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rrdelaneyon Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales

Google is not in the business of selling your data. Google does not sell your data. It’s pretty clear in their privacy policy: https://privacy.google.com/how-ads-work.html

Disclaimer: I work at Google.

rrdelaneyon Pratham OS: Linux distro based on Debian Sid

It looks like they also offer a premium version when you PayPal them $5 or more

> All Contributions Of & Above $5, Are Eligible For A Private Download Link To PrathamOS Full Edition. http://www.prathamos.com/Index.html#connect

Seems weird that this doesn't seem to be advertised otherwise, or include a description of what's in the premium edition.

rrdelaneyon HackMIT 2017 Admissions Puzzle

Students get free private repos on Github too with the education pack.

rrdelaneyon GitLab Database Incident – Live Report

Azure does not provide a managed postgres service. However it does have Azure SQL[0], which is based on SQL Server.

Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft

[0] https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/sql-database/

rrdelaneyon GitLab Database Incident – Live Report

One of the main drivers of revenue for Microsoft is Office 365, with 23.1 million subscribers[0]. Along with Azure, MS runs some of the largest web services around. Most developers at MS don't necessarily work on these products, but to say that all the devs working on them use a simple .NET stack + SQL Server is discrediting a lot of work that they do.

Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft in the Office division and opinions are my own

[0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2016-Q4...