Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

So, CSV export on all reports: not happening. CSV export on some reports: probably not happening but maybe. CSV export from some kind of query explorer: decently likely if I can figure out an interface that's not completely awful.

On the other hand, I can also see how it could be useful to have something built in with a lower learning curve for weird one off data exploration tasks that don't really fit the model of a pre-canned report.

Personally I'd rather get the feature requests of what deficiency in Typica is leading them to the idea that they want this data in a spreadsheet to begin with and see if it makes sense to improve Typica with regard to that use case.

The main use case when anybody brings this up is using the data in a spreadsheet, but every major spreadsheet application can just connect to the database directly (it's PostgreSQL) and leave Typica out of that side of things. Similarly, psql can output CSV through the \copy metacommand if you wanted to use a spreadsheet that runs in your web browser instead of a local application. Both of those are probably better choices.

Got a question about adding CSV export to reports in Typica and I can't tell if it's a good idea or a terrible idea. A thread.

Cat wants to touch my sandwich

Sandwiches for dinner because I need to eat the food.

Kia dealer keeps trying to get me to trade in but I like not having a monthly car payment and would rather keep it that way.

Has anybody made a site like isthegovernmentshutdown.whatever that just returns a yes or a no?

Tired: Training employees while paying them a wage for the work they can do.
Wired: Unpaid internships.
Inspired: Getting people to pay you for the opportunity to do unpaid work.

Asking people to pay money to do work is seriously messed up.

Registered for the event that I'm teaching at in April. They've added a $5 volunteer administration fee, which is pretty messed up. A lot of the draws of that event are things that run on volunteer efforts. All things like that will accomplish is drive disengagement. (Technically I'm getting paid for what I'm doing, but not enough that it makes sense from a purely transactional perspective, but if I were signing up for grunt shifts I'd be pretty pissed about getting asked to pay for that.)

The base UFoP holomatrix template implements DRM which prevents the singing EMH from covering mid-23rd century Andorian hip hop because it's still protected under copyright.

The most obnoxious part about this is that the same data needs to be sent to another part of the government and to do that it's just a couple clicks in the accounting software and it goes off electronically without this stupid hand transcription of digital records step.

More tax crud. The state requires that I hand type all the stuff on everybody's W-2 into a web site that has awful fake windows made out of HTML where the state selector only works if you type at exactly the right speed.

Can't trust that cat. #AtelierRorona

Bonus pie. #AtelierRorona

If pies could talk #AtelierRorona

Here's a link to that dinosaur fabric if anybody wanted to look at that.

https://www.joann.com/premium-prints-cotton-fabric-topographic-map-of-dinosaur/16124133.html