Moops

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I appreciate the conversation. We have different beliefs but you make solid arguments I enjoyed reading.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

These articles give me joy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

NO HE SAID HE WANTS HIS PAIR OF UGGS

[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I just experienced this. The box said they'd be just as good. They were not just as good.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Hi straight. I'm narrow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It seems like critics are turning more and more inward, and what they appreciate is increasingly esoteric. So the stuff they like is less accessible to the unwashed masses like myself because if you're not staying up to date on the latest and greatest trends in the medium, it doesn't make sense why they rate something so highly.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Yeah audience scores are my jam. Critics have failed me time and time again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The trick is to never look away. Stare till they notice, then keep staring. Have to get up to use the restroom? Maintain eye contact as long as possible and reestablish it the moment you're back in sight. If they get up, the responsibility to maintain that eye contact is on you. Make sure to stay within eyesight, following them if necessary. This is your chance, we're rooting for you!

 

I had an interesting conversation at work where someone questioned my use of DENSE_RANK and suggested I use LAST_VALUE. We had a good conversation about it, but ultimately agreed to disagree about the specific scenario. My code was accurate with no performance issues warranting a rewrite. My feeling was the person I was talking too was less familiar with DENSE_RANK and so favored LAST_VALUE. I get preference, I have my own, but I try to be aware of what's preference vs. what's technically superior.

I'm curious about people's thoughts on when to use LAST_VALUE() vs MAX() KEEP(DENSE_RANK LAST ORDER BY ). To my mind, both solve a similar problem. I lean towards DENSE_RANK largely out of preference due to the syntax being shorter (literally just less characters to type), and I also like that since DENSE_RANK is an aggregate function it outputs distinct results without needing to use the DISTINCT keyword. I haven't intentionally run tests comparing the two, but anecdotally I've never noticed a performance difference between the two when writing comparable queries.

Surprisingly I couldn't really find any detailed articles or discussions online comparing these two functions and I'm curious what thoughts are out there in the wild.

 

There she is, looking all fine. Had to get one more peek before calling it a night a little early. We have a hot date in the morning.

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