SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by mpereira » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 5:58 PM UTC

SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)
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Re: SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by pstuart » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 6:21 PM UTC

Worthless clickbait.

SQLite is beloved here (for good reason) but this adds nothing to our understanding and utilization of it.

The gold standard for correlation confusion: https://pastafarians.org.au/pastafarianism/pirates-and-globa...

Re: SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by clows » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 6:23 PM UTC

> Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

Re: SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by mpereira » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 6:26 PM UTC

pstuart wrote: post #2

Worthless clickbait. SQLite is beloved here (for good reason) but this adds nothing to our understanding and utilization of it. The gold standard for correlation confusion: https://pastafarians.org.au/pastafarianism/pirates-and-globa...

Sorry. It's just a joke. I saw the original in Dr. Richard Hipp's "SQLite: The Database at the Edge of the Network" and thought it was pretty funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jib2AmRb_rk

I added a "(humor)" tag at the end.

Re: SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by bastardoperator » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 6:29 PM UTC

Now do Android...

Re: SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by AriedK » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 6:29 PM UTC

pstuart wrote: post #2

Worthless clickbait. SQLite is beloved here (for good reason) but this adds nothing to our understanding and utilization of it. The gold standard for correlation confusion: https://pastafarians.org.au/pastafarianism/pirates-and-globa...

More: https://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

Re: SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by epolanski » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 6:32 PM UTC

pstuart wrote: post #2

Worthless clickbait. SQLite is beloved here (for good reason) but this adds nothing to our understanding and utilization of it. The gold standard for correlation confusion: https://pastafarians.org.au/pastafarianism/pirates-and-globa...

I love how they needed to edit the title and add (humor) to prevent more netizens to take it seriously.

Re: SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by k2enemy » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 6:33 PM UTC

Yes, I know this is humor (and as an sqlite fan, I got a good chuckle).

Other have pointed out the spurious correlation issue, but there's also the difficulty of viewing growth data on a linear scale. Switching to a logarithmic scale makes 2004 a less obvious inflection point between no growth and rapid growth.

Re: SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by mattl » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 6:35 PM UTC

bastardoperator wrote: post #5

Now do Android...

I don't think Apple's success has anything to do with Android (humor)

Re: SQLite: the secret behind Apple's success? (humor)

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Post by ozarker » Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 7:00 PM UTC

pstuart wrote: post #2

Worthless clickbait. SQLite is beloved here (for good reason) but this adds nothing to our understanding and utilization of it. The gold standard for correlation confusion: https://pastafarians.org.au/pastafarianism/pirates-and-globa...

My wife left me the day sqlite came out