Looks like you’re blaming Postgres for Something that sounds like Sequelize’s fault. You should try prototyping parts of your application in a language that is better supported. Last I used Sequelize I was disappointed at how poorly it fared compared to other libraries like Django ORM or SQLAlchemy.
I don't share the negative sentiments expressed by others in response to your question. I think things have changed significantly for the better. I'll leave you with these two images - you can decide for yourself if anything has changed:
I'm on an astrophotography kick lately, so the only thing I see is "increase in light pollution". So goes progress, but it would be neat if some places found ways to advance without also leaving behind the vision of the stars that used to fascinate and inspire so many people.
Really impressive, particularly growth of all those around Bangkok. Is Modi effect truly this far flung, or is NASA image just of higher resolution now showing lots of smaller dots?
Looking at the comparison for Kerala, I really feel sad and worried. It doesn't look like much improved for my state during this period. And everyone likes to talk about Kerala being number one!
Just FYI - India is not a homogenous society. It has 22 official languages, 29 states + 7 union territories, 9 officially recognized religions.
So, no, there is no "Indian head wobble". What the fine article describes is a distinct cultural thing amongst a very specific subset of India's population that western society has encountered so far.
It's common enough that you can call it Indian head wobble.
Not all Americans are fat, you can still talk about the American obesity problem even if a few of the states are fitter than the European average.
People talk about American accent, but a Texan, a Californian and a New Yorker (just to pick 3 of many examples) will sound very distinct.
People talk about beer tasting German, but it's very distinct between Bavaria and Cologne.
Not talking about the Indian head wobble is just unnecessary hair splitting. It's an interesting phenomenon which is spread widely enough in India and throughout the Indian diaspora that you can call it that.
> Not talking about the Indian head wobble is just unnecessary hair splitting. It's an interesting phenomenon which is spread widely enough in India and throughout the Indian diaspora that you can call it that.
I don't know if you're Indian or very familiar with India, but this really is not true.
I'm from Punjab and the first time I travelled to Karnataka the head wobble was something of a culture shock to me. The way people constantly shook their heads to signal being attentive towards another person who is speaking, the way I saw an auto driver do a slow 180-degree shake to signal "yes I'm familiar with the address" while I thought he was trying to say "I've never heard of that place in my life", we have nothing similar in Punjab or its neighbouring states.
Maybe it's common in the Indian diaspora, because there is a lot of cross-Indian-state intermixing outside India, but that is not the case within India itself.
Unless you've also seen the South Indian headshake, you might not know exactly what I meant by the culture shock. No Punjabi would do a long, slow sweep of their head to say "yes".
India is more diverse than you or I can imagine, so it really makes no sense to compare it with the likes of the US or Germany. Heck, I would argue that the vast majority of countries are perfectly homogenous relative to India.
That's not to say there isn't an 'indian head wobble'. It doesn't mean everyone or even most indians wobble their heads, or that there aren't people outside india who do so too, but that there are people in india who wobble their head, and it has come to be identified with india.
And I agree that he is overgeneralizing. There are a lot of people that i come across who don't do this wobble. But in IT hubs (Hyd, Bng etc) it does seems to a general behavior.
If you don't have an ear for specific accents they start to sound very similar/the same.
There are hundreds of British (or Chinese, Japanese etc) accents. But unless you are familiar with them, and often the language they speak most (as you tend to change your accent for speaking a different language) they all sound unbelievably similar.
It's surprising how even the most educated western, either Europeans or Americans are unaware of this fact. So many times people would go, "he/she doesn't look very Indian".
You obviously have not dealt with the US government. Take it from someone who was, is and will likely be scarred several years from dealing with the US Government (esp. US Immigration), this scenario is very real.
Yes, I think this is just too dystopian for rational people to be allowing to occur. We've actually made intrusive, spying devices which laugh at their users. (Note, they're not owners, but just users of a service owned by a mega-corp.)
I think anyone who thinks that this is okay, didn't have their prescribed dosage of Max Headroom re-runs.
It is just too dystopian to be real. We can't seriously be running as fast as we can off this cliff, really people?
No. Any company can use existing satellite launch companies to launch their constellation. You don't need to be a "rocket company" first. There are plenty that can do this on the cheap - ISRO for example.
My argument is about margin and replication costs not about if there are alternative routes towards replicating SpaceX's network, given enough money. Of course if you had infinite money you could burn up hundreds of rockets to get your network in place using existing providers. But my guess is that money is going to flow literally anywhere else if, for example, you will be spending 10x money as SpaceX just for table stakes of getting your satellites in orbit.
Nobody can do it as cheap as a used rocket. Since the they will be (relatively) mass producing their internet satellites, losing one on a highly reused rocket won't be much of a financial hit. SpaceX could test rockets to failure with their own sats for a tiny fraction of the cost anyone else would face.
