Did you know ... how many articles there are on CP?
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The 15,000,000th account was opened yesterday, which I believe was the day after CP's 21st anniversary. CP says it has ~14.7 million members. So ~300K accounts have been closed, many of them for posting spam.
Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.I was going to mention something about that and forgot, until now. The dates are weird. I don't know if you know all the history of this site but Chris sent out an e-mail to members of a different site about this one being started. At that point, those on that list were registered for this site. The curious thing is that happened on 6 July 2000 - several months before this site's incept date. You can see this by looking at my profile info. The net effect is we were registered for the site before it existed.
"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?"
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I was going to mention something about that and forgot, until now. The dates are weird. I don't know if you know all the history of this site but Chris sent out an e-mail to members of a different site about this one being started. At that point, those on that list were registered for this site. The curious thing is that happened on 6 July 2000 - several months before this site's incept date. You can see this by looking at my profile info. The net effect is we were registered for the site before it existed.
"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?"
I didn't join until many years later, and only became active last year, so I was unaware of this.
Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. -
I think they use 32bit integers: certainly the notifications count doesn't fit in 16 bits, mine is standing at 88,266 unread messages.
"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!
In preparation for your rep point balance rolling over at 232 , all numerical integer types have been replaced with BigInt. :)
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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In preparation for your rep point balance rolling over at 232 , all numerical integer types have been replaced with BigInt. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
That will at least give the hamsters plenty of time to prepare! :-D
"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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Nor did I. But this provides counts: Site Map[^] so I knocked up a quick C# to find out: 63343. And a quick check says that doesn't include Tips* (so Projects probably aren't there either) If my authorship history is anything to go by, that would add a significant digit to that, at least: 17 articles to 88 tips. That's a significant body of knowledge right there - not at all bad for the age of the site, given that most of 'em are pretty damn good quality! * Because I looked in a small sub category for a specific tip of mine and it isn't listed
"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!
I believe round numbers are milestones to be celebrated, so a party is in order when we reach the 65,536 th article.
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Slacker007 wrote:
site, that Americans do not speak or write English, correctly.
Real question : is the punctuation in this sentence correctly set ?
Tiny bit of humor there! Q: How to tell a copy editor from a code formatter? A: \w*: vs. \w*\s:\s
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That's not quite right: there are 1M students seeking homework they are too lazy to do, a dozen admin, the six of us members, and the rest are all sock puppets! :laugh:
"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!
Sock puppet! #$&@, I've been found out!
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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That's not quite right: there are 1M students seeking homework they are too lazy to do, a dozen admin, the six of us members, and the rest are all sock puppets! :laugh:
"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!
You guys do a great job with those puppets. I'm seriously impressed with your stamina
cheers Chris Maunder
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And yes, I have been told on countless occasions here at this site, that Americans do not speak or write English, correctly.
I don't agree: it is just another variant of English, that is what you get if you end up with a huge empire. Most members of the empire end up being too far away from each other to notice their local "quirks" so they start diverging. It happened even in a tiny patch like Flanders/Netherlands. Although Dutch and Flemish share the same origin there is an ever increasing requirement to subtitle TV programs for the "other" side to really understand what is being said. It is very unlikely to get any better soon and I guess we wouldn't like it to be. If all else fails we can start speaking English to each other. :-\
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Time to sell some on Black Friday! :-\
Interesting. Monetizing the freely given work could be possible, if done ethically. Like publishing a "Best of CP" compendium perhaps. The articles that have stood the test of time. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day*. :) (*Shout out to Beau of the Fifth Column.)
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Great foot tapping music. Had a beat I could enjoy.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
I knocked up a quick C#
In America this translates to "Had a quick fling with C# and got her pregnant". And yes, I have been told on countless occasions here at this site, that Americans do not speak or write English, correctly. :-D
Is that why C# is getting so bloated? Are they planning to birth a new language?
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Great foot tapping music. Had a beat I could enjoy.
I'm amazed that someone who is not Dutch knows this song! :-\
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I'm amazed that someone who is not Dutch knows this song! :-\
This is the first time I heard it and it sounds great.
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Nor did I. But this provides counts: Site Map[^] so I knocked up a quick C# to find out: 63343. And a quick check says that doesn't include Tips* (so Projects probably aren't there either) If my authorship history is anything to go by, that would add a significant digit to that, at least: 17 articles to 88 tips. That's a significant body of knowledge right there - not at all bad for the age of the site, given that most of 'em are pretty damn good quality! * Because I looked in a small sub category for a specific tip of mine and it isn't listed
"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!
Really interesting finding @OriginalGriff, I ended up writing a blog post about it: Exploring CodeProject With Curiosity[^] If anyone wants to play around with the data, it's available here[^]
