Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

Re:Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty by MatekCopatek on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:14AM (#25149627)

Excuse the hyperbole, I don't want to judge, I just genuinely think it's an interesting dilemma.

Would you write software needed to support a genocide? Would you consider someone complicit if they did? I'm assuming no and yes, but where do we draw the line? How much bad stuff can I do in the name of professionalism before I should start worrying about moral aspects?

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Re:Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty by koheripbal on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:26PM (#25154579)

I'm honestly trying to imagine what kind of software would be needed to commit genocide...

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Re:Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty by MatekCopatek on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:54PM (#25155328)

There's a book called IBM and the Holocaust[0] covering one such example from WW2.

I really meant anything where you are fully aware that your work will directly cause people to suffer. Like someone asking you to run a simulation to determine where to drop a bomb for the highest death count.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

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