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by SubZeroWins

Quicker replace var name

I saw in a video this one guy copy and paste a section of code, then he must have hit some combo keys and he changed a variable name and all the names below cha...

[2 replies] Last: Is it multi-caret editing (on visual studio)? You highlight the variab... (by zapshe)

by newbieg

The Internet

I'm in a state that's affected by the OS age verification laws going into place in 2027. I don't give that information to any website except for my bank and for...

[5 replies] Last: Wooh! Where I live, The age verification law at the OS level has been ... (by newbieg)

by SubZeroWins

What you guys working on?

What are you guys up to and what are you working on? Anything new, cool, and bite size? What kind of things are you pro C++ programmers working on your spare t...

[7 replies] Last: Sadly, at this point, I look at code more than I write it. Why, y... (by SubZeroWins)

by seeplus

Moderators

Who are the moderators for these forums? The spam messages are still present a couple of days after being reported. This isn't a good look. If the existing mode...

[12 replies] Last: Two more old accounts that had never posted before killed off. This m... (by salem c)

by Nomarr2

BCA KCP Newtown Batam Wa Resmi 083800180099

BCA KCP Newtown Batam Nomor Telepon Customer Service (CS) Bank BCA yang tersedia 24 jam adalah: *0838-0018-0099 Layanan ini beroperasi 24 jam sehari, 7 hari ...

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by Ganado

cppreference UI update

Hot take: The new cppreference web UI is worse because it removed the table cell separators. In my humble opinion, the operator precedence page is now harder ...

[1 reply] : I agree. I hope they fix this soon. (by Peter87)

by Duthomhas

Sigh. War. (1,2)

Looks like “the president of peace” has finally managed to start an actual war. Venezuela capitulated too easily for his liking, I guess.

[21 replies] Last: Thank you Ganado 🥺🥲 I think these debates are interesting - and... (by zapshe)

by zapshe

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Helios - we once debated whether it was a sunk cost fallacy for a college student to say something along the lines of, "I'll finish college, after all, I've alr...

[3 replies] Last: Helios hates me 😔 (by zapshe)

by Ganado

C++ Reflection Cppcon demo

CppCon recently publicly released a video where Herb Sutter demos C++26 reflection features. It’s actually pretty exciting to me. As he mentions in the video,...

[5 replies] Last: I mean I didn’t watch the full video, I lost interest when they star... (by Ganado)

by Duthomhas

Man, nobody has posted since last year...

😃 Frist!

[18 replies] Last: I know, right? I’m currently designing a 3D a bubble level that act... (by Duthomhas)

by tonic

Any Info about Kbw ?

Hello Guys, I wanted to ask does anybody know kbw ? i mean personally, it seems like he isnt writing here either, I used to write him once a year per email, a...

[10 replies] Last: Yes, hooray! :O) (by Duthomhas)

by zapshe

It was never about immigration

The point has always been power. They wield it like a child's toy and pat themselves on the back with their own delusions. The lowest of trash who should be ...

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by zapshe

ChatGPT is too smart

At this point, the AI training I'm doing is, "Ha, ChatGPT couldn't even 1 shot produce PhD level research!" Not even exaggerating. Work that would take a true-...

[3 replies] Last: If you give a deck of cards a good shuffle right now, no cheating or b... (by newbieg)

by Duthomhas

He’s dead, jim. (1,2)

So very sad. I really enjoyed this forum.

[23 replies] Last: There is a place for sure. That isn't the issue. This one won't let ... (by jonnin)

by Ganado

vscode adds UTF-16 BOM to stdout [Windows]

Posting in lounge since this isn't directly a C++ issue. Google and GPT-whatever have failed me. In Visual Studio Code, I am attempting to run the .exe I just ...

[3 replies] Last: Try the above with and without the _setmode() command, and you'll kno... (by Ganado)

by TheIdeasMan

Trade space for time

I found this interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JuWdXrCmWg

[5 replies] Last: the process looks a great deal like what I have frequently done to con... (by jonnin)

by Duthomhas

More unpopular opinions

Continuing from https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285914/ If you are in a school zone, either early in the morning when students are being dropped off or ...

[14 replies] Last: Perhaps a case of "Better, but still not good." (A phrase used by dr... (by keskiverto)

by Duthomhas

Random Story Time (1,2)

I once went to McDonalds, waaay back when $5 was expensive, and bought food that totaled something like $6.85. I gave the cashier a five, two ones, and a dim...

[25 replies] Last: Future story coming. Just don’t want the topic to close yet. (by Duthomhas)

by seeplus

C++ developments

This article may be of interest: https://www.itprotoday.com/c-programming-language/c-in-2025-how-the-language-is-adapting-to-a-shifting-tech-landscape

[8 replies] Last: The std::variant was ruined by committee. Use boost::variant instead. ... (by Duthomhas)