What Is an Internet Troll? (and How to Handle Trolls)
Internet trolls are people who want to provoke and upset others online for their own amusement. Here’s how to spot the signs that someone is a...
Learning to Fight
Ben Lerner is the author of three novels, three books of poetry, and numerous critical essays, including the book-length monograph The Hatred of Poetry. The more...
Modern SQL: Evolution of a dinosaur
Today, SQL is Turing complete, can process graphs, has semantic understanding of XML and JSON, is able to automatically keep historic versions, can analyze time series...
Are autonomous databases a threat or an opportunity for DBAs?
As we move towards a more automated world, the impending growth of autonomous databases will impact database administrators (DBA). Will it impact them to the point...
U.S. Firefighters Die in Plane Crash While Battling Australian Fires
Three American firefighters died in a plane crash while battling Australia’s bushfires in the state of New South Wales on Thursday, according to authorities in the...
Microsoft Discloses It Left Over 250 Million Customer Support Records Exposed on Servers
Microsoft inadvertently left hundreds of millions of customer service and support requests exposed on several servers without password protection from Dec. 5 to Dec. 31, 2019,...
People Can Now Vote Online in a U.S. Election and Everyone Is A Little Nervous
For the first time in U.S. history, an election conducted by smartphone is underway. The race, a board of supervisors election in King County, Washington, is...
Geek Trivia: Which Country Has The Largest Number Of Lakes?
Finland India The United States Canada Think You Know the Answer? Source : Geek Trivia: Which Country Has The Largest Number Of Lakes?
All These Extremely Powerful People May Want to Double Check They Weren’t Hacked by a Saudi Prince
In early 2018, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took a sweeping tour of the U.S. as part of a strategy to rebrand Saudi Arabia’s ruling...
George R.R. Martin Says Game of Thrones Could Have Ended With a Cinematic Trilogy
Game of Thrones’ series finale came, we watched it, and…that was that. But according to George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones’ final season could have potentially...
