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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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