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The government doesn't use SQL (programming.dev)
submitted 1 week ago by suy@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@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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[โ€“] seang96@spgrn.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When you die your social is reused and assigned to someone else eventually. This is what makes it not unique. If something were to screw up in the process the new person could have debt from the prior person for example even though it is not their debt. Another concept common is using the last 4. There are so many conflicts when using just last 4 in a database its bad design.

[โ€“] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

When you die your social is reused and assigned to someone else eventually.

This is not true, but often repeated. From SSA