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Hi Marc,
imho: unfortunately, the rationale you cite for tolerating "sticky" ethical scenarios is exactly the same rationale that, in history, has been used by those who "turn a blind-eye" to crimes against humanity, and other abuses.
Personally, I would never work for repressive regimes, or, industries like porn, gambling, tobacco, blood-diamonds, coal, alcohol, or work with business empires like Trump's.
"Somebody else will do it if i don't:" a dangerous slogan.
not a Puritan; cheers, Bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Define 'unethical.'
If i knew, or guessed, the company was involved in illegal activities: no !
If i saw the company as a whole tolerated any kind of abuse related to age, race, gender, or religion, in the work-place: no !
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
modified 1-Nov-21 7:58am.
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Giving you the benefit of the doubt here, I suspect you meant "no".
It makes it sound like you're actively looking for companies involved in illegal or discriminatory behaviour.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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thanks for catching that, Rob: was it the darks side of my psyche that typed "yes," instead of "no" ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Define "unethical", or give a particular case; "unethical" is too vague a term.
If I was aware that the company that I was working for was performing illegal actions, I definitely would leave; I don't want to be tarred with the same brush.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Define "illegal", "illegal" might be too vague a term.
What in a country is allowed and even expected is a big No-Go in other places...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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I didn't know there was an option.
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Ethics is associated with individual humans - not companies. There are no ethical or non-ethical companies.
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And therein lies the problem, as the individuals do not seem have culpability - limited liability was an awful idea.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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What's ethical and for whom? I won't work in toxic work environments, that's it.
Heck, I'd love to work on weapons.
I'd probably avoid porn industry just because most users and producers are creepy, and recreational drugs because they go against my own personal principles. Everything else is fair game.
I forgot I briefly worked for a couple of lady-for-rent sites. Stopped because they didn't pay.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Google's new AI architecture could turn machine learning systems from one-trick ponies into much more versatile and insightful programs. So it can take over all the banking systems, calculate pi, and exterminate everyone at the same time!
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It looks like you wouldn't believe in their "do no evil" slogan
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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The Oracle JDK is available free of charge for production use again - under the new "Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions" (NFTC) license. Just in time for me to continue to ignore it
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Quote: Oracle's JDK 17 - Free again for commercial use Until enough people is using it and then the JDK 18 comes with an updated terms of agreement and a new license model...
They somehow have to feed their legal department... don't they?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Advances make high-density, 5D optical storage practical for long-term data archiving Almost enough for that Photoshop install
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Or a bare-bones Visual Studio.
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Ouch! So true.
TTFN - Kent
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I am not a gamer, but for fun I picked up Nioh when it was a freebie (it might still be?). Was surprised when C drive almost overflowed! God, was I ever out of the loop! Can't really complain about VS after that, except complaining is so much fun!
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And what about the cat videos?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Just three weeks after its initial public launch, Windows 11 is already on almost 5 percent of PCs out in the world, according to AdDuplex. Or around that corner anyway
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Once again, Windows gets more installations on non-servers in less than a month than Linux has.
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Yes, but this is the year of Linux Desktop.
Source: trust me bro.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Is that sound i hear the silence of the lambs, or devs gnashing their teeth ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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This makes the 3rd version of Windows I've refused to install on my machines. I'm still here. My code is still relevant.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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What are you using at the moment?
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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