[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Wait...not being able to use a basic library like string.h opens up so many other questions

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Ai has been in games for decades. No, not llm Ai. Enemy movement is a classic case of Ai. Hell chess has been running on Ai for years depending on your platform(yes you can play against other people in most cases but most cases also have a play against Ai mode)

What did they mean by Ai in the question? Better question, what did the responders think they meant?

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't be surprised if she put him on "hold" to "check" on something and just used it as a quick bathroom break.

He was on the phone for the whole time, most of it on the balcony and I would go out to smoke and over hear him but I didn't watch the whole time.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Proper comments describe why... For example say you are using an api which requires guids and your application doesn't care are collisions as much so just use int id's.

You could add in a comment like

// creating a guid to interface with special api.

But just saying

// generate guid

Means nothing, your method should be generate_guid() or GenerateGuid(). Your comment is repeating.

Or this is probably going to hit my last company at some point, there was a system to read a serial number. They also wanted a "status" on the screen to verify the system was connected and running properly but both these values came over same signal wire. Depending on your exact ms timing sometimes you would read the status as the serial number. Another programmer wrote a check to verify the serial number did not start with OK. The comment added was

// add on 11/15/23 by Initials

With no other details. The serial numbers were 8 numeric digits. Someone won't know the history and delete this seemingly useless check and cause a 10s of 1000s of dollars in loss

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Come to think of it, i wonder is she even got any breaks or lunch that day...

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Out of curiosity do you have a routine to periodically (annually, quarterly, I don't know) to re-arrange books put back in the wrong place?

I know they do it in warehouses to verify like "system says we have 500 of x but we have 495. System says we have 1100 of y but we have 1132" and they correct all the counts annually.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

If it makes you feel better at my last company I asked the "senior validation specialist" what the validation path would be for a program which incorporated unit tests.

The answer I got was "what's a unit test?"

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

They need to increase those numbers, Thanos got 50%

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

The truelly scary part is you only be a mile away if your lucky :)

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

I don't know about that. I work a office job and often deal with people from all over the world. Getting everyone online at the same time for a meeting or phone call is really difficult.

Yes I can send emails but sending an email and not getting a response till next morning really eats into timelines.

We can have video meetings and phone calls and share screens so I fully understand WFH and support it. That said having no requirements for work time I think would be really bad.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

Nope, I think you nailed it!

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