Nissan app developer busted for copying code from Stack Overflow
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So the lesson here? Never, ever copy and paste code from the internet you don't understand. I repeat: never copy and paste code from the internet you don't understand.
Should read... Never, ever copy and paste code you don't understand. I repeat: never copy and paste that you don't understand. Who cares what the source of the code is. you should be curious enough to learn what that code actually does.
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So the lesson here? Never, ever copy and paste code from the internet you don't understand. I repeat: never copy and paste code from the internet you don't understand.
Should read... Never, ever copy and paste code you don't understand. I repeat: never copy and paste that you don't understand. Who cares what the source of the code is. you should be curious enough to learn what that code actually does.
Dennis E White wrote:
you should be curious enough to learn what that code actually does.
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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:doh: :wtf: :~ Remind me never to get a Nissan...
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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At least, change the variable and function names to something synonymous.
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I usually include the URL to any code I have used from the internet, including SO, CP, MSDN and any other resource where I snaffle code from. I only change the variables if the original don't make sense in the context. The included URL gives the support guys some context and it is doco that I don't have to write.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Broken link? I get a 404 page. Cheers, Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Broken link? I get a 404 page. Cheers, Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
The stackoverflow question[^] says the article was taken down. I tried the internet archive[^]; but it's currently erroring out. Hopefully the latter will come back online soon. :sigh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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I usually include the URL to any code I have used from the internet, including SO, CP, MSDN and any other resource where I snaffle code from. I only change the variables if the original don't make sense in the context. The included URL gives the support guys some context and it is doco that I don't have to write.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I usually include the URL to any code I have used from the internet, including SO, CP, MSDN and any other resource where I snaffle code from. I only change the variables if the original don't make sense in the context. The included URL gives the support guys some context and it is doco that I don't have to write.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
I think the complaint/laugh was less about the source being copied, and more about displaying the comment about SO on the actual app screen. For me, anyway.
TTFN - Kent
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Self promotion: he should read first Smart Copy Paste from Stack Overflow( or any other site): A book for normal programmers, Andrei Ignat, eBook - Amazon.com[^] [^]
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The stackoverflow question[^] says the article was taken down. I tried the internet archive[^]; but it's currently erroring out. Hopefully the latter will come back online soon. :sigh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Archive.org only caught it after the article was yanked. OTOH the SO answer history linked to a Tweet[^] with the full fail included.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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