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Recently said by nimbus, "when you've seen one, you've seen them all".
I disagree - sometimes you can get lucky and they don't all look alike!
I am the Walrus
Started by AdrianSadlier on
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by 13 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at amateurphotographer):
When you've seen one" etc) but this is a great one and the fun is in having a go and seeing, I agree that water drop shots can look similar (re:Nimbus "when you've seen one" etc) but this is a great.
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List bands you've heard of, but cannot recall ever actually having heard the music of. Now I know this is gonna descend into "Well that's cuz they suck!!" territory, but let's at least try to keep it informative, shall we? If you see a band listed here...
Started by funkee1 on
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by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ebassist):
You can either thank me.
You can either thank me or slap, but
It's really not horrible (except for the lame raps!) Anyway, now you've heard him.
Not horrible (except for the lame raps!) Anyway, now you've heard him.
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What are the coolest examples of metaprogramming that you've seen in C++?
What are some practical uses of metaprogramming that you've seen in C++?
Started by Brian R. Bondy on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Causing a compile error if a Boolean condition does not hold .
One practical use is compile-time assert statements, i.e.
Not very practical, but impressive.
Coolest metaprogramming example: tricking the compiler into computing a list of prime numbers .
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Ask your Facebook Friends
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What was the weirdest (or most awkward) time and place that you've found yourself thinking about a programming problem?
Started by plaureano on
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by 23 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Don't wanna....
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UPDATE: Marking this as Community Wiki.
I guess the silence and solitude helps clear the mind .
Ironically, this always works, sometimes solving problems I've been battling for a few days already .
In the toilet, while taking a dump.
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What's the longest you've ever had a server running without rebooting?
Started by JoelFan on
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by 20 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
I remember back in the Novell days, we....
I've worked on old Novell 3.2 servers that were running for years .
At least I didn't need to worry about patching it.. .
Single power supply, no UPS, just luck.
I had an ultrix system with a good 5 year stretch .
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Started by RobotNate on
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by 132 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at reddit):
One time in high school, my older brother blackmailed me into attending his garage band's first ever "concert." ... .
I saw Dire Straits back in the late 80's and of the 200+ concerts I've been to, that was the only band that didn't come out for an encore .
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What is the funniest/weirdest error message you've got from a development environment/application?
"Catastrophic failure" "'null' is null or not an object"
Started by pablito on
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by 107 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
"If you ever see a window with this message, it means there were... .
And the message was in the code.
My favorite:
"The error message cannot be displayed"
Not development, but production .
Batch has been aborted.
From MS SQL:
Transaction doomed in trigger.
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What's the coolest mashup you've built? What APIs did you use? How was the mashup better than the sum of its parts?
Started by Lance Fisher on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
From there, it would download the container .mov....
Although probably not a true mashup, I created a script hat would read the Apple Movie Trailer RSS feed, and then visit the links in the feed to download the HTML of the pages linked to in the RSS feed .
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Have you ever forgotten where you've parked your car after you've come out of the pub?
Started by Ghost of Arlanymor Mountain Man on
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by 14 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at yahoo):
Yes - but now i have a ball on the aerial so i can see it lol, nope but two weeks ago after a cracking night out I couldn't even make my way to my car, even though I knew exactly where it was, it was like so near yet so far, I had to get a lift that night... .
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What is the biggest project you've handled yourself in terms of lines of code?
What, in general, defines a project that is too big for one person?
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Its always good to get constructive feedback.
Trying to use code that you've written).
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