2024-06-05

Activity Log

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 10:15

You know I’m engaged in a tool or library if I file a bug.

I’ve done that less than a dozen times (when I wasn’t specifically being paid for it).

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 10:29

The Internet’s so big, tools are so widely available, and I’m so ADHD, that if X doesn’t do it I’ll almost always move on to Y.

But sometimes the thing is real close to exactly what I want, I’m reasonably sure I can produce a clear test case, and I’m willing to put the ol’ RSD at risk of an “RTFM” response.

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 11:02

Anyways yes it was a bug and yes there was a workaround.

Bug: KU_UNREACHABLE for UUID values when copying from a loaded DataFrame · Issue 3587 · kuzudb/kuzu

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 11:39

Amused by and proud of the side-notes and comments I added to my bug report. I write for the long tail. We should all try not to be DenverCoder9.

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 11:58

One of the nice things about my flavor of ADHD is okay yes I get crushed by job search disappointment but then something that looks good comes up and I get all excited like it’s the first time.

Object permanence and temporal awareness are for suckers.

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 12:37

She: “I had a dream last night that we got another dog.”

Me: “That does sound like the kind of dream you would have.”

She: “WOW”

Me: “That was not an insult!”

She: “WOW”

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 14:25

Remember how I said importing to #KuzuDB from CSV took about 6s, and 18s using CREATE statements in transactions (90 without)? And how I wanted to see how loading from a DataFrame compared?

Well after a brief digression and bug report, I got it working.

Range of 1.5 to 1.92 seconds after several timed runs.

Mind you these times include wiping out existing data files, loading and parsing the 20,327 blocks in the 1,576 pages of my Logseq graph, and then copying into the database.

So yeah. Loading from DataFrames is good.

This is in Python. Probably faster in Rust, but they don’t support Polars yet. And I’d need to learn Rust.

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 14:58

Bouncy Dog absolutely positively has to go outside.

(looks outside)

all right fine

(strips off shirt for full-body sunscreen)

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 16:18

I’m overdue for another frivolous screenshot as I get the hang of Cypher. I think this is all the links from, links to, and page properties of the note for “My Logseq Workflow.”

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 16:21

but with wind chill it’s only 96F

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 18:15

But seriously if somebody figured out how to select from a collection of profile pics when posting, LiveJournal-style, I would like that very much.

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 18:18

I don’t need an alt. I just need a few dozen profile pics to match the posting mood and topics.

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 18:40

All we know about Bouncy Dog is he’s five years old and came from a high-kill shelter in Texas. But we get little clues about his life before that.

His tight focus when we pull out fast food from Sonic or Carl’s Jr. The obvious indicator that “wag cup” is in his vocabulary, as seen below.

His love of ABBA is a piece of the puzzle too, I’m sure.

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 19:48

Out on the evening walk, just about home, saw half a dozen brown dog-sized things casually moving along our sidewalk not on leashes.

My primary concern is that Bouncy Dog thinks he’s a cop and also a giant. I didn’t need him barking at a combined total of (does finger math) at least twelve times his mass with unknown temperament. Quickly steer clear, I can look it up later. I didn’t even pause long enough to get an identifying look.

So yeah turns out what we skirted around was a family of javelinas

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 20:08

It’s amazing the amount of high-quality refactoring I can get done when I’m actively avoiding a hard problem.

hackers.town: 2024-06-05 Wed 21:34

Now #KuzuDB has branch / leaf relationships for branches. Still need to chew on some details, but this is starting to resemble my mental map for a #Logseq graph.