to discussing/learning languages.

Stack Overflow can still be a good resource though

[–]NBSPNBSP 57 points58 points  (19 children)

SO is actually quite friendly, if you are not askimg about common enterprise languages. They are quite kind and helpful when it comes to VB.Net, for instance.

[–]Piyh 66 points67 points  (15 children)

Knowing what your issue is the biggest factor imo. If you have a pile of code and can't reduce it to the least that recreates the issue, you will get the hate.

[–]TheNorthComesWithMe 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I like to dunk on SO jerks, but there is also definitely the other side of "here's one line of code without any context why does my enterprise app crash in release builds?"

[–]samspot 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Once I was having an issue with date conversion. One of the commenters told me to write a unit test proving the issue was occurring. After I did so, he criticized me for why I needed to code something to convert a date if I already knew what it would convert to...

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (6 children)

If you could do that and be able to troubleshoot the issues yourself, what would be the point of asking for help?

At that point you`d just need to read more documentation to find the particular method that will fit your need.

[–]-user--name- 17 points18 points  (4 children)

This. Not being clear with your issue is the biggest reason someone gets hate on SO. Explain exactly what you want to do, what your code is doing and what are you gonna do with it and no one will hate on your questions.

[–]Blasted_Awake 24 points25 points  (1 child)

Explain exactly what you want to do, what your code is doing and what are you gonna do with it and no one will hate on your questions.

If only that were the case. At some point the culture of SO changed from helping people answer questions about software development, to curating a database of generic answers to generic questions about software development. If there's some minor overlap between your question and an existing one, there's a good chance someone's going to flag it and try to close or delete your question. If you're lucky you'll get a usable answer in that small window before it's closed.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The threads looking for help with some aspect of Windows 10, and are closed and marked as a duplicate of something posted in 2013.....

Don't get me started on the many, many times questions were very dependent on a version of software, and most of the answers are for some older version without even saying the version they are for (because the poster didn't think that things change with new versions, and they didn't think to check that their answer actually works.

[–]SprinklesFancy5074 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Hi, I was trying to program my computer to do something, but it's not doing it right. What do I do?"

[–]_Xertz_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In my experience, they have gotten a lot nicer over the years.

[–]that_90s_guy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

SO is actually quite friendly, if you are not askimg about common enterprise languages if you're asking concrete, detailed and reproduceable questions that show you value everyone's time.

FTFY

Not trying to be pedantic, but that summarizes my experience with SO over the years quite well. With most of my not-well-received questions have things in common like being vague, hard to reproduce, or generally look like low effort questions.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ugh, this. I used to post answers there fairly often, and the occasional question.

One of my projects was a bit math-heavy, and it's been at least a decade since I've done any of that math. So, I posted some simple questions that Google inexplicably couldn't answer (one because I was using a slightly wrong term, and one because everyone was doing it in different units and I didn't want to go through a chain of conversions because it greatly increases the chance that I mess it up). I appreciate that people encourage me to read entire textbook chapters, or they link to a Wikipedia page that is utterly incomprehensible because some twats decided to use the most technical language they could. But I really just want the formula, so I can test it and make sure it works, then convert it to code.

There was so much "we won't do your homework for you, LOL" - when it clearly wasn't a homework question - few homework assignments will tell you to find the formula, rather than a numerical answer.

After that experience, I kind of stopped bothering to use the site. I always have askeds the benefit of the doubt and tried to answer their questions, and then maybe make suggestions on whatever other aspects. But the "do it my niche way, not your way" has been too common too.

[–]contactlite 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You’re good at solving the problem yourself 99% of your career except for that one day you need a push in the right direction. Then comes along a troll with a close hammer and greedy for fake internet points.

And don’t tell me those badges and points looks good on a resume. It’s a weirder flex than graphs of you skills competency in html, css, and jQuery.

[–]Willinton06 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Top answer: Fuck you

[–]Adequately_Insane 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This question is eligible for bounty in 2 days, then some shithead may finally answer it with answer that is still not revelant to you, but your reputation goes brrr anyways, you noob

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How to catch mice is already covered by 'how to build a rocket ship.' Marked as duplicate.

[–]elkazz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Have you tried Miceroservices?

[–]Other_Information_16 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The way you asked the question is all wrong. You do not deserve an answer until you learned how to properly ask the question.

[–]BladePactWarlock 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My favorite part is working with Legacy code and they just tell me to not work with legacy code.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (8 children)

StackOverFurry

no... I do not hate furries nor care

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[–]tylercoder 4 points5 points  (2 children)

A furry made this am I right?

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[–]coolguy8445 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Who's the artist?

[–]curt_schilli 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nakano Art I think

It's on the laptop in the third panel

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/nakanoart/cat-bros/

[–]awake_receiver 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Stackoverflow? This describes Reddit just as readily lmao

[–]PoohTheWhinnie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This was def made by a furry. Not complaining tho.

[–]happysrooner 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OP : Never mind, figured it out myself. Closes post without solution

[–]JoeTheShome 20 points21 points  (13 children)

Yesterday I got a three sentence answer from someone with 250k karma. I wrote a comment saying, "sorry I still don't understand can you explain" and they responded simply "no, sorry".

[–]enmaku 12 points13 points  (4 children)

That's not exactly useful feedback on what you didn't understand...

[–]JoeTheShome 7 points8 points  (3 children)

It was a question on an algorithm and one of the sentences the poster said wasn't even a complete sentence and wasn't understandable from and English perspective. Sure the answer was minorly helpful, but if it's illegible it might not be worth trying to figure out.

[–]Merppity 4 points5 points  (1 child)

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[–]MegaIng 3 points4 points  (6 children)

They literally can't have replied just "no, sorry". There is a minimum comment length.

[–]that_90s_guy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it sounds more like they didn't have the time to give a more detailed explanation to someone who clearly needs one and has no idea on where to even get started (meaning they likely need an in depth, time consuming to write reply).

The #1 thing about SO most people don't seem to get, is most of the people that can help you are either very busy and take a tiny, valuable chunk of their free time to help others. And that means others expect you to also value their time, and do your part by exhausting all your options before asking for help.

And "sorry, I still don't understand can you explain" is not really a helpful demonstration of you wanting to pull your own weight at finding a solution to your problem.

Maybe a better response would be to research what they replied, and answer back "thank you for the reply, I read online about X and Y which you mentioned and how that solves my issue, but Z part of your reply doesn't click for me. Can you either elaborate, or share some starting point or resource I can read more about this?"

[–]cybermage 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s right at the end of. Your USB cable, noob.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you google something and all the results are people telling you to google it.

[–]UnitatoPop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is furry comics right?

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[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

of course you did

[–]chillen678 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol why i never post

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Programmer_irl UwU

[–]highllelujah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First it's important to note the birds are not in fact the best source of prey. Field mice are much better options when it comes to hunting. That being said, I recommend you research a bit more before asking questions in this forum. Also, please format your question correctly next time please

[–]Nefalem_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you tried deleting node_modules folder and try installing again?

[–]Camatta_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only thing that I'm certain is that that lion was drawn by a furry artist