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Re:Visa Systems Issues by jacalata on Monday June 22, 2015 @03:57AM (#9756829)
Technically, sure (assuming you also build the robot hardware) but we're quite far from having software that can negotiate treaties, figure out how to regulate water rights in California, etc...
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Re:Visa Systems Issues by codecamper on Monday June 22, 2015 @05:04AM (#9757079)
Well of course I don't mean to completely replace the government.

But how about making it more lean? How about modernizing with the times? How about making it all much more transparent and accountable? Couldn't open source software do all of this?

We could start with systems that are used by smaller, poorer countries & grow from there.

A visa processing system might be a good start.

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Re:Visa Systems Issues by pratnala on Monday June 22, 2015 @05:59AM (#9757270)
I completely agree with this. First, we need to make the lawmakers that such a system is necessary which is understandably, a bigger challenge.
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