Agreed, David.

Heh... let's look at the first paragraph in the article...

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Heh... wanna learn something new and exciting??? Then actually learn what you can do in SQL.

And watch out for people...

Thanks, need to read this.

We use Cassandra extensively in one of our software products. Its "active-active" clustering, and being able to perform a write on any node, is the primary reason why we...

Interesting how many people still use Flashdrives. I guess I'm less concerned about cloud issues, and maybe I've simplified my life a bit. I tend to listen on Spotify everywhere,...

I've printed a few things at FedEX Kinkos, and I just emailed a doc from my phone to them to print. Kind of amazing.

Thanks, typo for sure. It's fixed.

Apologies if you don't like the explanation. Helpful critiques or comments might include what you think is wrong with the wording. The problem is an error from loss of precision,...

Super annoying, and something EU/UK that should have been done in the past for us. Can't speak for others.

The storage on the page isn't important because you can't read a row. you can only read a page. Rows on the page can move if they are updated, but...

Glad you liked it. It was an interesting one for me. Not sure I agree with the design decision, but good to know how it works.

re: applying. Apply if you hit 50-60% of the requirements. Let them tell you those aren't enough.

Regarding the fact, that people are fired but other companies can't find candidates:

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But who will they fire first? The alpha employees who hold the whole team together, know everything...

One thing, Rod, to think about is complaints or concerns about tech not being ready could be true. They could also be fear that if we stop using VS2013, I'll...

A few comments

First, if you have issues with the book, they ought to be reported to the author/publisher.

Second, many books, and much code, has errors. It could be early in...