Hello, everyone.
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Oh, you live in Canada? How do you like it? If I add it all up, I'd say I've spent about 3 years total in Canada. I used to spend summers in Nova Scotia. I stayed right on the beach of Nova Scotia's north shore facing Prince Edward Island. It's one of the most beautiful places that I've ever been. It's nice to meet you, Ravi.
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Welcome Steve! I joined almost 20 years ago. I asked a colleague if he knew of a C++ DB interface library for a project I was working on. He said to check CP. I did and found an article with code that fit my needs to a T. I've been here ever since, though mostly as a lurker. I got a little more involved when I retired 5 years ago. The main draw for me was (and still is) the open, friendly atmosphere. When a question is asked the answers (and those who choose to answer) are trying to help and not just impress with their superiorority. So, stick around for a while, join in, have some fun. Beer's in the fridge!
Thank you for the welcome, FreedMalloc. Seeing as you've been a member here for twenty years, there's probably a good reason for that. What else could I ask for other than free beer? Over at GitHub, they all drink apple juice. At Stack-Overflow, they binge-drink cheap whiskey and exchange death threats. Over at HackerNews, they all get vanned on a regular basis by some secret government agency. Over at Hashnode, they struggle with Legos and share a fascination with small shiny objects. Let's see, who else is there? Oh, yes, and then we have Women Who Code. Don't be fooled. They use coding as a front to distract from their radically militant feminist agenda. They've been declared a terrorist organization by the UN, and they're heavily involved in weapons trafficking. With all that to consider, I think I joined the right group. Oh ya, I forgot about FreeCodeCamp. It's free because everything is stolen. That just about covers it. Have I missed any groups?
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Welcome. Me too, just short of 20 years here. Joined in 2004. Was passive for some years, before writing a few articles here. Nowadays mostly restricted to the daily Wordle messages.
This is pretty impressive. I don't think it's a coincidence that I've met four members who have been here for 20 years. One of the best ways to gauge the quality of an online community is to look at the member turnover rate. You know it's a good quality group when you encounter so many senior members in just a single thread. It's nice to meet you, Amarnath S. Thank you for welcoming me.
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When it comes to harassing witches, Monty Python comes to mind for some reason. I'm thinking of a scene in The Holy Grail where a group of people resorted to nonsense in an effort to justify themselves that she was actually a witch. That movie is so funny.
The funniest part of that is the pseudo-Socratic questioning performed by the knight.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Why you're just a whipper-snapper. Back in my day, I entertained myself using rocks and sticks. Now we have the newly-fangled supercomputers that we hold in one hand. I find them to be irritating, but before electricity was discovered, I had to drag around a large wooden abacus. Those were the good ol' days. I even remember being in a car one day, and we ran over a dinosaur!
Steve Raw wrote:
I even remember being in a car one day, and we ran over a dinosaur!
Give my regards to the Flintstones and the Rubbles. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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When it comes to C#, I'm in the same boat that you were in. It's a great language to know, but it takes time to fully understand, as w/ any programming language. If you want to keep up to speed, languages like C# are vital. I can't say I'm entirely familiar with it, but I can still use it in countless ways to produce all sorts of things. Thank you for the welcome, OG. Once I find out where the mat is, I'll be sure to spit on it. I'm assuming that spitting on the mat is a good thing, but insulting certain cats is a reason for peril. I'm not sure what all that means, but maybe I'll figure it out with some time.
C# is (still) a pretty simple language, though it's getting a lot more complex as these things do. When I started an experienced developer could learn the language itself in an afternoon, no problem - now it'd take a day, maybe two to be thorough. Learning the framework(s) behind it that are essential to use it? Months! It's a quote: A Bertram Chandler - Liberty Hall[^]. The pTerry version is better, but a bit too short and "real world" to be recognized as a quote*. :D * Grebo was a b*****d though:
The late, great pTerry - Lords and Ladies
Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote:
many members know what they are talking about.
I hope you're not accusing me of that? :~ I bash my head against the keyboard until it compiles.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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This is pretty impressive. I don't think it's a coincidence that I've met four members who have been here for 20 years. One of the best ways to gauge the quality of an online community is to look at the member turnover rate. You know it's a good quality group when you encounter so many senior members in just a single thread. It's nice to meet you, Amarnath S. Thank you for welcoming me.
Hi Steve, and welcome. I first found CodeProject when working full time, and it certainly helped me with a number of issues I was being challenged with. Since retiring I have become more involved and learned a lot from some of the masters here.
Steve Raw wrote:
You know it's a good quality group when you encounter so many senior members in just a single thread.
Or maybe we have such empty lives ... :laugh:
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Oh, you live in Canada? How do you like it? If I add it all up, I'd say I've spent about 3 years total in Canada. I used to spend summers in Nova Scotia. I stayed right on the beach of Nova Scotia's north shore facing Prince Edward Island. It's one of the most beautiful places that I've ever been. It's nice to meet you, Ravi.
