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Quick question while we’re on the topic of CSV files: is there a command-line tool you’d recommend for handling CSV files that are malformed, corrupted, or use unexpected encodings?

My experience with CSVs is mostly limited to personal projects, and I generally find the format very convenient. That said, I occasionally (about once a year) run into issues that are tricky to resolve.

I just had a newish (but out-of-warranty) LG 4k monitor go bad on me. The picture went mostly dark, with a few streaks of white. I figured how to take off the back panel, but then got them stuck removing the EM shield covering the main board. I got all of the screws off, but then it wouldn't come off.

I run into all sorts of problems with Word's automatic numbering when I try to leave space, insert images, tables, or a make sublist. And it's never clear to me what the issue is.

LaTeX seems much more predictable. I have a file with my custom commands and styles that I `\input` and use always use consistent style. Nothing too crazy. But I also never try to do anything too crazy in Word, either.

Git is too hard 6 years ago

Is it git that's too hard, or is it that version control is too hard? I suspect that it's the latter.

That is, version control is difficult and git is a powerful tool that exposes that difficulty and the many (complex) ways to approach version control.

I think it assumes that you have a github account. I'm not sure if this is a bad thing considering who they are.