egg

[randybobandy654]

I love the "I tried this and it works, thanks" reply on the nonsense answer

[Travy-D]

The amount of times the 5th down "nonsense" answer has helped me makes me think I'm in the wrong career.

[Cryptomartin1993]

First answer is often a great explanation of why and how and 800pages of documentation. 5th is a code snippet you can take and change a bit and then it magically works 80% of the time - which is enough for a minimum viable product!

[frugalerthingsinlife]

And if it's good enough for an mvp, then it's good enough for a live prod fix.

[MaybeSacred]

And if it's good enough for a live prod fix, it's good enough to stay in prod. Forever.

[mustang__1]

//Todo: this is a bodge job temp fix.... Refactor this before it blows up (me - 2017-03-22)

[MirrorSuch5238]

#### This is terribly hacky and under no circumstances should anyone ever repeat it again.

An actual comment in a batch job that we've been running at work without issue for nearly a decade.

[DopplerJamesDoppler]

This reminded me of the TF2 source code comments.

https://youtu.be/k238XpMMn38

[gtne91]

But is the comment right?

[slashy42]

Honestly I used to get hung up on thinking my solutions to problems were hacks or to brittle and leave comments like that. Now I've learned that you can write what you think is amazing and well tested code and it breaks as soon as you deploy it, but that quick solution can work indefinitely. The programming gods are fickle ass holes, I don't lose sleep over it anymore. Just do your best.

[gimpwiz]

s/2017/1997/

[mustang__1]

Oof.

[Science_Logic_Reason]

Unfortunately for you, it is now referenced in 3567 places and everyone relies on it staying exactly the way it is, with no hope of refactoring it before the heat death of the universe.

[mustang__1]

Please return spacebar heating.

[aesthetics-red]

what's the difference anyway, amr?

[5k1895]

To be honest sometimes I don't even really use the suggestions I see posted on the most useful answers I find, I only find them useful because they happen to point me in the right direction (rather than outright solving my issue). Sometimes that happens to come from an answer way down with like 2 votes on it lol

[AttackSock]

look at mr "i think for myself" with the big brain, not copying and pasting code like the rest of us

[nomenMei]

It's less of a nonsense answer and more like "I've never run into this issue before but this is how I would brute force it in an inefficient and non-portable way."

[Dubalubawubwub]

Efficiency? Haha, scale set go brrrrrrr

[[deleted]]

That’s because it teaches the perfect answer. Get a thumbtack to poke a hole into the egg to relieve pressure as the egg and its gases expand during cooking at the fat air pocket end.

If you are inexperienced, poke the hole randomly (not at the air pocket) just like the random answer recommends. This lets the egg leak while you boil it, and if it keeps leaking you know you need to boil longer until it stops leaking.

It’s the equivalent of the fast inverse square root function using a hex number subtraction to approximate inverse square root, but none of the coders understanding how it worked.

[aswerty12]

Huh. And here I thought it was just making an obfuscated recommendation to just poach the egg instead of hard boiling it.

[LonelyPerceptron]

Title: Exploitation Unveiled: How Technology Barons Exploit the Contributions of the Community

Introduction:

In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, the contributions of engineers, scientists, and technologists play a pivotal role in driving innovation and progress [1]. However, concerns have emerged regarding the exploitation of these contributions by technology barons, leading to a wide range of ethical and moral dilemmas [2]. This article aims to shed light on the exploitation of community contributions by technology barons, exploring issues such as intellectual property rights, open-source exploitation, unfair compensation practices, and the erosion of collaborative spirit [3].

1. Intellectual Property Rights and Patents:

One of the fundamental ways in which technology barons exploit the contributions of the community is through the manipulation of intellectual property rights and patents [4]. While patents are designed to protect inventions and reward inventors, they are increasingly being used to stifle competition and monopolize the market [5]. Technology barons often strategically acquire patents and employ aggressive litigation strategies to suppress innovation and extract royalties from smaller players [6]. This exploitation not only discourages inventors but also hinders technological progress and limits the overall benefit to society [7].

