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Jim__

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39. I absolutely agree. Profoundly stupid and will definitely fail.

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 01:25 PM

Mar 2025

I did consulting in the software industry. And the one thing you always needed when working in someone else's shop was someone from that shop to help you understand their files. We know DOGE didn't have that by the stupid mistakes they made when they first looked at SSA's files.

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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