It appears that people are actually rediscovered that actually having a data structure actually makes sense.
sweaty_gammon
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The Revival of Great SQL Ideas
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RE: WTF Bites
I get a message along the lines of
Please don't rename db columns "Randomly", Even though I agree with the rename you have broken the UI.
I am thinking:
- You have written zero fucking tests.
- Why is the UI dependant on DB structure. There is Entities, DTO and Models (with matching Repo, Services, Controllers).
- You approved my Pull Request with the changes you are complaining about. The whole point of the PR process is minor mistakes like this are caught.
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RE: When you want to make Git better but also want to make world better
@Gąska These people are mentally ill.
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RE: The Revival of Great SQL Ideas
I don't see it as a dichotomy either. However normally people use NoSQL database because they didn't do any real analysis on what data they were storing or as to why. I've worked with some guys that are straight outta Uni and the reason why they prefer NoSQL is because it makes things "easy", they don't really know how to structure the data etc or they don't understand SQL.
I have found that you rarely don't want constraints for some kind when it comes to some data.
The problem with dynamic languages and their lack of real types past the most basic has been discussed to death. Yeah sure it is quicker when you are hacking something up quick or pretty simple. But it becomes a real PITA as the system gets larger and this includes the frontend. Even typescript doesn't really deal with this well.
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RE: Teaching kids to code
The guy seems to conflate learning the fundamentals of programming and his personal experience of diagnosing a non-trivial defect in his software that was managing multiple remote machines.
It is probably a good idea for children to learn the basics of how to program a computer for no other reason than they will have an appreciation of what is actually going on in their devices. In an world where almost everything has a small computer running in it, it seems sensible that future generations should have a basic concept of what is happening under the hood.
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RE: WTF Bites
I've been the only person writing unit tests. I was just in skype call where people said to me with a straight face.
We are using this <latest design fad I've seen at a conference> because of X, Y, Z and it also makes unit testing easy.
YOU AREN'T WRITING ANY!!
Latest posts made by sweaty_gammon
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RE: The Official Let's Laugh At WikiHow Thread
@brie said in The Official Let's Laugh At WikiHow Thread:
@kazitor said in The Official Let's Laugh At WikiHow Thread:
An issue that affects us all.
"Try cooking it? Put it in acid?"
I think I found @Gribnit's favorite.
No you are getting heavy metal wrong. These guys seems to understand it
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RE: The Official Let's Laugh At WikiHow Thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFB5SlXhykQ
The Verge PC build that looked liked it was done by someone that didn't know how a screw driver works didn't get mentioned?
Building a PC is basically advanced Lego IMHO. However I have been doing for 20+ years.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
Iphone Wankery. If I give it a particular meta tag everything works .. but I break the whole user experience.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra I’ve heard of jack of all trades, but is there anything they don’t have you do?! Why the fuck are you wiring networks now?
The same happens to me. I am supposed to be a C# developer / SQL Developer. The amount of C# and SQL I end up doing is non-existent.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
I wanted to try a Half life 2 mod. Thought it would take me 10-20 minutes to try out. It required a third party mod which is massive :(
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@sloosecannon said in The Official Status Thread:
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Back at home from Christmas and the Internet connection is still as slow as when I filed a ticket with the ISP about 6 weeks ago, maybe even worse. SIGH
Firefox takes ages to load anything, AppStore won't even show anything other than a blank screen (good jorb, Apple), ssh to work (just for testing purposes) timed out. Interestingly, Netflix on the TV works after it 1) complained there's no network available (go to "network status", oh look there is a network) and 2) started buffering for a long time. Internet on the phone over wifi works, too.
Almost might make you believe there's something wrong with the laptop instead of the internet connection, but I'm positive there isn't, as it works everywhere else. Also, the TV and phone show the same signs, just much less strongly.With Netflix working it feels like once a connection is open it kind of works (bandwidth just sucks), but any kind of handshakes / establishing connections takes forever. Or maybe there's bursts of high bandwidth followed by long times of "none at all", so a buffered connection like video streaming smooths out the problems.
That sounds exactly like a DNS problem.
I've tried in the past using the Google DNS to get around the silly "Government are playing whack a mole on banning sites" (torrent sites). But ISPs in the UK let you think you are connecting to that DNS even though you aren't. I am sure this is some network trickery they are pulling.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Back at home from Christmas and the Internet connection is still as slow as when I filed a ticket with the ISP about 6 weeks ago, maybe even worse. SIGH
Firefox takes ages to load anything, AppStore won't even show anything other than a blank screen (good jorb, Apple), ssh to work (just for testing purposes) timed out. Interestingly, Netflix on the TV works after it 1) complained there's no network available (go to "network status", oh look there is a network) and 2) started buffering for a long time. Internet on the phone over wifi works, too.
Almost might make you believe there's something wrong with the laptop instead of the internet connection, but I'm positive there isn't, as it works everywhere else. Also, the TV and phone show the same signs, just much less strongly.With Netflix working it feels like once a connection is open it kind of works (bandwidth just sucks), but any kind of handshakes / establishing connections takes forever. Or maybe there's bursts of high bandwidth followed by long times of "none at all", so a buffered connection like video streaming smooths out the problems.
I don't know where you are located. But at the moment there is obviously a lot of people using the internet in the day and as I am working on some personal project I am seeing the Windows 10 indicator flash on and off every few minutes with lost connections etc. I have a regional issues as well. I did see a marked improvement in reliability after a technician replaced some of the bits and pieces in my phone line.