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Re:An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands by denzil_correa on Monday April 29, 2019 @10:03AM (#19778420)
The project is hosted on Github [0], I'm not sure if the entire source code is available though.

[0] https://github.com/codeforamerica/autoclearance

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Re:An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands by RiverBanshee on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:16PM (#19779709)
Hi, engineer on the project here! That's an old version of the code that turned out to be too slow for the volume of records we need to process. The current version, which you see in the images from the article, is written in Golang.
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Re:An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands by xvector on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:27PM (#19779814)
You’re doing incredible work. Keep it up!

(Also use consts so you don’t make typos - or so your typos are at least consistent :)

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Re:An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands by at_smith on Monday April 29, 2019 @02:15PM (#19780986)
Can you go into that a little more - the switch to Golang and the old version being too slow?
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Re:An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands by kevin_b_er on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:26AM (#19779205)
I would hope the entire source is available. We should always be wary of secret algorithmic decisions in court cases. The algorithm should be openly available for the public to see in the same way that the law is to be openly available.
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