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Comment Re:Your data held hostage in Oracle cloud (Score 1) 184

However... if you need decent materialized views, or analytical functions, or really low-level control over the database, Oracle is still the first contender.

Sure, but there were lots of things Sybase X didn't do when Microsoft got their mitts on it, and started turning it into SQL Server. It can do more.

However... the SQL Server pricing is not as low as it once was, and climbing steadily into Oracle territory. So unless Microsoft can keep the price down, it may not offer much of an alternative.

Right, but we now live in a bizarro-world where Microsoft's selling point can be that they are less evil than Oracle.

Comment I know this thread is pretty dead (Score 1) 273

but can't let this slide. A _good_ Uber driver makes about $15/hr after accounting for the cost of driving. That's not even $30k/year. Dude, they're not anywhere near the level's your thinking about, nor will they ever be. If they worked 80 hours a week (which would be incredibly dangerous) they _might_ clear $60k... You've spent too much time in cushy Computer Science and/or engineering gigs. These folks don't have anything to save. The best of the best barely qualify as "Working Poor"...

Comment If you don't take enough rides (Score 1) 88

Uber will drop you. Also you have to have an Uber phone. Calling it a "lease" does change a thing.

Uber just wants to get out of paying the employer expenses everyone else has to. As a society we've built our entire quality of life around our employers, so I can't see that ending well. Plus without trashing their employees quality of life their business model doesn't really work.

Comment Re:Your data held hostage in Oracle cloud (Score 1) 184

Oracle is going to boil itself. The rise of MS SQL Server happened because databases were slow on Windows. SQL Server, last I checked, was faster than all the competition at light loads... but scaled worst. That was a long time ago though. When Oracle's licensing tactics make Microsoft look good, there is opportunity.

Comment Re:So tired of these stupid articles (Score 1) 410

Democrats are no different than Republicans. They are both terrible managers of the government. Populists and the so called Progressives are even worse.

Democrats are better than republicans because they try to fuck you with social programs while republicans fuck you with corporations, and we could use more social programs but we have plenty of corporations thanks.

They're both part of the same system of fucking us, but if I had to choose one to make go away tomorrow, it wouldn't even be a contest.

Comment Re:The Struggle (Score 1) 410

i understand now, i dont have any specific links to go by, however I would argue that the woman who was sued for not baking a cake

She was sued for releasing her customer's private information, which only a total shitbag would do. She deserved what she got, and not because it was straight-on-gay crime.

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