A lot of work, but job well done. "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

Stop TWIZZLER Me fun fact TWIZZLERS Candy set a Guinness World Record™ in 1998 for the longest piece of licorice ever made. It was 1,200 feet long and weighed over 100 pounds!

But how could the super rich turn that into a pissing contest?

I needed the C++ compiler locally, not the IDE. Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

Pffft! They already don't care about compatibility. At least when it comes to Android. I have a major beef with this. Weren't we promised X many years of support after endless complaints? It's still a joke to this day. I have a number of Android tablets, running 2.2 (I believe), 4.2, 4.3, 6.0 and most recently, 13.0. Of these, only the one on 4.2 ever get an OS upgrade (from 4.1 -> 4.2). When I realized that 6.0 was still going to be the same (it'll die with the same OS it was purchased with, with no chance of ever getting any sort of update), I told myself I was done with Android. Realistically, Android 6.0 is a non-starter in 2024. So like every fool out there, I finally broke down and bought yet another piece of hardware running 13. My current phone's on Android 9. The most recent update for it goes back to September 2019. It never offered anything newer. This annoys me to no end. I have laptops that - seriously - are 20 years old, and could still run Windows 10 if I only bothered to install it. It would not be pretty, but it'd still work. At least that would be my decision.

This is a Qt issue as far as using the toInt function. And as the documentation (QString Class | Qt Core 5.15.17[^]) clearly shows, it handles numbers in any base from 2 to 36.

Oh no it wasn't anything inherent to VB, writing 1000 lines undocumented functions can be done (and I saw it multiple times by so-called professionals) in any language. I worked a lot on VB6 in my first company and honestly I liked it. It lacked some features and had a few quirks but for its role it's really comfortable. It gives a lot less bad habits than its strongest current competitor, which in my opinion is Python. As a quick GUI to call library functions it's just unbeatable, but take my opinion with a massive grain of salt - if some crazy mofo in MS will ever release a VB7 I'd jump on it in .3 nanoseconds. GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next

1x1=2 in a math exam... :sigh: M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Yeah, same here. I run MX Linux as my main OS and Windows 11 in a QEMU/KVM based VM. Works really well. I also do GPU passthrough so I can play my Steam/GOG games in the VM.

never heard this band before, good drum mix. "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

I'm sure you feel better now, but nope... try again dude. Jeremy Falcon

Yep. In their mind it's safer to force-push updates of not only OS programs, but also *any* third parties whose software I installed at one point in the past. I don't automatically trust every new version that comes out, and for many programs I don't even need the security fixes (which often come together with all kinds of regressions, new issues, and sometimes even worse security holes). As a sophisticated user I want to decide what gets installed on my machine and when. But some people simply lack the ability to think critically beyond the (admittedly often justified for novice users) mantra of "keep everything updated at all times".

Thank you guys indirection was the problem

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This particular code is really complicated. Look at this mess typedef struct NSVGattrib { char id[64]; float xform[6]; gfx::rgba_pixel<32> fillColor; gfx::rgba_pixel<32> strokeColor; float opacity; float fillOpacity; float strokeOpacity; char fillGradient[64]; char strokeGradient[64]; float strokeWidth; float strokeDashOffset; float strokeDashArray[NSVG_MAX_DASHES]; int strokeDashCount; svg_line_join strokeLineJoin; svg_line_cap strokeLineCap; float miterLimit; svg_fill_rule fillRule; float fontSize; gfx::rgba_pixel<32> stopColor; float stopOpacity; float stopOffset; char hasFill; char hasStroke; char visible; } NSVGattrib; using reader_t = ml_reader_ex<2048>; struct svg_css_class { char selector[512]; char* value; svg_css_class* next; }; struct svg_parse_result { reader_t* reader; svg_css_class* css_classes; svg_css_class* css_class_tail; void* (*allocator)(size_t); void* (*reallocator)(void*, size_t); void (*deallocator)(void*); char lname[32]; char aname[512]; char avalue[512]; char style_val[256]; char class_val[128]; char* d; size_t d_size; NSVGattrib attr[NSVG_MAX_ATTR]; int attrHead; float* pts; int npts; int cpts; svg_path* plist; size_t image_size; svg_image_info* image; NSVGgradientData* gradients; svg_shape* shapesTail; float viewMinx, viewMiny, viewWidth, viewHeight; int alignX, alignY, alignType; float dpi; char pathFlag; char defsFlag; }; I highlighted the portion of the inner structure I forgot to initialize (the head attribute, as the rest are copied from that) Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

Another Visual Studio update almost always comes with a new set bugs. This one is no exception. They have broken Find In Files this time. "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"