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It was then that J realised that the old systems of power were still in place...2021-02-28 | 22:00
Not much happened this week:

Watched episodes 1 & 2 of Adam Curtis' latest series "Can't Get You Out of My Head".
Bought, and returned, a pair of shoes.
Furtled some Python. An IBAN validator that no doubt exists in some library and is a lot more elegant.
Saw the Moon. [IMAGE]


Fuck R2D2 and the Horse He Rode in on2021-02-20 | 19:46
Washing machines. What a crock of shit, eh? Yeah they're good for cleaning your clothes, but when you need to fix them they're a right fucking
pain in the nuts.
Our machine was leaving clothes wet after a wash/rinse/spin cycle. I checked the filter and there was a bit of gunk, so I cleared that out. I 
also tipped the washing machine on its side, reached up inside it, and furtled with its drain pump. The pump was full of manky gunk that made me 
heave. 
Four years of accumulated gunk. RAS.
I cleaned up the pump and put it back where it belongs. Fired up a rinse/spin cycle, and enjoyed the show. The washing machine drained as it 
should. The spin cycle? Fuck me, the spin cycle. The washing machine would only half-heartedly spin the load before giving up. What the shit? I 
headed off to the internet and learned that I could make my washing machine spit out an [error code], so I did just that.
"E18". An unbalanced load? That's been the cause of our washing machine woes for the past few months? And I took the washing machine apart for 
this? FML, dawg.
I put on a new load, made sure it was balanced, and set the washing machine going. I went away. I came back. The load wasn't sodden. There was 
much rejoicing.

Shitty Python Furtling Attempt #37,2762021-02-13 | 10:35
What's this? the first update of 2021? You bet your sweet angus it is!
I was browsing [/r/wallstreetbets] last night to see what the current state of $GME was. Not good if you bought at $300! I saw a post where the user had claimed 
500% returns in 2020 using their one wierd trick: gathering a list of stonks over the week, putting them on bits of paper, puttting the bits of 
paper on the wall, and then throwing darts at them. Highly scientific.
This got me to thinking that I could cobble something together in Python to select stonks at random, from a list input by the user, without
causing damage to my walls. It's a bit simple but it seems to work. The code:

Asks the user to enter a currency code
Asks the user how much they have to invest
Asks the user how many stonks they have to input
Asks the user to input the stonk for as many stonks as they have to enter
Picks three of the stonks at random, for 16.6%, 33.33%, 50.00% allocation of funds; removing each picked stonk from the pool of available stonks
Outputs how much, at the allocation tier, to invest in each picked stonk

It's probably buggy and sub-optimal as all hell, but it's available here if you're interested: [DOWNLOAD]

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