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This has been fixed in 2018!!! Why is this here? https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1723
> homework assignment for all programmers reading this thread: Think about how you'd find this bug in your own programs. You copy/paste the code, it seems to work, and you don't realize it's broken because you don't run either of these programs which made the same mistake. Wait... WHAT?? Who the hell copy pastes code into their program without first examining and understanding what each step is actually doing, how an…
> homework assignment for all programmers reading this thread: Think about how you'd find this bug in your own programs. You copy/paste the code, it seems to work, and you don't realize it's broken because you don't run either of these programs which made the same mistake. Wait... WHAT?? Who the hell copy pastes code into their program without first examining and understanding what each step is actually doing, how an…
>Who the hell copy pastes code into their program without […] The developers of Docker for Windows and the Razor Synapse driver management tool. Among others.
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Why not add a fifth point about contribute with a better answer if you know better? It feels wrong looking down on people just trying to help.
The problem is stackoverflow seems designed to avoid "better answers". Questions are often long abandoned, and the original questioner won't come back and choose a new correct answer. On a rarely looked at question, it would take years for a correct answer to raise up the ranks. I've seen various answers which used cryptography dangerously, and asked if there was any way they could be fixed, and I just got the answer…
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How many times have you run `npm install` or used literally any programming package management system without personally reading every line of code that you're installing?
Well, if you are going to be passing something as your own work, you better understand it well. Also, you should look at least at the docs of the packages you install.. And since most SO answers are shorter that introductory section of most docs, this means reading and understanding entire answer.
There was a post recently that noted that React is up to over 800,000 dependencies. Good luck with that.
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I agree: Recently I found an interesting snippet of C code which was using an sprintf to write a string into a char array. Unfortunately, it contained an off-by-one error where the null terminator would be written outside the char. I proposed to fix the answer, but for incomprehensible reasons the edit was rejected (!)
See https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/164449/192171 If an answer is factually wrong (as opposed to just poorly formatted or missing a few details), generally its better to leave a comment rather than try to edit it. I agree its not ideal, but suggested edits go into a site-wide review queue, so not everyone reviewing them will necessarily be familiar with C. This makes edit reviews a poor tool for evaluating factual c…
> homework assignment for all programmers reading this thread: Think about how you'd find this bug in your own programs. You copy/paste the code, it seems to work, and you don't realize it's broken because you don't run either of these programs which made the same mistake. Wait... WHAT?? Who the hell copy pastes code into their program without first examining and understanding what each step is actually doing, how an…
Say hello to `pasteoverflow`: Paste code from Stackoverflow directly into your editor. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=matsz.pa...
I am a somewhat active SO user and one thing I see other contributors repeating over and over is "stackoverflow is not a code writing service". Usually this comes up in the context of some kid posting their college assignment and asking people to solve it, but I think it should extend further. Do not copy/paste code from stackoverflow. SO is not a code writing service. It is a problem solving/question answering servi…
Ha, stackoverflow is a great tool, but... the more answers I see on an area I’m experienced in, the more I realize how wrong they can be. Sure, the answer usually gets the job done, but everything else about it might not be right. If I need to use stackoverflow, these days I make sure I do a few things: - read a number of answers, comments included. Just because an answer is accepted doesn’t mean it’s the best one -…
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Mouse./keyboard customisation software seems universally bad / lowest-bidder style. Logitech's mouse button configuration tool for example weights over 400MB. Literally for a tool which requires a few dropdowns.
It's not limited to mice and keyboards. Pretty much every device or peripheral out there is infected with that, from printers to graphics cards to headphones, etc..
I suspect that most hardware companies cultures treat software engineering as as second class activity.