Given that this whole Orca effort was run from Massachusetts, which is full of liberals in the tech sector just as it is everywhere else, the likelihood of deliberately shoddy design or outright sabotage is pretty high, IMO.
“Given that this whole Orca effort was run from Massachusetts, which is full of liberals in the tech sector just as it is everywhere else, the likelihood of deliberately shoddy design or outright sabotage is pretty high, IMO.”
OMG...he really was that STUPID after all.
So what does one do? You make it clear that if the app fails when it’s needed, the nerds don’t get paid. That simple. You pay out ONLY after election day, based on the contract. Prior to that, you put the money in escrow somewhere. No excuses, the program must run as advertised to get paid.
Not foolproof - but much better than simply trusting young kids from MA to be apolitical.
Truth be told, there’s darn little reasoning/mathematical/programming talent in the RINO corner of the GOP. Probably a bit more in the social conservative wing. But there’s loads of it in the libertarian/Ron Paul end of the spectrum. That’s where lots of techies reside philosophically.
If the GOP or its successor would do the right thing and fully bring them into the fold, they’d have plenty of loyal technical talent to call on.