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AhhYes posted:https://twitter.com/WaysMeansCmte/status/1557029202158915585?s=20&t=das_sJvLjoKtBbYwz3I58Q Appeal to the SCOTUS in ….
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This is all intentional. Of course it's ridiculous. It didn't get this way on accident.
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Jaxyon posted:This is all intentional. Of course it's ridiculous. It didn't get this way on accident. it's also surprisingly difficult to upgrade old systems in the federal government, lots of federal agencies that are not specifically hated by congress have failed to upgrade their systems from 1970s era poo poo the problem seems to be trying to upgrade everything at once into a new model leads to something not working and massive budget overruns
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evilweasel posted:it's also surprisingly difficult to upgrade old systems in the federal government, lots of federal agencies that are not specifically hated by congress have failed to upgrade their systems from 1970s era poo poo As I am sure you know EW its a combination of contracting issues, demand issues, and privacy issues. Try looking cross agency at websites and the portals they use, its like out of 1995.
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evilweasel posted:it's also surprisingly difficult to upgrade old systems in the federal government, lots of federal agencies that are not specifically hated by congress have failed to upgrade their systems from 1970s era poo poo That doesn't preclude also not funding their upgrade and replacement because you don't want them to work well.
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evilweasel posted:it's also surprisingly difficult to upgrade old systems in the federal government, lots of federal agencies that are not specifically hated by congress have failed to upgrade their systems from 1970s era poo poo
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evilweasel posted:it's also surprisingly difficult to upgrade old systems in the federal government, lots of federal agencies that are not specifically hated by congress have failed to upgrade their systems from 1970s era poo poo every big company in america has refused to upgrade its systems for people who aren't white collar workers at corporate. wal-mart, costco, target their instore systems are all roughly as advanced as this
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evilweasel posted:it's also surprisingly difficult to upgrade old systems in the federal government, lots of federal agencies that are not specifically hated by congress have failed to upgrade their systems from 1970s era poo poo To add onto this, it’s not just limited to the government. Lots of private industry software still rely on old, archaic systems. Even today, more than 40% of banking systems still rely on COBOL. It’s just insanely complex/risky/expensive to upgrade these systems
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It's not even that it's risky, it's that is a large investment of money and manpower that won't pay off for a long time. It's hard to justify when the old dinosaur is still stumbling along mostly working most of the time Of course this thinking means major overhauls don't happen until the system is displaying glaring problems and very obviously about to collapse, which is where the IRS actually is these days
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haveblue posted:It's not even that it's risky, it's that is a large investment of money and manpower that won't pay off for a long time. It's hard to justify when the old dinosaur is still stumbling along mostly working most of the time evilweasel fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Aug 9, 2022 |
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:every big company in america has refused to upgrade its systems for people who aren't white collar workers at corporate. wal-mart, costco, target their instore systems are all roughly as advanced as this Oh boy if you think it's better at corporate I've got news for you. Those big backend systems are the most ancient of all.
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When I started working as an inventory manager at a big chain pet store in 2013 they were still using an extremely lovely DOS based inventory/ordering system. They finally upgraded and literally took all the power of decision making out of the hands of the inventory manager and now it's constantly out of stock of all kinds of poo poo lol
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Sometimes I regret not learning AS400 and COBOL and just spending my days supporting ancient architecture that underpins all of society.
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evilweasel posted:look, nothing bad and hilariously expensive has ever happened from having by having incomprehensible ancient back-end systems that definitely didn't lead to a very funny court decision Ah, yes, a textbook "yes, your honor, everyone should know well that we are so incredibly stupid as to throw hundreds of millions of dollars out the window by accident" defense
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:every big company in america has refused to upgrade its systems for people who aren't white collar workers at corporate. wal-mart, costco, target their instore systems are all roughly as advanced as this The Wal-Mart point of sale system for deliveries might as well be an Apple IIe.
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evilweasel posted:look, nothing bad and hilariously expensive has ever happened from having by having incomprehensible ancient back-end systems that definitely didn't lead to a very funny court decision What, like when the Canadian government hastily rolled out a new pay system that frequently paid people too late, too much, too little, different amounts every pay period, or just nothing at all?