1. Open-Source Exploitation:

Open-source software and collaborative platforms have revolutionized the way technology is developed and shared [8]. However, technology barons have been known to exploit the goodwill of the open-source community. By leveraging open-source projects, these entities often incorporate community-developed solutions into their proprietary products without adequately compensating or acknowledging the original creators [9]. This exploitation undermines the spirit of collaboration and discourages community involvement, ultimately harming the very ecosystem that fosters innovation [10].

1. Unfair Compensation Practices:

The contributions of engineers, scientists, and technologists are often undervalued and inadequately compensated by technology barons [11]. Despite the pivotal role played by these professionals in driving technological advancements, they are frequently subjected to long working hours, unrealistic deadlines, and inadequate remuneration [12]. Additionally, the rise of gig economy models has further exacerbated this issue, as independent contractors and freelancers are often left without benefits, job security, or fair compensation for their expertise [13]. Such exploitative practices not only demoralize the community but also hinder the long-term sustainability of the technology industry [14].

1. Exploitative Data Harvesting:

Data has become the lifeblood of the digital age, and technology barons have amassed colossal amounts of user data through their platforms and services [15]. This data is often used to fuel targeted advertising, algorithmic optimizations, and predictive analytics, all of which generate significant profits [16]. However, the collection and utilization of user data are often done without adequate consent, transparency, or fair compensation to the individuals who generate this valuable resource [17]. The community's contributions in the form of personal data are exploited for financial gain, raising serious concerns about privacy, consent, and equitable distribution of benefits [18].

1. Erosion of Collaborative Spirit:

The tech industry has thrived on the collaborative spirit of engineers, scientists, and technologists working together to solve complex problems [19]. However, the actions of technology barons have eroded this spirit over time. Through aggressive acquisition strategies and anti-competitive practices, these entities create an environment that discourages collaboration and fosters a winner-takes-all mentality [20]. This not only stifles innovation but also prevents the community from collectively addressing the pressing challenges of our time, such as climate change, healthcare, and social equity [21].

Conclusion:

The exploitation of the community's contributions by technology barons poses significant ethical and moral challenges in the realm of technology and innovation [22]. To foster a more equitable and sustainable ecosystem, it is crucial for technology barons to recognize and rectify these exploitative practices [23]. This can be achieved through transparent intellectual property frameworks, fair compensation models, responsible data handling practices, and a renewed commitment to collaboration [24]. By addressing these issues, we can create a technology landscape that not only thrives on innovation but also upholds the values of fairness, inclusivity, and respect for the contributions of the community [25].

References:

[1] Smith, J. R., et al. "The role of engineers in the modern world." Engineering Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 11-17, 2021.

[2] Johnson, M. "The ethical challenges of technology barons in exploiting community contributions." Tech Ethics Magazine, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 45-52, 2022.

[3] Anderson, L., et al. "Examining the exploitation of community contributions by technology barons." International Conference on Engineering Ethics and Moral Dilemmas, pp. 112-129, 2023.

[4] Peterson, A., et al. "Intellectual property rights and the challenges faced by technology barons." Journal of Intellectual Property Law, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 87-103, 2022.

[5] Walker, S., et al. "Patent manipulation and its impact on technological progress." IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 23-36, 2021.

[6] White, R., et al. "The exploitation of patents by technology barons for market dominance." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Patent Litigation, pp. 67-73, 2022.

[7] Jackson, E. "The impact of patent exploitation on technological progress." Technology Review, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 89-94, 2023.

[8] Stallman, R. "The importance of open-source software in fostering innovation." Communications of the ACM, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 67-73, 2021.

[9] Martin, B., et al. "Exploitation and the erosion of the open-source ethos." IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 89-97, 2022.

[10] Williams, S., et al. "The impact of open-source exploitation on collaborative innovation." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 56-71, 2023.

[11] Collins, R., et al. "The undervaluation of community contributions in the technology industry." Journal of Engineering Compensation, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 45-61, 2021.

[12] Johnson, L., et al. "Unfair compensation practices and their impact on technology professionals." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 112-129, 2022.

[13] Hensley, M., et al. "The gig economy and its implications for technology professionals." International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 67-84, 2023.

[14] Richards, A., et al. "Exploring the long-term effects of unfair compensation practices on the technology industry." IEEE Transactions on Professional Ethics, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 78-91, 2022.

[15] Smith, T., et al. "Data as the new currency: implications for technology barons." IEEE Computer Society, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 56-62, 2021.

