morning

Morning

Morning

morning

morning!

n00b question; I was hoping that

(let [{:keys [channel throttle_value comms_count]
       :or {throttle_value 0 comms_count 0}
       :as row}
      {:id nil, :channel nil, :throttle_value nil, :comms_count nil}]
  [throttle_value comms_count])

`(let [{:keys [channel throttle_value comms_count]
       :or {throttle_value 0 comms_count 0}
       :as row}
      nil]
  [throttle_value comms_count])

is there a way to get :or to substitute a default value for an existing but nil key

(let [{:keys [channel throttle_value comms_count]
       :or {throttle_value 0 comms_count 0}
       :as row}
      {:this :that}]
  [throttle_value comms_count])

works as expected; its specifically when you have a MapEntry that has a value off nil

that there's a gotcha

I thought :or only works when the key doesn’t exist?

let me check the docs

yeah

yeah, perhaps I'm just outside the pale

:or works with contains?

yeah

it's not for replacing nil values

use or manually for that :)

Associative destructuring, however, also allows you to supply a default value if the key is not present in the associative value with the :or key.

oh wow

(def string-keys {"first-name" "Joe" "last-name" "Smith"})

(let [{:strs [first-name last-name]} string-keys]
  (println first-name last-name))
;= Joe Smith

Turns out reading the docs helps you learn new stuff

haha

i never knew about :strs

😂

works with sym also

yeah

!!

there's a ton of stuff you are only gonna find out if you read the code

true true

so I write something like

((fn [row]
   (let [throttle_value (or (:throttle_value row) 0)
         comms_count (or (:comms_count row) 0)]
     [throttle_value comms_count]))
 {:id nil, :channel nil, :throttle_value nil, :comms_count nil})

thanks guys

the real question is why are you using snake case when kebab case is superior 👀

To Be Honest, the introduction of lower-case in the mid-80s was an enormous backward step IMHO

CAPS IS JUST EASIER TO READ

I AGREE THIS IS MUCH BETTER

AND I NEVER, EVER WANT myvar, MyVar, MYVAR TO BE DIFFERENT THINGS

Well that escalated quickly.

NO IT DIDN'T JADE!!!!!

Wow, just wow 🙂

HELLO EVERYONE

welcome to #fortran-uk

wait, no, that doesn’t require ucase, does it?

Ah ... Fortran wistful memories

COBOL does

or did

some later PC based variants didn't

Anyway, the question would be Fortran IV or 77?

Early BASIC implementations were in uppercase because, as Ben pointed out, that's all most machines had.

I still haven't got over COBOL making the . optional in some later variants! Madness, chaos and anarchy!

we're hiring a data scientist but still getting the JD right. Any thoughts on the following?

@otfrom: The Job Description reads really, really well to my eyes. Much, much better than almost everything I’ve seen. My only comment; which isn’t so much about the JD; is that I think you’re probably a much more interesting company to work for than the advert implies. So you could perhaps consider including something about the interesting nature of the work you do; beyond just the mechanics of it, i.e. something to make this applicant really want to work for you, above anyone else they’ve applied to… IIRC that prescriptions stuff you did was pretty groundbreaking at the time. If you don’t want to increase the word length then you could possibly just link to stuff that addresses that point.

@rickmoynihan thx. We do need to be better at blowing our own trumpet. 🙂

I should probably mention the 5% pension match and the profit related bonus as well

Yeah stick that under the salary part

Also :thinking_face: you’ve only got like 20ish days to apply for it?

seems pretty tight deadline wise haha

I'm going to extend that a bit, but I'd like to get people interviewing in mid-may really, so it will be a month from when it goes out.

I also found this when looking around from Thayer Prime (who knows what she's on about and has an awesome name) https://looperinsights.com/careers/

isn’t that a starbase, not a person?

if she's `Interim' Hiring Director, does that mean she's still on probabation?

or is looking out for own replacement

or should Interim bind to 'People' rather than 'Director'?

Interim Ben Hammond

:thinking_face:

feels like it should be on job rather than person

well I'm in the process of becoming something else

I would argue thats your norm rather than your Interim though.

:face_with_monocle:

so does she hire temps? or is she a temp?

(what does the monocle represent?)

😄

a person is required constantly but might not be available

hence interregnum

sorry interrex

my bad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrex you always need a king or consul(s)

she's there while they look for someone permanent

Thayer knows what she's on about

wonders: how are those two facts correlated? :thinking_face: :suspicious-narrowed-eyes:

she's got her own thing but was helping out some friends

I'm sure she's got some nefarious plan though that we should be suspicious of. I think you are right. :thinking_face:

there's definitely an emoji missing from the emoji pallette

Clearly Thayer Prime is the derivative of Thayer

with-respect-to-why?

anyway, she's good and she has an awesome name and I'm feeling a little uncomfortable about the amount of teasing even tho it is good natured