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Re: Staying with the US Digital Service

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Post by kristianc »

trentmb wrote: post #55
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> One of the USDS project selection criteria is that we prioritize work that based on what will do the greatest good for the greatest number of people in the greatest need The USDS is a taxpayer-funded public entity. The "greatest good..." is determined by the law, written by our duly elected representatives. You don't get to serve the public and selectively reject the law. If the Congress passes a law you disagree w…

> you must follow it or resign--those are the only options, per your civil service oath. What's the difference between bureaucratic incompetence and sabotage?

Building it in MongoDB would probably give plausible deniability.

Re: Staying with the US Digital Service

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Post by raverbashing »

potatosoup wrote: post #36
1888franklin wrote: post #10

Howdy Matt - will you build a Muslim registry if Trump orders it or Congress passes it?

The registry was already there under Obama: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article... Also, it would be silly to assume that we didn't have a database of "country from" for immigrants or visitors. "Muslim" is not a country, it's a religion, so you'd need some serious behavior profiling for that -- probably FB/Google are ones you should be after. (Disclaimer: am immigrant, am minority.)

> so you'd need some serious behavior profiling for that

Name and country of origin goes a long way towards determining it

Of course it's not 100% correct, but should be enough to give a pointer

Re: Staying with the US Digital Service

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Post by jschulenklopper »

Keverw wrote: post #13

I wonder how the USDS is different than the 18F? Seems like they both are doing the same thing, why not just merge them?

Here's a write-up on the differences (and similarities) that I've found: http://ben.balter.com/2015/04/22/the-difference-between-18f-....

Re: Staying with the US Digital Service

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Post by NicoJuicy »

chris11 wrote: post #89
foota wrote: post #47

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Sure if the President ordered the USDS to do it, they would have to (I believe they are under the executive branch?) But I don't believe that direct of control is generally taken by the office.

Trump will not be a normal President. I'm expecting he will either be really hands off or micromanage depending on the situation. So I could see Trump getting involved with the USDS if they made the news somehow.

Trump isn't smart enough to micromanage, he hires smart people though. Which is good enough to look smart in the eyes of the public

Re: Staying with the US Digital Service

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Post by cromulent »

general_ai wrote: post #82
khuey wrote: post #76

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Not very many good things have happened to Russia in the last 100 years.

That's exactly right. And if someone is going to protest Putin, may I suggest that they peruse the following graph: https://www.google.com/search?q=russia+per+capita+gdp+ppp&oq... . That's Putin.

There's a lot of other countries that are not led by Putin with similar curves.

Re: Staying with the US Digital Service

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Post by jilljennV »

lazyasciiart wrote: post #50

https://www.usds.gov/join#who says they are only accepting US citizens. However https://www.usds.gov/join#application only asks if you are authorized to work in the US, and says 'For some positions US citizenship is required'. So are there any positions that do not require US citizenship, or should that application form just ask if you are a citizen?

If you're not a US citizen, you can build an equivalent of the USDS in the country to which you belong ;) If you are not a citizen of any country though…

Re: Staying with the US Digital Service

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Post by peteretep »

forrestthewoods wrote: post #100
peteretep wrote: post #65

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Here's the thing, bub. A person who has put so much effort into just hinting he'd like one[0] while making sure he can also claim not to want one is just a scumbag, not someone who has never proposed or supported one. It's like saying "I don't really think all blue people are liars" and giving a big wink to your audience at the same time, then claiming to not be a racist. Are supporters of someone like that suckers o…

Bub? C'mon now. No need for that.

I consider someone trying to gaslight me to be a "bub"

Re: Staying with the US Digital Service

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Post by general_ai »

tobltobs wrote: post #85
general_ai wrote: post #82

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That's exactly right. And if someone is going to protest Putin, may I suggest that they peruse the following graph: https://www.google.com/search?q=russia+per+capita+gdp+ppp&oq... . That's Putin.

No, that's the price of oil. Anyway, to use GDP as the prove for how good a president is, is nonsense anyway. Eg.: https://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=venezuela+per+capita+... .

Some of it is price of oil, sure. But if you're going to compare to Venezuela, you should be comparing PPP GDP, and not just GDP at exchange rate, which is kinda meaningless. Scroll down to "GDP at parity" here: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=venezuela+russia+per+c.... As you can see, price of oil alone doesn't guarantee that the economy will get any better. And Russian economy did get dramatically better under Putin. I go back every 3-4 years, and the country is barely recognizable now compared to how things were 15 years ago. I could now actually imagine living and working there.
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