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A comment on GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal databases. Parent comment

Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by maximilianburke on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:01PM (#42937787)
So then when talking about database replication, why are the non-authoritative servers called slaves?
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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by BenjiWiebe on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:43PM (#42941000)
It really is like slavery, isn't it. The slave database does whatever it's master tells it to, and has no freedom to make up information.
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