randomnerdiness

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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
I read this author's works pretty frequently, but I noticed from her blog (and some others) that it seems like authors have a super high incidence of burnout. Any other writers want to pitch in on that? I'd think you would feel ma
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Author anxiety over big releases – is this common?(indieimprint.com)
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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
Perhaps. However, I'm in AZ, and the 'tailored search results' are usually the midwest or silicon valley. I think it depends entirely on what your ISP is handing over for location data. Mine clearly doesn't hand over any
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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
Exactly. Currently, it doesn't bother me, since the 'your data' and 'your interests' and such for me are so random and sporadic. Of course, I also don't walk around with everything turned on, checking in at eve
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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
Not a ton different, if you've used OPatch already. Basically it copies around files, runs a bunch of perl, runs a bunch of sql, and then you run the usual patch upgrade scripts at the end. The in-place patching is safer and smoother
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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
I used to enjoy perusing rationalviews.com - but it seems that they're shutting down. Sorta bummed about that, but I get why. Too few people contributed to the discussions
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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
That's because you have a brain. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I've seen people try to use. So much copypasta, often with just enough changed to be hacked into a customer's system.
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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
I thought you were already a huge Postgres advocate? Or do you mean 'upsides to postgres that appeals to heavy oracle sites'? /edit Perhaps that wasn't you... So #1 benefit of Postgres for Oracle shops is transition cost
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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
That's precisely my argument against it.
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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
Oh, as the benefits of Oracle vs Postgres? So the biggest in my experience is not enterprise support. Folks generally expect it to be. The biggest is actually flexibility. Oracle DB is good at handling some edge-case scenarios, such as a
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by randomnerdiness 10y ago
So - as a long time Oracle DBA (who also loves Postgres), I've been seeing a lot of companies do this sort of move. There are a couple of downsides, but really - there's a lot more upsides to Postgres than downsides (IMO).