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@oakey66@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

www.wired.com

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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

www.wired.com

@oakey66@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago
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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.
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      We know. Those of us who are paying attention, anyway.

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