Category Archives: Editorial

Rebooting for a Reason

Posted on July 11, 2022 by way0utwest

I’ve worked with computers for a long time. I’ve helped support various systems and applications, both desktop and servers. One of the most common tricks that has served me well is to press to oh-en-oh-eff-eff switch twice. In other words, … Continue reading →

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The Home Setup

Posted on July 9, 2022 by way0utwest

For many years, a home setup has been something us geeky people built to experiment, have fun, maybe play games, maybe for some career learning away from work. I’ve written about various workstations, as has Glenn Berry. Then the pandemic … Continue reading →

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Flexibility in DR

Posted on July 8, 2022 by way0utwest

Disaster recovery is a topic that many people who work with databases find important. DBAs work to ensure their systems are highly available while practicing the skills needed to recover them in the event of a disaster. While we often … Continue reading →

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Be Smart

Posted on July 6, 2022 by way0utwest

An engineer at Google recently claimed that one of the AI chatbots might have become sentient. Great headlines, and whether true or not, this might bring some notoriety to the engineer.. It certainly did, and it also resulted in the … Continue reading →

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