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by atwebb 6y ago
Unfortunately, I've cleared a few of those family houses (my family that is, it isn't my job). People eventually pass, it is a fact. The vast majority of things eventually depreciate, regardless of initial value. It took a while,
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by atwebb 6y ago
Normally handled by the closing office using escrow accounts, not by the buyer/seller themselves.
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by atwebb 6y ago
Then you've mitigated the bus factor, this thread is about that being uncommon or not fully supported in other places. Part of the mitigation discussion here is a tech stack that is transferable.
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by atwebb 6y ago
This must be how people feel when I talk about databases, I am speculating on meanings from context.
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by atwebb 6y ago
Invest in commercial real estate? WeWork? Start a janitorial supply company?
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by atwebb 6y ago
Anecdotal, but I've worked remotely for over a decade and been able to advance and grow at 2 companies. It may be luck or happenstance. It isn't always easy, I think that remote can allow one to be more productive. Sometimes you d
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by atwebb 6y ago
Have you tried RedGate SQL Compare?
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by atwebb 6y ago
Wouldn't now be a great time? Drive to different neighborhoods kind of like an ice cream man for adults (you could also have ice cream). Many, many planned developments aren't within walking distance of a coffee shop and a few buc
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by atwebb 6y ago
Whew, really, really run the #s, I've seen some things listed there that are absolutely losing money (beyond the depreciation part). $450k renting for mid 2k.
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by atwebb 6y ago
To drag that back even further, albums were named that because 78s were generally held in albums (like photo albums). 78s were an A and a B side, they could be released as singles/one offs and generally weren't cohesive. Eventuall
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by atwebb 6y ago
Yeah I only scanned through but there seem to be better tools for the job in the environment. SSIS is scriptable/has APIs so you can shred the data into n packages and run it. Also, columnstore_archive gives amazing compression if you&
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by atwebb 6y ago
Think of Schwinn and bicycles Or Craftsman and tools Once known as industry leaders then moves in production and cost savings meant an inferior product. Eventually people caught on and the brand was done.
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by atwebb 6y ago
Hilton went private as the last (big) deal before the 08 recession, went public again 5 years later...
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by atwebb 6y ago
Agree and I have the same issue seeing some of the value in certain contributions, especially ones that haven't been driven into my head (Louis Armstrong, Elvis, Robert Johnson for music). A similar parallel would be Lenny Bruce. He fo
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by atwebb 6y ago
Going differently, an internal API for managing accounts was exposed externally or not authorized correctly.
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by atwebb 6y ago
SQL has a similar concept now called Polybase which can scale out as well.
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by atwebb 6y ago
Only anecdotal but Amazon has to deliver most goods, Walmart and other physical retailers can provide pickup services for online purchases (which I prefer for some goods).
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by atwebb 6y ago
Indexed views in SQL server behave similarly (though not as performant as Oracle I believe). They also have some constraints on application (schema bound, data types, nesting).
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by atwebb 6y ago
Counterpoint, it allowed me to be more productive and invest time into learning and career growth that otherwise wouldn't been spent in meetings or commuting.
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by atwebb 6y ago
I've had similar thoughts, the reality for me is that, should it come to needing to fish/hunt for food, old methods aren't going to work. People are going to fence in/trap big game, they are going to net/troll/
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by atwebb 7y ago
Since everyone has to have an opinion and provide it, here's mine, maybe a retitle? >A humble guide to transactional database schema design There are a number of things that don't apply to analytical database design and I'
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by atwebb 7y ago
>where you can get to at least semi-rural places while still being within an hour or so of a major city. (And really in the country within 2 or 3 hours.) Whew, 2-3 hours is the next major city, in the South you're easily in the coun
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by atwebb 7y ago
>I see when ordering online with whole foods /amazon a note saying that drivers get 100% of the tip. If I remember correctly, the prior controversy was that DoorDash (or whomever) would give them the tip 100% but then take an equal
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by atwebb 7y ago
It totally depends on the instance: Was it a piece of atomic data at the system of generation? Likely SoR Was it an aggregated/mastered/other data? Likely Source of Truth SoR = Where it came from SoT = Where you get it from
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by atwebb 7y ago
While we're here because it mentions a younger death, it is way less about your (or my) chances and more about where we will spread it. At this point, I have seen it first hand, a spring breaker coming back, carrying it for a few days,
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by atwebb 7y ago
>A lot of friends went to do enterprise Java at banks Perhaps I'm projecting but I think that cloud skills will be the enterprise Java/.Net of this recession. There is a trough of skills and a pretty clear line, it reminds me o
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by atwebb 7y ago
Well, hopefully we don't follow the 1929 trajectory too closely...
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by atwebb 7y ago
Can you please explain? On the surface this all sounds great, then again, on the surface a lot of things sound great. Especially looking for clarity around this part: Are there side-effects to using this? Plasma is very safe. It is screene
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by atwebb 7y ago
This has been a personal fear, the death toll is significant, however being in a younger demographic I am more readily concerned (personally, not trying to be callous) with permanent disability. After seeing what SARS left people with I ha
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by atwebb 7y ago
I think the OP was asking, why is income negative on any revenue (they lost in Q3/Q4 of FY19), what are the expenses that can't be covered?

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