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I got my SVG code parsing and more or less accurately rendering exactly one document. Found out my float point peephole parsing was off in some cases, and that my understanding of SVG path syntax was lacking. Correcting for what I learned and finding that bug dramatically improved my results, but...
I introduced errors in the vector graphics engine's antialiasing somehow. Not sure what I did, or what changed. Yikes!
No other document other than the one renders at all, but I'm not as concerned about that at the moment.
What a mess. It just reminds me of any significant project though.
I have one at work where, with demo coming up, we had to do a last minute swap of the hardware. Issue is we already had that swap in the pipeline, but somebody else nixed it due to it using a different cell protocol and them having to rewrite their code. (Not someone I work with directly usually - I'm actually working with a client, and another team - this coder is on that other team - and I'm not trying to dish on him - this was all a misunderstanding). We get the module swapped, and run into power supply problems. Fix that, run into some additional bugs. Finally, late night EST we had a deliverable. And honestly, some of that could have been avoided if I could have foreseen one of the issues we ended up with back when the project was spec'd.
Progress lurches.
They say 80% of goth is lint rolling.*
Well 80% of software development is having the patience to roll with the punches and eat your mistakes.
* The other 20% I think involves being hopelessly depressed, but that may apply to software as well.
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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I will not participate in them. I find them to be about as valuable as sudoku and only if I ignore the problems with them.
They teach you to be good at coding challenges. They don't teach you to be good at writing software.
Recruiters end up fishing in that pond looking for talent, which does everyone a disservice.
I think the world would be a better place without these kinds of sites.
You want a code challenge? Post something here and/or on Github. How many stars and forks do you get?
And hey, that can actually translate into paying work.
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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honey the codewitch wrote: Recruiters end up fishing in that pond looking for talent, which does everyone a disservice.
Recruitment processes could be certainly perfected.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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And half the time, you get people looking for a solution to them so the recruiters think they are good targets ... 
"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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Much the same with "Aptitude tests" or "Intelligence tests".
They wind up selecting for "gaming the test" skillz, rather than anything meaningful in the real world.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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"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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wife is binge watching the hurricane coming in, 88 yo father in law was doddering around, and somewhere in my recent past I thought I retired.
Gin, I need gin.
Charlie Gilley
βMicrosoft is the virus..."
"the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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Sounds like a start of a good indie movie.
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I'm here:
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Charlie Gilley
βMicrosoft is the virus..."
"the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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I couldn't watch that film
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I did watch it, but thought it was absolute rubbish. I still can't (be bothered to) figure out what it was all about.
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Be thankful you even have a life. I wish I had one.
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I have one more wedding to go through. Late October. I was so down in late June, I was contemplating hitting the road, Jack Reacher style. Sucked it up, then MIL broke her hip on 8.5 - my anniversary. There went my life.
Looking real hard at the gin. Wife calls it angry juice.
Somehow I need to learn some humility and accept my fate. I cannot even get my adult children who don't live at home anymore to remove their crap. Sure, I get it, it's an inconvenience for them. But when SWMBO defends them... sigh. Rapidly approaching the FI moment.
Charlie Gilley
βMicrosoft is the virus..."
"the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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charlieg wrote: wife is binge watching the hurricane coming in
Do you realize that there is at least one Wafflehouse in Tallahassee that is closed AND boarded up? That's good reason to be terrified. God help us.
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I actually saw that. I detect your sarcasm. Please tell me I'm right. 
I'm listening to a youtube weather channel want a be drone on and on. He's actually quite good, but 24x7 coverage of a hurricane? ffs.
for what it's worth, I live 40 miles north of Atlanta, and the hurricane (which will be a tropical storm by the time it reaches us) will be here early am. I'm getting up early to sit on my front porch and watch and enjoy. If I get a spin up tornado, waaa hoo.
good grief, I am dark tonight.
Charlie Gilley
βMicrosoft is the virus..."
"the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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Yes, the thing about communicating via text is that sarcasm doesn't come through. Even though I was being sarcastic, there is an element of legitimate concern that exists when I see a Wafflehouse closed. You probably already know this, but FEMA uses the number of closed Wafflehouses to partially gauge the severity of a natural disaster. I think it's referred to as the "Wafflehouse Index". It's been around for a long time and is still in use, so it must be a reliable indication to some extent.
charlieg wrote: for what it's worth, I live 40 miles north of Atlanta, and the hurricane (which will be a tropical storm by the time it reaches us) will be here early am. I'm getting up early to sit on my front porch and watch and enjoy. If I get a spin up tornado, waaa hoo.
I would love to see a tornado in real life. Chasing any kind of storm intrigues me, so I can understand why you'd enjoy watching it. I've never been in a hurricane, or a tropical storm. That's something I'd want to experience as long as I was several floors up inside a concrete building.
charlieg wrote: good grief, I am dark tonight.
You're having a rough time right now. I understand that. It's perfectly fine. Hang in there. 
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The only proper storm I have ever been in was in about 1963, in the middle of the North Atlantic in late autumn. Moderately scary, as the only thing the ship could do was to point into the waves and hope we were not going backwards.
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