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4:55 AM
Suggesting an edit makes more work. There's a review process for others to potentially get involved with. Just make a good edit. If the author doesn't like it, they can roll it back or make a further edit.
 
 
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8:14 AM
@Zikato Oh, I concur.
 
 
2 hours later…
10:38 AM
JFK 🛫🛬 LHR
 
@ErikDarling Safe flight!
 
11:02 AM
Erik trading sunny 60F for wet & windy 50F
 
Well we’re only in London for a couple days. Thanks to Daddy Boris it’s several thousand dollars cheaper to fly into the UK than the EU, so we’re taking trains to Paris and Amsterdam.
 
11:19 AM
Oh yes, I remember now
You do love your training
 
Born trainer
See YouTube for details
 
Have you been on a real train before?
One that travels faster than a car
 
11:41 AM
Yes many times
At home and abroad
 
Oh well
 
We’ve taken high speed trains to Belgium, Geneva, and Avignon
Locally only between NYC and Boston but those aren’t really much faster than a car
 
My wife was strung by a bee for the first time in her life
Thought the theme of the day might be first time experiences
Not to 🐝
 
12:00 PM
first time for everything
 
How did she find it
 
12:23 PM
The first time I was stung by a bee was on the abductor pollicis brevis and it was quite a time
 
@ErikDarling With her hand. It was in her hair
 
Sean was hard at work this morning
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29 mins ago, by Zikato
first time for everything
 
Oi oi oi
@PaulWhite did it sting her hand or her head
Leaving aside hair sting which would be entirely ineffective
 
Rough crowd so early
 
12:30 PM
Like a right join
 
@ErikDarling Right hand ring finger, on the fleshy part closest to the palm
Hand blew up like a balloon
Sean getting another visit from HR today
 
Did she need an epi pen
Sounds painful. My condolences. I can send additional alcohol if required.
 
No, it wasn't quite that bad. Severe end of a normal reaction, I suppose
Antihistamine, paracetamol, hydrocortisone, cold packs
 
@PaulWhite We have regular sync meetings at this point
Half of Azure cloud storage is dedicated to my HR file
 
Sounds efficient
Aside from the cloud storage, obv
 
12:37 PM
Yeah, you're right, not plausible since MS and HR are definitely not efficient
 
Story was full of holes from the start
 
I woke up at 3:30 AM, wide awake, stomach issues as well so I just decided to get up for the day.
 
@PaulWhite I don’t see wine on the list so I’m questioning doctor competency here
 
@ErikDarling That's what you get for asking the pharmacist
It was lucky his shop happened to stock so many useful products for this exact situation
Realistically, unless you experience anaphylaxis, the only treatment is a concrete pill and time
 
Pain management is important 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️
 
12:49 PM
Sounds like something a soft person would say
The thing that provided most benefit in that regard was an ice-cold can of Red Bull
Sugar free, as it happens
 
If you mix it with vodka it’s highly effective
 
Happily, a recent guest left a few cans in that side of the house
 
I do hope the pharma got the missus sorted on e’s and whizz etc.
 
I'm sure he's sorted anyway
As everyone in NZ will be now that pseudoephedrine is legal again
 
You’re thin and pretty enough
 
12:57 PM
Well, available in pharmacies. They were technically available on prescription, but no doctor prescribed them for colds & flu
It was maddening. The only thing that actually works at all and they banned it
 
Our flight is delayed from 8:20 to 10:20. Should I start a charity for my bar tab?
 
A gofundme perhaps
Did something fall off the plane
 
@PaulWhite it’s difficult to get in any quantity here on account of the meth epidemic
 
Same reason it was restricted here
Meth heads ruined it for everyone
Banning drugs works extremely well though, solved the meth issue here completely
 
@PaulWhite dunno, waiting for an engineer to inspect things. Hopefully our vibrant democracy will address the engineer shortage.
 
12:59 PM
Can't take two hours to glue an engine housing back on, surely
Which airline?
 
Virgin Atlantic
 
Oh, nice
Insofar as air travel can ever be nice
I suppose it's not so bad if you chuck heaps of cash at the problem
Airport delays are still dull
 
Not a very lively lounge crowd at the moment, no
 
Maybe the security people will be unusually humorous today
 
Well everyone seems to laugh at my jokes
I assume they feel bad for my predicaments
 
1:12 PM
> exotic kiwi
 
You’re an exotic kiwi
 
I won't be in that drink though
Seems cheap
 
Quite
 
Is it pictured actual size
 
I’ll stick to wine
 
1:14 PM
Perhaps you should have one, just so you can report on it
Full of vitamin C, I expect
Probably needs several shots more
 
Just seems like a bad take on a margarita
 
Maybe you'll be instantly transported to the tropics
I'm sure it's terrible
Doesn't look appetizing at all
 
@PaulWhite What about vitamin C++?
 
bugchecked
Maybe they can make you a Green Goddess
 
Can't say I've had cricket protein yet
 
1:20 PM
That you know of
 
How does one detect a cricket problem
 
lots of people chirping about crickets these days
something about days long games
 
