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I have about 500 lines of C++ code devoted to representing and manipulating them. It's rectangles everywhere.
I blt a bitmap - source rectangle for copy window, destination rectangle for destination blt position and size, plus flipped if the rect is flipped, clipping rectangle for clipping the output to a window, and an offset rectangle for correcting for partially "offscreen" blts.
It's rectangles all the way down. Overlapping, containing, rotating, intersecting, confusing rectangles. 
I'm going to need a lot more coffee.
Ode to two humble points
That leave my mind all disjoint
Apparently simplicity's a sin
Where do I even begin?
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: It's rectangles all the way down
You should be using Turtle (logo programing language)[^] ... 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Some years ago I read that there was a patent on saving the portion of a display that was being overwritten, so that it could be restored without regenerating it. Some folks just need a good caning.
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Behold - they shall swarm in vast numbers[^]. But, all in all, just enjoy the show.
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Wow, 17 years underground!? Kind of cool, I think.
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So ... seventeen years in the dark, and then they come out for sex?
They are developers, aren't they?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: They are developers, aren't they?
Only the addicted to coding kind, I would imagine. 
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No, they're coming out for sex.
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Well, we've had plague, and now locusts. What next? 
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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I'm pretty sure that plague and locust are far worse than cicadas.
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Plague (aka Black Death) was much worse than COVID-19. That doesn't mean that I can't compare Plague to COVID-19, and Locusts to Cicadas.
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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you can't compare locust to cicadas.
One can cause famine, the other doesn't.
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Slacker007 wrote: you can't compare locust to cicadas.
Quote: com·pare
/kəmˈper/
verb
1.
estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between.
Slacker007 wrote: One can cause famine, the other doesn't.
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Its like comparing apples and tacos. There really is no comparison, really.
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You have to realize that these "locusts" ate before they came to visit.
Mainly they leave their nymph shells firmly attached all over the place.
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I like how it says they are harmless and won't cause damage... a lot can change in 17 years! 
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@GregUtas
You did it without prompting!
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I was heartbroken by its absence!
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frantic, nerviest at tower fell (4,4,4,3)
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I'm guessing this only really applies to females (or those with an aviary)?
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Strictly speaking, no, but clearly you've figured it out!
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I'll give it 20 mins to see if anyone else gets it and try to save myself and everyone else from one of my low quality clues.
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Your clues are not low quality!
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