The machines, now inaccessible, are arguably more secure than before.

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      Absolutely stellar writing, except for this one weird bit

      Database people are systems people. Modern databases have their own memory management, thread scheduler, and a fucking compiler inside. A promising research direction is to just bundle the database with your own bloody kernel that you handwrote with a box of scraps to make the entire thing less cursed and not have to wrestle with Linux.

      You know, just in case you were looking for people to include in your postapo gang, database experts will also murder whatever you want with bare hands.

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        @V0ldek there’s a difference between people who develop database engines, and people who use an existing database engine to write database applications in SQL or whatever.

        It’s just your comedic hyperbolic turns of phrase reminded me of Mickens’.

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          If more than one system devs launch into a Lovecraftian stream of epithets about how incomprehensiblly horrific it is when you ask them about their work then there just may be some truth in it.