Update: The original dev does not remember exactly. However they have said that clientId was originally a VARCHAR, so this may have been checking for both '0' or ''

So an over-engineered workaround to a bad datatype perhaps?

I forgot to mention this is in SQL Server, so SIN operates on radians. So I THINK this can only ever cast to a 0 when clientId is also 0

It certainly doesn’t for any of the 100,000 existing rows

The client table has around 100,000 rows each with a unique clientId, none of which are returned from the CAST / ABS / SIN

I think you are right and this is a ‘fix’ for something lost to time. I am going to talk to the original dev tomorrow to see if they remember what it was for

Thank you so much, I’ll check it out!

Absolutely, it’s a great read. Could you link the video you watched?

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Haha, sorry I came across the way I did. I really was racking my brain trying to think what more I could provide. Normally for Java issues I can give a stacktrace, but in this case there is literally only a 4-word error message

When I view the post on your server it shows only our convo, so definitely a federation issue

Ohhh, that explains so much!

I am really struggling to understand what you are asking me to provide

Java is a compiled language. Eclipse is attempting that compile step and it fails. I have provided the error it gives me, a minimal code snippet to reproduce this, the location that Eclipse indicate the error occurs, and the specific 2 specific versions of Eclipse I have tried

Is it a screenshot of the error you are after? Maybe there is something obvious I am overlooking, but I really do no know what more I can give you

Yeah mate, you are right “doesn’t work” is pretty useless, lucky I didn’t say that

I said I have code that does compile in one specific compiler but doesn’t in another specific one, and asked if anyone had ever encountered that before

And 2 days ago when someone mentioned that I didn’t include the actual error, I apologised and then included it

Maybe something like “Drone Techno”?

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Oh yeah, I remember listening to that when they only had around 5 episodes

They still do the high-pitched beep when you start or stop I see haha

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Thank you, I will check them out!

Two of my old favourites were the Frozen Synapse OST and Dune: Spice Opera (although not technically a soundtrack)

Also working for me. Lot of 1 stars!

Wow there is a lot there! Thank you

I will listen to a few at work this week

In the timeline at the bottom it says:

2023-05-05: Converso asks: ‘How were you able to decompile the source code of the app and what do you think should be done to protect against that in the future?’

So I think some of the devs were in way over their heads too!