You’re basically saying that everyone that can have anything to do with the database and systems around it are corrupt and working together.

No, just the person in charge has to order it. People do what their bosses tell them. Rules and procedures don’t matter if the people in charge ignore them. And again, you’re not getting access to any of the data we’re talking about in the first place, because the government would have to grant that access, and you’re not a person as far as they’re concerned in this scenario. What organisations have you worked for that would just give out information to a person they can’t verify the identity of?

That’s a ridiculous conspiracy theory.

No, it’s happening now in the US. You seem woefully under-informed to be trying to comment on current affairs. Maybe stick to your own country until you’re up to speed.

Logs, eh? You know those are just text files, right? And how do you plan to get access to them to prove any kind of mistake or malfeasance, exactly?

“illegitimately” is the key word there. I’m not interested in what you think happens if everything is working as intended, or your poor reading comprehension. F-, rewrite your answer and address the question or you’ll fail the class and be held back a grade.

That’s a really weird way of looking at it. Without the database, there’s no central ledger to consult as to whether or not you’re legally a person. Like @atrielienz@lemmy.world said:

The database is the backbone of them being able to hurt or harm

Without that starting point, “the organizational structure, rules, and procedures” that rely on the data from the database are impotent.

Looking for ways the system can be abused and addressing those loopholes is basic risk assessment, so

just shut up

I strongly suggest taking a heaping helping of your own advice, mate.

What happens if someone is illegitimately removed from this database? How can you show whether it was a glitch, or deliberate? How do you know if the information they have about you is even right, or get it changed if you need to? Where’s the accountability?

See the UK Post Office accounting scandal, in which a persistent computer error went unfixed for decades and caused hundreds of post office employees to be fired and dragged through courts for corruption that never happened. A good chunk of them committed suicide. The government and the software company both knew about the bug causing the issue, too, but prosecutions continued. “If the computer says it, it must be right”, sort of danger.

No problem, it’s just editorialising the actual suit, so you can read about the details from the AP: https://apnews.com/press-release/access-newswire/diane-sare-kamala-harris-kamala-harris-es-kirsten-gillibrand-new-hampshire-225173eaaf66b420844508516b365caf

I believe the court case will weigh the available evidence: https://apnews.com/press-release/access-newswire/diane-sare-kamala-harris-kamala-harris-es-kirsten-gillibrand-new-hampshire-225173eaaf66b420844508516b365caf

I love working 100 hours a week, it’s the happiest I’ve ever been

Uhhhhhhh

Look, I did that to launch my first company. I did it for 3 months. I was not happy - I was suffering a hypomanic episode and it was detrimental to my marriage and health. I get it, sometimes it’s necessary when you’re building something. Framing it like this though seems… creepy. I don’t like it.

I run GrapheneOS. Stock Fairphone doesn’t fit my security requirements, but if I can put a hardened OS on it I’d consider it.

Get replaced by Windows? (⁠☞ﾟ⁠ヮﾟ⁠)⁠☞

At least this one’s not our fault.

… right?

Well, yeah. Gravity affects the passage of time, and gravity is not uniform throughout the universe. Some areas have much higher gravity, enough to cause significant differences in the “age” of certain patches of spacetime, especially over the age of the universe. The real question is, does the age of a patch of spacetime change anything else about it?

You get what you pay for, I guess.

Very nice, that’s a great chip! I’m excited for you, enjoy the new rig 😊

I’m very, very happy with the 9800X3D, so you can save yourself a bit of cash there to put towards the GPU. With a fast modern CPU like that, you might even consider an Intel B580 to relieve that GPU bottleneck.

I’m sorry, now we’re not just simulating rays to trace, we’re emulating simulating rays to trace? How is that more efficient?! Computer science == warlockry, change my mind.

Thank you! One more question: “explain” has always tripped me up. How much detail is necessary, vs too much, for a technical interview? Because in my mind “fsck” is self-explanatory, as would be “check the inode count”. Should I cover everything like I’m explaining it to a new user, or is there a baseline skill level I’m expected to address?

Thank you for that write-up! Understanding Linux more deeply isn’t a barrier to me. I’m now quite certain DBA is my next goal - it really does sound like an evolution of what I’ve been doing so far. I’ll look around on Coursera for some certs that might convince my current employer I’m serious about helping manage the database.

Also, since it was offered I’ll take it as a bit of practice:

• fsck
• reserved space (e.g. system files, backups, hidden partition)
• hidden or deleted files that are in use
• incorrect mount
• simultaneous access from multiple mounts (?)
• Permissions (?)

Question mark against things that seem like possible causes, but I’m not sure if they are. Most of these would probably show the space as used rather than free, but did I miss checking anything major that I wouldn’t find with a bit of searching?

That’s probably part of the issue too - no direction. I think I’d enjoy working with databases, so I’ve been thinking about DBA; I just have no idea what the day to day looks like for a database admin and the unknown is scary. I’m quite familiar with HTML already at an intermediate level, but I think I want to stay away from having to write JavaScript for production, so almost definitely not web dev 😅