Lounge - March 2023

Any experts on Git sub-modules here?
 
So, I have a Git repository that was created by a colleague and that contains a number of sub-module...
[9 replies] Last: Yeah, but Git definitely has marked the sub-folders in question as sub... (by kigar64551)
by zapshe
I got a weird email..
 
The contents of the email: https://imgur.com/a/EM8GNch Anyone else get something like this? ...
[9 replies] Last: This is nothing new. Scammers are lazy, most of them, and by and larg... (by jonnin)
by mbozzi
User maxim2511 sounds like a chatbot.
 
The volume & tonal consistency of @maxim2511's posts suggests to me that they are ChatGPT. Also the...
[9 replies] Last: I think therefore I am - convinced that especially https://cplusplus.... (by zapshe)
What was your longest debugging time?
 
We often hear how debugging can get really hard and can take hours and sometimes more than a day to ...
[11 replies] Last: What assembly debugging? When I started assembly at university all we ... (by seeplus)
by helios
Old-man rant
 
What's with playback controls in modern media players? I thought CD players had figured out these in...
[7 replies] Last: Using a sophisticated decoder library, like mpg123, which hides the "... (by helios)
Expired certificate
 
Ahh.... The security certificate for this site has expired! So you have to ignore all the warnings a...
[1 reply] : Let's encrypt with automatic certificate renewal to the rescue! https... (by kigar64551)
by Geckoo
Turing completeness
 
Often I read that an esoteric language is Turing Completeness when it can "simulate any Turing machi...
[8 replies] Last: Thanks ++ (by Geckoo)
by zapshe
I just got my diploma in the mail...
 
And I have a temptation to make a youtube video where I open the package, show it off, then rip it t...
[8 replies] Last: you can also just tell them it got lost in the mail and to send anoth... (by IWishIKnew)
C++23 - status
 
C++23 “Pandemic Edition” is now complete! See: https://herbsutter.com/2023/02/13/c23-pandemic-e...
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ChatGPT; should we fear it?
 
Hi guys, I haven't seen a similar question asked here, so I want to hear everyone's thoughts; now, ...
[7 replies] Last: I don't see too many people who can only write in Assembly and don't ... (by seeplus)
WinAPI, Visual Studio 2022, x86 app and C++20
 
Ugh, VS 2022 v17.5 update introduced some weird "wrinkle" when compiling WinAPI code with the C++ la...
[6 replies] Last: I have had issues every time. I tried several times about this issue ... (by deleted account xyzzy)
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