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by PunchyHamster 36 days ago
the history of every append only database:

* we will make it append only, the type of data makes sense for it and it will simplify the design

* whoops, devs fucked something up and added a bunch of nonsense that have to be removed, let's figure out how to make at least occasional deletes work

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I already had that experience of some bad data and 85c degrees getting into my temperature sensor readings. BTW 85c just means it's invalid. So I do need to delete the bad data. The way it can be done now is to just export, filter and then import. I'll to resist the temptation to fix this
fellow DS18B20 user I see.

It's such a fucking stupid design quirk and so many drivers just don't compensate for it ;/

these match my experiences living with these in production.