Talk:2054: Data Pipeline

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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tried my hand at transcipts again, hope i did ok. Nintendo Mc (talk) 15:32, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Oddly prescient, as always. I've just finished writing a fully automated data pipeline that ingests multiple data sources (both manual and automated input), has API support, a frontend, and email dispatch capabilities entirely in Google Sheets. It was about 3x faster to code than doing it right. 172.68.65.6 16:48, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

That's so awesome ! Would you come back and let us know if it ever collapses because one of the data sources changes slightly? (or alternatively, that it _doesn't_ collapse and cueball needs to get his shit together?) 162.158.78.130 01:22, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Just added a line about how this is a logical continuation of the Code Quality series - given it's the same two people, this should be uncontroversial. Is it worth adding a new category for "Code Quality" to group these (and likely subsequent comics) together? Grimreaperwithalawnmower (talk) 17:20, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

What could we still add to the transcript? I don't think it really needs any more transcripting so maybe we should remove the marker. Kwonunn (talk) 18:50, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

No comment about the "roll over" text (excuse me if I have the name wrong). I think this is a comment about the shear computing power, battery life and superior connectivity of modern mobile phones compared to laptops. RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 19:05, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

IIRC, it's generally called "hover text." -(Who was this?)
pretty sure it's actually "title text" Halo422 (talk) 01:09, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
It is actually "title text", though Randall calls it "alt-text" & contrary to W3C recommendations, he seems to use the same text for both. ProphetZarquon (talk) 05:13, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Re: superior connectivity of mobile phones, see https://xkcd.com/1865/

This is exactly why I assert that anything hosted from a laptop should at least be considered for hosting from a mobile device instead. It's annoying to me that so many developers still consider a mobile device which has more connected uptime than a laptop to be unsuitable for hosting, say, a text-based game server. It's got a faster connection & more idle processing power than the PCs that used to run some of those game servers; I think my tablet could handle running a BBS Door game, for example. ProphetZarquon (talk) 05:14, 4 October 2018 (UTC)