So entirely soul crushing I left my discipline, secured FTE outside of the industry entirely, and now part part time consult (outside of the US) mixing the two. I absolutely cannot mentally handle working in an office nor deal with corporate culture any longer. Unless it’s French corporate culture, because G*d damn do I love working for/with the French. One example is it’s illegal to eat lunch at your desk, so good luck getting a hold of anyone during the 1-2.5 hour lunch break.

I make less money now, but I’m happier with the outcome so far. American & Japanese corporate cultures are so thoroughly demoralizing.

Here is a real world example:

Once upon a time a cast Vote By Mail ballot was cast and it was smeared with ‘spaghetti sauce’. The old manual system took 24 people (yes 24) over 4 hours to make that ballot castable. With the new computerized system it would have taken 4 people 10 minutes to do the same job.

That’s just a single example out of hundreds.

People are just as stupid when they fill out paperwork regardless of what it is as they are in real life on the road and in the shops.

With elections taking place throughout the year it becomes increasingly unmanageable at scale.

That’s just not true. No one is lobbying counties to change their ballot systems, it’s decided by a county referendum vote, then the county seeks out the companies and reviews they systems they have to offer. Then the counties Election offices speak with other counties to review how they implemented said system, usually with an exchange of personnel and several onsite visits, and observers during an actual election.

Only after many reviews, meetings, etc etc does a county move forward with a particular company and it’s offerings.

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This is because elections happen at the county level. You would know that if you voted.

1st off, “The US” didn’t, individual Counties did. 2nd there are several different companies that offer different machines and methodologies, all that need to conform to various Federal, State, and County laws. 3rd all devices, digital and analog need to pass a strick verification process carried out by one of two companies run at the behest of the USG.

If your Ballot System contains source code, the source code is researched and code reviewed, and then complied by the company and the verification agency. Both checksums must match. Only the verified source code compilation is used in an election, verified before and after the election. This is for every-single-device workstation and server.

All tabulation, adjudication and verification systems are on an airgapped network, and ALL CAT cabling must be visible, usually above your head in open racks. All servers and stations must also be visible as well, servers usually secured behind bulletproof glass enclosures. All USB ports are disabled under a locked BIOS and physically blocked/locked as well. Everything is way passed triple checked.

NO ONE works by themselves. Election officials work in groups of two or four, eight, and more for volunteers. Everything and everyone is on camera except for the restrooms, but approach and egress are on camera. Different sized counties have different budgets, so setups vary, but all must conform to all the laws from every level.

Vote By Mail ballots are constricted in a way so that they are layered, are all opened in a single room, under Elections Officials supervision and definitely on camera. A dozen to several dozen people would IMMEDIATELY know if you are tampering with a ballot, it would be that obvious.

Some small counties count by hand, while large counties can use high-speed industrial scanners such as IBML to feed the ballots to the Tabulation Server.

Then you have specialized hardware such as a Voting Machine, and Definitely Abled Voting machines, with the ability for a Caretaker to assist without revealing the Assisted’s ballot casts.

All of these go through a highly vetted verification process that must be signed off on by all stakeholders. All are verified before and after.

Most (I say this because I am not 100% sure) have a physical papertrail that must be stored along with the digital results for however many years the State and Counties laws call for.

In most counties you are able to go down to the Elections office to get a verification copy of YOUR ballot if you fear you have been exploited, within the timeframe the law allows for cast ballot storage.

The shortest timeframe that I know of for cast ballot storage is two years, the longest I know of is ten.

I’ve probably missed a couple salient points but I think you get the drift.

Stealing an election isn’t as easy as one might imagine. The people working your elections are dedicated professionals. “Don’t care who you vote for, just care that you vote”

However a zero vote count for the Dog Catcher would be highly suspicious, let alone a presidential run.

Source: I’ve built and secured elections.

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I’m 56 and I thank God weekly that I don’t have kids, especially in today’s political climate in a time of unprecedented corporate greed.

I also very much enjoy my personal freedom.

MPC on Windows, VLC on everything else.

Yeah I guess if you’re into oppressive religion it’s a wonderful place to idle away the days.

The West Wing fantasy is still in play I see …

Hey it’s not bad on brand new hardware designed for Winblows 11 too.

We need to normalize during job interviews, asking who the insurance provider is and basing our personal decisions on whether we move forward with that company or not, at least in part on that.

I know for my future I will not be considering roles with a company who uses United their subsidiaries or their partners.

He / They walked the entire inaugural parade, like right out of the gate he tried to set a standard. I watched it live, listening to adults around me, not understanding until a decade later what he had actually done.

You need some gubnerment cheese … Stop that shit right up.

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