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| Edit | Post #288018 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: Should we allow answers generated by ChatGPT? It is a relevant but not decisive point whether ChatGPT can produce citations to back up its output (and whether the citations exist and are on point). I asked it for a citation today and got a sound one. Such things have to be manually checked. I've followed up in another case and found the citat... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #287813 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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A: Should asking about book recommendations directly connected to software development be on-topic? >To be a "better" site with helping people learn and grow and figure things out for themselves (instead of only giving them the answers, ready to copy-paste), it is my wish the site offers more help for "how to learn something" and "figure things out themselves" and maybe not less but less prominent ... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #287317 |
> It would probably be more productive to focus on questions of the form "I want to learn more about X and have the following background and constraints; what is a good resource for self-study?
Which is what I thought I had done, explaining that I had a C++ background but it was many years of lang... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287812 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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A: Should we allow answers generated by ChatGPT? "Subtle errors" understates the problem. For example, I asked it about uses for std::equalto, and it tragicomically gave me a code sample passing std::equalto as the comparison predicate to std::sort. No more citations?! I loved that feature! I would be inclined to favor replies where someone ... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287307 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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Where do I get rotatable images of solar system planets? What I'm trying to do, because it's to provide a visually exciting set of results for a simulation package, is given a time, show what a planet looks like from a given angle. I've got SPICE and I've been getting comfortable with it. It's good for providing a quaternion to tell how far the planet ... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287137 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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A: Should asking about book recommendations directly connected to software development be on-topic? I respect Alexei for opening a discussion on this, and Lundin for providing hard-won real world experience. I would like to put in a "pro", on the grounds that "I read this book and I'm a better programmer for it" is information that directly supports the codidact mission of helping each other learn... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #287122 |
Yes, it's a sound alternative to convert everything to a single system (I would choose SI too), but anything that involves trusting humans to do the same thing right every time is not as reliable as delegating enforcement to a compiler. The problems such libraries solve are problems like the units co... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287122 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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Any testimonials for any C++ units of measure library? The question is about libraries that extend the data type system to ensure physically realistic computations. Think `std::chrono` but for distance and mass and other things as well as for time. Instead of adding 2 and 3 to get five, you can add 2 kilometers and 3 meters to get 2003 meters. It's easy ... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286910 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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What should I read if I knew C++ twenty years ago? For someone who was familiar with C++ in the past and is coming back to it after a long break, what are some useful books that won't waste time with basics but will cover the new features of the most recent decades? (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |