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		vesak on Nov 25, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cassandra is not row level consistent Cassandra is not a person, so that was not ad hominem.

pekk on Nov 25, 2016 | [–]

You are technically right (the best kind), but the underlying idea is valid, that this is just cussing out a product with no technical detail, and that's not constructive.

pkolaczk on Nov 25, 2016 | [–]

Technically, Cassandra was a person in Greek mythology. So still ad hominem.

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