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Re:Automated Refactoring of a U.S. Department of Defense Mai... by oldjokes on Monday May 06, 2019 @12:38PM (#19841062)
Right now it's not super scary, but in 10 or 20 years it's conceivable that Amazon becomes effectively a state-run entity like the telecoms are now, and then you could start imagining all sorts of awful cyberpunk storylines.
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Re:Automated Refactoring of a U.S. Department of Defense Mai... by mtnGoat on Monday May 06, 2019 @02:33PM (#19842371)
Its not that far fetched of an idea IMO, considering there is talk in the government about braking AMZN up, buddying up to the GOV might be a good defense against that.
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