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Advice I Like: The Main Thing

Posted on March 21, 2025 by way0utwest

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. – from Excellent Advice for Living We can summarize this advice as focus on what’s important. I too often see authors and others get distracted from the main … Continue reading →

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DATEADD Truncates the Number Parameter: #SQLNewBlogger

Posted on March 19, 2025 by way0utwest

This was an interesting thing I saw in a Question of the Day submission. I hadn’t thought about the issue, but apparently DATEADD truncates values rather than rounding them. I’m not sure why that is the case, but it is. … Continue reading →

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Lower Your Attack Surface Area

Posted on March 19, 2025 by way0utwest

It’s no surprise that our systems are under attack by all sorts of criminals. Some organized, some opportunistic, some just aiming for vandalism. We need to protect our digital systems to prevent issues, and a part of better protection is … Continue reading →

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Can an AI Help Me Find a Job?

Posted on March 17, 2025 by way0utwest

I’m not looking for a job, but I ran across an article about using AI tools for a job search. So I decided to try it out. I followed a couple of those prompts and get some results. Here is … Continue reading →

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