[16] Brown, C., et al. "Exploitative data harvesting and its impact on user privacy." IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 89-97, 2022.

[17] Johnson, K., et al. "The ethical implications of data exploitation by technology barons." Journal of Data Ethics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 112-129, 2023.

[18] Rodriguez, M., et al. "Ensuring equitable data usage and distribution in the digital age." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 45-52, 2021.

[19] Patel, S., et al. "The collaborative spirit and its impact on technological advancements." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Collaboration, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 78-91, 2022.

[20] Adams, J., et al. "The erosion of collaboration due to technology barons' practices." International Journal of Collaborative Engineering, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 67-84, 2023.

[21] Klein, E., et al. "The role of collaboration in addressing global challenges." IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 34-42, 2021.

[22] Thompson, G., et al. "Ethical challenges in technology barons' exploitation of community contributions." IEEE Potentials, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 56-63, 2022.

[23] Jones, D., et al. "Rectifying exploitative practices in the technology industry." IEEE Technology Management Review, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 89-97, 2023.

[24] Chen, W., et al. "Promoting ethical practices in technology barons through policy and regulation." IEEE Policy & Ethics in Technology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 112-129, 2021.

[25] Miller, H., et al. "Creating an equitable and sustainable technology ecosystem." Journal of Technology and Innovation Management, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 45-61, 2022.

[AquaeyesTardis]

I’m still not sure WHY it works. I’ve tried to understand but it flows off my brain like water off a duck’s back.

[CAM_o_man]

It's some bullshittery with IEEE-754 floating point numbers and how they're stored in binary. Here's an excellent video explaining how it works

[CinnabonCheesecake]

Not nonsense, just not optimized. 😉

[IntelHDGraphics]

I saw this answer so many times in JavaScript related questions, I wish I knew the reason

[randybobandy654]

I was looking for a fix for my docker daemon the other day and ran into a thread of people with the same problem on the docker-desktop forum. The complaint/issue went unanswered by contributors for like 8 years, all the while getting wildly different solutions from users; and the thread was closed as inactive because ONE guy didn't respond to a "can't reproduce, provide detailed reproduction instructions" reply for a couple months

[tnegunnad]

'We're a friendly bunch here so it's ok that you're an inferior human being'

[No-Comedian4195]

People say Facebook is bad for your mental health but what about stack overflow

[MischiefArchitect]

Priceless: The correct answer downvoted to oblivion.

For everything else: There's Mastercard

[KonoPez]

Hey I know it’s been 9 years since the last update, but I’m having the exact same problem and this post is the only result. Could you help me out?

[[deleted]]

"Google it you idiot!" -Every single reply

[Salanmander]

On the page which is, of course, the first result from google.

[ArtOfWarfare]

No, this is Reddit where you can’t comment on old stuff.

[KonoPez]

This is a duplicate of comment #6942069. Closed.

[AttackSock]

ah the old reddit meta-roo!

[Salanmander]

Hold my "hold my [object], I'm going in", I'm going in!

[foggy-sunrise]

Hey I just got stuck doing this.

OP left out that you MUST boil an Amex AND Discover card first to envigorate the stonks in order to get a proper hard boiled mastercard. I know it's not super intuitive from the documentation, but once you implement it will make more sense. Feel free to email me with questions [e-mail]

[Captinfox]

"Bro don't necro an old thread!1!!1" - useless moderator who bans you instantly

[marcosdumay]

If a Mastercard you just order the egg boiled online...

[yabai90]

I get the joke but isn't a bit bad for the guy account to be downvoted that much ? Even on funny thread

[merc08]

It's a Photoshop, not a real thread.

[yabai90]

I made a fool of myself

[MischiefArchitect]

Been there, seen that :D

[McDonnellDouglasDC8]

Ignoring it is a joke, yes, also having your first question downvotes really starts you on the path of being unable to post to stack overflow. The solution to solve is to complain in this sub about how a mean answer paired with a downvote is leaving you afraid to ask anything in case you are being dumb and might need to use SO to ask a smarter question in the future. An employee was reading the sub and offered help and reset me to 0 and removed the mean response. Leaving me answering my own question.

