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  • Reply To: The 2019 Home Lab

    My everyday+lab setup is a well-spec'd Macbook Pro (2.8GHz core i7, 16Gb RAM, 1Tb SSD). I have VirtualBox and Docker installed.

    For Windows development / testing, I have a Windows10 licence...

  • RE: Versatile or Jack of all trades

    I prefer to call such people as the lady you refer to "All-rounders"
    The expression: "Jack of all trades" continues with "and master of none". Some people stop there, making...

  • RE: College Degrees Shouldn't Be Required for Tech Jobs

    Geoff.Sturdy - Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:51 AM

    Romac - Friday, September 7, 2018 4:57 AM

    Good...

  • RE: College Degrees Shouldn't Be Required for Tech Jobs

    Good article! I took the (UK) "day-release" route and studied for 10 years to get my degree-equivalent Chemical Engineering qualification (via NC, HNC, Endorsements, CEI part 1, 2, IChemE Design...

  • RE: Who Likes NULL?

    chrisbray - Tuesday, July 10, 2018 2:09 AM

    edwardwill - Tuesday, July 10, 2018 1:26 AM

  • RE: Who Likes NULL?

    edwardwill - Friday, July 6, 2018 3:47 AM

    Romac - Friday, July 6, 2018 3:44 AM

    LOL!...

  • RE: Who Likes NULL?

    edwardwill - Friday, July 6, 2018 3:38 AM

    Stefan LG - Friday, July 6, 2018 3:34 AM

  • RE: Who Likes NULL?

    edwardwill - Friday, July 6, 2018 2:19 AM

    When designing a table, it is essential to realise that there are real-world circumstances where NULL...

  • RE: Importing Tricky CSV Files with PowerShell

    ssc 21649 - Tuesday, July 3, 2018 7:11 AM

    Brian F - Tuesday, July 3, 2018 7:04 AM

    July 3, 2018 at 7:45 am

    #1996144

  • RE: Importing Tricky CSV Files with PowerShell

    Interesting to see PowerShell used for this. (Must add "Learn PowerShell" to my @todo list!) To circumvent the issue where there are pipes already in the data, you could add...

  • RE: Azure DWH part 28: The ASDW enemies

    Enemies?

  • RE: Singular or Plural

    A clear consensus is "consistency". I started developing in CP/M days, with Cobol. Each table was it's own file on disk, therefore the 8.3 naming convention was mandatory! We coded...

  • RE: Is work just work?

    "Work to live" sounds nicer than "Live to work"! 

    So is our work not a chance to show the world what best we can achieve with our efforts; or...

  • RE: The Multilingual Programmer

    For me it was the final "Design Project" for my Chemical Engineering that got me into computing:

    • Casio programmable calculator
    • Fortran (self-taught)
    • Basic (self-taught)
    • Cobol (12-week Business Computing course that got me...
  • RE: Using OVER() to Fix Bad Version Numbers

    I know it's dummy data, but what would you suggest to fix the inconsistency in the end date field? As it stands, it is u/s and would be better dropped.

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