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The source code, acquired by ProPublica, for New York City's Forensic Statistical Tool.

7 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 1 story, 6 comments · first 2017-10-20 · latest 2017-10-22

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  1. I wouldn't bet my life or anyone elses on this code being correct https://github.com/propublica/nyc-dna-software/blob/master/F...
  2. Source on github: https://github.com/propublica/nyc-dna-software I wonder if the username/password listed here is still in production: https://github.com/propublica/nyc-dna-software/blob/master/F...
  3. …me. Null conditional doesn’t really matter because the code likely predates its existence. But... https://github.com/propublica/nyc-dna-software/blob/master/F... 1. Knows how to use "using" but doesn't use it for myConnection. 2.…
  4. …old so WebForms isn't a surprise - the SLN file indicates it was saved with Visual Studio 2010 ( https://github.com/propublica/nyc-dna-software/blob/338a1b86... ).
  5. Link for those interested: https://github.com/propublica/nyc-dna-software/blob/master/F...
  6. …thing is that a dev database username and password was committed to multiple files, like this: https://github.com/propublica/nyc-dna-software/blob/master/F... .
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    The Source Code for NYC's Forensic DNA Statistical Analysis Tool
    story by foob · 2017-10-20 · 45 comments