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patphil

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2. I hope the Treasury Dept people have deep backups that predate the assault on their systems.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2025, 03:34 PM

Feb 7

If we ever get out of this mess, we can restore the code to just before the Musk terrorists attacked the Treasury Department.
Data can also be restored, but that would be a lot harder since the data changes from day to day.
All the shit they put into the databases would have to be separated from the good data, and deleted data would have to be restored in a way that doesn't mess up the current state of the system.
It could take a year or more, depending on the amount of damage they are inflicting on the system.

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