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Re:Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusi... by rsync on Thursday August 14, 2014 @03:26PM (#8179353)
"I mean, defense contracting is a bit of a drag and there's tons of red tape"

Not to mention the tremendous moral hazard. I am unclear as to how anyone can function as a reasonable moral actor when they profit from war.

Calling it "defense" does not solve that problem.

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Re:Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusi... by Dylan16807 on Thursday August 14, 2014 @04:03PM (#8179537)
Generally I would expect direct fire weapons to have much less collateral damage than bombs.

Building a better bullet can save lives.

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Re:Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusi... by ctdonath on Thursday August 14, 2014 @10:01PM (#8180731)
And of late someone has: guided .50BMG bullets which can adjust their flightpath to assuredly hit a target (which, one can presume, is being shot to prevent others from being killed). EXACTO .50-caliber demonstration: http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2014/07/10a.aspx
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Re:Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusi... by kghose on Thursday August 14, 2014 @07:33PM (#8180379)
Plasma cannons don't kill people, people kill people, and we've already invented those.
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Re:Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusi... by lotsofmangos on Thursday August 14, 2014 @11:03PM (#8180870)
Changes in topology kill people.
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