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by Footkerchief 9y ago
Their Github indicates there's cross-pollination: > Moreover, it includes patches from Percona, WebScaleSQL, and MariaDB.
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by Footkerchief 9y ago
I may be missing something fundamental, but what is the point of a cleaning service, if not a clean house? Is there some other benefit to be gained from a cleaning service? Why did it matter how the house got cleaned? It's a normal a
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by Footkerchief 9y ago
I've read that circumlocation is cheaper and faster.
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by Footkerchief 9y ago
The issue being addressed: > The CO2 added to the atmosphere from burning 2 billion tons of rocket fuel cannot be negligible. The quote from the abstract that addresses it: > Second is a concept aimed at reducing transportation cost t
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by Footkerchief 9y ago
The parent post seems to assume that a "heroic sprint of productivity" would not include communication and documentation, i.e. that productivity only means coding. I don't see that assumption reflected in the grandparent pos
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by Footkerchief 9y ago
This article neglects to mention one of the biggest shortcomings of SQLite: lack of support for the SQL:2003 standard, especially window functions.
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by Footkerchief 9y ago
This is basically a no-true-Scotsman -- "devout" has no objective definition, and there are unquestionably people who identify as Muslim who are married to non-Muslims.
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by Footkerchief 9y ago
> the top 20% of earners shoulder 84% of the tax burden of the federal government Income tax is not synonymous with the tax burden. The article states it's less than half: > The individual income tax remains the most important l
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by Footkerchief 9y ago
How is it skewed? It's a cost-benefit analysis. tWh is the benefit, deaths are the safety cost. In other words, if your country needs X amount of power, and you know the deaths/tWh for each energy source, then you can figure ou
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by Footkerchief 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulism#Prevention > the botulinum toxin is destroyed by thorough cooking over the course of a few minutes