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It's not a great joke, to be sure. But the essence of it is that it's a good database, by relevant but inappropriate standards.
by jfengel 1y ago
It's not a great joke, to be sure. But the essence of it is that it's a good database, by relevant but inappropriate standards.
- tgv 1y agoInsufficient/incomplete rather than inappropriate, perhaps?
- jfengel 1y agoThe problem with the joke, as I see it, is that it only works with a colloquial definition of ACID. If it worked with a formal definition, it would be funnier by having a twinge of insight. It's as if the joke requires two steps away from reality: first to apply the definition to a domain where it doesn't apply, then mis-reading the definition to make it fit. Having to go two steps like that spoils the feeling of insight that makes a joke like this work. The article doesn't belabor the gag, which is a point in its favor. It has to hit you with its punch line and then quit before it wears out its welcome.