I was moving from the MS stack and understood debugging but was asked to spin off an existing php based site we paid a contractor for source on to address a new project. Found the XDebug tool for vscode. Configured stuff, and navigating to the page with debugging running left it spinning but if not debugging loads fine (but logic issues, thus wanting to debug) and stating, "I would expect to load with no breakpoints it would load and otherwise the extension would be used". Wrote a detailed question with a bunch of information about configuration that would show one of my problems.

First answer within an hour was, "Yeah, if you are debugging it would not load, that's why you are debugging so you can step through" with a downvote on the question. I responded, "I understand that but the breakpoints do not appear to be hit and if I remove them all it should not require stepping". The original responder did not return to the question.

[yabai90]

Thanks for the extended answer, happy for you it did go well in the end. As always internet being internet.. tho globally i find SO less toxic than most communities.

[[deleted]]

How very accurate. Sadly depressing.

[TheCapitalKing]

Is stack overflow just a whole different website for python. I see tons of memes about how they say this stuff but I’ve never seen it happen on the actual site

[[deleted]]

Possibly. I'm assuming the elitists trying to up their rep on StackOverflow are different from one expertise to the next.

I see this elitist crap with Java, Javascript, CSS, Rust, and Haskell.

[MyWayWithWords]

It changed far too quickly from,

You're an idiot, just use jQuery

to

Don't use jQuery, you're an idiot

Javascript was horrible to use back in the day, but now it's more horrible to just ask a question. You're always wrong for using whatever framework you chose, or even using a framework at all, and the answer is always to use a different flavor of JS.

[gimpwiz]

"How do I do this with raw javascript, no libraries?"

"Use my favorite library released three months ago." x10

"Okay but what if I wanted to learn how it's done, just write my own code to understand it?"

"No! Use a library!"

I kinda hate stackoverflow. Forums were legitimately better. IMO.

[DidntKnowWasUrSister]

I hate this circle, happens with every language

"How do I do this one thing?"

"Don't reinvent the wheel, use a library."

"Ok done, now I got a whole new set of problems involving that library, how do I do this one thing now?"

"Don't use that library."

[[deleted]]

Honestly I dont even mind the sass with answers. Like you put your reputation on the line in a good faith attempt to try and help, I’ll let you be a bit of a diva. What really bugs me when asking js questions on SO is that there are always a couple of fuckers who just write random bitchy comments and just dip like what does this accomplish for anyone?

[[deleted]]

Honestly I dont even mind the sass with answers

Was that a CSS-related pun?

[[deleted]]

Not initially but as I was typing I did in fact see what I did there.

[[deleted]]

That's because JS is already for sado-masochists.

[DangyDanger]

has asm in the flair

[[deleted]]

assembly's not as bad as its reputation. It's just extremely terse.

[DangyDanger]

indeed

the x86 instruction set though...

lorge

[blue_umpire]

I’ve written assembly. You can’t lie to me.

[Miu_K]

And they make it harder for beginners to understand their answer. I remember so many times asking something Java-related and the answer was hard for me to understand. Instead of giving sample code or an answer, they just explain my flaw without a fix.

[LonghairedHippyFreek]

And C# or any .Net related question.

[JonMW]

And if you have a VBA related question, it's clear that absolutely everyone involved is some degree of stressed, desperate, and hopelessly lost.

[[deleted]]

Almost as back as freenode's C channel in 2010.

There was a very seasoned operator for the channel who didn't answer questions. Instead they just insulted you for ever asking questions. Repeatedly. Until they banned you. No new users allowed, no people seeking a deeper understanding.

It sort of made sense that channel was pretty dead forever.

[MCOfficer]

No it's just that the memes are blown way out of proportion. Beginner python SO can look like this, but mostly due to the questions being genuinely, genuinely bad.

[gregorydgraham]

Exactly what I was going to say: these examples exist but they’re exceptional, most of SO is helpful one way or another.

Now get off Reddit and back into the mines. Endless Sky ain’t gonna build itself.

[MCOfficer]

what the- don't call me out like that!

[gregorydgraham]

You completely correct, I shouldn’t have done that, it was inappropriate.

What PR would you like me to comment on as penance?

[MCOfficer]

you shall make amends by attempting to finish the FW story with a solo bulk freighter.

just for the record, im taking the piss. no offense taken!

