Posts by mebh

How to tell an AI bot wrote that scammy-looking tax email: No spelling mistakes

"The IRS doesn't initiate contact with taxpayers by email, text messages or social media channels to request personal or financial information."

from https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/report-phishing

I guess they will make phone calls...

After ten years, the Google vs Oracle API copyright mega-battle finally hit the Supreme Court – and we listened in

Status quo?

I'm wondering about your repeated statement that Oracle's position is the status quo. I have seen others argue the opposite - that re-implementation of APIs is common and was understood to be legit for decades. Why do y'all consider Oracle's position the status quo?

Trump bans Feds from contracting H-1B workers and makes telehealth the new normal

Really a ban?

I skimmed the Executive Order on H-1B - it's all about "reporting on recent practices" and "recommending changes", does anyone else actually see the "ban" promised in the headline?

The point of containers is they aren't VMs, yet Microsoft licenses SQL Server in containers as if they were VMs

Note this part:

...the Physical or Virtual Cores available to that container are considered to be Hardware Threads...

Luckily this is one area where Microsoft is kinder than Oracle - you don't have to license the underlying host.