Called for a tow to take our disabled car to the mechanic. The muffler was dragging on the ground. Not only did they not send a flatbed (which they're now having to dispatch) but the snow under the car has melted and re-frozen so the still somewhat attached muffler is lodged in a block of ice...
It's going to be one of those days...
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The mechanic's trying to price out replacement parts for us. In the meantime, since the car is still technically driveable, we've taken it home. Hopefully, he'll be able to get us a good deal.
In the meantime, I take some solice in the fact that some people pay a lot of money to get a car that sounds like this one.
(my apologies to the neighbours, though)
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Achievement unlocked: making a Costco run on transit.
I brought a camping pack and filled it to absolute capacity. It was a bit of a challenge, but doable... and still better than dealing with the parking there.
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S3 E23 Duck Duck Groom with Anna Sonoda
Anna has kindly gifted some free ebook versions of her book for UK listeners. Contact me if you are interested in receiving one! In this episode of the Cult VaSpreaker
From the agenda dispatcher, you'd choose "m" for match (which lets you search for all kinds of things or combos of things). Then type PRIORITY="A" or whatever.
@Lea This works, but is not really what I'm looking for (It also seems hang for quite some time).
I'm looking for it in the format presented in agenda view you get in mode a (in the weekly agenda view).
Internet was dropping packets like crazy (up to 50% packet loss). My ISP's tier-1 tech support didn't even know what the ping tool was.
I've worked tech support for a telco before, I know what the quality of the training is like because of the ridiculous turnover, so I get it, but geez...
Fortunately, it's all been resolved now.
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This begs an ettiquette question: what is the correct response to the following conversation that doesn't involve being an asshole?
Tech: Your connection seems fine on my end.
Me: It can't be. I'm getting about 25-50% packet loss.
Tech: How do you know that?
Me: The ping tool.
Tech: What's that?
After a long pause, my response was "a very basic network diagnostic tool." That came across more condescendingly than I had intended, but I couldn't come up with a better way of saying it.
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S3 E22 Soka Gakkai International: Born and Raised
In this episode of the Cult Vault podcast, host Kacey speaks with Jay, a former member of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), who shares her personal experiences gSpreaker
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Dear @Benny,
We have provided you with many cat toys that you may play with any time you like.
My razor is not one of them.
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Woo hoo!
I jusy fixed a seam that was going in one of the pairs of sweatpants I wear for bumming around the apartment.
Was it a neatly done fix? No.
Will anyone ever see it though? Also no.
Hoping to keep working on stupid little stuff like this with the sewing machine to build up my confidence/skill to be able to tackle stuff that actually matters if it's done well.
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Been looking for an alternative to Google Maps. Organic Maps (OpenStreetMap) is great, but it doesn't know the bus routes in my city.
I remembered that the GRT (local transit) website had a trip planner that I used to use in the pre-Google days. Decided to give that a go again.
Turns out they're just using Google Maps now. Understandable, but disappointing.
The Transit app is good, and while closed source is Canadian.
Transit - the best app for buses and trains
The world's most accurate transit app. Never miss a bus or train again on our 600+ supported cities, including New York, Paris, London, Montreal and moretransitapp.com
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I have acquired what I believe to be a high-quality hand-me-down sewing machine from my mother-in-law. Now, apart from thread and fabric I only need to have one more thing...
...any idea whatsoever how to use it.
S3 E21 Inside the Minds of Two Detectives
In this episode of the Cult Vault podcast, host Kacey speaks with former detectives Scott Rogan and Peter Hogan, who share their experiences in the police forceSpreaker
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Also, do lists in #Python seriously not have a .map function?
Edit: Ohhh... I expected it to be a method on the list object itself.
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Python map() function
The map() function is used to apply a given function to every item of an iterable, such as a list or tuple, and returns a map object (which is an iterator). Let's start with a simple example of using map() to convert a list of strings into a list ofGeeksforGeeks
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@flyingsquirrel Yup. And there's a multiprocessing version which can be useful if you're doing a very large csv but you probably want imap() for that one.
docs.python.org/3/library/mult…
multiprocessing — Process-based parallelism
Source code: Lib/multiprocessing/ Availability: not Android, not iOS, not WASI. This module is not supported on mobile platforms or WebAssembly platforms. Introduction: multiprocessing is a package...Python documentation
If you're looking for a function that applies another function to each element of a list and aggregates the results, it'd typically be done with a list comprehension:
[your_function(item) for item in your_list]
But you can also use list(map(your_function, your_list)) if you want. Basically, it's a built-in function rather than a method of the list class.
There's also a whole discussion to be had about lists vs generators and why you often wouldn't even need to make a list in the first place, but I won't get into that unless you want to know more.
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Oh good, Let's Encrypt sent me an email about how they're no longer going to be sending notifications about expiring SSL certificates.
I do not foresee this causing me any problems at all. 🙃
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Fun fact: VPNs stop working when you forget to pay the bill.
#ADHD is fun.
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This man is voting as well.
If you are sane and elligible to vote please do.
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