Yep, watching a sport with no definitive outcome for 5 days is a cricket problem
Still less stupid than baseball ofc
 
1:24 PM
Woah woah woah
 
😁
 
I don’t have a follow up for various reasons
 
None is needed
 
I look forward to my written and verbal testimony when you’re up for sainthood
 
@PaulWhite You don't want to watch a sport with 167 games where 1/2 the season means absolutely nothing?
Must not be a hockey fan either
 
1:31 PM
I hear even the best umpires don't know the rules
All seems like an excuse for people to get grumpy with each other
Maybe they should dispense with the ball and just get to hitting each other with the sticks
A thin, round bat seems entirely the wrong tool for the job of hitting a ball anyway
 
OH MAN ANGEL HERNANDEZ WAS SO BAD THIS WEEKEND
He called a pitch a strike that was outside by a full seven freedom inches
 
1:47 PM
ha ha ha
 
Everyone is so argumentative after asking for free help these days.
 
Flag them and I'll delete their account. We don't need that sort of thing
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I don't think we need to go that far yet... woah... who am I today?
 
Been treated to a proper English breakfast on account of the delay
 
That looks good! Is that bacon on bread on bread on bread?
 
1:52 PM
Looks like cricket protein if I've ever seen it
Doesn't an English breakfast have fried eggs, sausage, black pudding, beans etc?
What you have there is a bacon bap
Good to see brown sauce tho
@SeanGallardy It's more efficient to nip these things in the bud
Like shooting people at code review
Saves heaps of time overall
 
@SeanGallardy well there was definitely bacon and bread involved. And whatever brown sauce is. Probably A1?
@PaulWhite yes I was ofc joking a bit because I’m in an airport where nothing is proper
 
ah
HP Sauce or Daddies is the best
I like the HP fruity
The original brown is good too
HP Sauce is an English brown sauce the main ingredients of which are tomatoes and tamarind extract. It was named after London's Houses of Parliament. After making its first appearance on British dinner tables in the late 19th century, HP Sauce went on to become an icon of British culture. It was the best-selling brand of brown sauce in the UK in 2005, with 73.8% of the retail market. The sauce was originally produced in the United Kingdom, but is now made by Heinz in the Netherlands. HP Sauce has a tomato base, blended with malt vinegar and spirit vinegar, sugars (molasses, glucose-fructose syrup...
Daddies is a brand of ketchup and brown sauce in the United Kingdom. == History == The brown sauce product, known as "Daddies Sauce", was launched in 1904, and the ketchup was launched in 1930. The brand is owned by the H. J. Heinz Company; it was bought as part of the acquisition of HP Foods from previous owner Groupe Danone in 2005. Production of Daddies was moved to Poland. In 1899, Edwin Samson Moore, the owner of the Midland Vinegar Company in Aston Cross, Birmingham went to see one of his customers who owed him a debt for vinegar. The man was Frederick Gibson Garton, a Nottingham grocer who...
 
2:08 PM
A.1. Sauce (formerly A.1. Steak Sauce and sometimes stylized as A1 Sauce in certain markets) is a brand of brown sauce produced by Brand & co, a subsidiary of Premier Foods in the United Kingdom (as "Brand's A.1. Sauce") and in North America by Kraft Heinz. Sold from 1831 as a condiment for "fish, meat, fowl and game" dishes in the United Kingdom, the makers introduced the product to Canada, and later to the U.S. where it was later marketed as a steak sauce. A.1. sauce is still produced in England and exported to Asia. In May 2014, Kraft Foods in North America announced it was dropping the word...
Seems about the same idea
 
Never seen that one
Must be good though if they called it A1
Who would buy Z8 sauce
 
I’d have to czech
 
Correct
 
Our flight may start boarding at 10:30
I do appreciate everyone’s continued support and responses
 
The time has simply flown by eh
 
2:13 PM
The funny thing about waking up at 5am and starting to drink at 6am in anticipation of sleeping at 9am is that you’re woefully unprepared for any inconvenient eventuality where you’re still awake after 10am.
Perhaps I should throw a wrench at someone
 
Best laid plans
 
Worst laid planes
 
Top engineers have worked on the problem
However, they also started drinking at 6am
 
God willing they also had bacon burgers and brown sauce
 
Breakfast of champions
Imagine having the creativity to name your brand, "Brand"
 
2:18 PM
I forget, does your vegetarianism except bacon?
 
No, that would be pig
I eat the odd bit off fish, also eggs, and dairy
 
Pigs are just happy vegetables
 
If you trace it right back, yeah guess so
I do cook bacon for my wife
Only freedom farmed though
She prefers not to eat a sad pig
It's apparently very comforting to eat a pig that had a happy life, no matter how brief, and how it ended
We don't speak much these days
My pig stories are unhelpful, it seems
 
You just need ones that end with the pig being on a breakfast sandwich
 
The whole pig?
 
