@Stuxnet I've seen really 2 divergent uses at this point. There's the "twitter/tumblr stan" communities, which steer closer to the original stalker-like meaning, but in broader circles it's gotten a more "big fan" kind of meaning, in the same vein as "trekkies" or "whovians" or what have you, but without the specific domain. And like a lot of niche lingo, there's always the "uses it ironically, until at some point it stops being ironic" crowd.

@Stuxnet fair

If I'm understanding the question correctly, I seem to recall settling on throwing dictionaries around as my preferred solution to a similar situation. If memory serves, the way python will handle it is essentially "pass by reference", so there's no big performance implication. And that way you can access multiple keys without having to pass them all individually.

I can't say I entirely disagree, but this has big "Old man yells at clouds" vibes

@Mvzes ah, interesting! See, in the US, University encompasses bachelor's to PhD, so I assumed we were referring to students starting a bachelor's. A Master's student is a different animal.

@Mvzes interesting perspective. For clarification, what's the difference between college and University in the Netherlands? In the US those are functionally synonyms

Hard disagree. A lot of primary and secondary schools don't offer CS/programming classes, and not everyone has the free time/readily available resources (i.e. regular access to a half-decent computer) to teach themselves before college. They're at college, the whole point is to learn things. The less they know coming in, the more value they're getting for their money. Your rant just makes you sound like a snobby, judgemental headass

Well, if you build it, they will come. Go out, make a kick-ass Linux game, and then people will be able to say, "hey, if you get Linux you can play Mass of Duty: Judgement Day" or whatever

WSL is fantastic and I will die on this hill

@linuxxx thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's more than a little ridiculous

@linuxxx I totally agree that if a known vulnerability is there, security should take precedence. But it's gotten to the point with things like admin privileges that a) you have to practically write an essay explaining exactly what your business need is and for how long you need it; b) they're extremely stingy about handing it out, especially on a permanent basis.

On top of that,
- Can't clone any GitHub repo
- Can't connect any USB device with memory
- Can't download any .zip, .exe, .tar, etc
- Can't use any personal email or storage service (Dropbox, OneDrive, etc)
- Have to get any Open Source Software pre-approved, and then the approved version is cloned to an internal repo. This includes things like VS Code extensions
- Can't install chrome extensions without a separate approval process, and all chrome extensions have to come from the same OSS repo
- The list continues...

Next thing you know they're going to install a fucking keystroke logger. Maybe I'm just a whiny Dev who's to used to having the proverbial keys to the castle, but holy shit I've never felt more boxed in and less trusted as a developer

Create a terminal client for Pushbullet or a similar service, so you can get notifications synced from other devices, in real time, in a terminal tab

Dude Zunes were the shit! I loved that thing

If memory serves, '?' is a wildcard for a single character, and '*' is a wildcard for 0 or more characters, so '?*' is "anything that's a character followed by any amount of characters". And rm is the Linux command for delete. So, in his home directory, he basically said "delete everything!" On accident

Fun fact: NASA coding standards forbid using recursion, for any reason, ever. Not saying recursion is good or bad, I just read that the other day and thought it was interesting

@skprog It's crazy to me. Usually we get along great with staff, but every once in awhile there'll be one that's just so difficult to work with it boggles the mind.

@jameskent you right, man

I have experimentally with IBM System/370 (old mainframe stuff) thanks to coursework. Still traumatized by that, but I can program and troubleshoot in a pinch

You heathen! Honestly though, using something like Jekyll is pretty fun, I recommend giving it a shot at some point

Yeah...there's been a couple CS internships I've looked at where I just gave up half way through applying because I didn't want to work at a company that clearly gave so few fucks about it's website experience

True, true. Though supposedly with the implementation of wsl, cmd is going to be getting some fresh, crispy updates. With any luck, those improvements will carry over to PS as well

Yeah, I dream of the day window's command line becomes a competitive developer's terminal

Perfect opportunity to use git fire, and you missed it?!? For shame

Good for you, kid!

With only a couple weeks, I'd suggest either starting up a side project, doing a little freelance, or finding an open source project or two to help out with

Regex is a powerful, but unfortunately unintuitive tool (see also Git, CSS). This means that people who are forced to work with or learn it often dislike it at first. On the plus side, once you get a complicated Regex to work, you feel like a God

Jazz and concert Saxophonist 🎷, once upon a time. Still play occasionally

Welp, I know what I'm installing on the lab's Holo Lens when I get back...

Used both, kinda depends. GitHub seems better for open source projects, whereas GitLab is good for private repos

It's a dangerous game your playing there, my friend...