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If you’re in a panic because the Internet told you that your shiny new SSD may lose data in “just a few days” when stored in a hot room, take a chill pill—it’s apparently all a huge misunderstanding, according to the man who wrote the original presentation all the fear is based on. Oh good. Now I can go back to storing them in the oven.
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Bill Gates — Microsoft CEO turned philanthropist, lifelong learner and fan of The Great Courses — is recommending seven texts you should read this summer. "I read my eyes out and can't read half enough"
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He has billions of dollars, he can spend his time reading these 7 books.
We have to work hard to make sure we survive this summer.  He can simply release Windows 10 and make his fortune for next 3 summers also.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Visual Studio 2015 RC contains a pair of experimental operators, nicknamed tadpole operators. They let you add and subtract one from an integer value without needing parentheses. Because there are still keys that need using in C++
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Quick, which one is --y and which one is (y+1) ???
-~y
--y
[edit]Nice font, CP. It's a lot clearer in a code block.  [/edit]
On my monitor at the distance of about 3 feet and with my eyes I can barely tell the difference.
Even if I look close, it's pretty darn easy to miss.
Tadpole swimming toward a value makes it bigger
And WTF is that? I mean, could you at least have done:
-~ and +~ so I don't need to figure out which freaking direction the tadpole is swimming?
Hey Microsoft, which direction is this tadpole swimming: FAIL
From one of the comments:
Because all the major JavaScript engines are written in C++, JavaScript has also inherited the tadpole operators from the underlying C++ implementation.
Figures. 
Marc
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Are you too already using grandparent font?
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You realize this is a joke, right?
This is just a combination of the ~ (not operator) and negation which already exist in any language that supports those operators.
for an explanation, read this[^] comment
#SupportHeForShe If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
Only 2 things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Oh joy...
I'd rather be phishing!
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Where can I apply for the vacant language designer job?
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Excuse me! It may (very unlikely, but may) have a usage, but all those samples in the article are wrong...You already can
write it without any parentheses using ++ and --!!!
Like:
x = ++y % 10;
or
x = ++y * --z;
And so on...And it even can be read!!!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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The operators ++ and -- modify the value of the variable while those experimental operators should just provide an alternative to (x+1) resp. (x-1)
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Of course, but I'm talking about the samples, where it is meaningless (you use the variables once) - so the samples are not showing the power (if any) of the new operators...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Oh, I see - sorry 
But to be fair to the author, there's a slightly more meaningful example at the bottom.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Hahahaha...
I made a second read (including comments) and realized that there is no new operators here, but some kind of joke...
The author uses the a combination of bitwise NOT(~) and simple -! The only problem that it work only for signed integers...
But for those it works even with compilers from 1993...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: there is no new operators here, but some kind of joke
Kent? Keeeeeeeeent? 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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OK, probably a joke, but it's staying in. It's an excellent example of just how magical and symbol heavy C++ syntax is.
TTFN - Kent
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I agree. I didn't want you to take it down, just blame you for irritating us  
BTW, works in C# too.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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 then my goal of being the grit to create pearls (of wisdom, maybe) is complete 
TTFN - Kent
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Actually every C/C++ compiler can do it!
(The article is a joke! It uses bitwise NOT (~) and minus (-) combined in a clever way, but it only works for signed integers...)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Actually every C/C++ compiler can do it!
(The article is a joke! It uses bitwise NOT (~) and minus (-) combined in a clever way, but it only works for signed integers...)
Yep, even Raymond made it clear in today's post[^]. Still impressive how easy it is for people to believe something is real just because it comes from a "reliable source". But I hope you don't buy everything that's written in the news... do you?
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I give it 10 out of 10 points as a prank, considering that it fooled everybody, including the parent poster and myself
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n -= 1;
What parentheses?
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Nice joke.
#SupportHeForShe If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
Only 2 things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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There have undoubtedly been a huge number of technological advances over the last decade that have had a profound impact on the lives of many, not least our organizations. In the name of the Compiler, the Stack, and the Bug-Free Code. Amen.
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Quite so. Too much faith in technology, and not enough faith in our own ability to solve our problems.
Marc
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