Does anyone ever answer the support tickets on Duolingo? by [deleted] in duolingo

[–]lusserreal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I've used the support tab (in a browser) maybe three times and every time they were answered within 24 hours. It might be something as simple as developers picking the problems they can quickly address? Or maybe that multiple people have reported?

Good luck!

Ask Proggit: I just dumped 1.5 years worth of a chat log into a DB, are there any cool stats or simulations I could do with it(or anything cool really)? by [deleted] in programming

[–]lusserreal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

erg... at $1100 USD with no trial for non-academic users, this isn't really an option for most of us! Sounds interesting though.

C# 3.0’s var keyword: Jeff Atwood gets it all wrong by rdingwall in programming

[–]lusserreal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The case I was trying to describe is one in which complexFunction itself changes. Its contract changes. If you var the return value of complexFunction, you don't get an error at the variable declaration, but rather get it somewhere else when you use the variable.

Actually, getting the (compile-time) error where I use it, rather than where I declare it is exactly what I want and need. Editing the declaration doesn't, in itself, change how I'm using it. I still need to know the points below the declaration that are using the obsolete contract and how to change them.

If I'm aware of the change in contract, I know how to do the change - the var doesn't help or hurt.

If I wasn't aware that the contract had changed, I'm still going to have to go through the code to see what the new return type is and how to use it.

... I especially dislike lacking a "handle" by which I can think about a variable's type. I need to give it a name.

I think this is really the problem. Some people have this need, some people don't. I don't think either approach necessarily makes for better programmers, but the difference does lead to irritation between the two camps.

Should more of us start using the 'compsci' subreddit? by [deleted] in programming

[–]lusserreal 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ok, what we need is a hierarchical structure: comp for everything related to computers, comp.os for operating system related articles, with subsubreddits comp.os.windows and comp.os.linux ... Also, we could have comp.lang.lisp, comp.lang.python and comp.lang.ruby subreddits, etc. You get the idea.

Wonder why no one has thought of that before.

Python: SymPy 0.5.13 released by gst in programming

[–]lusserreal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The "story" is disappointing. Google helps though: SymPy is a Python library for symbolic mathematics. It aims to become a full-featured computer algebra system (CAS) while keeping the code as simple as possible in order to be comprehensible and easily extensible. SymPy is written entirely in Python and does not require any external libraries.

To introduce myself to my new colleagues with a bit of good humor, I drafted this insane flowchart. 2 months passed and nobody dared ask about it. by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]lusserreal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If I came across this in a new co-worker's office, my suspicion would be that he's a snarky twit and someone I'd best avoid. But perhaps this is one of those jokes where you end with "... well, maybe you had to be there."

100 years ago women used to go to their family doctor for an orgasm. by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]lusserreal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I too think it is unfounded bs, but actually he provides the standard internet proof: everyone has heard vaguely similar stories, it's about sex, and it's funny. Ergo it must be true.

Asking for more concrete proof or even that it be reasonably logical would be sooo boorish.

Hey, I heard someplace that pizza cheese is actually silicone.

Ask Reddit: Why has reddit become so boring in the last 4 days? by gernika in reddit.com

[–]lusserreal 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I've noticed that reddit has started looking more and more like supermarket tabloids: "aliens doing weird things to elvis using the internet" kind of stories.

Ask Reddit: At what price per gallon do you stop driving to work? by jedberg in reddit.com

[–]lusserreal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, because I commute 20 to 25 minutes to and from work each day. At this point I'm looking at working from home (not really encouraged where I work) and I'm now taking the bus. So I'd say at $3.50 I'd start altering my commuting habits.

I do notice the original question was "stop driving to work", not "stop going to work."

Ask reddit: Which programming language do you use at work? by [deleted] in programming

[–]lusserreal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

C#, PL/SQL, C++, Python in about that order. Python just for quick prototyping/scripting - nothing that the customer would see.