itsuch a frustrating coincidence! the fact that ctrl-w deletes the previous word in vim, and closes a tab in the browser.
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really makes you wonder what kind of a mind thought up this abomination
one makes does
TIL: the otherwise familiar ISO 4217 has a specific code reserved for "test transactions". All those tests you wrote that hardcoded USD, could've used "XTS" instead.
And another "XXX" for a transaction with "no currency". I wonder what sort of transaction has no currency, in a system that tracks currency?
TIL: the python stdlib batteries also have struct and array modules to read C binary data directly. In hindsight quite required, just the part of stdlib I hadn't the need for yet.