Comment on: How is your PC set up?
- Linux Mint
- Notepad++
- Eclipse
- Cygwin
- Network storage in the basement
Comment on: Showerthought: What if SJW-infested github is equally corrupt as reddit and secretly edits code repositories?
This is a legitimate way to get malicious code onto someone's computer.
Solution: check your damn hashes!
Comment on: Programmers how do you tackle the feedback problem?
True, a reviewing group would be somewhat slanted compared to the average marketplace.
However it's much better than getting no feedback at all!
Comment on: Programmers how do you tackle the feedback problem?
I've reviewed several games that are in beta before, and usually enjoy doing so.
We should get a reviewing group together, so people can look at each other's work.
Comment on: Model shows off her sick coding skills (X-Post from /v/funny)
You're right that we all start out doing stupid shit, but she's broadcasting her stupid shit and putting herself up on that #codergirls pedestal for those sweet sweet internet attention.
It's not the stupidity that we're criticizing, it's the celebration of stupidity as equivalent to actual coding.
Comment on: I realize this might be an obvious question, but is anyone else annoyed by how programming has transformed from an understanding of concepts into blatant marketing speak?
I'm not a programmer, but I'm almost one. I can hack up quick sketches for my Arduino and that's good enough for me.
Programming in high level languages seems to be the issue for me. One of the most relentlessly intelligent programmers I've ever known specializes in embedded systems and is often hired to write in assembly.
Comment on: Extremely severe bug leaves dizzying number of software and devices vulnerable
The article mentions that, despite this being on some core functions of Linux, when Google built the Android OS they modified those tools.
Yep. Totally didn't know about that one in advance.
Comment on: Programmer quits work on project after getting triggered by a variable name (The comments, however . . .)
Good riddance. Maybe now the rest of the team can work in peace.
The 'foggy bridge' concept is pretty accurate, I'd say. So far I'm making it through by building a library of bulletproof functions.
For example, standard user input and menu functions - once I have something that works, I keep it on hand so I don't have to reinvent the wheel next time.
Once you get a few of these, building the bare bones of a program is actually pretty straightforward and you can get to work on the actual new thing you just learned.