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ddgflorida

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About ddgflorida

Creator of convertcsv.com, convertjson.com, prepayloan.com and a few others. Reach me at ddgflorida@gmail.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47184835

    Nice. QBASIC FOR i = 1 to 5: PRINT i: NEXT hung up after 4. The shift key didn't work in the Qbasic Editor.

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    Comment #46553873

    DuckDB for integration tasks.

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    Comment #46553857

    This post is bringing out the MS haters and most don't know what they're talking about. MS took the initial lead in AI and it shows in their products. It was Google that was left i…

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    Comment #46250540

    Nice. I successfully tried the SQL script here too: https://convertcsv.com/duckdbonline.html

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    Comment #44302836

    Switch to contract work or find a job with flexible at home hours.

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    Comment #43676947

    For me Pascal was an awesome language in the 1980s. Oracle PL/SQL reminds me of it.

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    Comment #43538240

    AI prompt engineering, machine learning, etc.

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    Comment #43105039

    It is loaded with propaganda right now.

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    Comment #43104673

    No one is wasting money. These audits must be done. I do think however that the chances of anyone over 115, or deceased, collecting money is extremely low.

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    Comment #43102447

    Keep in mind that 50 contracting companies post the same position. You can tell from the wording.

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    Comment #43040747

    Thanks for posting! I too was going to post because he cofounded Wikipedia.

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    Comment #43012930

    It's a shame this company didn't survive.

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    Comment #42983592

    Ask an AI chatbox.

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    Comment #42983577

    I occasionally sell CLI tools for file conversion at convertcsv.com. This is driven by customer concerns about security and privacy.

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    Comment #42982928

    For fun, I made a Javascript library that implements most of the Date and String functions found in various SQL dialects. We have the home page https://www.ddginc-usa.com//dbFuncti…

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    Comment #42982822

    We also have the "Continuing Education" racket.

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    Comment #42939587

    Definitely has lowered the entry cost.

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    Comment #42939545

    You summed it up well and your experience matches mine.

  19. story
    Show HN: Dbfunctions.js – SQL Functions in JavaScript

    I've always liked SQL date and string functions so I made a library for Javascript with most of your favorite databases' Date and String functions. There is also a Playground to tr…

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    Comment #42845269

    I've never seen a database with FKs that I regretted were there but plenty without FKs that caused issues. Also - generally make sure you index your FKs.

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    Comment #42731439

    I can relate.

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    Comment #42623091

    Hate is a strong word.

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    Comment #42622404

    Skeptical

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    Comment #42566656

    Definitely not a "useless toy" with the right use case. It's great at code snippets, scripts, etc. It's an assistant.

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    Comment #42559876

    Prompt engineering.