8.7K members. The best post we have captured here reached 2.6K upvotes, which works out to 294 per 1,000 members.
The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.
The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
Seen in the Hands Off protests
‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse
"Computer prgmrs quickly claimed that the 150 figure was not evidence of fraud, but rather the result of a weird quirk of the SSA’s benefits system, …
Welp folks, we had a good run…
If COBOL is so problematic, why does the US government still use it?
New Social Security chief contradicts claims that millions of dead people are getting payouts
US banks rely on a 65-year-old programming language; companies are paying a premium for developers who know it
COBOL Devs Never Die — They Just Get Re-Contracted
I was dared to write a proof-of-concept toy webserver in COBOL. My first ever COBOL program
Banks will "maybe" be done with COBOL... in ten years
Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.
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