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Welcome to this board!
 
Welcome to the lounge forum in C++.com! In this forum, users can to talk about topics other than pr...
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The Internet
 
I'm in a state that's affected by the OS age verification laws going into place in 2027. I don't giv...
[2 replies] Last: Write to or contact your local representatives. For those in states th... (by Ganado)
Sigh. War. (1,2)
 
Looks like “the president of peace” has finally managed to start an actual war. Venezuela cap...
[21 replies] Last: Thank you Ganado 🥺🥲 I think these debates are interesting - and... (by zapshe)
by zapshe
Sunk Cost Fallacy
 
Helios - we once debated whether it was a sunk cost fallacy for a college student to say something a...
[3 replies] Last: Helios hates me 😔 (by zapshe)
by Ganado
C++ Reflection Cppcon demo
 
CppCon recently publicly released a video where Herb Sutter demos C++26 reflection features. It’s ...
[5 replies] Last: I mean I didn’t watch the full video, I lost interest when they star... (by Ganado)
Man, nobody has posted since last year...
 
😃 Frist!
[18 replies] Last: I know, right? I’m currently designing a 3D a bubble level that act... (by Duthomhas)
by tonic
Any Info about Kbw ?
 
Hello Guys, I wanted to ask does anybody know kbw ? i mean personally, it seems like he isnt writi...
[10 replies] Last: Yes, hooray! :O) (by Duthomhas)
by zapshe
It was never about immigration
 
The point has always been power. They wield it like a child's toy and pat themselves on the back wit...
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by zapshe
ChatGPT is too smart
 
At this point, the AI training I'm doing is, "Ha, ChatGPT couldn't even 1 shot produce PhD level res...
[3 replies] Last: If you give a deck of cards a good shuffle right now, no cheating or b... (by newbieg)
He’s dead, jim. (1,2)
 
So very sad. I really enjoyed this forum.
[23 replies] Last: There is a place for sure. That isn't the issue. This one won't let ... (by jonnin)
by Ganado
vscode adds UTF-16 BOM to stdout [Windows]
 
Posting in lounge since this isn't directly a C++ issue. Google and GPT-whatever have failed me. In...
[3 replies] Last: Try the above with and without the _setmode() command, and you'll kno... (by Ganado)
Trade space for time
 
I found this interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JuWdXrCmWg
[5 replies] Last: the process looks a great deal like what I have frequently done to con... (by jonnin)
More unpopular opinions
 
Continuing from https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285914/ If you are in a school zone, either ...
[14 replies] Last: Perhaps a case of "Better, but still not good." (A phrase used by dr... (by keskiverto)
Random Story Time (1,2)
 
I once went to McDonalds, waaay back when $5 was expensive, and bought food that totaled something l...
[25 replies] Last: Future story coming. Just don’t want the topic to close yet. (by Duthomhas)
C++ developments
 
This article may be of interest: https://www.itprotoday.com/c-programming-language/c-in-2025-how-...
[8 replies] Last: The std::variant was ruined by committee. Use boost::variant instead. ... (by Duthomhas)
by zapshe
Complacency (1,2,3)
 
We're here at the last chance for him to turn back. We all know defying their decision, especially b...
[43 replies] Last: About all we have accomplished is that I dislike all politicians even... (by zapshe)
by chipp
what happened to this forum?????
 
it seems like it became veeeery quiet in here what happened????? are we have another new f...
[6 replies] Last: apart from these, this forum is on a blacklist at most active c++ site... (by jonnin)
by chipp
insecure connection??
 
i've been inactive on this web for soooooooo long and when i wanna check in to this web before, th...
[6 replies] Last: @salem: ic... actually, the warning my browser displaying before is wh... (by chipp)
I wrote a cron job! (1,2)
 
This is a continuation of Finally switched to Linux Mint (https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/28572...
[25 replies] Last: Someone did wrote a news piece for April 1st about "one common package... (by keskiverto)
Well, it looks like Mozilla is finally turning Evil™
 
Firefox users are getting an updated EULA where Mozilla gets copyright to everything you post online...
[7 replies] Last: Louis Rossmann does good work (I support his right to repair efforts) ... (by zapshe)
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