squaregoldfish @squaregoldfish@mastodon.social

Got to love Altibox. They sent a message to warn me that they were doing maintenance so my internet would be going offline. Ten minutes after it came back on.

Question One of all #DataManagement job interviews:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfDIy9i6Wpg&t=98s

Left my walking boots on the garden wall to dry. Came outside to find the neighbours' dog growling at them. #BraveDog

For short term testing and other pragmatic purposes, I am doing calculations that are both (a) bad code, and (b) not entirely scientifically correct. This is making me very sad.

Hats off to Red Bull calling for the red flag #f1

Excessively humid weather for hiking today, so just a short one. Found some spooky dead trees though.

It's 9:45pm. My neighbour just came round to borrow some eggs. 🤷‍♂️

Oreo storage

Calling DevOps' bluff during system reconfiguration:

DevOps: Do you want to do it yourself or should I?
Me: I'll give it a go. What could possibly go wrong?
DevOps: Wait a second.

Watching a presentation describing how fast data access can improving forecasting efficacy. The illustration using BBC-era John Kettley was a bit of a surprise.

And of course I have Tribe Of Toffs going round my head now...

John Kettley is a weatherman,
a weatherman,
a weatherman,
John Kettley is a weatherman,
And so is Michael Fish.

Only an Oxbridge college would have an entry on its Wikipedia page titled "Customs" which starts with the phrase "Every hundred years..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls_College,_Oxford#Customs

First experiments with #3dprinting tree supports with #cura - they're giving me some distinct baobab vibes!

I'm seriously impressed with the algorithm's ability to navigate around parts it shouldn't touch, but it did end up leaving some fairly large areas unsupported. Perhaps I pushed it too far. I think if I mess with the layout I can get those parts into places where they won't be seen, so it should still turn out well.

Time to decide which dumb data format to deal with next. Options are:

1. One file per record, different fields stored as separate files in separate folders
2. CSV, but columns are only unique if you merge three column header rows together
3. Date is given as decimal day of year, but the file contains no year. Which is critical.

One of those magic eye pictures, but the hidden image is a migraine.

Meander

Just read a hot take by someone who fancies himself a great leader explaining how he expects his employees to work extra hours to make up for the time lost on public holidays.

#DataManagement joy: just received a data file with the column header line:

A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z,AA,AB,AC,AD,AE,AF

The file has a header explaining what the column headers mean. 🤦‍♂️