• seang96@spgrn.com
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    1 year ago

    Software engineers have ethics classes, I’d imagine this would fall highly under unethical, just under building software for the military which google employees have protested in the past.

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        1 year ago

        It was required for my degree, I’m sure it is required at more than just my university lol

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            1 year ago

            Sure, its not taught everywhere, it is still something discussed among peers and taught at some institutions. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be seeing engineers doing walkouts and protesting companies decisions.

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            1 year ago

            are you seriously advocating for immoral choices right now? what the fuck is even the point of your comment except to disagree with no more information? bruh go hit a punching bag or some shit, then hop back online . or go to reddit because you will love it over there

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          Not my university. Outside of the engineering classes and prequisites for engineering classes, we only had to take rhetoric and a foreign language.

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            That’s disappointing to hear. Talked about ethics throughout my courses and one was half the class. Hopefully more professors and instructions sprinkle it in there at least.

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      1 year ago

      Losing your ad blocker on chrome is “just under” software designed to kill people? Lol really? Oh the oppression

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        Sure it won’t kill people like programming drones, but it is still unethical and would affect ~5 billion people negatively.

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          Right, but you said “just under”. There’s a preeetty fuckin wide gap between blocking ad blockers and dropping bombs guy.

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            1 year ago
            1. It’s not just ad blockers that is m issue with this. Read Mozilla’s post for a bunch of valid concerns.
            2. If you read my reply there is a comma prior to the just which makes a pause if it makes it better you could read it as [it’s] just under… Either way I am not trying to make the wide gape you are referring to, I was simply stating it as a matter of fact more ethical then programming for military use but still unethical.
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              I’m not saying concerns aren’t valid, I just took your comment to be calling it almost comparable to military software.

              “…, it’s just under…” means the same thing, but I think you mean “it’s just under” as in “although, it’s under” rather than “just” being a measurement?