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November 15

OTG Virus checker

Which android AV software is curently recomended best for checking viruses on a flash/pen drive via OTG cable? 123.108.246.90 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:27, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Programming with Autocomplete: Keyboard Shortcuts?

Most of the programming editors I use (e.g. Visual Studio, Eclipse) have an autocomplete feature to automatically balance quotes, parenthesis, and other grouping characters. For example, if I want to store the string "hello, world" in the variable hello, I start typing (in Python):

hello = "

At that point, the editor will automatically insert the closing quote marks, like so:

hello = ""

This is nice, but when I'm creating a Python list of strings, it makes me move the cursor past the closing quote marks with the arrow keys, which is inconvenient. For example, to type the list:

countries = ["US","CAN","US","US"]

I need to type <">,<US>,<right arrow>,<,>,<">,<CAN>,<right arrow>,<,> and so on...

I want to know if there is a key combination that will automatically move the cursor past the closing quote marks after I type each item, or if there is another way to avoid using the arrow keys (which are inconveniently placed on my keyboard), without having to turn autocomplete off. Thanks! OldTimeNESter (talk) 20:17, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

It depends on the editor. In mine (Kate), when I type ", it throws in a ". As I type, the trailing " moves over. If I type ", the cursor moves to the right of the closing ", allowing me to type a comma and then a ", which will start a new pair. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 19:45, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Why has no one created a page for serial entrepreneur Samuel Petuhov?

Recently a Samuel Petuhov has popped out into the technology scene and everyone has been looking for informaton about him, but his life is pretty much have been privatized His family is also very wealthy 200 - 300 billion according to Google. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZSYRE (talk • contribs) 20:47, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Before a page is made, we need WP:Reliable sources to base the content on. If there are no sources there is no article. You can consider the possibility of Hoax. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:36, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Samuel Petuhov, is a fictional character. Does not have any ties to the Romanov family, nor is he a genius that will "revolutionize" anything if he returns to Russia. Samuel Petuhov is the creation of an internet "troll" with too much time on his hands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.254.235.16 (talk) 01:16, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Help me with chromebook issue

My chromebook suddenly stopped showing the bookmark star, and I can't use Ctrl+d to bookmark either, and this is a problem. Please help! I am using the latest version of the operating system but it is a managed chromebook and I can't powerwash it. Bardic Wizard (talk) 21:52, 15 November 2017 (UTC) It's back so never mind. Bardic Wizard (talk) 19:45, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Struggling Software Developer Needs Career Advice

I'm a software developer with 20 years of experience. But lately, I've been having problems at work. I'm at a senior position, but have been having difficulties getting some tasks done. I'm wondering if there is something wrong with me.I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to see why I'm having trouble focusing. In any case, I'm worried that I might lose my job. I sort of wish I was a junior developer so not as much would be expected of me.

So, here's my question: Can anyone think of a computer-related field that is not as demanding mentally? AnonComputerGuy (talk) 23:32, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Become a manager. In most companies that I work with, you will do nothing more than go to meetings and plug tasks into an integrated management system. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 19:43, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Based on my experience, I'd suggest software sales. My brother-in-law and I both graduated in 1979, on the same day, from the same uni computing degree course. (He was my future brother-in-law then). He was never much of a programmer and ended up in sales. (He looks good in a suit, where-as I don't). 38 years later, both close to retirement, he's still in sales and quite well off financially, and I'm still a broke programmer. However, I've only been out of work for brief periods; ploughing the legacy furrow has been my life and it's not too mentally taxing. --TrogWoolley (talk) 11:24, 17 November 2017 (UTC)