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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Large DELETEs muck up table statistics and cached joinplans, which is why a lot of enterprise databases have an IsDeleted column on their large tables. Setting things up this way has the added benefit of being able to easily "delete&qu
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
I think this is really only helpful in terms of readability if you come from a world where iteration is the norm, and really hurts readability for most database folks where set-based operations are the norm.
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
I had sleep paralysis as a child once in a while (which isn't uncommon), but as an adult I only get it after a period where when I've consumed cannabis with some regularity, then stopped. It may or may not apply to you, but my fri
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
360 is evenly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, and 20. 0.02 radians would absolutely be a ridiculous unit of measurement if you were a carpenter or draftsman in the age before computing.
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
This is interesting to me. I suspect most HN readers probably live in a world of binary logic where things are either "true" or "false", but I come from data-land, where ternary logic is the norm, and where "zero&qu
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
"Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer."
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
I worked for a company that made data visualization software a couple years back (basically a Tableau type thing, but specific to one industry). Even though our end-users were analysts, we still had "trainers" who we paid to show
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
The median wealth of African American households in the U.S. is $35k, vs. $150k for white households. Yes - most people might be able to move back in with relatives, but among those people who can't, minorities are almost certainly go
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
I've always thought it made more sense that microbial life with took billions of years to develop, and originated someplace other than earth. The reason we don't see hyper-advanced civilizations is because intelligent life is only
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
NIMBYism exists because so much personal savings is tied up in real estate. This is mostly due to maybe tax incentives and government policy favoring landowners. We need land value taxes to encourage the efficient use of land, discourage th
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
> sunken cost Nice.
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Relevant xkcd: https://m.xkcd.com/2321/
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
FYI just in case you're not a native English speaker, you generally can't end a sentence with the contraction "it's." The actual reason is much more complex than the simple rule of thumb, but if you're interest
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Much of the work done by stay at home moms pays less than minimum wage, though: Etsy stores, clipping coupons / general penny pinching, these MLMs. I do think that the main difference is that the mechanical Turk work is just soul-crush
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
I'm a data person myself, and while it's immensely frustrating to me that we can't make apples-to-apples comparisons between states, I don't think data collection is the actual issue. They already have enough actionable
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
There are people who live happily with minimum wage jobs though. I have to assume that this is at least partially due to genetics.
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Housing supply is the variable that can act as a release valve. If cities don't want to expand vertically, that's fine, but they'll inevitably end up in a Bay Area type rent spiral. I think the real issue is that homeowners v
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Even the most anti-Walmart economists will concede that Walmart has had a non-trivial positive effect on combating inflation for staple goods. When everything's cheaper, it's a bit like everyone gets a raise - the only people who
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
It serves them right for driving up rents and housing costs in their cities, which contributes to homelessness. It's a watered down version of the same schadenfreude people felt when the guys that hoarded warehouses full of N95 masks g
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
This didn't sound right to me, and it looks like they've indeed corrected that line in the article. > (about one-third of Airbnb properties are owned by hosts who manage at least 25 properties, according to the analytics site A
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
I live in a city where tourism is a huge part of the economy. Since AirBnBs took off, our hotel occupancy dropped off massively, and rents have gone up. Much of our government revenue depends on hotel taxes, which obviously not collected on
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
15 seconds to chug a bud is an eternity. I choose to assume the man meant what he said, has a slowish car that can only hit 75mph, but can chug a beer in a respectable 5 seconds.
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Gas stations sell 1 product, whose price changes daily.
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Racism may play a part, but it has way more to do with a legitimate concern: the Chinese government's eagerness to exercise control over our cultural output. If it were Russia, the response would be the same. If the Chinese government
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
The headstart is all the data they've collected by having actual cars, on actual roads, driven by actual humans. The idea is that gathering this data may be a prerequisite to resolving the bajillions fringe-cases that are currently in
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Software is centered in Silicon Valley, entertainment is centered in Los Angeles, and ageism is rampant in both industries. It's not surprising that a culture of plastic surgery would emerge here compared to a place like New York, whos
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Okay, phew - I thought I might be having a stroke.
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
> Reddit was always cringe. Just out of curiosity, when did you first come across Reddit? Prior to the Digg exodus 10 years ago it was a super solid community, and if my memory serves correct, it didn't really start going downhill u
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
> Being truly "calm" unleashes a deep existential anxiety about how life is precious and I'm wasting all of it with work and other meaningless obligations. I keep that crisis under control by smothering it with more distra
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by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
I'd change the phrasing to: "...work on A thing they're not good at, but that they'd like to be good at." It's an important lesson - struggling with something that you're bad at, that you don't part

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