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/dev/null is an ACID compliant database

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529 points swills | 2 comments | 23 Oct 25 21:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.597s | source
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charcircuit ◴[23 Oct 25 23:20 UTC] No.45688714[source]▶
/dev/null is not a database. By this logic is a hard disk a database, is a CD a database. No. They are storage mediums. You could store a database on them, but they themselves are not a database.

Considering there is no way to read back data written to /dev/null it will not be useful for storing database data.

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chrisweekly ◴[24 Oct 25 00:00 UTC] No.45689087[source]▶
seems you've missed the joke
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charcircuit ◴[24 Oct 25 00:08 UTC] No.45689148[source]▶
It's not a funny one if it was one. Of course something is going to be a bad database if it's not a database.
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1. brobbin ◴[24 Oct 25 01:11 UTC] No.45689572[source]▶
It's nerd humor. You're not supposed to find it funny, but nod along approvingly while noticing how awfully clever you are for noticing the attempt at being funny.
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2. dmytrish ◴[24 Oct 25 10:54 UTC] No.45693286[source]▶
Considering that D in "ACID" stands for "durable", it's a pretty sloppy joke.