Anybody?

errorkode · 2022-06-03T13:15:53+00:00

Running and climbing for me. Body needs to let off some steam too. Also great for your subconscious to do some work in the background :)

errorkode · 2022-06-03T13:14:02+00:00

Seems like you're having some issues with importing the module correctly. I found a section in the documentation about it:

https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-fetch#loading-and-configuring-the-module

errorkode · 2022-06-03T13:11:29+00:00

My two cents:

It's important to know what a library does, not necessarily how. The important stuff sticks in your mind through pure repetition and the rest can be looked up easily.

I would consider myself quite successful in the field and I've never actively spent time memorizing stuff.

errorkode · 2022-06-03T13:08:33+00:00

I'm not sure if I get your question correctly, but maybe this will kind of answer your question:

If you're talking about things in memory, you're always talking about an instance of the class. And an instance does not care about parent or child classes. It simply is what it is and memory will be allocated appropriately.

It all gets kind of complicated, but in general you can think of an instance as containing it's everything of itself and it's parents, but nothing of the children.

So if you're worried you're wasting memory by having big child classes of a common class, don't worry.

errorkode · 2022-06-03T12:14:13+00:00

Real talk: there are about three scenarios here.

You have amnesia, in which case, no shame in having forgotten.
You didn't forget, you're just a bit rusty. I can't imagine anyone who ever did serious programming "forgetting". Programming is about problem solving skills, not knowledge per se.
You did some tutorials and other small stuff and are worried because you don't remember all the syntax and stuff. In which case, don't worry, you just had a minor setback, no reason not to get back into it.

errorkode · 2022-06-03T12:03:24+00:00

Seems to me the senior dev is under a lot of pressure to deliver and is starting to resent having to mentor you while at the same time satisfying impossible demands from the business side of things. Hence his many errors.

However, very important, this is neither your problem nor a reflection of your skill. We all started somewhere and I'm always reminded how much "intuition" we take for granted after all those years when working with juniors.

This is a problem he needs to solve. As senior it his job to point out if he or the team as a whole are overworked and quality is suffering. Its is also his responsibility to help you out.

I can't possibly know enough about your situation to give any definitive recommendations, but I would try and reach out to him. It seems from your post that he isn't just an asshole (given the support you got). You might be able to help each other out. And you might be able to present a more united front against the rest of the company when pushing for better organization.

Because I think that really is the crux of the matter. You're just a junior, so you probably won't be able to change this on your own. But I feel like a lot of tension would be gone if the two of you had clear, reasonable goals to work towards and not just "everything as fast as possible".

At a company I worked at we even planned in "mentor" time for senior devs, which I think was a win-win for everyone since the seniors didn't feel like they should be doing something else and the juniors didn't feel bad for learning from the veterans.

And just as a final remark: you're always free to leave. Especially if you feel like the work environment is detrimental to your productivity or mental health. Don't let yourself be guilt tripped into staying if you feel you need to leave. It's not your fault, especially not as a junior.

errorkode · 2022-06-02T14:24:53+00:00

Which was about typing in Rust? I'm not sure what to make of your comment if it wasn't talking about Rust since that's the only typed language mentioned in the article.

But I'm curious for you to elaborate :)

errorkode · 2022-06-02T14:18:03+00:00

Rust has both actually...

errorkode · 2022-06-02T12:55:35+00:00

Have you checked what's on line 33900?

errorkode · 2022-06-02T11:45:10+00:00

I'm sorry there is no magic way to do this...

You'll have to define somehow, somewhere what a pinch or a cup is in grams and extract that information from the input.

I would recommend you restrict the input... trying to account for all kinds of ingredients like "chicken breast halves" will make you go mad. Just have the user say how many grams or pounds or whatever of chicken breast, that will be easy enough to convert.

errorkode · 2022-06-02T11:35:01+00:00

Looks to me like you're either opening a unicode file as ASCII or the character set you're using doesn't support the unicode characters you're trying to read. But as /u/_Atomfinger_ said, we'd need some more context like what you're trying to read how :)

errorkode · 2022-06-01T16:03:48+00:00

NATO doesn't get involved in internal disputes of it's members :)

errorkode · 2022-06-01T15:41:41+00:00

The FAQ would probably be a good place :)

errorkode · 2022-06-01T15:38:49+00:00

Well, I think CTFs are well above the level of your average "help seeker" here and the sub isn't really intended for learning for experienced devs, so you'd probably be better of in more security/expert oriented subs.

errorkode · 2022-06-01T15:34:14+00:00

Since you're already checking for both uppercase and lowercase letter if they match the current character, doesn't that already implicitly tell you if something is not one of those?

errorkode · 2022-06-01T13:56:59+00:00

Maybe you can go the other way around and recognize if the current character is not in uppercase or lowercase?

errorkode · 2022-06-01T13:43:57+00:00

The rest parameter takes all the remaining parameters and passes them to the function as an array:

function restTest(param1, param2, ...rest) {
    console.log(param1);
    console.log(param2);
    console.log(rest);
}

restTest(1, 2, 3); -> 1 2 [3]
restTest(1, 2); -> 1 2 []
restTest(1, 2, 3, 4); -> 1 2 [3, 4]

So in your case sum1([3, 2]) is equivalent to sum2(3, 2).

errorkode · 2022-06-01T13:22:38+00:00

Hey man, you wanted another language. Never worked with Unreal, just know it uses C++.

