r/technology • u/Choobeen • 9h ago

Software Trump appoints Airbnb co-founder to revamp public (government) websites

https://www.dw.com/en/trump-appoints-airbnb-co-founder-to-revamp-public-websites-after-musk-doge-exit/a-73744139
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u/CinnamonMoney 8h ago

When DOGE did that big Fox News interview, he said this

Excited to share I’m bringing my designer brain and start-up spirit into the government. My first project at DOGE is improving the slow and paper-based retirement process.

This was 5-6 months ago. I remember him saying it’d be finished by now. As far as i can tell, that’s not true. Anyone see anything to the contrary?

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u/kazneus 2h ago

Fun fact: the retirement process was already available online. Most people - specifically those of retirement age - would rather go to an office and get it done in person. So the paper based process runs parallel. But anyone who wants to retire online can 

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u/khast 1h ago

Didn't they cut social security or at least do some nerfing. I mean they did call it a Ponzi scheme?

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u/NoLibrarian5149 1h ago

GenXers are on the cusp of retiring. Shit will go down if SS gets snatched away after paying into it their whole working life.

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u/DressedSpring1 28m ago

Throw it on the pile of "things that will definitely get a response from the American people" next to cutting medicaid, putting troops in the streets, redistricting to fix the election, stating he was going to fix the election, starting a war with Iran, skyrocketing food prices...

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u/khast 14m ago

There's a lot of things Trump and DOGE have some that should have gotten people ready to fight.... But here we are, Trump is still doing whatever he feels like doing to combat his delusions, while claiming he has a 90% approval rating across the board.