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Re:‘ELITE’: The Palantir app ICE uses to find neighborhoods ... by hydrogen7800 on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:03PM (#46638360)
>Producing Cyclon B is a doing a neutral thing apparently?

Without searching for references, it's my understanding that Fritz Haber developed this decades before the war, in conjunction with making synthetic fertilizer. It was later used for the purpose you referenced.

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Re:‘ELITE’: The Palantir app ICE uses to find neighborhoods ... by Y-bar on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:09PM (#46638453)
I consciously used the word ”produce” rather than ”develop” or ”invent” to try to be clear that I meant ”[produce] from a factory”.
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Re:‘ELITE’: The Palantir app ICE uses to find neighborhoods ... by hydrogen7800 on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:11PM (#46638495)
Fair enough. In that case I agree.
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