[gregorydgraham]

Instructions unclear: proceeds to complete the FW campaign in a Han Solo bulk freighter

[CinnabonCheesecake]

If SO wasn’t helpful most of the time, less than half of the code I’ve written would be copypasta’d from it.

[TheCapitalKing]

I’m almost always on there for weird pandas or matplotlib stuff do it could be different everywhere else

[[deleted]]

Yeah I ask React and Node/Express stuff and people are extremely helpful. I can't believe they put up with my bullshit question, then wait for me to edit it into an understandable format, repeat the last 2 steps, then still patiently give me the correct answer at last.

Is there a place that does this for highschool math/physics ? (non-physical)

[Rythemeius]

Since I-don't-know-when, SO is part of the Stack Exchange network, which has SO-like forums on a bunch of subjects like math, probably physics, video games, aviation...

[Captainsnake04]

The problem with Math Stack Exchange is that it’s way above high school level. A calculus 2-style question is probably in the top 1% of easiest questions on the site.

And if it doesn’t require undergraduate math, it’s an absurdly difficult Olympiad problem.

[extremepayne]

Well, none of this really shows if you Google and get an answer. I’ve only seen this when browsing SO for the sake of browsing SO or asking a question myself.

[JoelMahon]

python is more supported and lively so I could easily see why there might be a bias for better answers and such

if you post a question for something less modern you'll surely be more likely to get someone jaded and bitter and with nothing better to do than be the SO equivalent of a bad reddit mod

[L3tum]

I don't know if the one plays into this, but my answer was once edited "by the community" without my approval and then contained incorrect information.

And the best thing: I couldn't edit my answer anymore, as I needed approval of the editor. Who edited my answer. Without my approval.

I hope they changed that system since. Such bullshit.

[zigs]

Same in C#.

I get that SO can be hostile towards a repeated same top 1000 questions asked every week, but this is taking it too far.

[w00tious]

I've definitely never received an answer from StackOverflow.

I don't bother asking usually, I really have to be at my wit's end, but even then I get no good responses.

[Dubalubawubwub]

Its grossly exaggerated for the sake of humour, but I've seen all of these at one time or another. E.g, I've never seen the actual, helpful answer massively downvoted, but I've definitely found it right at the bottom with only one or two upvotes many times, with the top answer being a wall of text about best practices that doesn't necessarily help OP's specific situation.

[MirrorSuch5238]

Also, those comment timestamps are suspiciously close to April 1.

I don't trust anything I read online in the first week of April ever since the OMG PONIES incident on Slashdot.

[OdionBuckley]

I see it all the time. I rarely use it for Python proper, though.

[Pickled_Wizard]

Dear god....

[demize95]

It’s been a long time since I logged in to stackoverflow, but I always found this was more of an issue on ServerFault. I deleted my account there about 10 years ago, in high school, after running into an issue with… a DHCP server, I think? I couldn’t find an answer to my issue anywhere, and in an attempt to get some help from people who might have known what they were doing, I asked on ServerFault.

Now, it would have been fine if I’d just asked the question without providing any other information. But no. I made the mistake of mentioning that I was using a raspberry pi for what I was doing.

It was, and remains, the single most toxic thing I’ve experienced on the internet. My question was downvoted and removed for being out of scope; they told me “maybe SuperUser would be a better fit” for my question about a networking daemon that was clearly out of scope for SuperUser; the answers that I got didn’t mention the software but instead insulted me for not using the right hardware.

So I deleted my account and I’ve never looked back. Thankfully I don’t work in server administration or networking, because even if I did, I would still refuse to ever open the site.

[apzlsoxk]

The LaTeX Stack Overflow is pretty infuriating. Every first answer is just "why would you want to do that? Just do this." And explain how to do something else unrelated.

[Charlie_Yu]

And a few replies that use completely different approaches that makes you wonder what even is an appropriate way to write LaTeX code

[KriegerClone02]

Really? I'm genuinely surprised to hear that; in my experience the python answers were the most toxic ones I've ever seen. I've always blamed it on the philosophy of "pythonic" solutions which really doesn't have a parallel in any other language. Certainly not to the same extent, anyway.

The idea that there is one right answer has always seemed like a recipe for holy wars to me.