Nice to meet you too, Steve. I enjoy living in Toronto, but I find the winters colder (and a lot longer) than the Boston winters I'm accustomed to. :) /ravi
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As a new member of this community, I would like to get to know some of you. I researched 11 different online groups dedicated to serving those who develop software. This is the one I chose to join. I looked at Hashnode, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, and Reddit to name a few. While these communities can be a great resource in different ways, CodeProject looks to be the best choice. That explains why I am here, but I'm curious to know who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
Just beware of Chris Maunder[^] , he thinks he runs this place :)
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Just beware of Chris Maunder[^] , he thinks he runs this place :)
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And harassing witches! :~
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
I wouldn't have to if you just braced your code correctly :D
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As a new member of this community, I would like to get to know some of you. I researched 11 different online groups dedicated to serving those who develop software. This is the one I chose to join. I looked at Hashnode, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, and Reddit to name a few. While these communities can be a great resource in different ways, CodeProject looks to be the best choice. That explains why I am here, but I'm curious to know who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
In tyhe first company I worked for we didn't have Internet access - only MSDN. At that time (2012-2018) MSDN often linked to StackOverflow and CodeProject, but we coulnd't see those results. A lot of authorization and hemming and hewing later we had SO and CP opened. SO is what it is, and also quite useless in the fields I work in (it has been incredible for embedded Linux but luckily I don't reguarly work on it). And that's how I met CP.
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As a new member of this community, I would like to get to know some of you. I researched 11 different online groups dedicated to serving those who develop software. This is the one I chose to join. I looked at Hashnode, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, and Reddit to name a few. While these communities can be a great resource in different ways, CodeProject looks to be the best choice. That explains why I am here, but I'm curious to know who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
i do not recall how i found this site several years ago though it was most likely for technical reasons . i have been fortunate to have learned a thing or two here of some such use also it provides me opportunity to make a fool of myself which you have no doubt already discerned . also occasional intermissions of such chatter whilst keyboard banging is appreciated and affords some relief .
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As a new member of this community, I would like to get to know some of you. I researched 11 different online groups dedicated to serving those who develop software. This is the one I chose to join. I looked at Hashnode, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, and Reddit to name a few. While these communities can be a great resource in different ways, CodeProject looks to be the best choice. That explains why I am here, but I'm curious to know who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
Welcome! I've been here since 2006. Got a lot of help with MIDI-related things at the time. Nowadays, like nearly 16,000,000 other members, I mostly just lurk. I check the news feed and the lounge first thing every morning: The news feed is essential reading. The lounge is a friendly place to hear what some experts/insiders are thinking. No surprise that I'm still here! On behalf of all lurkers, many thanks to the CodeProject team for your help over the past decades! Well done!! :cool:
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As a new member of this community, I would like to get to know some of you. I researched 11 different online groups dedicated to serving those who develop software. This is the one I chose to join. I looked at Hashnode, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, and Reddit to name a few. While these communities can be a great resource in different ways, CodeProject looks to be the best choice. That explains why I am here, but I'm curious to know who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
What a fun way to rack up those community points :cool: I joined after signing up for the newsletter (recommended by my boss as a way to keep up with the tech) and wanting to comment on a Lounge question or comment. It's a great community. I've never seen a nasty response even in the face of strong disagreement. Opinions are respectfully sought, and honestly given. My handle, cpichols is an inside joke in my family. I use it because it's easy for me to remember :laugh:
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As a new member of this community, I would like to get to know some of you. I researched 11 different online groups dedicated to serving those who develop software. This is the one I chose to join. I looked at Hashnode, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, and Reddit to name a few. While these communities can be a great resource in different ways, CodeProject looks to be the best choice. That explains why I am here, but I'm curious to know who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
Hey Steve. I'm a ghost - a figment of your imagination. I'm not really here. Despite that, I'm the guy that'll pop in every now and again to annoy people and defend JavaScript.
Jeremy Falcon
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As a new member of this community, I would like to get to know some of you. I researched 11 different online groups dedicated to serving those who develop software. This is the one I chose to join. I looked at Hashnode, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, and Reddit to name a few. While these communities can be a great resource in different ways, CodeProject looks to be the best choice. That explains why I am here, but I'm curious to know who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
Hi Steve! Google kept referring me to this site 17+ years ago so I signed up for the newsletter. I really appreciated the wit/sarcasm in the taglines. (thanks Kent!) At some point I ventured into the Lounge and found a community of really smart people discussing really interesting topics. :)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"
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As a new member of this community, I would like to get to know some of you. I researched 11 different online groups dedicated to serving those who develop software. This is the one I chose to join. I looked at Hashnode, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, and Reddit to name a few. While these communities can be a great resource in different ways, CodeProject looks to be the best choice. That explains why I am here, but I'm curious to know who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
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As a new member of this community, I would like to get to know some of you. I researched 11 different online groups dedicated to serving those who develop software. This is the one I chose to join. I looked at Hashnode, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, and Reddit to name a few. While these communities can be a great resource in different ways, CodeProject looks to be the best choice. That explains why I am here, but I'm curious to know who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
