@cstross @quixoticgeek This has been missing for yonks and it’s such an obvious use-case. Also: “ooh, weren’t they in… with… ah no I misremembered” advanced querying and pattern matching.

Now for a LOOKSLIKE extension to sql…

@happydisciple @cstross @quixoticgeek ... so y'all might get a kick out of this service and their API: thetvdb.com

@cstross kinda. Yeah... Think of the SQL injection fun...

@cstross @quixoticgeek No way this can go wrong~

That being said, I'd love being able to download a database dump of stuff instead of having to deal with both their lackluster frontend and the need for a functional internet connection.

@lispi314 @quixoticgeek I said queries, not INSERT statements! The underlying database should be immutable except to admins.

@cstross @quixoticgeek I can still imagine a number of DoS shenanigans one could get up to.

It doesn't affect the integrity, but the usability yes.

@lispi314 @cstross well yes. You can denial of service anything if you put your mind to it. It's just a question big how easy it is...

@quixoticgeek @lispi314 You can DoS the entire biosphere if you can convince enough VCs and PE dudebros that your LLM will bring about the Singularity if they pay for you to install an extra 5TW of coal-fired power stations to power the server farms to train your model!

@cstross @quixoticgeek Yeah, it would've been a very good idea to put those people in a locked room with a sandbox and absolutely nothing dangerous to anyone but themselves within reach.

They visibly can't be trusted with anything more.

@cstross @lispi314 @quixoticgeek Isn’t this our current state of affairs?