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  • Reply To: Unlimited PTO

    I used all my sick days so I called in dead.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: What should I have done with this?

    Honestly, above the split it said something like 'Set of two', one of those Amazon things.  It was just funny it worked out that way.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Unlimited PTO

    larry.blake wrote:

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    What I'd really like to see are companies that stop punishing people for not taking time off.  I've had more vacation just vanish because I had more on...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Unlimited PTO

    I tried to make sure I am not repeating myself by commenting on this topic, but didn't see anything in the history at least for this article.  My feelings are...

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: What's Your Approach?

    Rod at work wrote:

    I don't know what that quality is, but I sure would like to know.

    Rod, it sounds like you have it already!

     

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: What's Your Approach?

    Several times I recall that being the CUD type paid off big-time:

    1968  Monday:  visited a friend at his work, saw a computer for the first time in my life.  He...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: When Is Technology Good Enough?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    David.Poole wrote:

    Perhaps the other thing we should consider is recruitment and retention of staff.

    How do you recruit someone to maintain old tech?

    ...

    Definitely a problem these days. Had to get...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: When Is Technology Good Enough?

    Well, I think it depends on exactly which technology and your priorities.  I just turned in my iphone 4 a year ago for a Moto G.  The Moto G has...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: How Often Do You Update During Issues?

    Audionova wrote:

    "My concern, however, was that multiple times they noted they would post updates soon, but there were some pretty good gaps in the status messages. While I liked a...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Query Tuning, Why Bother?

    Zidar wrote:

    One more small thing: if we are dealing with poor database design, sometimes neither tuning nor hardware helps.

    Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: SQL Standard Confusion

    Eirikur Eiriksson wrote:

    Adding other lacks of standards such as GQL etc. makes this discussion even more "interesting" (in an utterly English meaning of the word) 😎

    Eirikur, great point.  As with all...

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: SQL Standard Confusion

    Maybe we need to consider WHY the languages were confused at the Tower of Babel.  Seems to me that the people were becoming egotistical in thinking they could build a...

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by skeleton567.
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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Query Tuning, Why Bother?

    Virshu wrote:

    Our C# developers (who know just enough SQL to be dangerous) write code using Entity Framework and I have trust that Microsoft will generate good SQL. So far so...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Digging into an AI Algorithm

    In terms of AI for medical purposes, the recent progress is astounding and we can be proud that we have participated in the progress.  Last evening I had the privilege...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: How Often Do You Update During Issues?

    How often do you update?  I think it depends on your role in the situation.  I spent 42 years in IT including 11 years as manager of an installation so...

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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