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Trump's Second Term

The Don said:
Even if they are, tackling a huge antiquated system written in a language and using coding standards you're not that familiar with without ******* it up is a big ask IMO especially if it's done in a hurry without adequate testing.
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This is the right answer.

In addition to the well-known problems of working in legacy systems, the really insidious thing is not knowing what the original requirements and design constraints might have been. Musk's geniuses messed up Twitter, which was a relatively modern code base. They did so by plowing into it without a clear understanding of the problems it was trying to solve, and without adequate control. I promise you that none of the kids he employs has adequate experience in this kind of engineering. Really, really smart doesn't make up for experience.
 
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Andy_Ross said:
Elon says they are the best programmers in the world.
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I don't trust his judgment or his honesty. Neither has proven especially foolproof before.

In any case, if his minions are so good then it should be easy for them to pass the customary tests of professional proficiency and trustworthy background. When he stamps his little feet and threatens to arrest people who reveal the names of his geniuses, and then we find out that they aren't the bastions of virtue we are meant to believe they are, the game is pretty much laid bare.
 
The Don said:
Even if they are, tackling a huge antiquated system written in a language and using coding standards you're not that familiar with without ******* it up is a big ask IMO especially if it's done in a hurry without adequate testing.
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Isn’t “breaking things” part of Elon’s strategy to get things moving quickly?
 
In fairness Musk is presently melting down that the first of his disgusting racist little boy club was exposed as a vile racist. Apparently he considers exposing the antics of this guy is doxxing. He wants his little ◊◊◊◊ boys to be anonymous.

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angrysoba said:
Not sure how many are completely made up, but some of them seem to be at least inaccurate.

That said, if you look at this document and search through words like contraception, abortion and vaccine, you get the idea that this document is strongly against getting any of this on Affordable Care Act: morning after pills, abortions and vaccines that have been tested on cell lines from aborted fetuses. There's clearly a very religious right aspect to their "healthcare" approach.


ETA: It was written by Roger Severino, someone who has very strong religious beliefs about the sanctity of the traditional family and very strong religious beliefs against those whose behaviour is immoral. In other words, as Christopher Hitchens says, you may want to mentally set your watch...
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I love it when christers talk about the nuclear family as the traditional family, as the former has only really been a thing since the 50's (slightly earlier in more developed countries, and about the Victorian era for upper class families). The traditional family in most christian countries is multi-generational and often includes aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives to the second degree.
 
Gulliver Foyle said:
I love it when christers talk about the nuclear family as the traditional family, as the former has only really been a thing since the 50's (slightly earlier in more developed countries, and about the Victorian era for upper class families). The traditional family in most christian countries is multi-generational and often includes aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives to the second degree.
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Maybe that will be the scandal.

“I’m all for family love!”
“But…but… with your uncle?”
 
TellyKNeasuss said:
How is it possible to even learn an entire software system in just a few days much less modify it?
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That's why I suspect he was writing code to figure out how the system works. A lot of it could have simply been database queries.

That, however, in no way mitigates the fact he was not a vetted employee of the treasury department, and as such his access to the system was decidedly illegal.
 
Random said:
That should be interesting. Pentagon procurement is one of the biggest make-work programs in America. It's the closest thing we have to Guaranteed Jobs Program. And the inefficient "make lots of little factories all over" model is specifically designed to make shutting down the gravy train as politically painful as possible.
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The thing is, the current system is very good at designing weapons that work even if there's a lot of pork barrel involved. What Galaxy Brain will implement will either be the plan of the Jet Fighter mafia where they design and build kit for three wars ago because it's "rugged" and "technology takes away from the warrior" or the Ruzzian system where all the money for kit disappears and you end up with kit built three wars ago.
 
JayUtah said:
No, Musk claimed it violated the law to reveal the names of federal employees.
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Did he? The only claim I've seen Musk make about people breaking the law is the death threats. Perhaps you have something else in mind? Or are you getting that second hand?
 
Gulliver Foyle said:
The thing is, the current system is very good at designing weapons that work even if there's a lot of pork barrel involved. What Galaxy Brain will implement will either be the plan of the Jet Fighter mafia where they design and build kit for three wars ago because it's "rugged" and "technology takes away from the warrior" or the Ruzzian system where all the money for kit disappears and you end up with kit built three wars ago.
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If there's one thing Musk is known for, it's an aversion to new technology.

Do you even listen to yourself?
 
JayUtah said:
I don't trust his judgment or his honesty. Neither has proven especially foolproof before.

In any case, if his minions are so good then it should be easy for them to pass the customary tests of professional proficiency and trustworthy background. When he stamps his little feet and threatens to arrest people who reveal the names of his geniuses, and then we find out that they aren't the bastions of virtue we are meant to believe they are, the game is pretty much laid bare.
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The code is likely written in PL/I or COBOL and runs on IBM mainframes. A 25 year old might not have known these things existed before encountering them, let alone understand them.
 
Blue Mountain said:
That's why I suspect he was writing code to figure out how the system works. A lot of it could have simply been database queries.

That, however, in no way mitigates the fact he was not a vetted employee of the treasury department, and as such his access to the system was decidedly illegal.
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Cite the statute.
 
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