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I agree and actually think code-wranglers and lawyers have more in common than people realize. I almost became a lawyer but decided to write code instead.
by eldavido 11y ago
I agree and actually think code-wranglers and lawyers have more in common than people realize. I almost became a lawyer but decided to write code instead.
- tshannon 11y agoSo the law should really be one giant program that legislators should "commit" code to, after code review of course. Neat idea.
- bduerst 11y agoTrain a neural net on all previous court data, and use it to preside over the bulk of redundant court cases. Call it De jure Recursive Engine Driving Decisions, or Judge D.R.E.D.D.
- selimthegrim 11y agoI always loved how the Judge DREDD video game went batshit crazy with acronyms.
- alistairSH 11y agoIsn't it already? State code can be published as a single tome. Committees write and review updates. In a bicameral legislature, there are usually review processes between the houses (QA?) The legislative body votes (commits) the changes. Then the governor acts as a final QA step before pushing to production.
- tshannon 11y agoTo a point, but if you look at most laws, especially tax laws, you'll see a completely lack of logic in many of them, so much so that they literally could not be put into a program.
- specialist 11y agoMy first exposure to Robert's Rules of Order was "OMG! Wait til gamers hear about this! It'll be like crack for them."