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		monkeyelite 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website d... > since you appear to be of the opinion that Musk was somehow indicating a useful fact of some kind, No but I am glad he took action to fix it. The Cobol 150 year thing is also incorrect and was widely criticized in tech circles: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/31288/did...

zzzeek 4 months ago [–]

Musk wasn't criticizing COBOL he was criticizing a specific thing he misunderstood in social security code which people in that thread said as much. I think you're trying to see something you want to see there.

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