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Pat Phelan

@yetanothersql.bsky.social

@YetAnotherSQL on Twitter @YetAnotherSQL@noc.social on Mastodon Data loving/storing/managing/manipulating geek! More than five decades as a Type 1 diabetic. Always trying to become a better person.

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Motorcycle and automatic car wash.

Two problems solved in one go, efficiently too!

27.07.2025 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder why Trump hasn’t claimed that Obama was listed in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Oh wait. Never mind.

Then he would need to release the Epstein files. It doesn’t seem like Mr. Trump wants people to read those files.

Not even (maybe especially not) the MAGA supporters!

23.07.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the proper response is β€œYou have more than enough endorsements now.” That’s true whether they have any endorsements or not.

23.07.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The most amazing thing to me about everything @jennifertaub.com knows is that even THAT is not enough to distract people from Jeffrey Epstein and his connections with Donald Trump!

23.07.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tech Titans Assemble in Neon City

My Fantastic Four!

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21.07.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I bet those cankles will really slow him down when he is trying to run away from his friend Jeffrey Epstein.

I wonder if his canckles will interest or amuse teenagers.

So many questions about cankles!

21.07.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mimicking Leonard Nimoy: Fascinating!

21.07.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Language defines the structure of communication. It sets the structure for how the speakers think.

This is why Innuit dialects have a dozen or more words that all translate as β€œsnow” in English.

Based on the existence of manaaki in Te Reo, I would like the people who speak it.

20.07.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is comparing apples and rollerblades. I can’t support β€œwhite folks” or LGBTQIA+ people the same way I support Colbert. He is a person, not a class!

I DO support democracy and the people she cited. I am just not able to support classes the same way I support individuals.

19.07.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the WSJ has checked this carefully and they seem willing to bet the farm on it.

A few years ago WSJ got sketchy with reality like this Administration has since January. I dropped my subscription because I didn’t trust them.

Maybe the WSJ are returning to responsible journalism.

19.07.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Geek survey for DBAs and Windows admins: do you understand/use the robocopy.exe /mir parameter?

It makes the destination a mirror of the source. It will copy/delete/skip destination files as needed to make that mirror.

Is /mir an obscure feature or β€œstandard equipment” for you?

19.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Depending on the pod size you could handle the unload if you are prepared.

14.07.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m going to step this up a notch. If you are independent and you question whether you should accept a gig, the answer is NO.

Saying yes when that isn’t the right thing to do does not serve you or the potential client well in the long run.

14.07.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A week or three ago I saw a fan wearing a T-shirt at a Cubs game.

The shirt said β€œSuperman wears PCA pajamas”

That isn’t out of the question!

13.07.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I guarantee you that it will be a whole lot more interesting working in the pod in Arizona. I did that once with a whole semi trailer.

I was never quite so thankful for a forklift as I was that day.

Inside temp was around 60Β° C which is hot enough for a Coke can to explode in two minutes.

13.07.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A recruiter could make a windfall tracking the people who are fired/let go/etc. from the United States Government, Amazon, and Microsoft.

Those people have the minds and mindsets that businesses need today!

08.07.2025 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sign: TACO BELL / URGENT CARE

Sign: TACO BELL / URGENT CARE

i’m at the taco bell
i’m at the urgent care
i’m at the combination taco bell and urgent care

29.06.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7400    πŸ” 1950    πŸ’¬ 184    πŸ“Œ 140

You can be pretty certain that you are old when your β€œfun pills” are OTCs that don’t need a prescription instead of recreational pharmaceuticals!

29.06.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know me too well!

The stuff that was part of bad dystopian sci-FI and the more outrageous James Bond/Jack Reacher/Jim Phelps novels are becoming things that we have to worry about and prepare to combat!

15.06.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t work with air-gapped systems right now.

Umm… Wow?

14.06.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The letter written by Amelie Feldman is clear evidence of both an athlete and a first class human being.

The behavior by Maine Rep Libby is not.

This is why politicians need to have experts to guide them and who clearly desperately need to stay out of things that they don’t understand.

16.05.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait…

Doesn’t everyone toodle in the loo???

27.04.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The siren is a smart kid!

Gee, I wonder where she got that from.

I usually try to watch the movie first. That way the book offers so much more without totally destroying the movie. If I watch the movie after reading the book, it is nearly always a disappointment.

Good Omens was an exception.

27.04.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I think you need to look at this comment from a different perspective. Once the tariffs fully kick in, many people will lose their jobs and therefor their income.

They will definitely pay less taxes because they earn so much less, not because the tariffs are providing money to the treasury!

27.04.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I assume that question is rhetorical.

If the question is serious then Let’s Do the Time Warp Again!

After we do that then I’m Going Home.

26.04.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need to watch this movie again.

I also need to find a way to make time for watching that.

26.04.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman with curly hair is waiting in a room . Alt: From Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry dressed in drag and a woman with curly hair is waiting in a room .

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

(β€œHard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

26.04.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing a helmet and chain mail is holding a sword over his head Alt: a man wearing a helmet and chain mail is drumming his helmet saying β€œGo away or I will taunt you again!β€œ

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

(β€œHard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

26.04.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Many good thoughts and wishes for a complete recovery for Tim and also for his worried wife.

I speak from extensive personal experience: She is carrying the load for them both. She HAS to take care of herself in order to care for both Tim and herself.

26.04.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Five aluminum baseball bats

Five aluminum baseball bats

Some special uses require a specialty type of sword. These are what I would recommend for the task you described.

Four to six solid roundhouse blows to prepare the target. Then repeated jabs with either end until penetration is achieved and point scored.

Never make a parent abandon their child!

07.03.2025 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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