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Yes, reporting on petty reasons like that, when someone have not done anything wrong, does tick me off. That certainly can't be the purpose of the report button.
The purpose of the reporting button is to remove a message when several people think it doesn't belong in a forum.
Just for reference, Chris himself has posted quite a few coding contests in the Lounge, so I strongly doubt that he minds code being discussed here.
So, I suggest that when people offend your opinions on how the forums should be used, just tell them so instead.
And if you want the usage of the forums changed I suggest you post that in sugs'n'bugs.
I will also add a proper link for @chris-maunder so that he can correct me if I'm wrong.
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I agree, Jörgen.
This thread wasn't started as a request to help, or as a discussion on a specific aspect of programming C#.
It can be a fine line, but this is more "thought this was interesting" rather than "let's get down and dirty with some language specifics."
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris, if the "inappropriate" choice in reporting a Lounge post has no intrinsic meaning, or value, why not remove it ?
I regard it as "tragic" when excellent technical information, and code, is submerged in the spate of Lounge messages: if properly curated, that content could enrich CP.
"mai phen rai," as we say in Thai ("no problem"): the solution for me is easy: I'll just stop caring.
cheers, Bill the Cantankerous
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
modified 4-Sep-19 18:55pm.
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I hear you, Bill, but where do you feel the line should be drawn? At any insertion of a code snippet? At any mention of an algorithm?
Many of us live and breathe coding and to talk about our lives is to talk about our code. The "let's talk about the best way to solve a knotty challenge using C#8 features" definitely lives in the C# discussion forum. "Let me show you something cool I did (that happens to be in C#, but could just as well be in TypeScript)" doesn't necessarily live in the C# forum. Or the TypeScript forum. It's a personal thing probably not relevant to anyone else (at least if there's very little other context provided, which is often the case).
Be cantankerous, but don't stop caring.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Hi Chris,
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I'd say the fewer lines drawn: the better.
But, there are cases where extreme behavior is so obviously at odds with the long-term value of the site, that, imho, a mechanism needs to exist for dealing with that ... a non-punitive mechanism. Isn't having an "inappropriate" report option suggestive of a need for reshaping, or forwarding, some content ?
I regard the Lounge as a great place to relax, have fun, marvel at the diversity and creativity of my peers and mentors, post my own weirdness, and, often, learn.
I also liken the Lounge to a restaurant where the cooks, waiters, and the customers, frequently throw valuable food away  I'm a veteran dumpster diver, so, that's fine for me: but, is it really fine that lots of other people who could benefit will miss out ?
cheers, Bill
p.s. I couldn't stop caring if I wanted to: the curse of empathy.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Jorgen, I can't stop you from perceiving forum moderation in terms of "crime and punishment," but, you ignore the "inappropriate" choice when reporting a Lounge message, and the fact I advised the OP ... something I did not have to do ... of the reasons I thought the post was inappropriate for the Lounge, but was quite appropriate for other forums.
I find it pathetic that someone acting to improve CP is abused by knee-jerk reactions like yours.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Well, the moderation system of the site works using Reports.
Enough reports and the message or user gets removed. It shouldn't be used lightly.
BillWoodruff wrote: I find it pathetic that someone acting to improve CP is abused by knee-jerk reactions like yours.
So I'm the one being abusive now?
I think there is no point in continuing any discussion.
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"get a life please" "petty" "reporting on petty reasons like that, when someone have not done anything wrong"
"the moderation system of the site works using Reports.
Enough reports and the message or user gets removed. It shouldn't be used lightly." Frightening that someone who is a "site protector" cannot distinguish their own knee-jerk emotional reaction from content that is, in fact, an attempt at site protection ! Equally disturbing is "site protector's" inability to conceive of moderation as pro-social, as well as protective
Jörgen Andersson wrote: I think there is no point in continuing any discussion.
Well, of course, it's too painful for you to examine your own behavior and become aware of whatever issues drive you to act abusively.
QED
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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So, you're on the gravy train now? 
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just making ends meat.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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You're going to get roasted for such a bad pun
cheers
Chris Maunder
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it's all gone to pot anyway. i'll stew on it.
thyme to own up to my bad culinary puns.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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I hope it's the common pot you are roasting, and not the endangered spotted pot or the almost extinct mountain pot. Where did you get it anyway?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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i'm pretty sure it used to be part of a cow. My cat agrees.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Cats agree to everything as long as they get something to eat.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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that's true. he'll say anything to get cheezeburger.
my other cat won't touch people food.
ironically, the cat that will eat anything can't eat a lot of stuff, including chicken and dairy.
the cat that *can* eat anything only eats cat food - and prefers the dry stuff.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Most excellent of you.
Pot roast at 10AM seems like a good idea to me. My wife can't stand it when I eat non-traditional breakfasts, whatever that means.
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I'm generally a bit of a purist when it comes to breakfast but not today.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Not reported, despite its being highly inappropriate for Lounge. there are several forums where such discussions of food that is not bacon are appropriate.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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how do you *not* have scurvy?
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Bacon and coffee serve all your nutritionamentary needs.
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My TMDb library uses wrapper classes to represent entities at the remote endpoint, so like there's one for a show, one for a movie, one for each show season and each show episode, one for each person (usually cast or crew), etc.
These wrapper entity classes are typically created and then thrown away. They are essentially stateless by themselves. Instead, they have their state backed by store somewhere else.
But because of this, it means object creation and destruction in this project are off the hook, even when used as it was designed.
I really hope it's feasible to do it this way. I'd never do this in C++ or even old school VB
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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honey the codewitch wrote: I really hope it's feasible to do it this way. I'd never do this in C++ or even old school VB
The GC will probably work just fine. But the Windows 10 operating system is very lazy reclaiming the working set. All of your peers will cry when they look in task manager and see your app is consuming so much RAM.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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GC.Collect(); 
Don't actually do this...
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