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Re:Ask HN: Mark Zuckerberg presidency? by ryanwaggoner on Monday May 01, 2017 @10:53AM (#14237940)
Literal lol.

Seriously though, it'd be interesting to have any kind of programmer / engineer / etc as President. Have we ever had that?

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Re:Ask HN: Mark Zuckerberg presidency? by self_assembly on Monday May 01, 2017 @11:06AM (#14238077)
Herbert Hoover was a mining engineer for a while. This is a rather unfortunate example.

I can't remember any names, but I know other countries have a had a better go of it. Specifically I'm thinking of an Eastern Asian country but I really can't remember who and what country.

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Re:Ask HN: Mark Zuckerberg presidency? by altern8tif on Monday May 01, 2017 @01:24PM (#14239501)
I presume you're referring to Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore?

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/prime...

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Re:Ask HN: Mark Zuckerberg presidency? by crazybigdan on Monday May 01, 2017 @11:12AM (#14238124)
Carter had a background in engineering if I recall.
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