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djrobstep on Sept 4, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Select Star SQL, an interactive SQL book

The choice of example database (the death penalty) is terrific.

So much more interesting, important and compelling than the usual tired customer/product examples.

I'm tired of seeing the implicit assumption around the place that software is just about business. Software should be about more than that.

lixtra on Sept 4, 2018 | [–]

I'm not the guy for trigger warnings but I find the choice of data unfortunate. There is a big percentage of people I won't recommend the page because of the dataset.

nnm on Sept 4, 2018 | | [–]

same here.

swaggyBoatswain on Sept 6, 2018 | [–]

I like the death penalty database, it makes things so much more interesting and memorable. Data doesn't have to be boring

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