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Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017) by adwww on Monday June 29, 2020 @08:00AM (#23676741)
The creator of PHP's Xdebug (Derick Rethans) unsuccessfully stood for local elections recently.

I can't think of many others though!

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Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017) by corpMaverick on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:12AM (#23678311)
We need "proportional representatives". So people who are known national but not locally can gain access to congress.

It also helps against gerrymandering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation

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