I assume you've been applying to train their Offtopic Asshole Who Doesn't Use Preview detection system?

If so, feel free to contact me for a reference.

If I need to know about executeFoo() in SomeLibrary, I can:

• Google "SomeLibrary executeFoo"
• Go to SomeLibrary.com, and navigate through Support->Documents->API->executeFoo
• Thumb through a dead-tree SomeLibrary book until reaching executeFoo

I've tried all three, and vastly prefer the simple Google search. Not only will SomeLibrary.com be in the first 3 results (assuming their documentation doesn't suck), but there's a good chance you'll find a StackOverflow thread that not only explains executeFoo, but also covers the caveats and options better than the documentation.

Code samples tend to be more elegant than my own code. Many questions have multiple samples by multiple authors refined by multiple editors over multiple years. In comparison, I find API documentation often turns stale, or the samples are too simple to cover the cases I'm interested in. I don't "spend my life copy-pasting" - code samples tend to be useless for any real-life task. But I do get to see a gallery of how other people have solved similar problems.

I wish I had mod points. An Informative post straight from the source is what's sorely missing from most of these debates.

Tell me how OUR society continues to benefit form ordinance detonated over IRAQ 13 years ago..

Without that, there wouldn't be any demand for the ordnance detonated over Iraq today.

Damn right I'll be outraged. This type of astroturfing hurts both sides of the argument by preventing an actual exchange of ideas. It's FUD designed to reduce the credibility of any claims, making it harder for an uninformed person to become informed.

I was recently reading a very interesting article about paid Russian trolls. They'll go to all the small-town Russian blogs and post the same types of rants. But they don't just post pro-gov't rants. They've got this whole cast of characters and script where one person makes a seemingly-well-reasoned pro-gov't argument, while the anti-gov't "villain" will respond with something ridiculous or completely off-point.

It's not enough to make your side seem strong, you also have to make your opponents look foolish.

So when I see a seemingly-well-reasoned-but-wrong "government regulation is bad" argument followed by a "higher taxes and more expensive ISPs are good" argument - both by Anonymous Cowards - I think Soviet Russia. You guys are the worst kind of scum.

Exactly. I rated myself an expert because that is how people see me. I'd wager that most "Averages" would actually be considered "Experts" by my clients, not because they're in the upper echelon of all developers, but because even Average development skills puts you far in the upper echelon of society.

Now, if I were rating myself against my peers, I'd say Average or Advanced. But I don't think anyone would honestly rate themselves Expert against their peers in "programming". I've known "Java" experts and "Machine Learning" experts and "Computer Science" experts, but "programming" is such a broad term, I don't think I'd apply the Expert label to anyone I know.

Maybe they'll name it after their favourite development aid. BingBong!

I'm afraid you'll find that measurement to produce a purely imaginary result.

You get this:
http://localroger.com/prime-in...

Yes, the link includes studies showing a correlation with something that could conceivably cause weird behaviour (sleep cycles), but haven't actually found a correlation with the weird behaviour.

So either there's no "lunar effect", or whatever effect there is results in a nonexistent/negligible increase in hospital/police activity.

Ask any police officer or health care provider how people act during the full moon. They will almost always tell you that they are busier and people are crazier around that time of the month - consistently - although they can't quite explain why.

Confirmation bias. I've heard the same thing from nurses, but the fact is, no correlation has been found.

Snowpiercer was based on a graphic novel, which IMHO is a medium that lends itself to suspension of disbelief. Once I accepted the ridiculous premise I actually found the movie...well, kinda bad in general, but not because of the premise :)

Speaking of which, that's enough /. for me today :)