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This week our TeamCity builder[^] came to a grinding halt with a PostgreSQL error: "ERROR: out of shared memory".
I reported the issue on the JetBrains website here: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/TW-70415[^]
And although the folks at JetBrains responded quickly, solving the problem will probably take a long time and we will have to wait for the next update.
We have been using TeamCity for years and this is the first time we had a "showstopper" like this.
The trouble started after a large commit of the Boost library with more than 14000 files.
The repo we use is quite large and dates back to 15 years ago, it was converted to Git from a SVN repo some years ago, and is probably full of garbage.
A short term solution is to copy the Git repo and do a file-based checkin to a new repo, we will lose the history but it allows us to keep building.
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I know your pain  . We have used Visual SourceSafe for 20 years now. Yes, I know that SourceSafe is as good a source control joke as Access is a data base joke. What we've found however is that given proper maintenance (which we learned with only a modicum of pain), SourceSafe is eminently reliable. Microsoft abandoned SourceSafe after the update for Visual Studio 2005. Interestingly, there have been Visual Studio extensions written to provide SourceSafe integration for all of the versions since then that didn't include it out-of-the-box.
Part of our practice has been judicious management of third-party code. Boost is a good example, which we use with an internal diagnostic tool. None of our copies of Boost are "checked in" to source control. Instead, they are installed directly on our build servers. The tool project is set to look in the proper folders depending on whether it's building locally or on a server. Boost is big enough that I don't think we even could check it into a SourceSafe data base, given the guidance we've followed on data base size. I think part of what makes this a reasonable approach is that we don't alter Boost in any way when a new version is released. We also don't update to every new version. I think that obviates the usual need for source control.
Software Zen: delete this;
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My poor cats. My husband just got chicks with the nefarious intention of raising them and stealing their eggs.
One cat is terrified of them, and the other one (who happens to be allergic to chicken) is trying to figure out why we won't share them with him.
I made him clean out the carport in exchange for putting up with having what I firmly believe are farm animals in our backyard. And they're loud little things.
They came from an outfit called "Payback Poultry". Initially I assumed it had to do with the karmic justice around them formerly being vicious giant lizards in their past lives, and are now kept as pets and farmed for eggs, but apparently it's not. I guess the idea is the eggs pay for the chickens. How .. mundane.
Anyway, I guess I'll have to learn to love quiche. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: I firmly believe are farm animals in our backyard
Eggsactly!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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honey the codewitch wrote: what I firmly believe are farm animals in our backyard
If it were up to the chickens they'd be pets in the house.
My parents have two chickens and they're very social and love to be around them.
They'll even sit on your lap when you're sitting outside 
They're also surprisingly soft to the touch.
I guess it all depends on the breed though.
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They're loud and they smell funny. They belong on a farm, IMO. Hisself disagrees.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I hope whatever bylaws or covenants apply also agree with Hisself!
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Take comfort in the fact that these chickens will probably live a better life in your backyard than they otherwise might.
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Lost on a rainy night, a nun stumbles across a monastery and requests shelter there. Fortunately, she's just in time for dinner and was treated to the best fish and chips she's ever had.
After dinner, she goes into the kitchen to thank the chefs.
She is met by two brothers "Hello, I'm Brother Michael, and this is Brother Charles".
"I'm very pleased to meet you. I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful dinner. The fish and chips were the best I've ever tasted. Out of curiosity, who cooked what?"
Brother Charles replied "Well, I'm the fish friar".
She turns the other brother and says "Then you must be...?"
"Yes, I'm the chip monk"
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OK- if we are running with the monk theme (Non Americans and even younger Americans might not get this one...)
One day Robin Hood visits Friar Tucks hut in Sherwood to find an enormous collection of flowers.
"What's with all the flowers?" he asks Tuck
"I have decided to leave my old life of caring for the people of Sherwood and open my own flower shop!" is the reply.
Robin is concerned to hear this and tries to convince Tuck that he can't abandon his religious duties to the people but Tuck will hear none of it. After the argument gets heated Tuck finally physically throws Robin out of the shop.
Robin gathers the Merry men and tells them of the problem.
Will Scarlett volunteers to talk to Tuck. 10 minutes later he is being rather brutally thrown out of the shop.
Next up is Little John and he fairs no better. After a long shouting match Tuck is beating him with his own quarterstaff and chasing him from the shop.
Man after man tries and fails to convince Tuck, with each confrontation becoming more violent.
Finally Robin looks to Hugh and asks him if he has any ideas. Hugh nods and enters the shop. Ten minutes later out walks an ashamed looking Tuck and says "Ok Ok - I'll go back to my old job!!"
And everything was right again in Sherwood.
Which just goes to show that...
Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist Friars.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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I can imagine very few non Americans knowing about Smokey. 
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Okay, Jörgen and DRHuff; both of you please hold still.
We're going to have to hurt you now.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Do dentists call their X-rays tooth pics?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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You may carie this too far, someday, and that may put a dentine your rep. Nevertheless, I'll root for your posts and await the crowning achievements ahead.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Nevertheless, I'll root for your posts and await the crowning achievements ahead.
That shows some wisdom about teeth.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: You may carie this too far, someday
There is some tooth in that ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I wonder what the half life of a decaying tooth is?
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Quote: the intruder subsequently dumped the stolen data on the dark web, spurring fears among criminals that their identities might be exposed (oh, the irony).
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'd have thought it unlikely that it was law enforcement: they aren't going to let people know they were there, when they can use the data to monitor activity rather than have the users change everything ASAP.
So "scrawling" “Your data has been leaked” and “This forum has been hacked.” across the home page seems rather counter productive.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Yes, it does. It leads to the question(s), was that just childish bragging or an attempt to make it look like it is?
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Soon we will see reports about the hackers who hacked the hackers who hacked the hackers.
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