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Alternatively, analytics databases don't use indices by design, as for most queries they need to shuffle entire datasets anyways. For example, https://dbdb.io/db/vertica: "Indexes are not support in Vertica."

That is intriguing. 95% of my phone utilization could be replaced by a disconnected pocket computer that syncs wikipedia / email / news every morning.

Come to think of it, would an iphone with the cellular network disabled do?