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		lmm on March 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: pg_rewind in PostgreSQL 9.5 I find it's a useful heuristic for knowing whether someone can think clearly and abstractly. Kind of like the "all green birds have two heads" test.

undergrowth54 on March 25, 2015 [–]

Could you expand on that? I get the reference, but what is your heuristic?

lmm on April 1, 2015 | [–]

Someone who has a problem with master/slave terminology probably can't think abstractly (in the same sense as someone who fails the all green birds have two heads test).

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