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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by eponeponepon on Sunday December 10, 2017 @09:21AM (#15891465)
These are not separate concerns. Morality is a necessary part of competence.
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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by hanbura on Sunday December 10, 2017 @09:31AM (#15891512)
[citation needed]

In any case, here the intended meaning was clearly "technical ability", which doesn't require morality

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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by hexane360 on Monday December 11, 2017 @01:47AM (#15895547)
If there's one belief I think needs to be more widespread in technical circles, it's this. Good engineers recognize the impact of their engineering, and engineer for social good. We don't remember programmers because of how good their programming was, we remember them because of how good the programs they made were.
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