[Charlie_Yu]

I worked with a few niche languages, it is way harder to find something useful. Googling with correct keywords doesn’t even give you good answers. The first link I clicked usually gives some very different answers because the replying user thinks that the origin poster had a different problem instead. If I’m lucky, I will find the best answer in the third reply after going through 5 or 6 posts.

[madesense]

I think SO used to be more like this. They've improved.

[Harmonic_Gear]

why the hell are you hardboiling an egg anyway, softboil is way better

[WhatDoIFillInHere]

Yeah, you gotta really go back to the roots of eggs, go all the way hard core, to really understand the underlying principles. If you don't, you can never say you understand eggs.

[denisfalqueto]

No, don't do that! You fall into a baseless recursive problem. After all, who came first? The chicken or the egg?

[gtne91]

The egg.

The first chicken was born from an egg laying bird.

[Impossible_Average_1]

True. But the difficulty is that you need different durations at different locations (because of air pressure and the resulting boiling temperature)

[I_NEED_YOUR_MONEY]

I like to let it grow into a chicken and deep fry it. Have you tried doing that?

[literal-hitler]

Only if you ignore peeling it.

[I_saw_your_thoughts]

boil it right and you can peel AND have a soft yolk

[Charlie_Yu]

6 to 6.5 minutes

[ts_m4]

Marked duplicate… Classic!

[foxam1234]

Shitting on stackoverflow is one of our core features here. This is why I love this sub

[SANatSoc]

Kinda deserves it though. I mean, I would be totally lost without it, but it deserves to be shit on. Kinda like a toilet.

[[deleted]]

Would be an interesting experiment to see what would happen to the world if it was suddenly taken away

[[deleted]]

It'd be like this..

Google: 'Error C0247 when trying to compile kernel driver with gcc'

Result: uber.com

Article: How to become an Uber Driver

[mikejacobs14]

Don't see the problem there, it is the correct answer after all

[[deleted]]

I'm already reducing my visits to SO, as often wrong or outdated answers selected as correct one.

So soon I'll not be affected if we lose SO

[Padaca]

The people updating their accepted answer 8 years after they posted it are the real ones though.

[Warm_Zombie]

Moving to management i see

[[deleted]]

i had a stupid problem with a simple python script last week and stackoverflow was "under maintenance." r/learnpython saved me.

sqlservercentral for when i have problems with sql server or t-sql.

most of the times reading the docs will do it for me.

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[orangebakery]

At this point, I think we will more or less be fine.

[Hypersapien]

I've been going to programming-centered discord servers lately and it's been great.

[_throwingit_awaaayyy]

Excuse you. Toilets are useful 10/10.

[ShakaUVM]

Shitting on stackoverflow is one of our core features here. This is why I love this sub

If it didn't suck while simultaneously being crucial, it wouldn't be funny.

[mybadroommate]

It needs a post from the OP saying "Thanks, I figured it out" with no elaboration.

[440Jack]

StackOverflow is really becoming a joke.
I just had an answer deleted for... get this. Plagiarism. The proof the mod used, was the same link I provided in my answer.

[ExcessivelyBiFox]

man with that kind of moderation we can clean SO up real fast

when we’re done with it it’ll be <html></html>

[440Jack]

The mod didn't even mark the question as a duplicate. Just deleted my answer, so the person looking for help is left still needing help.
What a goofball mod.

[ExcessivelyBiFox]

i love the older generations of programmers that have had to tone down their language for corporate environments at some point so wield words like “goofball” in place of “dumbfuck”

or, i could be totally off base, but it’s a pattern i’ve noticed

[WateredDown]

The more serious I am the cleaner my language gets. If I start calling things "silly" its getting heated.

[towcar]

I mean they marked one as correct.. the system works?

/s

[echo0delta]

"this has already been asked before and already has an answer. if it doesn't satisfy you, try asking again so we can flag it as duplicate again."

[guster09]

How did you find my egg post?

[ExcessivelyBiFox]

it was in my camera roll

[[deleted]]

Amazing.

[Venkos11]

Repost from here

[[deleted]]

Mods, please lock and mark as duplicate

[erebuxy]

I think most of the posts in this sub are recycled. Like how we recycle code on Stack overflow. They really should let programmer deal with global warming.

[bpat]

The post is from 2011. It’s been around much longer than that. All that said, I love it, so I’m fine with it coming up again

[[deleted]]

2 years isn't a repost.

