The country of Google, Apple, and Silicon Valley, where the only way to apply for unemployment benefits is by fax
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To fix the 40-year-old computer system used to manage unemployment assistance, 'Connecticut has had to resort to recruiting retirees who knew how to program in COBOL, a nearly extinct computer language'

alexandre afonso How is it nearly extinct? There are billions of lines of COBOL running in the background of critical banking, insurance, and payroll systems around the country

@SergeantSeven @stuxstu Kent Marett alexandre afonso that has nothing to do with the technology