Think not of a desktop app, but of doing everything client-side in JS. That way, it's still a web app, but you're not schlepping [sensitive|large] data between front and back-ends. Also, by offloading the work onto clients, it scales much better - you could host the app on a CDN and have no real back-end.
I originally wrote it in entirely client side JS, but it didn't scale nicely past a few hundred thousand rows. For the really big datasets, CSV Explorer loads them into Redshift - queries takes a few seconds!
Personal anecdote: I've been living without a personal car for 4 years now thanks to my city's dedication to public transportation, choosing to live close to where I work, and using literally every car share service available when the need arises. The only part of driving itself I consistently enjoy is listening to my music louder than normal. If I buy a car in the future it will absolutely be entirely electric and have autonomous functionality.
I agree with you, phone companies have developed a planned obsolesce model that is very frustrating. I actually just went through the same process in the opposite direction - I switched from having iPhones to Android. I've heard tales of iPhones staying capable and functional for many years but my experience was that after a year or two there'd be an update that drastically reduced the performance (or rendered it basically unusable which happened 3 times). I suppose the grass is greener on the other side but I'm pleased so far with my switch. Good luck.
In my experience with iPhones, this was true for older generations where they simply didn't have the processing power for newer OS features. My switch from my iPhone 4 to a 5 was strictly for performance reasons, but I went from my 5 to a 6S just to have something newer with mostly a better camera and touch-id. Performance-wise the phone was still perfectly usable (my brother still uses it). Sure it was a lot faster, and there still are massive leaps in performance with every generation, but these days that performance is mostly used to race to idle for improved battery life.
For the current applications, an iPhone 5S level of performance - a phone which is 4 years old - is still very usable today. That's also why Android flagship phones aren't really in trouble while still struggling to match the performance of a year-old iPhone 6S, and can't even dream of getting near the iPhone 7's performance. They mostly try to compete with stuff people do notice these days: the camera - where they have a lot more success.
Yes, the number of followers for Trump on various social media were substantial but might not be reliable figures [0] due to bots. I'm sure Trump isn't alone with the use of bots, but so far analysis shows that many bots were being utilized as part of his campaign.
This is probably true, and why Oregon just passed Outdoor School for All [0]. It's not exactly the same as scouts and guides but it is a guaranteed week-long outdoor education to every student in Oregon.
I was thinking about this as well. I just learned about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact[0], which would at least cover situations (like this election) where electoral vote results that don't jive with the popular vote.
