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[Sweeney]

Or at all.

[Iridium77]

Hahah okay not even close to everyone.

[leptooners]

I hate it when non-tech folks trivialize the effort involved by saying things like this.

 

Please don't ever assume that a dev task is going to be 'easy' or 'easily achievable' - you never know, you could be opening a huge can of worms technically with your magical new feature.

 

Regarding the OP, it's no lie that Abrosia could be changed to appear more human but it's a lot of work on a product that already needs attention in other areas

 

I hate it when people who think they know better make unfounded assumptions.

 

I'm not "non-tech folk"... I'm not suggesting anything I couldn't do myself. The intelligent wait procedure would undoubtedly require some work but I'd be ashamed of any dev that couldn't develop it in a week. It really is a simple concept and it really would be straightforward to code. And it really would only require one line to call the intelligent wait procedure. 

 

Step one: One line to call the proc would be a simple if and statement. Say Stock is a variable that is updated when the program refreshes (I'm guessing this is already part of Abrosia, since there is a current stock output) and there's a new var called OldStock that is a one off history of the previous Stock (one more line of code, oh noes). If the OldStock is lower than Stock upon refresh and the gap is larger than an amount set by the user (two more lines and a new GUI element, the world is ending!) and after throwing a random to get a yes or no based on a user set percentage (another line of code and another box on the settings page, what is a dev to do...), if that result is yes, it runs the intelligent wait proc.

 

Step two: The intelligent wait procedure. While this is obviously a good chunk of code, it would be just as straightforward as its implementation.

Edited by leptooners, 07 May 2014 - 01:46 PM.

[Sweeney]

You're welcome to PM an administrator and volunteer your time. It's only a week

[leptooners]

You're welcome to PM an administrator and volunteer your time. It's only a week

 

Sarcasm aside, I've already PMed a couple people including ShadowLink.

[Sweeney]

Sarcasm aside, I've already PMed a couple people including ShadowLink.

That's good to know.

[Dan]

If you're interested in helping and are indeed as technical as you profess, perhaps contributing some actual code (python) or pseudo-code would be appreciated

 

[leptooners]

If you're interested in helping and are indeed as technical as you profess, perhaps contributing some actual code (python) or pseudo-code would be appreciated

 

Yeah I was thinking about that. Maybe it'll get someone here to take me seriously. But I'm working on paid projects right now so this would take a back burner.

[Eefi]

I hate it when people who think they know better make unfounded assumptions.

 

I'm not "non-tech folk"... I'm not suggesting anything I couldn't do myself. The intelligent wait procedure would undoubtedly require some work but I'd be ashamed of any dev that couldn't develop it in a week. It really is a simple concept and it really would be straightforward to code. And it really would only require one line to call the intelligent wait procedure.

Yeah well, you let the statement "It would be fairly simple. Just add a line of code.." stand for itself and you haven't made a lasting impression that you can code. Most people can't.

 

It is not a difficult feature but Abrosia hasn't been maintained for a long while.

[leptooners]

Yeah well, you let the statement "It would be fairly simple. Just add a line of code.." stand for itself and you haven't made a lasting impression that you can code. Most people can't.

 

It is not a difficult feature but Abrosia hasn't been maintained for a long while.

 

Funny how you quoted the first part of that sentence but left the rest out... I guess the mind sees what it wants to see. I quite frankly don't feel the need to make a lasting impression on this community, I seek not the approval of those who don't write my paycheck. I know what I can do. Thanks for your concern though.
 

It does seem that Abrosia could use some work in other areas but I'm not going to volunteer my time for anything more than this and maybe another small feature. There's a huge amount of work to be done to Abrosia and I have paid projects to think about.

Edited by leptooners, 08 May 2014 - 02:30 PM.

[Yung]

Funny how you quoted the first part of that sentence but left the rest out... I guess the mind sees what it wants to see. 

 

That's actually how we designate which part of your post we're directly responding to. We call this logic.

[leptooners]

That's actually how we designate which part of your post we're directly responding to. We call this logic.

 

That's not very logical though. To leave part of a sentence out is to defeat the purpose of quoting the sentence. I can understand if the context were different, but in this case the unquoted portion of the sentence changes the meaning of the quoted part. Instead of saying it will require only one line for this feature, I'm saying it will only require one line (as described in a previous post) to call the procedure for this feature.

Edited by leptooners, 08 May 2014 - 03:53 PM.

[Yung]

That's not very logical though. To leave part of a sentence out is to defeat the purpose of quoting the sentence. I can understand if the context were different, but in this case the unquoted portion of the sentence changes the meaning of the quoted part. Instead of saying it will require only one line for this feature, I'm saying it will only require one line (as described in a previous post) to call the procedure for this feature.

 

Welcome to the internet? I don't know what to tell you. There are a lot of aspects of social interactions that escape my ability to comprehend and I gave the best explanation that I could. It must simply be that I don't properly understand the social properties at work here.

[Eefi]

Funny how you quoted the first part of that sentence but left the rest out... I guess the mind sees what it wants to see. I quite frankly don't feel the need to make a lasting impression on this community, I seek not the approval of those who don't write my paycheck. I know what I can do. Thanks for your concern though.
 

It does seem that Abrosia could use some work in other areas but I'm not going to volunteer my time for anything more than this and maybe another small feature. There's a huge amount of work to be done to Abrosia and I have paid projects to think about.

I wasn't saying you should build a reputation for yourself. I was just saying people didn't know you could program. Now you're saying you don't care to tell people that, neither do you care what they think of you. For someone who doesn't give a fuck what others think your responses are pretty aggressive.

 

This is a forum. Too bad it's only interaction with people who don't write your paycheck. You're looking at tons of guides and programs that people have done in their free time. I don't see the need for you to stress you have work to do and are not paid for your work here. Guess what, other people have to work too.

[nestlepak]

funny that this suggestion just recently got posted, i was just thinking this very idea not too long ago. though i am a "non-tech" person so i didnt say anything (took a programming class that turned out to be a weeder class.. failed miserably). good to know that people who know what theyre doing are at least considering it though . needless to say though, all of you guys that code for the programs are very much appreciated by the people on the neocodex and we thank you for the time you're able to put in