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lysaceyesterday at 4:46 PM4 repliesview on HN

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

He was the 'CTO' of South Dakota and later the CIO/Commissioner of the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications under governor Kristi Noem.

Edit: (From a European perspective) it seems like the southern states really took over the US establishment. I hadn't really grasped the level of it, before.


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florenyesterday at 5:38 PM

> Edit: (From a European perspective) it seems like the southern states really took over the US establishment. I hadn't really grasped the level of it, before.

It's good to know the Americans aren't the only ones who never look at maps outside their own country

dstrootyesterday at 5:10 PM

South Dakota has a population of less than 1 million people and the complexity of a CTO job of a state like South Dakota would be quite low. It is < 0.3% of the US Population and likely has de minimis benefit programs.

JoeBOFHyesterday at 5:01 PM

South Dakota is in the northern portion. But to your statement, historically speaking the southern states after the civil war kept trucking along in terms of power and influence.

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mythrwyyesterday at 6:17 PM

That is one of the best comments I've seen on HN to date!

It seriously got me laughing. Thanks.

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