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Philip Bump @pbump.com + Follow When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted. Yet somehow Musk isn't. Toshi @toshiHQ Follow It looks like Elon's genius coders don't know how COBOL works. Social security runs on COBOL, which does not use a date or time type. So the date is stored as a number using the ISO 8601 standard. The epoch for this is 150 years ago (1875) - aka the metre standard. So if you don't know the date of something, it will be a O value, which in COBOL will default to 1875 - 150 years ago. Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldTrumpJr - Feb 11 OMG!!! It's so bad what's been happening to our country and your money! Breaking: Musk says there's people over 150-years-old collecting Social Security... Show more February 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM Everybody can reply 3.3K reposts 365 quotes 10.3K likes

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Somehow Musk isn't familiar with default values being misinterpreted.


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Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website JASON KOEBLER · FEB 14. 2025 AT 1:42 AM "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN." Department of Government Efficiency The people voted for major reform. Savings Workforce Regulations Meet the U.S. Government Trace your tax dollars through the bureaucracy. U.S. Government Executive Branch Small Independent Agencies THESE "EXPERTS" LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN - roro IMAGE: DOGE.GOV The doge.gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk's cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database that can be edited by anyone, according to two separate people who found the vulnerability and shared it with 404 Media. One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say "this is a joke of a .gov site" and "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro."
Robert Reich @RBReich NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block. Follow The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. : A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency. 5:01 PM - Feb 14, 2025 - 987.6K Views
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