Nevada Dems will NOT use the app Iowa used

[highplainsdem]

Just heard this, will try to find a link.


Found one:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/nevada-democrats-won-t-use-app-caused-iowa-caucus-fiasco-n1129946

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Just got a Message as to that.

[dalton99a]

2. Statement:

https://www.businessinsider.com/nevada-caucus-shadow-app-democratic-party-caucus-2020-2

"NV Dems can confidently say that what happened in the Iowa caucus last night will not happen in Nevada on February 22," Nevada State Democratic Party Chair William McCurdy said in a statement. "We will not be employing the same app or vendor used in the Iowa caucus. We had already developed a series of backups and redundant reporting systems, and are currently evaluating the best path forward."

[zaj]

3. Oddly, now is the best time to use it.

The bugs have been pretty clearly identified. They have time to fix them and 1000x as much pressure on them to get it right.

In a rational world, we would at least consider using the app. In an emotional world, they will steer far clear of it.

[SaschaHM]

7. They have give or take 2 weeks.

In a rational world, given the importance of the event and the uncertainties in patching, we'd also steer clear of the app. They know the problems that occurred, but finding the actual "bug" that caused them takes time. Fixing that bug may mess with dependencies which can create even more bugs. If they didn't catch this issues while making the app, then there's a chance that other parts of the app function based off of what a bugged part put out, which means that fixing that part will affect otherwise working parts do. They can patch it or create a work around, but lacking the conditions that strained it in the first place, there's still a chance for the app to break down.

[gab13by13]

4. I wouldn't use Shadow to count balls and strikes,

I guess 1 or 2 of our candidates hired Shadow.

[Recursion]

5. I don't think people understand how small the world of political software is

There's like maybe 3 vendors for this kind of thing, and in the nature of things they're all full of people who have done a lot of work with various campaigns and parties, and in the nature of those things that means they're "connected" to "establishment" people.

[Zolorp]

6. This. Right here.

[Backseat Driver]

8. Ill-advised corporate name, you gotta admit...

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" - The Shadow knows.

http://www.radioclassics.com/who-knowswhat-evillurks-in-the-hearts-of-men/

[snip]... But, the most famous of The Shadows wouldn’t arrive until the fall of 1937, when the newly-formed Mutual Broadcasting System debuted a series sponsored by Blue Coal that featured a 22-year-old actor named Orson Welles. Welles, before he made that movie about the sled, played both The Shadow and his alter ego, Lamont Cranston—a wealthy playboy who was taught, during a visit to the Orient, the hypnotic power to “cloud men’s minds” in order to become invisible. This nifty parlor trick allowed Cranston to adopt the identity of The Shadow who, like The Green Hornet, became a headache to the underworld as he smashed rackets and generally made life uncomfortable for them. The Shadow’s friendly nemesis on the police force was Commissioner Weston (played by Santos Ortega and Ray Collins, among many others), who publicly vowed to put an end to The Shadow’s activities but was secretly glad “the Shad” was on his side. Cranston’s “friend and companion, the lovely Margo Lane” was the other regular on the show, originally played by Welles’ fellow thespian from his Mercury Theater troupe, Agnes Moorehead. [snip]

[HarlanPepper]

9. Good call

I have a feeling Nevada will have their shit together.