There have always been lame people like this and for all of human history we have continued to explore and expand. I think at this point those people can safely be ignored.
Considering sociology and similar field's complete lack of correlation between data and conclusion, I don't believe they should be considered "science". They're more similar to astrology and phrenology.
Lawsuits will likely fly and both the shipping company and the manufacturer (or at least their insurance agencies) will try and prove the other was negligent.
I can confidently say I, and pretty much every other engineer I know would have been categorically opposed to having a hackathon to rip out and replace IRS systems no matter who was doing it.
Techies like those of us on HN understand the difference between safety critical systems and throwing ideas at the wall in a startup.
If this was being done in a careful methodical fashion, with deep care given to data integrity and security I'd support it regardless of whose doing it. This 30 day move fast and break things would be bad from Biden, Obama, or in a better timeline Bernie.
You do realize that the EO this replaced has almost the exact verbiage about discrimination, right? We should be focusing on what is different between the two instead of being sidetracked by that argument.
> this replaced has almost the exact verbiage about discrimination, right?
It would be useful to show the comparison, rather than claim it. Could you be more specific about this, by at least providing the section that you read, or the EO references?
This is the EO that was repealed. I didn’t originally include it because it was already mentioned in this thread. Both claim to ban discrimination based on race, gender, or religion.
reply