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>> How many times have you required that your program runs against different sql databases without modification? Our main commercial product currently supports 2 database engines, and we'll be offering a 3rd next year. For enterp
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1 appointment per month? Yikes. As someone who has been married for over 30 years, let me offer some unsolicited advice. I know the wedding seems terribly important now, but you'll discover what everyone discovers - 2 weeks later, a ye
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Not to mention the Passport Number which links the passport to databases of other information. Like the information on my visa application, or the fingerprints collected at that time, or my travel history, hotel stays, and so on. Data does
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I am not related to any of the parties in this dolce, but I did discontinue a product once. On the shutdown page I listed some alternatives people could try. I found them via Google, but i didn't first try them or talk to them. They we
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>> but the core benefit is that the same code should work on multiple different hardware devices. I came here to say this. Attractions act as a bridge between things which allow those things to change independently. Using an ORM allow
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yes, but that's people you know. Not random strangers at some random party. Talking to strangers is "easier" when you realize that what they think about you does not matter.
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I think this is a root well worth understanding. Once I grasped the concept I found it much less stressful. I've even got into public speaking, which horrified me as a child. I came to realize that I'm really not that important. P
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I'm shocked, shocked, to discover that in the land of the "free market" the market optimizes for corporate profit not low prices. This is not news. In the US people vote for politicians who promise low regulation, business fr
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>> If they provide that much value to consumers intrinsically, then why are banks paying the same consumers to use them? The clue to this is in the question. Banks offer cash-backs (and other rewards) not Visa or MC. They do so beca
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A really interesting analysis. There's a laundry list for selling, and the objection to not selling seems to boil down to "sentimental value". I have no doubt the (capitalist) American looks at this in purely financial terms,
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When they came for the Horse-Buggy manufacturers I said nothing, because I didn't make Horse Buggies. When they came for the secretary and typist I did nothing because I'm not a secretary. (I did rename the position to Personal As
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What most people will miss is that "presentation is important ". As coders we spend a lot of time And pride on the code. We evaluate our work based on its correctness, elegance, effeciency and so on. But the way everyone else valu
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>> my friends and I would have pooled our cash and bought a used phone. one phone shared between a bunch of friends is not the problem. The problem is a phone "owned" by you, and then used to access social media. ie the pho
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thanks
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Yes, for investments here I'm referring to financial investments. Generally I think housing is flat, maybe coming down if interest rates go up, or as affordability comes down. (Housing is not really an investment though, but that'
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>> There are many databases around, but most of them work more or less the same. If you built on MySQL and you come to your senses and shift to something else Im spending a bit of time on databases lately, mostly SQLite, PostgreSQL an
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I agree with the rest, but not necessarily investments collapsing. It seems to me that the incoming administration will be friendly to business, gutting consumer and environmental protections. Assuming tarrifs happen, there will be price hi
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Some societies optimize for the individual. If 8 lights is better for me then I get 8 lights. The experience gor other drivers us a "them" problem not a "me" problem. Other societies optimize for public good. It's l
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There's a parent-driven approach I'm hearing about more and more. Parents in a school get together and agree on smartphone accessibility. For example "no smart phone till high school, dumb Nokia for comms if required". T
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Anecdotes are not data, and we are (most definitely) not a behemoth, but here is my experience. A) we acquired a small (2 person) company for the people. Basically paid of their debt and they became employees. They gad experience in our dom
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>> Haven't we more or less concluded that a million piecemeal rooftop installations of solar are about the worst way to do it? It really depends on what you mean by 'worst'. In terms of land-usage it's the best. In
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>> Grid connected solar goes down when the grid is out though. You need specific inverters to retain power. Yes, and sort of. Inverters will prevent power flowing to the grid if the grid is off. However most inverters will continue to
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There's the perception that it's an "either" question. When in reality its both. Home solar is a big win, and if nothing else allows capital to be sourced from a million home owners. Centralized solar is a big win, gener
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I think he meant 9 USD cents per kw. (He included ct with NZD but forgot it with USD.)
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By "Northen" I assume you mean Europe, and (most of) USA? I live near the 33rd parallel South. Since installing solar my annual grid requirements are around 30% of before solar [1] ‐ even as my actual consumption has risen [2]. As
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>> When a measure becomes the objective, it ceases to be a good measure. Yes and no in this case. Yes, you can naked customers happier with more value, more overhead (ie more support staff and do on.) Yes, in the short term this might
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I chose happy for a reason :) So the business is chasing profits. In the short term that means customers paying money - any will do (happy or unhappy). But in the long term, happy is the key. Happy customers are the single biggest marketin
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>> I also get a lot of comments on my MRs about minor issues like spacing or formatting which only my tech lead cares about. Unfortunately my manager considered this as a bad thing. I'm not sure I can help you with your bigger qu
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Indeed. And not just survival. The voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia (800 miles, in the Southern Ocean in an open row boat) is considered by many to be the most remarkable act of seamanship of all time. And the crossing of Elepha
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Happy Customers. All other measures are a proxy for happy customers. Actually, happy customers is also a proxy (the real measure is profits) but measuring profits directly (in the short term) can lead to decisions that have adverse long ter

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