Quote Originally Posted by Keltest View Post
Im sorry, i seem to be afflicted with early morning groggyness. I could have sworn you just posted that a massive government entity was running their data collection efforts on a life threatening disease like a high schooler who is still figuring out how to store lots of numbers in a way thats legible without spending money on something they dont care about that much. But that cant be right.
I have some really bad news for you about what happens to software development/data science projects once you get enough fingers into the pot.

Often the people executing it are fully aware that it's a terrible idea on any technical basis, but the decision was made at a level where they weren't involved in it.