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I'm also sure. At least for mobile devices. I can't speak to desktop Chrome. That's why it does the same weird rendering Safari does which has become more noticeable since the spli…

I would have agreed until this last round of "we changed it, you'll like it, and we won't change it back" has my group looking for a different league host for the first time.

You might look into partitioning. Oracle and SQL Server both support that type of operation. Additionally, being able to find support when things get "too big to handle" can be eas…

And we would all like to thank you for your continued " I have opinion x and don't change it when confronted with new information" contribution of showing issues with the programme…

I am a database guy. Typically I'm against XML (especially in a database) however, I have a scenario where there is a test system and there are some standard bits of information (t…

I 100% disagree with you. How is having even more conditions in the where clause helpful? It makes it very easy to accidentally cross join (Oops, I forgot to actually join that tab…

I don't know that the solution to "programmers are lazy" and databases are hard is for them to learn a niche concept instead of taking the time to actually learn about data storage…

I don't understand why so many people think a small text menu is better than a full page customizable selection screen with decent built-in search...

I think it just needs one more feature: Stream and play music. Then it would be totally worth it.

Are you married? If so I'm surprised if you've never gotten the "OMG I THINK I LEFT MY HAIR STRAIGHTENER ON AND I'M SURE THE HOUSE IS BURNING DOWN. Can you go check?" phone call. (…

Actually, I really like UML; I especially like swimlanes. Of course it doesn't make sense for every design but I find that 12 months later, a map to what I was thinking during the …

You're assuming studies were done as opposed to just some exec hearing about it in a meeting and going "We need to get a handle on this thing"?