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# ? Aug 9, 2022 20:44 |
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In case you have javascript disabled or can't get past the paywall in the WaPo article about the IRS, this is the picture of the cafeteria at the Austin office where they process all the tax returns they have in the article:
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Jarmak posted:Oh boy if you think it's better at corporate I've got news for you. Those big backend systems are the most ancient of all. Yeah, typically the bigger the company / system, the more institutional inertia there is to overcome to upgrading and modernizing. This is both from due to technical reasons, (I. E. This new database / software / whatever has to be able to track these 100 custom data points that isn't available out of box and has to be tooled up by hand) logistical reasons, ( we have to upgrade hardware / software for an entire server farm to the tune of $$megabux$$) or personel reasons (our staff have a decade+ of experience in OLD_SOFTWARE and either can't or won't retrain to the new software) but either way doing any kind of process upgrade can be a nightmare.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:In case you have javascript disabled or can't get past the paywall in the WaPo article about the IRS, this is the picture of the cafeteria at the Austin office where they process all the tax returns they have in the article: Yeah, one gets very Soviet Russia vibes.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:WaPo also has a really interesting and informative story about what the $80 billion going to the IRS in the IRA is for. It starts out with some pretty insane details that you may have already heard about. It then spirals into even crazier territory that you most likely haven't. This is hilarious. My compny ran that Cafe location. I remember my DM talking about the paper storage thing as a reason that we weren't going to reopen there once pandemic precautions were diminished.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Was it the FBI or DoJ that spent a ton on a computer upgrade and it turned into a huge shitshow FBI, article from 2005 quote:F.B.I. Ends a Faltering Effort to Overhaul Computer Software Professor Beetus posted:When I started working as an inventory manager at a big chain pet store in 2013 they were still using an extremely lovely DOS based inventory/ordering system. They finally upgraded and literally took all the power of decision making out of the hands of the inventory manager and now it's constantly out of stock of all kinds of poo poo lol A big part of why Target's expansion into Canada failed was trying to rollout SAP inventory management at the same time. Lots of empty shelves and baffling shipments.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:WaPo also has a really interesting and informative story about what the $80 billion going to the IRS in the IRA is for. It starts out with some pretty insane details that you may have already heard about. It then spirals into even crazier territory that you most likely haven't. Yeah stuff like this is why the Republicans are constantly screaming about "87,000 IRS Agents with GUNS", because they want to keep the average person from knowing and understanding just how dire the situation is in terms of the IRS' structural and staffing issues, to the point that people still haven't received their tax refunds from 2020.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:FBI, article from 2005 I am baffled how they are still in business.
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Meatball posted:If this is the case, I'm excited to hear why Republicans think selling state secrets to our enemies is actually cool and good. It looks like their plan is to refuse to release their copy of the warrant and claim the FBI planted evidence. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1557095276329959429 You know, as you do when you are very innocent.
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Well Biden did, conveniently, make sure to be elsewhere yesterday. This is a solid little speech and it's good to see him down there. I imagine deep red places like Kentucky are light years away from not hating Democrats, but stuff like this is a step in the right direction. https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1556749516371623936
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7c Nickel posted:It looks like their plan is to refuse to release their copy of the warrant and claim the FBI planted evidence. Everyone knows that making things up with no evidence holds up really well in court. drat FBI! Why didn't they do better? She actually says "I don't think they planted anything they are just going to make stuff up"
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Two years ago, if you said this would happen, no one would believe you. https://twitter.com/andrewcuomo/status/1556990308424028163?s=20&t=Kz55dK9K7UyAt7A4JdNYTQ The 2020 frontrunner for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination everyone!
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I imagine Andrew Cuomo has always had strong opinions about investigations of public officials.
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Young Freud posted:Two years ago, if you said this would happen, no one would believe you. Naw he's going for a forward party nomination with Yang.
