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One of the outcomes of the banking crisis was awareness that the regulator had been a watch dog that didn't bark, let alone bite. There was an all-to-cosy relationship between...
March 10, 2017 at 10:16 am
It has long been possible to do a complete unattended install of SQL Server with detailed configuration and chain that into a complete virtual server build. We know this because...
March 10, 2017 at 12:23 am
Also, in a Data Warehouse I would consider having a dimension entry for "Feature Not Yet Implemented"
March 4, 2017 at 1:08 am
As far as magic numbers are concerned about the only ones that have ever made sense to me are for date and time keys for dimensional data modelling.
In...
March 3, 2017 at 3:32 pm
I am optimistic about self drive cars. The bit that excites me is that a whole chain of vehicles could be talking to each other so when the front one...
March 2, 2017 at 2:10 pm
I only hope that Microsoft port SSIS across to Linux.
One CTO described their choice of ETL tool as a C+ in a C- world. I've used a number...
March 2, 2017 at 1:49 am
I'm using Apache Spark more and more and we are using it to join and query data from many different sources. It makes sense to have a compute engine in...
February 28, 2017 at 1:50 am
Data Scientists can do amazing things and AI has huge potential.
My question is of the people demonstrating great enthusiasm for AI and machine learning how many of them...
February 27, 2017 at 12:22 am
BASIC (Commodore PET & VIC20, Sinclair ZX81)
6502 machine code.
dBASE/Clipper
PICK (you have to be thick to love the PICK)
Informix Smartware/Smartware II macro language
Various HP3000 languages and...
February 24, 2017 at 8:47 am
It can get worse than this but not by much https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber.
In reality politics in a business is about a triage of resources and building relationships to ensure...
February 20, 2017 at 11:46 am
February 17, 2017 at 2:06 pm
I think the best thing a manager can do is work out what DEmotivates their staff and work out ways to minimise it.
February 17, 2017 at 10:09 am
My motivators are
Having...
February 17, 2017 at 5:05 am
I was listening to my wife rant against the web sites she was visiting. "Why can't these idiots produce a simple clear design that shows me the products I want...
February 17, 2017 at 12:58 am
One of the problems with frameworks is that people don't know where to stop. Many of them start out with a noble aim and tightly defined goal. Then someone suggests...
February 16, 2017 at 12:42 pm
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