DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
www.wired.com
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
  • monkeyman512@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    So was what I said. I was presenting a hypothetical way they justify their ridiculous claims by doing something else ridiculous.

    But conveying tone in text is difficult, so I’m not surprised you missed what I was going for.