For instance: "I walked into the library and the library smelled like every library I'd ever been in and Dewey decimals were on all the spines, same tiny font, tiny numbers, and I thought, for a moment, that there actually were things you could count on in this world until I realized that the most dependable things in the world are not of any significant use to any substantial problems".
Instead, though, it decided to partner, and that's probably a good thing as it will give the company access to Databricks' existing customers, who Ghodsi noted are looking for a dependable enterprise cloud.
All good things come to an end, however, even dependable detectives.
While the 100th annual New York Armory show was doing its dependable, blue chip thing, down the street the three-year-old Moving Image fair was selling Vines.
Their architectural formula has been simple and dependable: drape the thing in as many nostalgic touches as possible, then wait for fans to rush the turnstiles.
I look for an artist who puts a dependable trademark on things.
"The only thing that is reliable and dependable about Trump is that he's unreliable and not dependable," he added.
Made with confectioners' sugar, it's a sturdy, dependable frosting, the kind of thing that's ideal for a kid's birthday party or to ice three dozen cupcakes for a bake sale.
Everyone loves a cog because it's dependable to do the same thing --repeatedly -- with little push back.
Later, though, things become less dependable.
