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by pbourke 5y ago
At this point we all generally understand that NoSQL means a system that lacks one or more of: the SQL language, a relational model or ACID guarantees. It’s a useful shorthand for all of that.
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The Netherlands has the highest English proficiency in the world [0] (among non-native speaking countries) so I imagine it would be a compelling choice. [0] https://www.ef.com/wwen/epi/
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Other computers
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> From a user's perspective it is sad though since pretty much every other supposed alternative does not provide a lick of SourceForge's features and the fact that there isn't any after all these years shows -IMO- how much
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by pbourke 5y ago
> failure to perform leads to more severe consequences as compared to tech. When “we” (people who write code) fuck up, things like this can and have happened: - people die of radiation poisoning (Therac 25) - cars crash (Toyota unintende
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> And there lies the difference that made my grandparents generation, albeit on the Allied side of WW2, the greatest generation. The US was pushed into the war by Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt was in favor of joining the war effort directly bu
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When those tracks are thought to be inaccurate they can easily be edited with a sharpie.
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This crystallizes for me that I’ve been a product developer mostly living in a project world (even when nominally building products). > the other requires a more deliberate approach where doing things right preserves the ability to do th
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by pbourke 5y ago
Yes. It’s past time to treat some software maintenance work as infrastructure (in the “roads and water mains” sense of the word)
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For context, Michael Osterholm runs the Center for Infectious Disease Reasearch and Policy at the University of Minnesota and was a member of Biden’s COVID advisory board during the presidential transition.
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At its height it was 1/3 of the valuation of the Toronto Stock Exchange
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> The idea that religion is such a big source of suffering throughout all of our history is one I stopped believing The Irish Troubles Muslim/Hindu conflict in India Church-run residential schools in Canada and the US ISIS The suici
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by pbourke 5y ago
There is only so much land in the lower mainland, and a huge influx of new residents every year. Whatever is going on in the Vancouver metro area is not laissez-faire capitalism. For examples of that, look to the major metros in Texas where
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by pbourke 5y ago
What a pleasantly minimal and to-the-point landing page.
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There’s typically a separation between “services” and “data” in this style of app. Data is typically a request or some result obtained from another service such as the database. A service can have a lifetime distinct from the data, such as
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> Could people just use oxygen at home? At that point, you need constant supervision and monitoring from the critical care team. You may be on other forms of life support (IV medications for blood pressure, etc). Your condition could rap
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by pbourke 5y ago
Scott also wrote “Domain Modeling Made Functional”[0], which demonstrates functional modeling of a business system like you’d find in the real world. I found it really helpful even though I don’t work much in F#. [0] https://prag
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by pbourke 5y ago
> Patient zero had reasonable actions they could have done. They could have followed protocols better Patient zero being the first person who contracted COVID-19? I wasn't aware that they had been identified. > If I get a vaccine
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> You might protest that I could still infect you if I get COVID on the opposite side of town by infecting someone else who infects you. This is false. The person who actually infected you infected you If you had reasonable actions avail
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by pbourke 5y ago
Can you express graph attributes such as edge weight in RDF? I am familiar with RDF triples such as "Book", author, "Jane Doe". How would you express "10 minute phone call at time t between persons A and B"?
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by pbourke 5y ago
If I’m in my home and you get into a car accident across town, you can’t injure me. The same is not true if you contract and spread the virus.
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> What concrete benefit do people expect from an additional 10% of the population being forced to vaccinate? An intact hospital / critical care system.
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Or at least a meal from the restaurant.
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> I think the pandemic has far more historical significance I’m not sure about that. Without 9/11, there would be no wars, perhaps no Obama, etc. It altered the arc of history in a profound way. The recent Frontline episode “America
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by pbourke 5y ago
Indeed. People are talking themselves in knots about how “unprogressive” it is that Manning is denied entry. Canada and the US recognize each other’s judicial systems, and Manning was convicted of a serious crime that has not been expunged.
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Canadians living in the US on work visas have the same worries when reentering the US.
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My last phone was replaced once and my current one has been replaced twice, both under AppleCare. I view AC as “phone as a service”, which is reasonable. The recent option to add accidental drop and theft coverage onto the base AppleCare s
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by pbourke 5y ago
Exactly this. Social media allows you to step in a pile of shit at the speed of light. If you are a public figure who is tied, by reputation, to a “brand” then you need to be aware of the circle of acceptable discourse for that brand and it
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by pbourke 5y ago
Take the CEO’s tweet and imagine that instead of running a game studio, he instead ran: - a women’s wellness lifestyle brand - a healthy meal delivery service - a government IT contractor - a pickup truck accessories manufacturer - a gun ma
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No you should go to a bank.

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