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The government doesn't use SQL (programming.dev)

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See the post on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/provisionalidea.bsky.social/post/3lhujtm2qkc2i

According to many comments, the US government DOES use SQL, and Musk is not understanding much what's going on.

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[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Elon starting to comment on technical matters was the moment I learned he was actually completely beyond incompetent, since I have some actual expertise on the subject. Right around the time he bought Twitter and commented publicly on its architecture.

This is further evidence to that point

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago

His response to the 2018 Thai Cave rescue is what made me realize how big of a shit stain on society he is.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's the Steven Segal of futurism

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 145 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As someone who has literally helped the government use SQL for over a decade, this is huge news.

[–] athairmor 53 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Elon and DOGE should really look into all of those Oracle contracts the Fed pays for. Must be all inefficiency and fraud.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

A government official known for performing a nazi salute just broadcast an ableist slur.

Cool cool cool

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[–] oakey66 74 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maury determined that this was a lie.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

See, they want you to believe that SQL stands for Structured Query Language. But I know from our lord and savior Elon that it actually means Socialist Queer Liberals!

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Lmao we’re gonna get to watch eel-on-musk and all of his dipshit wünderkinds speedrun through all of the pitfalls a junior DBA / data engineer is liable to make, and they’re gonna do it on prod, and prod is the US government.

What could possibly go wrong

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 day ago (15 children)

Jesus Fucking Christ !!!

What does Elmo think the government use ? MongoDB, because its Web Scale [0]?

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

SQL is not web-scale

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