Graphql is a protocol for interacting with a remote system, parquet is about having a local file that you can index and retrieve data from in a more efficient way. It's especially useful when the data has a fairly well defined structure but may be large enough that you can't or don't want to bring it all into memory. They're similar concepts, but different applications

The point is to refute the people calling them liars for pointing out the obvious issues that happened in the past. If there wasn't a backlash, this post wouldn't make sense, but there was

The point is to stop expanding oil exploitation and refinement, and gradually reduce our dependency on the existing refining capabilities. But sure, your strawman of stopping all refining at once sounds pretty bad, almost as bad as unchecked climate change...

The market isn't great right now, and a lot of companies are doing the thing where they list jobs just to make their teams feel like more help is coming, but have no intention of hiring for the role. Try not to take it personally when an application doesn't work out, it usually is more about them than you, and the numbers game works against you. Hang in there, you'll pull through if you keep at it

Oh hey look, guessed it in one. And note that I said anywhere in the world, but sure they're all cia psyops, that's a very reasonable take. Have fun licking that boot, just because America is authoritarian doesn't mean you should trust what their opponents say about their own bad behavior, that's as ignorant as ignoring the crimes of the west

Let me guess, Tiananmen square was a totally justified response to CIA instigated unrest too? How about you link to a single source from any reputable news agency anywhere around the world instead of random shady sites that totally aren't propaganda? And to be clear, fuck the US government too, but China isn't exactly a bastion of free expression and journalism either

Tell that to the Uighurs