Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan

Re:Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan by taywrobel on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:34AM (#25873125)

Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I’d rather address the nazis themselves than the tools they use. People still drive Volkswagens and wear Hugo Boss.

Edit: A bit surprised to see this comment flagged. What about HN's guidelines were violated by this response to the parent comment's allusion to Nazis?

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Re:Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan by Nowado on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:44AM (#25873241)

Each part of this mutually beneficial relationship is equally replaceable and necessary.

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Re:Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan by chopin24 on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:50AM (#25873297)

You should read “ IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation.” It’s not either/or, it’s both/and.

This fucking matters. Letting corporations off the hook because they were just following orders enables genocide.

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Re:Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan by dang on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:20PM (#25877584)

Please don't do this here. Nothing good can come of it—it's the oldest and most extreme move in the internet playbook, and its meaning has been diluted to the point of being just a point-scoring status move, and a cheap one at that.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan by taywrobel on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:39PM (#25873964)

I’m not a fan of invoking Godwin’s law, I only mentioned the nazis because the commenter I responded to make the allusion.

And you’re entitled to your opinion, of course, but I wouldn’t recommend trying to presume anyone’s intentions.

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