Excel is so wild.
My mind was blown. I had thought, naively perhaps, that circular references in Excel simply created an error. But this data scientist showed me that Excel doesn’t error on circular references—if the computed value of the cell converges.
You see, when formulas create a circular reference, Excel will run that computation up to a number of times. If, in those computations, the magnitude of the difference between the most recent and previous computed values for the cell falls below some pre-defined epsilon value (usually a very small number, like 0.00001), Excel will stop recomputing the cell and pretend like it finished successfully.
A former coworker of mine made this and posted to our shared alumni slack: https://doyouneedatruck.autos/
It’s a very simple quiz that asks everything relevant about your situation and provides you an answer personalized to you. I can vouch that it’s actually 100% correct.
New blog post, in which I argue that work is play, and that jobs should be fun
https://medium.com/@LeftSaidTim/work-is-play-e634882740d3?sk=bfa60e60cc33113ad9bcaaa951fc31aa
This is either obvious and dumb or flame worthy. I’m prepared either way. 🔥 😎 🔥
Tried the Telescope plugin out this week, it's great.
My favorite feature is that you can use Telescope to search its own command list. A nice touch for discoverability, which is often a challenge with command-line oriented tools. #neovim
https://neovim.substack.com/p/why-arent-you-using-telescope-yet?sd=pf
Been writing a lot more python lately. Decided to take a peek behind the covers of some of the everyday magic behind the #Python programming language.
Curious how python works under the hood ? Let's take a look together.