Eric M Russell (12/29/2016)

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chrisn-585491 (12/29/2016)

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On the flip side there's even more great open data sets to build analysis skills on. Everything from census to the stars, if you want some...

On the flip side there's even more great open data sets to build analysis skills on. Everything from census to the stars, if you want some real data to play...

I don't think the non-technical issues will get any better in 2017, so I'm going to ignore the mess that is the political and social issues, since I figure we...

http://rosettaproject.org/blog/02008/aug/20/very-long-term-backup/

I currently have some batch jobs being called by Task Scheduler doing some simple ETL processes.

Why?

Because it's the easiest to deploy and maintain for the non-programmers in my department....

I'm old school, the DBAs I looked up to were usually the best combo of developer/sys admin with excellent all around skills and very good database skills.

I think more...

I deal with messes all the time. I self-identify as a "data janitor" or "data septic system technician". 😛

Three messes I'm currently dealing with: Clients with messy IT practices,...

My hobby is more stimulating and...

Eric M Russell (11/30/2016)

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Brad Allison (11/30/2016)

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This topic is very timely and interesting as just yesterday I heard that the Breitbart company now wants to capitalize on working with data within...

Lynn Pettis (11/28/2016)

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Iwas Bornready (11/28/2016)

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Yev.d (11/24/2016)

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Happy Thanksgiving to all!

You don't have to be an American to count your blessings and be thankful. 🙂

mjh 45389 (11/24/2016)

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t.franz (11/24/2016)

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Who do you blame...

The best code I wrote was on a Saturday morning when no one else was in the office. Beverages of choice: energy drink followed by water.

Dave, Tom,

All operating systems suck to a degree. I use multiple different ones daily and I used to collect obscure computers and research operating systems out of shear perverse curiosity....

Our last generation of software was denormalized. (Against my advice, but I still have to deal with the issues this architecture caused.)

Our next gen software is already giving me happiness,...

It's hard to find free time as DBA, sys admin, or developer, but I encourage folks to try new databases, operating systems and programming languages.

Linux can run in a...

As one of the cross-platform developers on this site, I'm encouraged by the recent Microsoft offerings. (Lord knows I can be cynical!)

Windows 10 SP1 (aka the Anniversary Edition) is usable...