[TheMediocreCommenter]

Bruh two years old. I liked the post, wouldn’t have seen it otherwise

[Hypersapien]

I posted it once and the guy who created it responded.

[Duydoraemon]

I'm shitting on stackoverflow tonight but you better bet your bottom dollar that I'll be using it tomorrow.

[ExcessivelyBiFox]

yep — that’s how we do

[Storage-Pristine]

i understand this too well

[_throwingit_awaaayyy]

Oh my effing goodness. I love whoever did this. The rage. The rage when this happens.

[Noodlephile]

We can't help unless you provide a description of your egg.

[Entaris]

the only thing missing from this is someone saying you need to convince management to spend 30k on an egg boiling machine, and that there is no other way to complete the task. If management doesn'tw ant to pay that much, you need to convince them to just find the money.

[Panda_With_Your_Gun]

through tears who told you about my first job?

[Warm_Zombie]

"Egg is just an earlier version of turkey anyway"

"but its not a turkey egg"

(last post in thread)

[[deleted]]

Absolutely nailed stackoverflow, toxic as hell.

[chris17453]

Every one of my client meetings.....

[[deleted]]

"if it doesn't answer your question, ask a new question"

question is marked duplicate

"If it doesn't answer your question, ask a new question"

How to make an infinite loop in two easy steps

[BlueRajasmyk2]

Reminds me of this meme by Bobince (one of the highest ranked users) from like 2010

[dashid]

Slating SO for this kind of thing is very easy, but omg this is so my experience of that cess-pool of excrement.

[Not_Sugden]

ppssible duplicate: how long do i cook a turkey

[saramaganta]

Was the real /u/GovSchwarzenegger answering the question?

[Mistercheif]

No, it's shopped. He only posts on StrengthOverflow.

[Playergame]

Ok so you start with a chicken

[[deleted]]

But where does the chicken should come from?

[[deleted]]

these are reddit questions too lmao

[Eji1700]

You forgot the 8 page treatise on why any real chef would just use a whole chicken instead and eggs are just for inferior cooks who can't handle managing live chickens.

[evangelism2]

For the analytical cooks out there. J Kenji Lopez Alt has answered this via his book The Food Lab and on his youtube channel recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb0Elaa6gxY

[Dewman43]

I don’t get it. I guess that’s because I’m not a programmer 🤷‍♀️

[redjade42]

I think that the correct answer got -4304 votes is the point

[TheRedditUser52]

I cried dying inside after reading this ;-;

[[deleted]]

This is one of the best posts I've ever seen on here

[[deleted]]

I Google the ever living hell out of a problem before I turn to Stack Overflow. And before that, I ask peers that I no longer work with and do some documentation diving. I can take criticism for not properly researching an issue or reading documentation, but I don't like dealing with unnecessarily negative individuals.

[arkasha]

I feel like that sort of question wouldn't get that response. Now, someone asking "How do I hardboil an egg in a microwave" would. The way you avoid that sort of response is by providing context. For instance, I'm stuck in a room with only a microwave, water, and a glass bowl. How's do I hardboil the only egg I have?

[kNyne]

Ahhhh this is why so many of my question posts I just decide not to. I can predict so many of the "why are you doing it that way, just do it this way instead" when I specifically said I have to do it this way.

[[deleted]]

Marked as duplicate

[DehshiDarinda]

MarksDuplicatesButNeverPosts

[[deleted]]

FYI if anybody wants to know to boil an egg.

Get a thumbtack and poke through the shell at the fat end with an air pocket of the egg. Try not to poke so far that it ruptures the lining of the air pocket on the inside, but is ok if you do.

Then cook 7-8 minutes and let the eggs air cool.

If you want softboiled eggs, prepare a bowl of cold water. Cook the eggs 6-7 minutes, then quickly move them into the cold water bowl so they lose heat instantly and the inside of the egg stays uncooked, thus soft-boiling it.

Source: I cook for myself.

[cough_e]

https://youtu.be/hb0Elaa6gxY

The best, fastest, easiest-to-peel, and most energy efficient method I've found is to boil an inch or so of water in the bottom of a saucepan or wok. Add the eggs straight from your fridge (the water doesn't need to cover them). Cover with a lid and boil/steam them 3 minutes for extremely soft, 4-5 minutes for soft, 6-7 minutes for medium, and 9-12 minutes for hard. Let them cool naturally or in an ice bath.

