[–] ForgottenMemes 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Doesn't it seem like voting software, which likely is thousands of lines of code, should be made open-source and go through some sort of approval process before being used for real? Isn't this software vetted or tested or examined at all?

There's no reason for it to be thousands of lines. An online shop that has multiple categories of products, calculates shipping, tax, etc. only needs about 10k lines of code. I can't imagine they need more than 100 to count votes. There's also no reason for something that I can write in a day or two to be proprietary.

[–] golgo91 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think a better way to count votes would be through blockchain. Everyone gets 1 PREScoin, SENcoin, HOUSEcoin, etc, or whatever you want to call them, that can only be obtained by proving your identity at the county clerk's office. The candidate with the most at the end of election day wins.

[–] bbqchipz ago 

I wish my employer had such stringent testing, we're told to basically not trust the programs we're given even though they come from our proven programs.

I've seen programs made to cut stuff not even close to the customer print, but still be something considered proven good.

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[–] screamingrubberband [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

catch (fuckingretatrds.exception)

That just became my new favorite code snip

[–] matt ago  (edited ago)

The machine you feed your ballot into broke when I fed my ballot into it. They told me to wait for the greenlight and after 15 or 20 awkward seconds I asked, “is this normal?“ No.

All the poll workers gathered around and assured me that they’d have to do a lot of extra work and wait for specially accredited volunteers to hand count the votes.

I’m just standing there awkwardly thinking that Scantron technology has been reliable for the past three decades.

I thanked them all for volunteering and let them know that I was completely confident that things would be handled well.

Maybe it was writing in “Ted Kaczynski“ that did it. A name so offensive to the AI that it causes the local node to self destruct. /s

Seriously though, things are a little fishy, but that is kind of the norm. A lot has been written about the consequences of “noticing things.“

Edited; changed note to node

[–] Yuke ago 

They do run tests and checks etc One Example Here, it's a little old but still could be useful - PDF WARNING a brief read of this can reveal some of the things you may be asking.

[–] goatsandbros ago 

"Grrlz kan kode"

[–] ForeverAlways 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Most commercial cnc programs are 5000-20000 lines long, by the way. Homebrew cnc is only 200-500 lines long. But then you buy cnc programs rather than write your own b-list shit.

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