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A single line of code from a large application that somehow manages to provide an almost endless insight into the pain that its maintainers face each day.
Whenever a computer wants to sync its internal clock, usually right around reboot, it'll check in with a time server. This is built-in functionality that spans across every modern OS.
Now, in some cases you might have a reason to disable the time check - and that's fine.
Back in July, I wrote about my disdain for ternary operators citing a monster representative line as being a great example of an attempt at cleverness gone too far.
Well, an anonymous submitter sent our way another ternary operator disaster but with a twist - nested within the call to "payRecordsList.Add", almost every parameter passed has its own ternary operator added.
Sep 14