Comment Re:I thought we were over the whole SQL thing (Score 1) 320
I didn't know about Mongres, thanks for sharing.
This is the EnterpriseDB blog post comparing performance of Pg and Mongo.
And yeah, hstore is old-school now that JSONB exists.
Comment Re:I thought we were over the whole SQL thing (Score 1) 320
They still are using NoSQL... until they want to report and extract value from their data, then they'll migrate to an RDBMS.
PostgreSQL is actually a pretty good NoSQL database that you can also use as a kick-ass relational database.
Comment Re:Why I don't care. (Score 1) 320
Then use NoSQL instead since you don't care about the structure of your data or how you might query that data to extract value.
Comment Re:Duh (Score 1) 320
Double duh. (tag story with "duh"). Try using a CTE to insert into a history table with the results of another table's delete in MySQL.
Comment Re:Inertia (Score 1) 320
You must only be using the most basic of SQL features. Any quick research towards advanced SQL points to Postgres.
Comment Re:Lorem Ipsum is a web design classic (Score 1) 44
Don't you know? Programming is the web.
Comment Re: heres another lie. (Score 1) 237
Aren't you trusting the "owner" of your linux binaries, including your favorite browser, with all of your data traffic?
Your data doesn't pass through a remove VPN. Think of it like tunneling through a loopback device.
Comment Re: heres another lie. (Score 1) 237
Try Mobiwol, the no root firewall, which works as a local VPN so it routes all your traffic through the VPN running on the phone itself, thus giving you ability to allow/deny individual apps from network access (including background vs foreground).
Comment Re:worse a fake root certificate! (Score 1) 248
How could it MITM with only the public key? It needs to sign each destination HTTPS site with the private key.
Each install could generate a unique key pair and install a new root cert.
Comment TWEET HER (Score 2) 54
Which HER am I supposed to TWEET?
Text Editor Created In Minecraft 114
jones_supa writes: The redstone mechanics in Minecraft can be pushed surprisingly far to create rather advanced digital circuits. Thanks to a user nicknamed Koala_Steamed, there now exists a text editor inside the game (YouTube demonstration). It comes with a 5 x 10 character matrix in which each character uses a starburst (16-segment) display. There are 7.357 x 10^92 different combinations the screen can show, all of which can be controlled from a single line. The scale of the workings used to make this piece of logic, using only redstone, is dauntingly huge.
Comment Re:Projector? Recommendations (Score 1) 720
I thought the same thing years ago: I didn't want the screen staring at me all day when I'd only watch it for small periods of time.
Unfortunately, only "older" TV furniture had retractable doors to cover it, not much was available for large flat screens.
Some ideas:
- Buy/make some nice (red) movie theater style curtains to cover the screen when not in use
- Get a large canvas print of your favorite art and install that on the retractable pull-down screen
- Go all out and build a motorized system to raise/lower the TV into/out of the attic/basement
Comment Re:Projector? Recommendations (Score 1) 720
Why would anyone get a projector when 60"+ TVs are much cheaper than good projector + nice screen + extra bulbs?
How Alibaba Turned November 11 Into the World's Biggest Online Shopping Day 115
hackingbear writes Bummed that you're home alone on date night, or stuck in your mom's basement, yet again? Don't worry. A new gadget or some scuba gear could help. Observed on November 11 — or "11.11," for the date with the most 1s — Singles Day, which started out as a joke among a group of male college students attending Nanjing University in the 1990s, has become the world's biggest online shopping day, thanks to the e-commerce prowess of China's Alibaba Group. On this day last year, they sold twice what all US companies sold on Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. This year, Alibaba has decided to take its 11.11 promotions worldwide, highlighting global brands including online jewelry store Blue Nile, clothing brand Juicy Couture, and even Costco. Amazon has tried to get a piece of the action. The Seattle-based company launched promotions for the holiday last year on its Chinese site, and it's done so again this year.
Comment Re:Google Analytics (Score 1) 167
I don't see how anyone can believe this:
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