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by helios

Unpopular opinions (1,2)

The plural of "layoff" is "layoves". Every non-pressurized drink should come in a bag, as it's a much more efficient packaging (assuming it must be disposabl...

[25 replies] Last: Oh, interesting. I should have at least looked up the Wiktionary defin... (by Ganado)

by seeplus

Another one bites the dust

Codeproject has joined those other great sites that have gone to the cloud. It's ceased to host new content and displaying existing content is limited to the fi...

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by seeplus

New Safe C++ Proposal (1,2,3,4,5,6)

There is now a Safe C++ proposal that extends C++ by defining a superset of the language that can be used to write code with strong safety guarantees. See: htt...

[103 replies] Last: Sure, why not? Because we can both agree up to a certain point. Howe... (by zapshe)

by Cyclone

Windows water mark now appears on desktop

I was messing around with some programs. Not sure what happened but there was now a watermark saying to activate windows. Said go to settings which I did. Then ...

[1 reply] : Definitely run a full virus scan (Windows Defender will do), but it is... (by Duthomhas)

by Duthomhas

Fox-Star Search Fun (1,2)

A recent question asked about the A* Search algorithm (https://cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/285875/#msg1243408 ), something I had never messed with, so I decid...

[28 replies] Last: Take your time, I already know how to ensure your code does compile wi... (by deleted account xyzzy)

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C++ fixed size string

Why is something like this not part of the C++ stdlib, only available in many different 3rd party libraries? One example, header only, with a vcpkg package: fi...

[7 replies] Last: So you'd rather have tons of 3rd party libraries instead, or custom co... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by ayoesquire

How to use C++ like modules in Arduino

Hello everyone, I recently came across this thread on How to use modules in C++ posted on the forum by @ frek dated June 7, 2022. Please, I have two broad...

[9 replies] Last: I think current Arduino complier does support standard C++14 and C++1... (by deleted account xyzzy)

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FTXUI

While bumping around in the available vcpkg libraries early this morning I ran across one that looks IMO rather interesting, a terminal UI package: https://g...

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by Ganado

New account creation is still broken (1,2)

I remember somebody mentioned a while back that new account creation is broken, but I can't find the post*. I tried to make an account just as a test, and the ...

[35 replies] Last: **Boot!** (by deleted account xyzzy)

by Ch1156

C++ Concept Visualizations

So I've been thinking of something and i thought it would be helpful to be able to see how things work in C++ instead of trying to visualize them yourself, its ...

[9 replies] Last: I will see if i can figure out how to make these more digestible while... (by Ch1156)

by deleted account xyzzy

Hmmmmmm.....dynamic polymorphism library

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/announcing-the-proxy-3-library-for-dynamic-polymorphism/ I saw this as an item in the VS 2022 news feed, any comments ...

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by deleted account xyzzy

NVidia GeForce Experience problems

A couple of days ago after installing the latest NVidia drivers for my GeForce GT 1030 video card I started having intermittent slowdown problems on the PC. At...

[15 replies] Last: Alas, I am back on the East Coast. Otherwise I’d drive one over to ... (by zapshe)

by seeplus

Another one bites the dust

https://simontoth.substack.com/p/daily-bite-of-c-end-of-line RIP Daily bit(e). You will be missed but never forgotten. For the archive, see https://github...

[1 reply] : The ephemeral nature of the interwebz rules all, unfortunately. C++, ... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by andywestken

Expectations

Looking for feedback to sanity check my expectations of junior and not-so-junior C++ developers. Currently wondering how things have changed since I started in ...

[13 replies] Last: Could count on one hand the number of professors that didn't upset me... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by seeplus

Crowdstrike BSOD

A flawed security update by Crowdstrike is causing BSOD for windows computers wordwide. It seems to be caused by csagent.sys The workaround Steps are: Boot Wi...

[18 replies] Last: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHrayP-Y71Q An update to the previous... (by TheIdeasMan)

by andywestken

Expectations - Expert Beginners

This thread follows on from one of the posts in the thread "Expectations": https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285833/#msg1243092 [quote=George PlusPlus]But t...

[8 replies] Last: It's probably judging the result obtained and the time to complete. ... (by jonnin)

by andywestken

Expectations - Coding Standards

This thread follows on from one of the posts in the thread "Expectations": https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285833/#msg1243093 [quote=Duthomhas]Those ar...

[9 replies] Last: I think programmers should be expected to be able to put their own opi... (by Peter87)

by andywestken

Expectations - Common Knowledge

This thread follows on from one of the posts in the thread "Expectations": https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285833/#msg1243095 [quote=seeplus]Although n...

[2 replies] Last: Another aspect of what else should count as common knowledge is what... (by deleted account xyzzy)

by TheIdeasMan

PDP 11 Dave's Garage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6t2L3SVM8 Trials and tribulations of working with old computer and old OS.

[1 reply] : Ah the good old days! That takes me back. I did a lot of programming w... (by seeplus)