What does he mean by this? Is the social security database a folder of text files?
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Simple works
spreadsheet 😅
Based on this note, they’re probably in manilla folders under a fucking volcano or something
https://primal.net/e/note102ww34hky3zcl00um74j8lp5xfk2shz2rdnmpwqs9f7rr3aga5fsezfdkm
I would say a NoSQL database or Excel, but if it’s the government, it’s probably just paper files.
Mines, they use mines and paper
It's highly likely to be a 'Mainframe' db. The option to use a relational model and SQL script is available once IBM db2 was introduced but it's very likely these systems are older than that and are not using second generation upgraded options.
And it benefits everyone if there's no clean way to cross reference and identify fraud, so yeah, why upgrade? Unlike in a business, where it benefits the shareholders to cut fraud and control expenses.