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I don't think I've ever heard of a Congressman going to GitHub, poking around in some open source code, and then asking very cogent and relevant questions about

I don't think I've ever heard of a Congressman going to GitHub, poking around in some open source code, and then asking very cogent and relevant questions about it. This video is incredible if only because of that.

krferriter 7y ago
Yeah that's the most interesting part of this video. Good to know at least 1 person in Congress knows what "code" is and what "GitHub" is, and even more good that they're knowledgeable enough to know what Rust is, that different languages exist and may have different features and stability, and what nightly builds are. Since overseeing software and data security regulations is part of their job.
ryanmarsh 7y ago
Congresspeople often come from backgrounds other than law. It could have also been his aides helping with this.
- profalseidol 7y ago
  In country, that background is acting, singing and dancing (and punching).
pohl 7y ago
Probably an intern on his staff did the research.
- hnaccy 7y ago
  >Riggleman was in the Air Force for eleven years, serving as an intelligence officer. He then worked as a contractor for the National Security Agency. He may just be familiar with programming.
  - darcinc 7y ago
    Most people in the government that I've dealt with oversee projects and are really risk and contract managers. I took the question more as "why are you using a new language and nightly builds of that language." It's exactly the kind of thing that most program managers wouldn't even consider.
- sudhirj 7y ago
  No it sounds like he was either an engineer or engineering manager somewhere in the DoD.
  - killjoywashere 7y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Riggleman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Riggleman Associate of Science (AS) in Avionics Systems from the Community College of the Air Force in 1996. Graduate Certificate (GradCert) in Project Managment from Villanova University in 2007. Air Force for eleven years, serving as an intelligence officer. He then worked as a contractor for the National Security Agency
rvz 7y ago
Perhaps they did their own research on Libra and prepared those questions before and then asked Facebook basic questions about the design & implementation of Libra.
em-bee 7y ago
i have noticed over the past few years that more and more people with a technical and science background go into politics. it happened in singapore, china, a few countries in europe and it's probably happening more and more everywhere. in general i think this is a positive sign.

krferriter 7y ago

Yeah that's the most interesting part of this video. Good to know at least 1 person in Congress knows what "code" is and what "GitHub" is, and even more good that they're knowledgeable enough to know what Rust is, that different languages exist and may have different features and stability, and what nightly builds are. Since overseeing software and data security regulations is part of their job.

ryanmarsh 7y ago

Congresspeople often come from backgrounds other than law. It could have also been his aides helping with this.

profalseidol 7y ago
In country, that background is acting, singing and dancing (and punching).

pohl 7y ago

Probably an intern on his staff did the research.

hnaccy 7y ago
>Riggleman was in the Air Force for eleven years, serving as an intelligence officer. He then worked as a contractor for the National Security Agency. He may just be familiar with programming.
- darcinc 7y ago
  Most people in the government that I've dealt with oversee projects and are really risk and contract managers. I took the question more as "why are you using a new language and nightly builds of that language." It's exactly the kind of thing that most program managers wouldn't even consider.
sudhirj 7y ago
No it sounds like he was either an engineer or engineering manager somewhere in the DoD.
- killjoywashere 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Riggleman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Riggleman Associate of Science (AS) in Avionics Systems from the Community College of the Air Force in 1996. Graduate Certificate (GradCert) in Project Managment from Villanova University in 2007. Air Force for eleven years, serving as an intelligence officer. He then worked as a contractor for the National Security Agency

rvz 7y ago

Perhaps they did their own research on Libra and prepared those questions before and then asked Facebook basic questions about the design & implementation of Libra.

em-bee 7y ago

i have noticed over the past few years that more and more people with a technical and science background go into politics. it happened in singapore, china, a few countries in europe and it's probably happening more and more everywhere. in general i think this is a positive sign.