DaveMasonDotMe

jdm2, 2 days ago to nba

During my podcast run I ran into Bill Simmons confessing that this is the easiest path to the championship for the #Celtics and if it’s yet another disappointing playoffs then they should blow it up.

#NBA @nba

DaveMasonDotMe, 3 days ago to random

Well, at least I never posted anything on Reddit.

DaveMasonDotMe, 7 days ago to devops

Headline: Reassessing Agile Software Development: Is It Dead or Can It Be Revived?

Me: <Deep breath> Buckle up. I have some opinions...

https://www.itprotoday.com/agile/reassessing-agile-software-development-it-dead-or-can-it-be-revived?utm_source=sqlservercentral&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-1660&utm_term=advocates&utm_content=advocates

#Development
#Agile
#DevOps

DaveMasonDotMe, 9 days ago to stackoverflow

It's hard to imagine #StackOverflow made their decision without considering the fate #Twitter and #Reddit suffered. That they willingly chose to burn the remaining goodwill they had with their users is bewildering.

Right now, people are having active conversations here on #Mastodon about an #ActivityPub / #Fediverse replacement for SO.

DaveMasonDotMe, 18 days ago to SQLServer

I continue to be astounded at how shockingly bad people are at designing database tables with efficient (normalized) designs.

Software vendors, Senior Developers, even Data Architects...a lot of them don't even hit 1st Normal Form.

How are we (IT folks) collectively so goddamn terrible at this?

I. Just. Don't. Get. It.

#SQLServer
#RDBMS
#Development

DaveMasonDotMe, 21 days ago to privacy

I attempted to play putt-putt today. I was asked to create an account, which included some #PII, including name, DOB, email address, phone number, etc.

I declined to give them my info. I was told I could not play without it. So I left.

A twelve dollar transaction.

Putt-putt.

#Privacy
#Data
#DigitalRights

DaveMasonDotMe, 26 days ago to Suns

Rudy Gobert seemed determined to turn the ball over during one sequence tonight.

#Wolves
#Suns
#NBA

dangillmor, 27 days ago to random

In a society where privacy had any meaning at all, the top executives at UnitedHealth would be fired -- with no golden parachutes -- or, better yet, indicted for their incompetence and indifference. https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/22/unitedhealth-change-healthcare-hackers-substantial-proportion-americans/

BasicAppleGuy, 1 month ago to random

Call me old fashioned but this is still the best wearable ever made.

eff, 1 month ago to random

Courts should interpret the 4th Amendment to mean the government can't buy data from data brokers if it would have needed a warrant to get it directly from a person or service provider, EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz told FedScoop. https://fedscoop.com/ice-pursuing-privacy-approvals-related-to-controversial-phone-location-data/

DaveMasonDotMe, 1 month ago to random

Did SQL Server ever add user principal name support?

https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/290359/did-sql-server-ever-add-user-principal-name-support

TechCrunch, 1 month ago to random

Kiki World, a beauty brand that uses web3 for customer co-creation and ownership, raises $7M from a16z https://tcrn.ch/3UdKBi8

DaveMasonDotMe, 1 month ago to random

Headline: Six-pack of identical Ford Pinto Wagons for sale, in case you were looking

Me: As many of you know, I do love wagons. But imma have to say no.

https://www.autoblog.com/2024/03/26/six-pack-of-identical-ford-pinto-wagons-for-sale-in-case-you-were-looking/

DaveMasonDotMe, 1 month ago to religion

Out of all the enduring, bad memories I have of growing up with #religion, Zombie Jesus Day is one that stands out.

Mom & Dad dragged me out of bed in the wee hours of the morning so we could go to church for a sunrise service. Ugh!

No holiday is worth that to a kid.

And I haven't even mentioned the indoctrination...

DaveMasonDotMe, 1 month ago to random

#Git is unintuitive and unworthy of me.

verge, 1 month ago to random

Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/22/24109116/mozilla-ends-onerep-data-removal-partnership

DaveMasonDotMe, 1 month ago to random

Developer tells me the new table they just created is 'temporary' and will only be around for a week or two. 🙄

I should also receive the ownership deed to the Brooklyn Bridge any moment now...

#Databases
#TechnicalDebt

DaveMasonDotMe, 2 months ago to privacy

Every time I see a well meaning post explaining 'How to <disable some setting/opt out of an unwanted feature> on <company whose business model is to violate your #Privacy>' I want to scream.

The appropriate action is to delete your account and never look back.

Cmastication, 2 months ago to random

I found an Instagram channel that teaches dirty words in American Sign Language and now my 16 yo and I call each other awful names without my wife knowing. Daddy / daughter bonding. #parentingHacks

verge, 2 months ago to random

Volkswagen ID.7 review: a superior EV that happens to be a sedan https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/1/24084671/volkswagen-id7-review-ev-sedan-specs-price-photos

CelloMomOnCars, 2 months ago to TeslaMotors

"The head of the IPCC has compared the rollout of carbon capture and storage (#CCS) to "trying to push water uphill," questioning a technology that the oil and gas industry has long touted as integral to net-zero emission plans.

The International Energy Agency has previously called for the oil and gas industry to let go of the "illusion" that carbon capture is a solution to climate change, pushing instead for energy majors to ramp up investments in clean energy."

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/money-report/big-oils-favorite-climate-solution-is-like-trying-to-push-water-uphill-climate-chief-says/5176733/

notsle, 2 months ago to devops

Is there some tool that would allow me to "Describe" a database say with a config file (JSON, YML) and it create the scripts to both create or update an existing DB to match the latest scheme?

Thinking similar to say ruby on rails style ORM but to be a standalone tool for maintaining DBs used by various apps? I do need it to work with MS SQL Server

#Devops #dev #sqlserver