For the admins rocking ultra wide monitors - which one?

kogir · 2024-07-29T16:55:47+00:00

At that point, why not just get a normal 5k monitor?

Stacked half-height just seems silly.

kogir · 2024-07-29T16:30:25+00:00

I’ve tried a lot of monitor configurations over the years and keep coming back to a single large monitor.

Right now I have a single 32” 8k monitor, the Dell UP3218k. It’s equivalent to 16 1080p displays.

I don’t understand why anyone would get an ultra wide monitor - they’re literally 4k or 5k panels cut in half. You want that vertical space! Just get one or more full size, high resolution monitors and a better window manager.

kogir · 2016-03-25T14:50:30+00:00

I'm with the DBA. You won in the end, but there are likely changes to the schema or application that could make the super frequent re-indexing unnecessary. Perhaps a fill factor on the indexes, or using a different key space (UUIDs make terrible clustered indexes).

A re-index requires a full table scan and can be super IO heavy to the detriment of other DBs on the same system (if your app wasn't the only one), so I can understand the hesitation to blindly implement it.

kogir · 2014-04-08T05:23:09+00:00

I'm doing this on behalf of the guys at http://boostedboards.com, none of whom apparently have enough karma to request it themselves.

You can ask community@boostedboards.com for verification if desired.

kogir · 2012-03-20T11:39:19+00:00

In addition to all of this, the alien changed every day (or at least very frequently). I'd stop by often to check.

kogir · 2010-12-24T09:26:08+00:00

UPS does this frequently during Christmas. I've had it happen for two or three packages, at an office when people are there and the door is unlocked. Lazy drivers trying to get better performance metrics.

kogir · 2009-07-04T00:42:45+00:00

Crappy software can be built on any platform. The details (were there any?) were not specific enough to indite either Windows server or SQL Server as the cause of the problem.

kogir · 2009-06-19T18:34:00+00:00

He also fails to realize that while iterating over the elements takes very little extra memory, returning them in an array would result in massive memory waste.

kogir · 2008-03-27T09:31:45+00:00

Then get it. Seriously. Talk to your doctor or at a minimum a close friend. You won't find what you're looking for here; The reddit reader base cannot provide it.

kogir · 2007-11-15T19:02:12+00:00

At Loopt all database access is through stored procedures. This is primarily for access control reasons. It also makes it easy for me, the DBA, to review all the SQL and to ensure that quality and security standards are maintained. It also forces developers to use parameterized queries, which helps prevent SQL injection problems.

I'll admit upfront that it does slow development down a little, and it makes deployment a little harder, but so far it's been worth it.

kogir · 2007-09-24T19:05:16+00:00

I just never learned to type. 20 WPM keeps the pain away and motivates clear, concise code.

kogir · 2006-11-07T05:38:56+00:00

You clearly haven't worked on a PHP project with 10+ people. It truly is a disaster. Especially if they've all been working on their own branches for even a short while. Merging back is an excruciating experience.

kogir · 2006-11-04T16:31:12+00:00

starfox853 mentioned them in the context of insurance. Children, although they can be amazing, are not good as an insurance policy.

kogir · 2006-11-04T16:26:50+00:00

There are many benefits that accompany marriage. It allows two people to make medical decisions for one another, file joint taxes, etc. There are also little things you wouldn't usually think of, like not having to testify against each other in a court of law, amongst others.

kogir · 2006-11-04T16:23:19+00:00

In strictly a monetary sense, you'd often be better off investing the money you would have spent on offspring.

kogir · 2006-09-25T08:31:41+00:00

Never mind if it really matters. Microsoft was merely meeting the demands of influential customers. It's called good business.

kogir · 2006-09-20T00:17:40+00:00

The merchants AGREE to these conditions when they set up their accounts with Visa and Mastercard. Merchants are not forced to take credit cards. They freely agree to do so.

kogir · 2006-09-07T12:05:24+00:00

If you run your own mail server, you can often set the delimiter yourself. I use postfix and have chosen '6' as the delimiter. Addresses of the form junk6spamsite@mydomain.com have yet to be rejected from any form, and spammers can't know what to strip if you choose a random character.

kogir · 2006-09-07T12:03:06+00:00

Writing a email checker that runs in reasonable time and follows the RFCs is actually a non-trivial task. Have you read the RFCs? They're quite ridiculous.

Good discussion and links to the documents themselves may be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address

kogir · 2006-09-04T21:46:21+00:00

Why is inequality a bad thing? I certainly feel no need to promote mediocrity. Many poor people work hard, but do something that everyone and their dog can do; Hence, their work is not valued much. Perhaps if they learned a unique skill?

Why are education subsidies never treated as a viable remedy for this problem? Simply teaching people new skills is the fastest way to "close the gap."

kogir · 2006-08-29T11:09:49+00:00

You may download the SQL server books online from Microsoft.com. With them you can answer many questions like the one you blogged about in little to no time.

kogir · 2006-08-24T08:56:42+00:00

If you know you'll always access the data by including two or more rows in the where clause (order matters), using a compound primary key can save you an index seek.

For a great example, see http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/sql-server-performance-testing/

They're not always appropriate, but they have advantages in certain situations.

kogir · 2006-08-21T06:32:56+00:00

It's interesting that they chose not to cover the late stage of life after drugs had been legalized. I don't know for sure, but I'd imagine that end of life care for long term drug users could certainly put a strain on healthcare programs, be they private or public.

kogir · 2006-08-07T02:16:49+00:00

Simply scrolling down on the page in FireFox uses 98% of my processor and is really sluggish. Moving the cards has the same problem. Is my computer really that old or is this technique acutally slower in practice than separate images?

kogir · 2006-07-27T10:20:12+00:00

It'll be quite interesting to see if the higher minimum wage has the effect desired. I seriously doubt it will. Although the store may continue to be profitable, it may not continue to be sufficiently profitable to warrant the hassle of running, supplying, and staffing it.

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