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As much as he's frustrated the Dems and as many articles as have been written about him not being the man for this moment, we're seeing one of the major upsides to picking someone like Decorum Avatar Dark Garland to run DOJ. You know you never have to worry about his poo poo not being on point. He may not ever move on things you think he should, but if he ever does move on something it's safe to assume he's basically got the crime in Dolby Digital and 15 different cameras of coverage, with James Cameron directing. "Harvard Law Today posted:
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:In case you have javascript disabled or can't get past the paywall in the WaPo article about the IRS, this is the picture of the cafeteria at the Austin office where they process all the tax returns they have in the article: This seems about right. I worked for the IRS in Utah, and we had entire wings of the various buildings dedicated to holding paper returns. It's something that literally is dangerous - we were close to having serious ADA concerns because carts were spilling out into hallways - and if this bill can help reduce that amount of paper and modernize the IDRS system, then I will be super happy.
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Young Freud posted:Two years ago, if you said this would happen, no one would believe you. Half the country is shouting LOCK HER UP for a private email server a decade ago while the former governor of the most solidly Blue state in the country is making GBS threads out a compromise tweet about "inconsequential archives."
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So much has happened in the last 48 hours that I'm losing out on all the threads around the point where House Republican Scott Perry up and stated, apparently, that FBI agents seized his cell phone earlier today after the mar-a-largo raid. Perry, as I recall it, was central to the attempt to rid Trump of his acting AG and replace him with one of his own network, Jeffrey Clark, in order to overturn the election, which ended when the entire leadership of trump appointees threatened to walk out all at once. So I get to add "ok what do they have on Scott Perry" to the millions of questions I have now
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Young Freud posted:Two years ago, if you said this would happen, no one would believe you. A lot of people might believe you, actually. Internally in New York politics and if you asked politically active New Yorkers generally, Cuomo's reputation was always as a tyrannical operator who only earnestly believed in accumulating power, even (and perhaps especially) if it meant siding with Republicans over Democrats. Cuomo coming out swinging as anti-Trump was also some baldfaced political opportunism that ended with a rescinded Emmy.
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MadJackal posted:Half the country is shouting LOCK HER UP for a private email server a decade ago while the former governor of the most solidly Blue state in the country is making GBS threads out a compromise tweet about "inconsequential archives."
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https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1557136815454289920?t=p2oZt3okt1W9nxOH17f6Pw&s=19
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So with the CHIPS act signed, is the US actually going to develop a domestic high tech semiconductor manufacturing capability or is it all just a payout to intel and we'll continue begging TSMC for production slots?
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Kraftwerk posted:So with the CHIPS act signed, is the US actually going to develop a domestic high tech semiconductor manufacturing capability or is it all just a payout to intel and we'll continue begging TSMC for production slots? Everyone’s trying to “China-proof” their supply chains right now and keeping production of the oil of the 21st century completely in Taiwan is kind of asking for trouble down the line. It really all comes down to the competence of the American government and corporations so the second one definitely
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Kraftwerk posted:So with the CHIPS act signed, is the US actually going to develop a domestic high tech semiconductor manufacturing capability or is it all just a payout to intel and we'll continue begging TSMC for production slots? So far, there are two confirmed companies who are taking the deal to build production factories in the U.S. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1557149732337745920 Intel also committed to $20 billion in U.S. manufacturing. https://www.pcgamer.com/biden-calls-intels-plan-to-build-dollar20b-chip-factories-in-ohio-a-game-changer/ Nvidia, Qualcom, and AMD are not fans of the CHIPS act because they don't manufacture their own chips, so they aren't eligible for any of the production credit money, and don't want to start doing so. It would be a big investment for them to start doing it themselves and they probably won't.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:In case you have javascript disabled or can't get past the paywall in the WaPo article about the IRS, this is the picture of the cafeteria at the Austin office where they process all the tax returns they have in the article: LOL, I worked there and as much attention as that picture has gotten, it fails to convey that the cafeteria is just a fraction of the overall building, and nearly all of the hallways had carts lining the walls at the time it was taken too. They had to put signs on the walls just to keep track of which operation had its carts in each hallway. Dammerung posted:This seems about right. I worked for the IRS in Utah, and we had entire wings of the various buildings dedicated to holding paper returns. It's something that literally is dangerous - we were close to having serious ADA concerns because carts were spilling out into hallways - and if this bill can help reduce that amount of paper and modernize the IDRS system, then I will be super happy. Yep, we had to move carts out of a room where they were being stored at one point because the floor was about to collapse from the weight.
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