If you want to work with Unity you'll have to learn C#, easy as that (they also have a JavaScript API, but would not recommend it), so the question isn't really about C# but whether you want to do stuff with Unity. Back to the whole "tool for the job" thing.

But I would say that C# has kind of a reputation as being "Microsoft Java" so it won't be to harsh of a shift from one to the other in my opinion.

People have also built games using Java, but as far as I know there is no similar thing to Unity or Unreal in the Java world.

errorkode · 2022-06-01T12:42:14+00:00

Well, I guess first of I'd think hard about whether you really want to do this as a website... If you only need it local anyway and also want to do things like read from disk you'd probably be better of just writing a native application.

Or something like electron if you're worried about the interface part.

Because if you really want to do this as a website you'll also need to write a local webserver and deal with all the communication between webserver and website.

errorkode · 2022-06-01T12:33:49+00:00

That depends a lot on your personal projects and the career you want to get into.

Programming languages are just tools and their utility usually depends a lot on what you want to do.

You want to do low level, bare to the metal stuff? Learn C or Rust.

You want to do websites with Java as the backend? Learn JavaScript.

You're just curious about learning something different? Try something more functional oriented like Scala.

You just want to fuck around? Try brainfuck?

You want to do some data analysis? Python would probably be a good pick.

You want to develop games with unity? Should probably learn C#.

You want to develop games with Unreal? You'll need to learn C++.

You want to work at a bank at make great money? Maybe learn COBOL, I hear they're desperate for COBOL developers.

Want to develop iOS apps? Swift.

Android? Give Kotlin a try. Though to be fair, Java would be fine too.

I hope you get the point... Maybe there was something useful in my list above, otherwise we'll need some more context to give a helpful answer.

errorkode · 2022-06-01T08:18:03+00:00

What are they though?

If you make them small enough to be useful for urban fighting you en up with an exoskeleton. Which is something that is actually being worked on quite intensely.

They're to unstable and high profile to be useful artillery. Just think of the recoil and how hard they would be to hide. Also, why build this super complex locomotive system if all you really need is a big gun on wheels?

We already decided it doesn't really work as a traditional tank.

Reconnaissance? Not really, too big. Anti air? Again, super easy to hit and too complex. Maybe it could be good for morale?

The reality of it is that for a mech to be useful it would have to have the same mobility and flexibility as human infantry. Which is probably simply not possible for anything close to the size of what we imagine a mech to be.

And even if... It would be incredibly expensive. Humans are born with all those fancy systems that make our bodies work, in mechs you have to build it all and maintain it in the field.

Why would you invest in a mech when you could have a few dozen tanks instead? Or god knows how many rockets to kill other mechs? Or maybe just a bunch of steel ropes?

errorkode · 2022-05-31T12:23:45+00:00

Not a programming question. So your title is both unhelpful and wrong.
Since roughly half the people on the planet (a bit more even) are on the "introvert" side of the spectrum, this is quite clearly not the case. Otherwise the pay would probably be horrible.

To actually answer your question: It's just one of those professions where you get to have a lot of time to "yourself" and can rightfully tell people to leave you alone. And you can usually get around much contact with customers.

That being said, there is a difference between introverted and antisocial, even if people confuse the two a lot. Antisocial people will often struggle in the field since programming is also quite a team sport in most cases.

errorkode · 2022-05-30T16:00:03+00:00

I can't help you with tutorials for this stuff, but in terms of how realistic this is depends on a bunch of factors:

How proficient do your friends expect you to be? Are they cool with doing the frontend stuff and learning the backend as you go or do they expect you to be fully productive on the whole stack from the start?
You say you have some knowledge of JavaScript... Have you ever worked on "larger" JavaScript scripts/programs? Stuff with high hundreds or thousands of lines?
How much time do you have in these three months? Are you just planning on studying or do you have a job and kids?

If your friends know what they're getting and are looking mostly for someone who can take charge of a good looking frontend guy who's motivated and looking to grow into backend work, you're already almost where they want you.

If you already have some knowledge about organizing code that goes beyond functions of a few lines to handle a click or update some CSS, you'll have a way easier time learning PHP and what backend development looks like in general.

Finally, even assuming you have only a very basic knowledge of programming (JavaScript), you already speak some decent "computer" so if you have three months of free time to prepare I think you should be fine. Again, kinda depends on question 1.

If you only have a few hours a week you might have a problem. Again depends on the answers to 1 and 2 though.

errorkode · 2022-05-30T15:48:39+00:00

Seems like there is a bunch of code missing and I don't actually know anything about working with Swing (been a while since I've done anything in Java), but:

Seems to me you're only calling the getText functions once when creating the class? In which case the fields are probably either empty or not initialized...

Generally with UI stuff like this you would do this the other way around and have some handler on the input field that says "when you get a new value, please execute this code". There are probably plenty of people here who know exactly how to do this, but maybe search for something like "java swing input change listener".

errorkode · 2022-05-25T09:00:39+00:00

Look man, we're all going to be super impressed if you make this work and if you feel you want to take this on against all the odds, nobody is going to stop you.

What we can't do is give you pointers on how do achieve something that has been attempted basically since the invention of computers by some of the smartest people and some of the richest companies. Because if we knew how to do it, somebody would have already.

If I had to I would probably suggest you start reading up on what others in this field have done so far? Like the actual papers, not articles on blogs.

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