NEW: DOGE is planning to migrate the Social Security Administration codebase to a new programming language.
This would normally take years. DOGE wants it done in months. That could put benefits for millions of Americans at risk.
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/
This would normally take years. DOGE wants it done in months. That could put benefits for millions of Americans at risk.
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/
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It's just a terrible idea to have this crew try to undertake it.
https://bsky.app/profile/joocifer.bsky.social/post/3lhtgmmmgt225
Problem is these guys were googling 'how to use LLMs to convert lots of PDFs' just last year. These guys are not the people to touch this.
The plan is not to replace and upgrade, it’s to destroy SSA.
So on top of this being a bad idea, the guy heading it up has been asleep since ‘08 or so?
Like. They're just fucking it up on purpose while promising all over to 'improve' it, and they'll leave its smoking crater behind with a big shrug later like 'oops guess you shouldn't have gov't overreached in the first place huh!'.
#starlinktakedown #teslatakedown
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Hey grok AI , that didn't work. Can you rewrite it in Go instead.
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Hey grok AI. Mary Smith in Salmon Idaho didn't get the proper amount of SS payment last month. Can you tell me why?"
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- Tesla batteries that spontaneously combust
- SpaceX rockets that blow up
- Firing the people who manage the country's nuclear stock piles
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They do not.
"SpaceX rockets that blow up"
The most reliable rockets on this planet.
Which means it's almost certain that some portion (if not all) senior citizens receiving Social Security will suffer direct, irrevocable harm
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- Not receive checks
- Their checks will be sent to the wrong address
- Their checks will be in the wrong amount
- Historical data will be deleted, making it impossible for them to prove how much they're entitled to
Etc...
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- Illness from not being able to afford food, medication, ...
- Homelessness when rent or mortgages can't be paid
- Etc...
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Half a century of testing effort has probably been needed to get to today... A similar amount will be needed for any replacement system...
Create your account your SSA account and download all your information. They are going to crash it for sure.
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."