Stop Worrying About Exhausting Bigints
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Broadcom NICs Considered Harmful?
Broadcom NICs caused hanging I/O requets for SQL Server while TOE was enabled.
What Do Airlines Use for Primary Keys?
On my way home from the PASS Summit in Seattle, I had a layover in Amsterdam before continuing onto Copenhagen. For various reasons, we were about one and a half hours delayed, and I arrived in AMS at 9:30, my CPH flight departing at 9:35. As you’d probably guessed, I missed my flight. To fix it, I was told to do a check-in at one of the self-service counters at the transfer desk. Apparently these both do normal check-ins, as well as (supposedly), get you a replacement flight in case you missed the normal one. I stuck my passport...