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[NickFitz]

Links are up

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been some Popeyes hot wings

I came across a classic bug this morning. Some data that was supposed to be saved in a cache for two months wasn’t there, and my colleague had hunted fruitlessly on Friday for the reason it had gone astray. I didn’t know the code involved so started working out what it did, whereupon I encountered this line:

cache_stuff(cache_timeout=60 * 60 * 24 * 20)  # 2 months

Now, as any fule kno, if you’re dealing in seconds then 60*60*24 gets you to one days’ worth. Then multiplying by 20 gets you twenty days… so why does the comment say 2 months?

And that was it! The problem is that a month is approximated as 30 days, so two months is 60 days, and when you look at this line, you see the “2 months” comment at the end and you see 60 appearing, not once but twice, in the calculation, and you think it seems OK and you go off and start looking at another place where you think the bug might be. I spotted that the 20 at the end was the culprit almost immediately, because I didn’t know the code so I had no idea of where else I might look

To add to the fun, this data is generated at the start of the month, so it might not even have been noticed that there was a problem if somebody hadn’t happened to be looking at it after the twentieth of November

[NickFitz]

Just put the breadmaker to work on a wholemeal loaf

After lunch, I noticed that my upstairs neighbour’s van’s lights were on, but he might have been on his way out so I didn’t pay much attention. About an hour later, I noticed they were still on and the van hadn’t moved, so I popped up and let him know, and he went out and turned them off. That’s the second time I’ve done that for him

It’s only a small van but it’s equipped as a camper in the back and has a solar panel on the roof. But I don’t know if that would have saved him from a flat battery, so it’s probably better to let him know

[NickFitz]

Last of the Popeyes leftovers with chips for tea. I should order less, as I’m bored with it by Monday. Nice enough though

This was accompanied by The Crash Detectives on iPlayer, telling the dismal story of a cyclist killed by a careless van driver

I treated myself to an Advent Calendar this year! Last time I had one of these, all you got for opening the door was a little picture of a candle or a star, but this one is from a French company and contains fancy liqueur chocolates. So I now have a little bit of chocolate containing a tiny quantity of Armagnac to enjoy

[NickFitz]

Busy night of Christmas shopping done, i.e. spending five minutes buying a load of Amazon gift cards and some bags

I have shedloads of wrapping paper, some of it dating back years, due to having often finished up in Sainsbury’s on Christmas Eve when it’s all "buy 5 get 5 free" for stuff like that

[NickFitz]

Tonight in The Forgotten Soldier things were going quite well for a change… oh wait, here comes the Red Army and suddenly everything was going dreadfully; even worse than last time, if anything

The bread seems to have turned out OK

It still sounds extremely windy outside, though the rain has stopped

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

Morning all
I’ve decided I’m not going to fall asleep.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

The wind has died down a lot, the clouds have cleared, and it’s going to be sunny morning once the sun makes it a bit higher than the horizon, which it’s only just risen above, thus remaining hidden from my vantage point by the surrounding buildings and trees. A touch chillier though: currently 6°C (“feels like” 0°) with an expected high of just 9°; the barometers are up by a single point at 988/996mB

[WTFH]

Morning all (again). Very pleasant walk was had in the dark, finishing just as it started to get light. Clear skies, not a breeze, 7C.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday.

Grey.

Wanly sunny.

Raining gently.

Chilly in here at 14.3 deg, 12.5 in the kitchen, 11.5 in the leanto.

996 mBar, 29.4 in Hg, 747 Torr, 14.445 psi, (up from 992 last night), 63% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 4th of March 2020 quackhandle, and DaveB popped in, Brillo popped in a lot, whilst NF was contemplating taking the car for a battery charging run.

Freecell score: 86%, running average: 84%.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about something <click>

Walk (abbreviated due to inclement weather, towpath) walked along with a shopping trip to Morrisons: done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.

Now to get outside a mug of mediocre but consistent coffee.