This is a tricky one. Are the developers themselves responsible or also managers and leadership? I don't have an answer to this.
otl
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I wonder what the UN's track-record is with cybercrime and surveillance historically. Anyone have any links to share?
I see where you're coming from. Battery electric vehicles I think are a good example of trickle-down. It seems the R&D for electric cars affordable to wealthy people leads to new infra and tech for a changing power grid, buses, trains and bicycles.
But two examples you raised:
- corrective lenses
- refrigeration
have clear quality-of-life and health benefits. Supersonic passenger flights feel more like a luxury and convenience compared to food preservation.
Hopefully in the development of reduced flight times between other sides of the world we perform research with impact beyond flight. Things like improved materials, fuel, aerodynamics that could be used for trains and trucks. I'm not an engineer but I hope it works like that!
Interesting thought; I'd hope so. Maybe some material physics/chemistry research that makes some stuff cheaper for trains (I'm not an engineer so totally out of my depth here).
Ha yes just had a look. Seems like a funny thing to brag about when they’re not the ones administering the storage system!
I think it’s a piss take (satire). OP does other satirical videos. I dunno. Or maybe I’m getting old…
I installed OpenBSD and never looked back. This isn’t an option for everyone but I encourage those who have these kinds of feelings to have a look.
It’s that pesky root user, right? There’s loads of their files on my system. I can’t edit any of them. Don’t know why they are so protective.
Not clear on what systems they are switching operating systems. Assuming workstations operated by people? I’m sure there’s a lot of Linux there already on servers. Apparently there’s at least 1.4 million people in the Indian Ministry of Defence so I’m worried this is one of those announcements to get a licensing discount from Microsoft :(
That makes sense. But I guess there’s these questions: at what resolution? For how long? Maybe the status quo is such because it’s simpler code. The project is still relatively young. I wonder where/how we can discuss these things?
Agreed. To be fair, I can also see where the frustration comes from. We see "deals with the devil" being made, but the (disappointing?) reality is tech progress often looks like that. Flashy stories with pie-in-the-sky ideas get headlines and funding. Meanwhile the boring, difficult work continues on in the background. From the outside it seems non-sensical and inefficient: why couldn't they just invest money directly into GPS research without all the military stuff? But, fortunately, some amazing stuff does come out of it too.