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Software developer Heval Hazal Kurt discusses the pros and cons of relational databases, in comparison with their document-based counterparts, in this July 2025 article. Polyglot systems combining both paradigms are discussed as an ideal solution to differing data access needs within a same project.
"When to Choose NoSQL Over SQL"

Is this a parody?
I don’t do #InfoSec or other cons so I don’t have a strong sense of whether the “Open Space” concept is brilliant or uproariously absurd. I lean towards the latter because it just seems to me like a recipe for people standing around.

Cons: it's mud
Pros: it's cold

Aaron Rodgers continues Hall of Fame career with Steelers: Pros, cons as QB joins Pittsburgh for 21st season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news…

2/3
🔹 Pros:
✅ Truly passive income
✅ Wealth grows exponentially over time
✅ Maximum financial security & freedom
🔹 Cons:
❌ Requires capital to start
❌ Knowledge & risk management are crucial
❌ Returns aren’t instant – patience is key

A Comparison of Three Approaches to Teaching Expressiveness
https://bulletproofmusician.com/a-comparison-of-three-approaches-to-teaching-expressiveness/?utm_source=flipb…

A Comparison of Three Approaches to Teaching Expressiveness
A 2006 study compares three different approaches to teaching expressiveness, and identifies some pros and cons of each.

Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on: after a few days, it is just a bigger, more powerful Switch, transferring games works smoothly, the new Joy-Cons are great, and more (Andrew Webster/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/nintendo/682661/nintendo-…

A weekend with the Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo released the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World on June 5th, and the console and game make a strong first impression.

What are the pros and cons of pinned vs finned heatsinks? I'm thinking specifically about rectangular pins like seen in my previous post (Wakefield-Vette 960 series).
Initial thoughts:
* Fins absolutely have to have airflow down their long axis. Square/round pins don't care, rectangular pins degrade but not horribly if you're oriented wrong
* Pins weigh less
* Fins have more surface area (at least, in the direction of airflow) in the same footprint
* …

Aaron Rodgers continues Hall of Fame career with Steelers: Pros, cons as QB readies for likely final season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/a…

2/3
🔹 Pros:
✅ Scalable – your income isn’t tied to hours worked
✅ Leverage – teams, automation, or systems do the heavy lifting
✅ More time freedom over the long term
🔹 Cons:
❌ Requires upfront effort to build systems
❌ May involve an initial investment
❌ Requires leadership & strategic thinking
💡 Best for: Those ready to shift from self-employed to system owner – turning their side hustle into a real asset.

Found a bunch of BSides with fediverse accounts I wasn't following. I should probably update my fediverse #BSides index... 😅
Bsides & InfoSec Cons by Region
📌⁠ https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/111

My favorite actor from DS9, Armin Shimerman, aka "Quark". So much better than waiting in line at the cons. 😜
✅ Armin Shimerman - Star Trek - Custom Signed Art Prints | FanFair
https://fanfairsignatures.com/products/armin-shimerman-custom-art-prints

Armin Shimerman

From ID-based to ID-free: Rethinking ID Effectiveness in Multimodal Collaborative Filtering Recommendation
Guohao Li, Li Jing, Jia Wu, Xuefei Li, Kai Zhu, Yue He
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05715

From ID-based to ID-free: Rethinking ID Effectiveness in Multimodal Collaborative Filtering Recommendation
Most existing multimodal collaborative filtering recommendation (MCFRec) methods rely heavily on ID features and multimodal content to enhance recommendation performance. However, this paper reveals that ID features are effective but have limited benefits in multimodal collaborative filtering recommendation. Therefore, this paper systematically deconstruct the pros and cons of ID features: (i) they provide initial embedding but lack semantic richness, (ii) they provide a unique identifier for e…

I'm sorry but aren't pros/cons lists supposed to cover both faces of the coin? The list here is very one-sided for immich:
https://www.wetransco.de/2024/09/immich-app-and-nextc…

@… I am exactly the type of person who does not regularly backup data 😃
AI: I see pros and cons.

2/3
🔹 Pros:
✅ Higher earning potential than gig work
✅ Full control over pricing, clients & schedule
✅ Opportunity to grow into a full-time business
🔹 Cons:
❌ Still time-dependent – if you don’t work, you don’t earn
❌ Business management skills required
❌ Can be stressful if not systemized

Dev.to author Karm Patel writes about different standardized ways to go about git branching for different software development workflows in 2025. From Git Flow to Forking Workflows, each is evaluated exposing their pros and cons weighting each approach's complexity vs its contribution to best modeling your workflow.
"Git Branching Strategies: A Comprehensive Guide"

2/3
🔹 Examples: Gig work (Uber, TaskRabbit), freelancing (writing, graphic design), tutoring, part-time jobs.
🔹 Pros:
✅ Low-risk & easy to start
✅ Immediate income potential
✅ No need to build systems or invest upfront
🔹 Cons:
❌ Limited scalability – you only earn when you work
❌ No leverage – time is still your biggest constraint
❌ Taxed at the highest rate (active personal income)

Connecting the Quenched $g_A$ in Nuclear Matter To Dense Compact-Star Matter
Mannque Rho
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04939 https://arx…

Connecting the Quenched $g_A$ in Nuclear Matter To Dense Compact-Star Matter
An argument is developed that the long-standing mystery in nuclear physics of the effective axial-current coupling constant in nuclei, $g_A^{\rm eff}\approx 1$, could be understood in terms of the mechanism referred to as ``pseudo-conformal sound speed" in dense compact-star matter, $v_{\rm pcs}^2/c^2\approx 1/3$. Both pros and cons are presented using an effective field theory anchored on renormalization-group approach to interacting baryons on the Fermi surface that enables one to go beyond W…

2/3
🔹 Examples: Gig work (Uber, TaskRabbit), freelancing (writing, graphic design), tutoring, part-time jobs.
🔹 Pros:
✅ Low-risk & easy to start
✅ Immediate income potential
✅ No need to build systems or invest upfront
🔹 Cons:
❌ Limited scalability – you only earn when you work
❌ No leverage – time is still your biggest constraint
❌ Taxed at the highest rate (active personal income)

I've been using ClickUp for a few months now...and like every other productivity tool I've used over the last number of years it has its pros and cons.
It's got a lot of features but sometimes pretty basic features don't "just work" - and that makes me unhappy. 🙁
For example, right now I have some recurring tasks that will not allow an update to their due date manually. If I set a new date it resets back to the original date. Even more concerning is that this isn't clear from the UI.
The UI acts as if the change was successful but a page refresh reveals the change didn't save.
But the real reason I wanted to post wasn't about ClickUp particularly but about chatbots in general. They verified that my issue was an actual bug and created a ticket for it but the way I've been instructed to view the ticket status is by opening the chatbot, telling it I want information on my ticket (pasting in the ticket ID) and after doing all that I get this
5/6: Umm, no. I want to see an actual ticket please. I don't want to have to talk to a chatbot to see it. Chatbots really are great for a lot of things (during the free trial of ClickUp I found the chatbot quite helpful in learning how to do things without searching through docs) but this sort of "there is a direct record", please no. Or let me paste it in and do the lookup immediately - and provide a permalink so I don't need to chat every time!
I'm sticking with ClickUp at the moment, but one of these days when I magically get a large amount of free time, I'm going to write my own solution...I've only been saying that for a few years now. ;-)
#clickup #productivity #chatbots #projectmanagement #tasks