2:29 PM
Oink to tail
 
Also, consider being a pig that ends up in an airport bacon sandwich
Humiliating
 
Depends on the final result
For example, I got to eat it
 
Your blood alcohol level indicates you are in no position to judge right now
 
The end result seems quite worthwhile, even given hog sensibilities
 
28 mins ago, by Erik Darling
@PaulWhite yes I was ofc joking a bit because I’m in an airport where nothing is proper
 
2:31 PM
@PaulWhite my blood alcohol level is a good Olympic score
 
I should have thought to post a Star Wars xkcd so you'd be too weak to lift the sandwich
Take that
 
Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams
 
🤣
Don't forget to board your flight
 
You could post a picture of seven Scottish girls who look like their fathers
Our flight has been canceled
 
🗿
@ErikDarling You're going to have to explain that one
All sauced up and nowhere to go
The pig's revenge
 
2:42 PM
The whole A.1. thing is crazy, because it dropped off so quickly, no one in England in the 80s knew what it was, even though it came from there it wasn't in supermarkets. We had to buy ours at the military commissary, and it was considered an American thing.
 
@ErikDarling I'm sorry :(
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A: Identify which index's rebuild operation is causing the log file to grow

Sean Gallardy We have a database, in full recovery model, which goes under index rebuild maintenance once a week. There is an index which is causing the log file to grow. Yeah, when you rebuild items it's going to be pretty terrible. It's why it shouldn't be done unless absolutely necessary, not something to...

I'm trying to be nice
I'd still probably get a 1/5 survey
@ErikDarling you could always test your fate at making another kid with all that free time now.
 
@CadeRoux interesting
@SeanGallardy Account deletion in progress
But seriously, the answer is quite comprehensive now. Disengage
 
will do, that's what I was asking
 
Random dolphins can do the same
It is an odd sort of a question. Deduce details without logging anything specifically helpful for that purpose
Given there are only a few large indexes likely responsible, just stop the pointless rebuild for one at a time and see which one 'fixes' the log growth 'problem'
 
2:58 PM
Yeah, they are fine blowing out the log but heaven forbid you log a few lines of data
 
People get fixated on stuff, I guess
 
Some about @Forrest and trees
 
Yep
 
I haven't olved a good ystery in a while
 
Perhaps there are no more to be olved
 
3:00 PM
It's a ystery in its own right
 
Or perhaps you find yourself working in a place with no interesting yseteries
 
I'm looking at unusual pagelatch signal waits for the index spool in a recursive CTE right now.
 
You'll never be short of stories to tell the grandkids, Forrest
 
I'll definitely be yelling about the cloud
 
The odds are stacked against you with those spools
 
3:03 PM
Hmm, I wonder if ChatGPT can turn my blog posts into children's stories.
 
Wouldn't that be plagiarism?
 
Proper punctuation is it's own reward
 
@Forrest You should ask ChatGPT about fixing your issue, I wonder what it'd say
 
It's a cruel world that forces Sean to work on QP issues
 
@SeanGallardy Eh, it's neither terrible nor useful.
 
3:11 PM
I am back
 
@ErikDarling any developments?
 
We are rebooked for a flight at 6:30
 
A little less time in London then
Train connections unaffected
Oh! 6:30pm today or 6:30am tomorrow?
@SeanGallardy I wonder why young fella there wouldn't be in the bulk logged recovery model for the duration of the index builds
 
3:26 PM
Who knows, or simple
but if it's truly active tran, it won't help
some people can't be helped
 
Well, it could log less, which might help
For all we know, active tran is the index rebuild itself and the index just got too big to rebuild within the log space available
And yeah, I know it doesn't matter. I was just wondering
 
Bulk logged is one of those SQL 2000 things that I just don't see anymore
Cloud providers aren't going to use it, can't PITR to it
on-prem people still hate leaving SIMPLE
it's the middle forgotten child
 
morning
 
Point in time is the thing, I suppose, though I don't see much value in PITR during an index rebuilding maintenance window
Maybe they have an undisclosed AG
I don't really do heaps of DBA stuff, but I would've thought not breaking the log chain would be handy
 
Yeah can't break the chain for sure
The number of scoffs I would get when people learned they can't use an AG with SIMPLE I could have retired if I invoiced them
 
3:34 PM
heh
 
Back later
 
Oct 11, 2019 at 13:41, by Paul White
chat markdown strikes again
 
3:51 PM
@ErikDarling ^
 
 
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5:47 PM
Nice
 
Got a couple of short videos
 
6:17 PM
@JohnK.N. Is live show as weird as their videos?
 
@Yano_of_Queenscastle 'bout the same.
 
Must have been quite an experience.
 
 
1 hour later…
7:36 PM
2nd time
 
 
2 hours later…
9:08 PM
After quite a harrowing day (followed by a nap at a nearby hotel) we are back at the airport for our flight
One of the airline employees shared what happened to our plane this morning. Someone driving a supply car drove into one of the engines from the side, and wedged the hood of the car completely under it.
 
jeez
hope you have better luck this time
 
If I could I’d rub your majestic eyebrows for good luck
Perhaps give them a little tug for us
 
never thought of that possibility
 
@ErikDarling probably an intern
 
9:27 PM
I thought Microsoft had all of those
 
it's a boot camp for Microsoft internship
Well, I hope you have a flight. And a safe one at that
 
Thanks. I’m also aiming for those ideals.
 

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