100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born

Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @03:42AM (#39367826)

The difference is, and bear with me here - I didn’t contribute nor profit from a horrific genocide.

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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by Lionga on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @05:33AM (#39368389)

seems like a minor detail to me

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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by Aerbil313 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:05AM (#39368553)

Where are your tax dollars going, if they are dollars?

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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:11AM (#39368577)

That’s a pretty big hop - I can’t choose to not pay tax, I can choose not to support a Nazi supporter.

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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by ncneieixk5 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @11:40AM (#39371896)

do you support the space program? do you like any cars made by the VW group? do you drink coca cola products?

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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @09:15PM (#39378352)

I don’t care about space, no, and no.

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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by refurb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @07:52AM (#39369243)

How did a discussion of IBM suddenly involve you?

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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @09:15PM (#39378350)

From parent: ‘yet conveniently dont apply the same standard to themselves’.

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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by arp242 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @03:57PM (#39388723)

Are you sure about that? That in your ethnic group or family's history there has never been any complicity in any genocides, and that even today, you're profiting from that?

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