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6. It's not stupid if your endgame is to crash the system.

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Fri Mar 28, 2025, 11:25 AM

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Hi. I'm an expert in modernizing legacy government software systems. This is profoundly stupid and will definitely fail [View all] demmiblue Mar 2025 OP

LMAO I Learned COBOL On A Vax 11-780 Back In The Mid 80's... MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #1

Yup. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #14

The Assembly Language Set Of The Vax 11/780 Was A Magnficent Beast! MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #16

I was the summer sys admin Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #18

I taught for Digital Equipment Corporation MurrayDelph Mar 2025 #21

Ahh . . . Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #23

Me, too MurrayDelph Mar 2025 #33

Same shape - Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #42

We must have been at UCLA around the same time wackadoo wabbit Mar 2025 #45

I don't remember what system was used to teach COBOL when I learned it Klondike Kat Mar 2025 #27

I Adored Computer Science... One Of My Favorite Books As A Sophomore Was An Early Tome On Complier Optimization. MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #41

Ooops! Sorry. defacto7 Mar 2025 #2

"We had to destroy the system in order to 'save' it....." lastlib Mar 2025 #20

Ok, is the writer (not implying the OP author) of the piece just naive? harumph Mar 2025 #3

Not as easily hackable because script kiddies don't know it, can't fathom it. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #15

Exactly what I asked here: sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #4

The only reason to do this is for Musk to get an enormous government contract to do the work. Lonestarblue Mar 2025 #5

Eugenics. Social Security takes from Technology Development. haele Mar 2025 #22

It's not stupid if your endgame is to crash the system. IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 2025 #6

Exactly. They have zero ability to improve SSA. Girard442 Mar 2025 #38

Deliberately breaking it so it must be discarded. Bull in a china shop. lindysalsagal Mar 2025 #7

Can people in there save the code for later restoration? nt AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #8

Yes...hopefully angrychair Mar 2025 #17

Elon wants to break it so he alone can fix it - for billions of dollars in fees and future contracts dalton99a Mar 2025 #9

Talk about waste, fraud, & abuse... snot Mar 2025 #10

It's planned to fail. yardwork Mar 2025 #11

Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #34

The tech babies don't know COBOL Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #12

Honestly, how are they authorized to do this work? Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #13

This will fail angrychair Mar 2025 #19

Messing up initially is part of the plan JCMach1 Mar 2025 #24

All intentional JCMach1 Mar 2025 #25

Bank robbers pretending to fix a bank vault that is not broken. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #26

Looks like something to keep DOGE looking busy...or as noted in the article, something worse. dutch777 Mar 2025 #28

This is Elon we're talking about Johnny2X2X Mar 2025 #29

I know nothin about computer systems-other than I want them to work. Thanks to those who gave info above. riversedge Mar 2025 #30

Remember the Twitter takeover? I watched from afar, but it sure looked like deliberate vandalism to me. Hekate Mar 2025 #31

Kick SheltieLover Mar 2025 #32

Nominee for SSA is CEO of Fiserv a payment services company kkmarie Mar 2025 #35

This project will take off like a Space X rocket Xipe Totec Mar 2025 #36

If it ain't broke don't fix it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2025 #37

I absolutely agree. Profoundly stupid and will definitely fail. Jim__ Mar 2025 #39

Yep, old timer COBOL programmer here from years ago... Dan Mar 2025 #40

Musk's whole "career" features episodes of radical recoding of systems, with unpredictable results Emrys Mar 2025 #43

So are we all f**ked?? vapor2 Mar 2025 #44