Volundr

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by Volundr 2y ago
> There were no conservatives at 18F. And we know this how?
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by Volundr 2y ago
I can't think of anything much more corrupt than someone in government directing a government contract to a vendor they own with no process for considering other vendors. If that seems fine to you, then I don't think we'll ev
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by Volundr 2y ago
> How do we know it wasn’t corrupt to begin with If we think that, isn't the solution to reopen the bidding with more transparency, rather than hand it to the guy who just so happens to both be in charge of the team pushing for this
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by Volundr 2y ago
I'm not an attacker, just a boring old software dev. If there's an SQL Injection I'd say all bets are off re: schema. That said I've definitely worked on applications where knowing the schema could help you exfill data i
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by Volundr 2y ago
To be fair I've done plenty of jobs where a daily stand is the norm. That said my daily stand isn't being sent to ??? (Who is actually reviewing these?) That's maybe be run buy a guy the CEO happens to know who might or might
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by Volundr 2y ago
> Does it matter? Yes it does. Chain of command isn't a thing that just exists in Trumps head. He has to actually put people in a position to give instructions. How is a random government employee supposed to know this is an "o
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by Volundr 2y ago
> There is a belief that many in government are not even checking their communications Where are you getting this is the purpose? It certainly wasn't spelled out in the email. Sending an email on a weekend when they wouldn't be
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by Volundr 2y ago
A lot of the concern is about how it's going to be used. Who is even asking for it? For what purpose? Are they even in the chain of command? Also some positions don't really lend themselves to listing "accomplishments".
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by Volundr 2y ago
If you want to avoid increasing the deficit, you have to take in via tarrifs whatever you cut in income taxes. So no this doesn't mean households now have more disposable income. That money they were paying in income taxes they are now
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by Volundr 2y ago
Can you clarify what USAIDs objectives are and which programs are "far outside those objectives". Most of what I see being complained about can easily fall under socioeconomic development, which is ostensibly one of the objectives
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by Volundr 2y ago
Can you clarify what "crazy stuff" you'd like them to report on? The actual crazy claims (100 mil on condoms, 150 year old people collecting social security, millions on transgender plays) all fall apart under scrutiny. There
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by Volundr 2y ago
Not only was it created in 2014, but it allows for a max of a 4 year tour. You know to keep bringing in fresh outsiders like the parent comment wanted.
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by Volundr 2y ago
I've been out of the market for a bit, but last time I was in it, it was really terrible. I think it's better than it was a few years ago, but no where near where it was. It took me over 6 months to land a role, where previously I
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by Volundr 2y ago
> Well, it is a government agency tasked with audits. Why shouldn't it have root access? Why should it? I've participated in a number of audits. None of them involved giving the auditors root access. They get read-only access t
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by Volundr 2y ago
Losing weight by clipping your toenails.
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by Volundr 2y ago
> whose job it should be to be accurate. Surely the people doing an audit should be just as accurate no? If they can't keep track of (several) zeros how can you trust them to accurately work through all the documentation involved in
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by Volundr 2y ago
Bypassing the normal security procedures to ram a random person with a very shady background into our security apparatus seems like quite a lot of indulgence to me. I definitely don't believe Obama would have been granted the same.
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by Volundr 2y ago
I don't understand why people think this means he should be given unilateral goodwill and authority. Honestly I don't think any of the people saying it really believes that. If they did, the same logic would apply to Biden and Oba
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by Volundr 2y ago
How long do keep trusting when your verifications keep failing?
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by Volundr 2y ago
Europeans? Americans? Zimbabweans? Europe is a big place and has a significant impact on the world.
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by Volundr 2y ago
Also: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0200302000!opendo... When dealing with a population the size of the USA, and edge case you can imagine will be hit. Dealing with uncertainty is a must.
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by Volundr 2y ago
There are procedures for people whose birthdate is unknown [1][2] Without it a lot of people born during the great depression, born in other countries, abandoned, etc would never be eligible for social security. Even today it's entirel
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by Volundr 2y ago
> Trump literally said in a press conference about DOGE a few days ago that he will follow all court order https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/trump-unfreezing-feder... The judges issuing said order
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by Volundr 2y ago
The CFPB was effectively shut down with no replacement for the work it's doing (e.x. handling it when your credit card refuses to acknowledge fraud). I believe you on the fired. I don't on the "fixed immediately". I&#x27
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by Volundr 2y ago
> You don't think the literal nazi salute elon gave at a rally, twice, warrants any comparisons? Honestly? I was on team "he's a clueless weirdo" and was mostly amused by watching his supporters cortort themselves to
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by Volundr 2y ago
I use Optery and am happy with them. I can't offer a meaningful comparison to other services, but they seem transparent and responsive to user concerns.
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by Volundr 2y ago
> Or the 50 million USD for condoms. As Elon said, that's a lot of condoms. Right. Which is why you'd think he might realize that it doesn't make sense and maybe look again and realize it's not $50 million being spent
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by Volundr 2y ago
> Yet people with experience know that Step 2 requires orders of magnitude more effort and time than Step 1. And also that the steps here should be reversed. Sure if you are tearing down a building you destroy before creating, but system
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by Volundr 2y ago
I can't speak to any data that may or may not be compromised, but this isn't about inserting fake tweets. Anything in their "government org chart" can be edited unauthenticated.
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by Volundr 2y ago
I play Factorio quite a bit on Wayland and have never had a crash. I rarely use Steam but have a vague recollection of the overlay giving me a bad time. Might be something to try disabling if you haven't already.

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