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I think you're referencing this article about MySQL job queues: https://blog.engineyard.com/2011/5-subtle-ways-youre-using-mysql-as-a-queue-and-why-itll-bite-yo

by jrgnsd 11y ago

I think you're referencing this article about MySQL job queues: https://blog.engineyard.com/2011/5-subtle-ways-youre-using-mysql-as-a-queue-and-why-itll-bite-you/ https://blog.engineyard.com/2011/5-subtle-ways-youre-using-m...

kristopolous 11y ago
Yes. This article came out after that. I realized a few paragraphs in that I had read all of it. I tested it by guessing the content and was 100% correct. But I can't find it. This isn't the first time I wanted a searchable version of archive.org that effectively timecapsuled the interactive internet. Things fall off the net far more than common folklore suggests Anyone got $10 mil to drop on that project?
- cxseven 11y ago
  I'm glad to see someone else echoing my anxiety. I had the impression that Uniform Resource Locators were meant to be treated as bookmarks into a web of knowledge, so it's like brain damage when they break. It's too bad it happens so frequently, because for a few blissful years my urge to hoard was quieted by the assumption that the internet was doing it for me. Those enormous URLs that describe nothing but a document GUID are also a sin.
  - kristopolous 11y ago
    I made a service called http://rt2.me http://rt2.me which tries to semantic-ify the URLs ... but I seem to be the only one that likes it.
  - mercer 11y ago
    I've resorted to capturing every single interesting link as a complete HTML page to DEVONthink, which is a mac application specifically meant for storing large amounts of data. It's already proven quite handy in two ways: 1. I can access articles that have disappeared off the net 2. I have a very powerful search function and 'similarity engine' constrained to only the information I've found useful so far. It's often the first place I look for certain kinds of information before I try google. I can strongly recommend using such a tool to make sure you don't 'lose' stuff on the internet that is important to you.
    - unionpivo 11y ago
      Anyone know of anything similar for linux or windows? Right now i am using chrome, to save whole page as zip, but that becomes in-convenient when you have several hundreds of them.

by jrgnsd 11y ago

kristopolous 11y ago

Yes. This article came out after that. I realized a few paragraphs in that I had read all of it. I tested it by guessing the content and was 100% correct. But I can't find it. This isn't the first time I wanted a searchable version of archive.org that effectively timecapsuled the interactive internet. Things fall off the net far more than common folklore suggests Anyone got $10 mil to drop on that project?

cxseven 11y ago
I'm glad to see someone else echoing my anxiety. I had the impression that Uniform Resource Locators were meant to be treated as bookmarks into a web of knowledge, so it's like brain damage when they break. It's too bad it happens so frequently, because for a few blissful years my urge to hoard was quieted by the assumption that the internet was doing it for me. Those enormous URLs that describe nothing but a document GUID are also a sin.
- kristopolous 11y ago
  I made a service called http://rt2.me http://rt2.me which tries to semantic-ify the URLs ... but I seem to be the only one that likes it.
- mercer 11y ago
  I've resorted to capturing every single interesting link as a complete HTML page to DEVONthink, which is a mac application specifically meant for storing large amounts of data. It's already proven quite handy in two ways: 1. I can access articles that have disappeared off the net 2. I have a very powerful search function and 'similarity engine' constrained to only the information I've found useful so far. It's often the first place I look for certain kinds of information before I try google. I can strongly recommend using such a tool to make sure you don't 'lose' stuff on the internet that is important to you.
  - unionpivo 11y ago
    Anyone know of anything similar for linux or windows? Right now i am using chrome, to save whole page as zip, but that becomes in-convenient when you have several hundreds of them.