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[–] adamkempenich 24 points 8 months ago (5 children)

What I’m hearing is that you’re not NOT in the magicians guild…

[–] Mbourgon 16 points 8 months ago

Misdirection is one of the hallmarks of a magician, is it not?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what the opposite of magic is, but SQL Server is that.

[–] Mbourgon 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you kidding me? Why did the performance on this query start sucking this morning. Was it statistics? Plan recompilation? Plan sniffing? Bad plan? Somebody else running queries on the same spindles? Oh, it’s certainly magic.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I guess curses count as magic, too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Or are they? Look behind your ear - tada! A magicians guild membership card with their name on it!

[–] JJROKCZ 3 points 8 months ago

If they’re good at SQL, it’s magic yeah

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There's a raunchy manga that just came out where the magic is based on SQL somehow.

*Actually it's a fan made re-release: My Ideal Life in Another World ~Perfected Fan Edition~ TOTALLY NSFW but I literally stayed for the plot.