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>very difficult to believe that something this sophisticated was developed by anyone other than a well financed, possibly nation-state backed organisation.

Hilarious. A "well financed, nation-state backed organisation" just gave us the Obamacare website.

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The same nation-state successfully operates the largest military organization in the world without accidentally detonating any nuclear bombs.

It doesn't all have to be ACA websites.

> The same nation-state successfully operates the largest military organization in the world without accidentally detonating any nuclear bombs.

But this same large military organization did come "dramatically close", as "only one low-voltage switch" prevented what would have been an atomic explosion in North Carolina in 1961:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/20/usaf-atomic-bom...

Hey- I haven't accidentally set off any nuclear bombs yet, either! Am I awesome, or what?

I should add that as a bullet on my resume:

   - Hasn't accidentally set off any nuclear bombs.

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