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> By the way, the FOIA process certainly has a cost which needs to be optimized out... Meaning 1: Republicans might very well try to get rid of a democratic ch
by jancsika 2y ago
> By the way, the FOIA process certainly has a cost which needs to be optimized out...
Meaning 1: Republicans might very well try to get rid of a democratic check on power under the cover of "reducing waste" and that is bad and I don't want it to happen.
Meaning 2: I believe the government works essentially like a compiler and therefore optimizing out anything in the name of efficiency is actually a "good thing."
I can't follow the "be generous" rule of HN because I cannot tell from your comment which one you mean. Could you clarify?
Edit: maybe more important-- I'm not sure which interpretation HN would take to be generous here.
- mnkv 2y agoI think it's pretty obvious it's 1. Given the recent huge, clearly politically-motivated cuts from the current administration, it feels pretty likely that FOIA could be disrupted under the guise of "cost-saving". And I think you're supposed to be generous to the commenter, not the current administration ;)
- ale42 2y agoIt was meaning 1, although I understand it was possibly not totally obvious after re-reading my comment.