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According to many comments, the US government DOES use SQL, and Musk is not understanding much what's going on.
He used to be regarded as tony stark. Nah he is Justin Hammer. Steals ideas implements them shit and has no idea about anything
He is like tony stark in a timeline where Tony stark decided to join the terrorists instead of building the suit to escape. Oh and in this timeline Tony Starks brain has been rotted away by ketamine
Yeah. That is Hammer
Ok genuine question, what is the difference between a SQL database and a simple Excel spreadsheet?
Storage data structures. Database tables are designed for fast read/write. Excel is designed for fast simultaneous parallel computation.
To get a sense of what this looks like, you can read more about their data structures; Databases typically store data in what's called a "B Tree" and spreadsheets typically store as a format that can be easily converted into a "Directed Acyclic Graph" (although Excel lets you turn off the "acyclic" part if you allow circular references).
Although, with Excel specifically, there's probably not much difference since it has some database functionality now.
The amount of data, sql is designed to manage large datasets, millions of rows. Excel has its limits.
SQL is a language used to manage and interact with most relational databases so it is used often to describe relational databases. There are many tables in a relational database, each is very much like an excel tab. The excel spreadsheet can have many tabs relating to each other. So kinda similar. However a relational database is better defined, more functions and forced relationships, and most important space efficenct. Excel takes probably 100-1000 times more space, and that is best case.
Whenever Elon speaks of programming, he just spouts the most delusional Point-Haired Boss bullshit imaginable. Truly, he has been promoted to the level of his incompetence.
(It is also highly ironic considering the Dilbert creator's politics.)
"Our databases only store in RAM because I AM THE ELECTRICITY BATTERY MASTER"
You save quite a lot of time when working on a database if it's stored in RAM compared to tape, so it does make sense to use that technology
Yeah in memory databases can be super fast.
till the power goes out
It in Elon's case, catches fire and locks you in
Then you lose your database quickly, so it’s still fast
The worst kind of stupid doesn't need to learn about databases because it's just common sense.
Musk seems to think Musk is a tech genius, but really he was just born into money and used it to buy a bunch of companies. In fairness he was able to recognise which companies to buy, doesn't mean he knows anything about databases though.
In fairness he was able to recognise which companies to buy
I think this is just survivorship bias. There are millions of wealthy individuals investing in companies every single day. Occasionally these gambles pay off and make people extremely wealthy.
Most of the time the people who succeed just spend their incredibe wealth and live a quiet happy life.
But there are others who crave attention. These individuals bully their way into prestigious positions and pretend that they're leading the company.
Elon is that kind of person. He started wealthy, bet his money on companies that succeeded. Then took the CEO role so he would get credit for the companys' successes.
If ever people dare stop paying attention to him he'll do something drastic to recapture the spotlight on.
He's the kind of person who will stand on stage and do a nazi salute just because he wants you to look at him.
It's easy to gamble if money isn't yours. If your day to day survival depends on every dollar, then you don't have the freedom to dick around with investments.
It's easy to gamble if money isn't yours.
To my knowledge Musk is gambling with his own money, not hedge fund capital or something.
If your day to day survival depends on every dollar, then you don't have the freedom to dick around with investments.
But, yes, this is correct. If you're extremely wealthy then you can keep gambling. If you fail you still have a million other chances. So you're kind of guaranteed to succeed eventually.
Whereas the common person has one chance. If they fail that's it.
He also apparently watched a lot of SeaQuest DSV, and is trying to make it a reality. Hyperloop: SeaQuest. Electric cars: SeaQuest. Big car dashboard screens: SeaQuest. Magic Space Science: SeaQuest. CyberTruck....Apple Mouse ADB gen 1-ish wrapped in aluminum foil. I guess what I find most fascinating is that I have similar mental maladies to him, but I learned instead of just being perpetually dumb. It is actually disappointing that he chose to not learn and just ride the walrus instead. No idea why anyone worships him.
OT: You reminded me that i never watched seaquest more than a few episodes and i will have to do that now. does it still hold up for someone who loved TNG and Voyager?
As someone who does systems administration which includes numerous government owned database servers, this is news to me.
REAL GOVERNMENTS USE EXCEL SHEETS /j
Wasn't it the uk or something that messed up a vote due to excel's row limit?
I think it was something to do with COVID stats during the initial outbreak, but yes, yes it was the UK government and their bizarre love affair with stupid tech choices.
The only 'transparency' he's shown is screenshots of basic spreadsheets that don't actually clarify anything. His minions are just sending him spreadsheets extracted from systems they don't understand, and he's just making decisions based on whether the title of the program sounds woke or not.
It's going to be fun when he fucks with some Wall Street Equity fund's money.
dis what you get for working with 19 year old kids with inflated egos whom you only hired to worship you. Also when someone who is not an expert in a field has the confidence to make grand claims about practices in that field, it is a very nice litmus paper telling you that person is generally bullshitting.