Peter Bailis

SQL: redundant explanations (probably) should be collapsed by pruning rules

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In the mobile_data demo, macrobase-sql returns two singleton explanations when in fact the two correspond to the same tuples. e.g., ``` macrobase-sql> SELECT * FROM DIFF(SPLIT (SELECT *, percentile(battery_drain) AS...

SQL: counts should be integers

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Output for counts in SQL (`outlier_count`, `total_count`) are formatted as floats, but counts should always be integer-valued (I think). e.g., ``` macrobase-sql> SELECT * FROM DIFF(SPLIT (SELECT *, percentile(battery_drain) AS...

It would be helpful to be able to toggle between tuple and table-level reporting in the SQL console; e.g., ``` macrobase-sql> SELECT * FROM DIFF(SPLIT (SELECT *, percentile(battery_drain) AS percentile...

When I run with JDK 9: ``` jpbailis@suna:$ java -version java version "9.0.1" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11, mixed mode) pbailis@suna:$ bin/frontend.sh...

Remove contrib

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After several months of no activity, I think we should remove `contrib`. I will follow up following #205

Discussion of CAP consistency and Application-level consistency

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As I mentioned in #3, I think there are two major causes of confusion when it comes to "beating CAP." Number two is the difference between CAP "consistency" and application-level...

Discussion of weaker failure modes

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I think there are two major causes of confusion when it comes to "beating CAP." Number one is the fault model that Gilbert and Lynch assume. (Number two is the...