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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by ocdtrekkie on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:54PM (#17145921)
"All you have to do is show that it has a lower civilian to target ratio than more conventional forms of warfare."

Well...

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/15/90-of-peopl...

And...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/24/-sp-us-drone...

Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by wilsonnb on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:00PM (#17145997)
Your first source states in the headline that the drone strikes "kill innocents 90% of the time".

Then, in the body, it says the drone strikes "caused the deaths of unintended targets nearly nine out of ten times".

An unintended target is not the same as an innocent, and it's misleading to use them interchangeably.

Your second source is better, but you haven't provided any data on the civilian-to-target ratio of more conventional methods. You can't have a meaningful comparison without that.

Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by ocdtrekkie on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:13PM (#17146131)
I am reasonably confident that conventional pilots kill civilians less than 9 out of 10 times.
Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by wilsonnb on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:42PM (#17146393)
Without data to back it up, your reasonable confidence doesn't help me much.