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Re:A word used only by Postgres developers by reidjs on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:57PM (#30633760)
I'm a little bit confused by the wording "This happens transparently to the user," I assume they mean that the user is unaware of this workaround? Or do they mean it's obvious how it works (transparent) to the user?
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Re:A word used only by Postgres developers by danudey on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:02PM (#30633807)
In this context, it means "this workaround happens without the user having to perform any additional steps"; not necessarily that they're unaware, but that it happens without their involvement and it doesn't seem that it's any different from the surface-level.
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Re:A word used only by Postgres developers by renewiltord on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:34PM (#30634109)
It's an old software thing! "Transparent to the user" means "without the user knowing". Strange, right? I prefer "hidden from" to "transparent to" but I definitely use the latter a lot and it's quite clearly wrong!
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Re:A word used only by Postgres developers by inimino on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:44PM (#30646995)
It's not wrong. Glass is transparent to you. It precisely means that you don't see it.
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Re:A word used only by Postgres developers by renewiltord on Friday March 25, 2022 @02:19PM (#30805460)
You are right! Consider me convinced!
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