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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by cptskippy on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:47AM (#21092574)
She worked on the guidance systems for an autonomous ground vehicle for the DoD that's basically a proof of concept at this point.

We're equating that to war monger?

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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by curryst on Friday September 27, 2019 @04:14PM (#21095848)
As was the atomic bomb at one point in time. There may be exceptions for unintended uses of the technology you develop (a la Alfred Nobel), but there's not a lot of wiggle room when you work for the DoD.

You were hired to develop things that will eventually be used to kill people. That's the end goal of the job. Whether you make anything usable or not is somewhat beside the point, the intention is still there.

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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by lostjohnny on Friday September 27, 2019 @11:07AM (#21092788)
> war monger

war mongers become war mongers one drone at the time.

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