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raincole | karma 4769 | avg karma 3.85 · 2023-10-03 19:32:09

> it can't be...

Oh boy it totally can. I'm not saying it it, but it totally can.

I feel many people (at least on HN) treat laws like programming. There are some similarities, but programmers like to eliminate arbitrary special cases, while lawmakers love to create arbitrary special cases. It's like their only job, really.

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ddingus | karma 6068 | avg karma 1.19 · 2023-10-03 20:56:39

In fact, that failure to grok lawmakers, lies at the heart of many poor decisions made.

tough | karma 2337 | avg karma 2.04 · 2023-10-04 10:02:06

Programming and law can go together tho https://github.com/CatalaLang/catala