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1. Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:51:31 JST Mr. Bacon
   WELP, so I'm trying to get chat gpt write me code to read a csv file, sort the data with python and then create a pdf document to display said data.
   
   AND much like a BOOMER, it can't seem to figure out how to format a pdf.
   
   Goddamnit, I guess I need to manually do it now lol.
   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:51:30 JST Machismo

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     @Tony Why wouldn't you just do it manually in the first place?
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:53:13 JST Machismo

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     @Tony (And, of course, loading and parsing a csv file is like one line: data=[n.split(',') for n in open('dat.csv').split('\n')].)
   • Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:53:17 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • Machismo
     Because I'm tired and don't want to think very hard right now lol. And im a noob with python.
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:54:11 JST Machismo

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     @Tony (*And sorting it: data=sorted(data,key=lambda x:f'{x[0]} {x[1]}').)
   • djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:55:06 JST djsumdog

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     • Machismo
     The code it spits out is always shit and you gotta spend 15 min debugging it and cleaning it up if you want to use it more than once
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:55:19 JST Machismo

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     • djsumdog
     @djsumdog @Tony If you only want to use it once it's only 10 minutes.
   • Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:56:51 JST Mr. Bacon

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     Yah, I've found this to be true. I feel like I'm training it like 70% of the time.
     
     It's also wrong A LOT.
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   • UnityOstara (unityostara@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:57:37 JST UnityOstara

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     • Machismo
     @Tony @Zerglingman Love snake's! Pythons can be like house cats!
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:57:44 JST Machismo

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     • UnityOstara
     @UnityOstara @Tony Snek wife
   • Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:58:38 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • UnityOstara
     #snekwife
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:58:43 JST Machismo

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     • UnityOstara
     @Tony @UnityOstara #snekwife
   • UnityOstara (unityostara@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 16:59:45 JST UnityOstara

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     • UnityOstara
     @Tony @Zerglingman My metal music friends had a python named Abby. She totally thought she was a cat.
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:00:20 JST Machismo

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     • UnityOstara
     @UnityOstara @Tony I want to meet these friends.
   • Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:01:45 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc)
     yah, spreadsheets use inline code so it goes much faster. You can sort it in like 30 seconds and then make graphs.
     
     I just wanted to learn something new and do it the hard way and make my own spread sheet.
     
     The down sides with spreadsheets is that I can't automate it (I guess i could with macros) but idk, I wanted to try it with python.
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   • Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc) (mja@comp.lain.la)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:01:46 JST Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc)

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     • Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc)
     @Tony lrn2excel noob
   • Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:01:47 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc)
     I'll manually check everything, and I have an accountant to check after me. the only thing im looking for is for it to take my csv bank statement and lump all the gas station charges into one number, all the paint purchases, ect.
     
     I thought quickbooks could do this, but for $90/month it started counting account transfers as income and messed everything up. I spent like 3 hours trying to fix it and had to start manually adjusting everything so I pulled a rage quit.
     
     I can do this with google sheets too, but I figure it's a good chance to learn something.
   • Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc) (mja@comp.lain.la)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:01:47 JST Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc)

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     @Tony yeah, doesn't that sound like what youd usually use a spreadsheet for?
   • Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc) (mja@comp.lain.la)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:01:48 JST Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc)

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     @Tony you better be thorough in double checking that shit, i would NOT trust fucking chatgpt with what i give to the irs
   • Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:01:49 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc)
     oh, that's actually a good idea. Lol I'm trying to write a program to do my taxes for me because Quickbooks can suck my dick.
     
     So, i just need it to sort a table and add some numbers.
   • Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc) (mja@comp.lain.la)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:01:50 JST Maijčika 🌲 (Public Arc)

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     @Tony i've noticed its pretty good at webpages. maybe try telling it to generate the html to display it, specifiy to keep it minimal or whatever, and then just convert that to a pdf? (even if its just ctrl+p print to pdf lol)
   • Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:01:59 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • UnityOstara
     that's a little sus tbh. snakes are not cats lol
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   • UnityOstara (unityostara@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:04:03 JST UnityOstara

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     • Machismo
     @Zerglingman @Tony When I told my landlord in illinois about pets. I mentioned getting a boa. "No pets!"
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   • UnityOstara (unityostara@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 17:05:19 JST UnityOstara

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     • Machismo
     @Tony @Zerglingman Tell that to Abby. She liked to cuddle. I know it's weird but if I'm lying I'm dying!
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