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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi... by codeisawesome on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:50AM (#17372251)
I don’t have facts on hand to back this up, but I think even the space race which advanced everyone so much, was a result of militaristic competition
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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi... by manigandham on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:51AM (#17372255)
Yes, that is well known now. The cold-war is the only reason we went to the moon and we are still benefiting from that technology today.
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