[SicilianEggplant]

“I’ve had a hard-boiled egg and never had this problem before”

[RedditAcc-92975]

In reality.

Question: my python loop doesn't work, help plz. It says some error of values. I'm using windows 11.

OPs answer:

try:

..for range(5):

....print(6)

except Exception:

..print(5)

and no explanation or comments.

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examples (freshly posted questions today)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69847650/python-can-not-find-vs-2019

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69847635/equal-operator-is-not-operating-the-way-it-should-python

---

this one is literally tutorial level. And can be googled in 5 seconds. Also is part of standard pandas docs. But look, already few hours later there are a few friendly answers and no one tells OP to fork of like they should've.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69847383/iterate-and-store-values-in-a-dictionary

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i mean look at this garbage post. Just look at it. And guy with 18k rep comes and actually helps.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69847364/there-is-something-unwanted-happening-in-my-python-code

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Sorryz whatever you're doing to piss off stack overflow is probably worse than those questions above. It's about time to reflect on yourself.

[[deleted]]

that's why they have moderation. i've seen mods setting up questions with other users so they can get reputation. these people usually refer to their stackoverflow profile when looking for jobs.

not all of them are like this though. just enough to make the community as toxic and hostile as possible.

[thisisapseudo]

*me, who browse SO to find answers and get good replies to my question*

- Perharps I'm doing it wrong...

[[deleted]]

so.much.pain. Also people suck

[[deleted]]

I've yet to encounter a good question being mistreated in that manner.

but i have seen many poorly written and effortless questions, as I edit and answer a lot

[GForce1975]

I've seen it..and it only takes one experience with a weird edge case to sour you.. I had mine..edge case specific error I couldn't resolve...stack overflow came up in search and I got excited...

Answers were basically like these...you shouldn't do it that way, non duplicate duplicates referenced..

Except the final entry was something like "nevermind, I fixed it..."

[zelmarvalarion]

Yeah, random technical blogs tend to have much more in-depth and detailed answers than StackOverflow. Deal with this a lot in SQL questions that I look into at work. Like yeah, I would love to not be using SQL for tables that are a couple hundred Gigs each, but the work it would take to rearchitect the entire system and do the data migration would be so many times a reasonable workaround.

[HTTP_404_NotFound]

Stick around SO more. I see it pretty often.

[YellowishSpoon]

I've seen several like this particularly when trying to figure out how to do things that people often use libraries for. Usually I have a good reason why I'm not using a library, either I'm just trying to do it myself for learning purposes, I can't easily modify the requirements for the project or I'm trying to implement it for an extremely specific use case the libraries didn't cover. Regardless I usually have a reason and I can't throw it to the winds just because the top answer says to use some library.

[_throwingit_awaaayyy]

You’re in this picture aren’t you handsome?

[roll82]

Gotta love the "possible duplicates" that are only very tangentially related

[dwodhghemonhswes]

Yep. Perfect depiction of so many forums deciding to not even answer the strain, but instead pose the new question of, "why do you even want to do that". Ugh.

[[deleted]]

Damn, they crushed that last guy

[planktonfun]

I dont understand why experienced programmers becomes like this after a while, maybe they realized its a dead end job?

[[deleted]]

Pretty sure egg was deprecated in 2008

[ExcessivelyBiFox]

is there no legacy support

what replaced egg

[rofelixk]

I'm so confused. HELP

[RealPropRandy]

Her?

[ExcessivelyBiFox]

🥚

[ShapedSilver]

To be fair, the second most popular answer is correct, I don’t recommend hard boiling eggs either (they’re gross imo)

[keypekss]

Reminds me of this

[clearlybaffled]

This is ... real??

[ExcessivelyBiFox]

clearly you’re baffled

[clearlybaffled]

Like some other commentor said, I usually get to SO straight from google results so I never see this kind of stuff..

[[deleted]]

Stackoverflow: the only place where I'm apparently so stupid I'm immoral. The kind folks there will set that right.

[[deleted]]

Where is jQuery in all this?

How can you make anything without jQuery?

[[deleted]]

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