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computer toucher
Jan 8, 2012

I wield the iron boot of scandinavian socialism and grind it in the faces of freedom loving innocents.

p ethical imho.

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Share Bear
Apr 27, 2004

badvertising rn

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
I just make products and people can buy them if they want to but they don't have to, it's their choice. I try to make them good so people will like them and some of them do and they spend money on it which is nice, but some of them don't and that's okay too, I guess.

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

I take some solace in the fact that by number most of our users are not captains of industry but rather their ap clerk, receivables manager, accountants, etc. and saving them some time and hassle in their day makes their lives a little easier

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-
i write software for clinical animal testing. i think it's ethical but some people disagree. i previously had a job writing software to improve animal welfare on farms, that also seemed good to me but apparently some people are against farms in the first place

i have a friend who is interviewing for a job with bae and i told him they are bad but he said they're going to pay him more money than he gets now

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

big scary monsters posted:

i have a friend who is interviewing for a job with bae and i told him they are bad but he said they're going to pay him more money than he gets now
bae: come over
me: I can't
bae: we have competitive compensation packages and excellent benefits

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






qirex posted:

bae: come over
me: I can't
bae: we have competitive compensation packages and excellent benefits

was gonna make this joke so quoting instead

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-

qirex posted:

bae: come over
me: I can't
bae: we have competitive compensation packages and excellent benefits

lol. and it's true, they do. plus they're going to get him top secret clearance so probably further lucrative defence work and maybe a move to cheltenham in his future

tbh from what i've seen a job with them looks like a really sweet gig with interesting work, if you don't mind that you're furthering a massively corrupt and amoral arms dealer

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


qirex posted:

bae: come over
me: I can't
bae: we have competitive compensation packages and excellent benefits

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
Please don't work at any position that requires clearance.

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

yeah but didn't know what it stood for so I made a stupid dadjoke and I'm no closer to knowing what bae actually stands for in this case. boeing?

Kirk
Sep 22, 2003
baein on my day off

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






qirex posted:

yeah but didn't know what it stood for so I made a stupid dadjoke and I'm no closer to knowing what bae actually stands for in this case. boeing?

http://www.baesystems.com/

qirex
Feb 15, 2001


yep that's a defense contractor

Satellit3
Oct 21, 2008

txt me

Plorkyeran
Mar 22, 2007

To Escape The Shackles Of The Old Forums, We Must Reject The Tribal Negativity He Endorsed
i think the only particular unethical thing about my job is that if i help the company make money then i will be making vinod khosla richer

on the upside this means that each paycheck i collect very marginally lowers his net worth, which is an inherently ethical action

pram
Jun 10, 2001
deploying cyber special forces to the cyber dropzone. tactical cyber reconnaissance received cyber intelligence that the cyber terrorists were transporting a cyber dirty bomb (virus) made with stolen cyber uranium (visual basic)

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
I am Out-Ethics in my computer job because i only work about 50-60 hours a week instead of the 80+ they'd like to.

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






pram posted:

deploying cyber special forces to the cyber dropzone. tactical cyber reconnaissance received cyber intelligence that the cyber terrorists were transporting a cyber dirty bomb (virus) made with stolen cyber uranium (visual basic)

same

FamDav
Mar 29, 2008
the correct amount, op.

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

i have written a code that has killed a thousand men

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

my face when my code kills a man:

Mahatma Goonsay
Jun 6, 2007
Yum
I write medical software so in theory I could save a life but I could also kill you. one thing is sure though you will be billed.

distortion park
Apr 25, 2011


qirex posted:

bae: come over
me: I can't
bae: we have competitive compensation packages and excellent benefits

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
well I'm changing jobs so I'm going from an entirely unregulated industry which robs unwitting people of their money, into healthcare. actually that's not any different is it.

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

qirex posted:

bae: come over
me: I can't
bae: we have competitive compensation packages and excellent benefits

lol

du -hast
Mar 12, 2003

BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT GENTOO
i work at a datacenter which is ethical however a bunch of our customers sell VMs as dedicated servers but it's in awful countries like bangladesh so idgaf

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
I was an intern at a defense contractor many years ago and I will never do it again because of their stupid process and milspec bullshit. but if there was like, a startup for laser guns or death robots I would probably join that.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

BONGHITZ posted:

my face when my code kills a man:


spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






du -hast posted:

i work at a datacenter which is ethical however a bunch of our customers sell VMs as dedicated servers but it's in awful countries like bangladesh so idgaf

lol how don't they notice

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


Mahatma Goonsay posted:

I write medical software so in theory I could save a life but I could also kill you. one thing is sure though you will be billed.

pro user name

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

Mahatma Goonsay posted:

I write medical software so in theory I could save a life but I could also kill you. one thing is sure though you will be billed.

is this you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25

El Mero Mero
Oct 13, 2001

I'm unemployed, and can literally do no harm.

Flat Daddy
Dec 3, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
My software automates railroad switches so that if there's 5 people tied to the track on one route, and 1 person tied on the other, it uses real time analytics on the people to decide who to run over.

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

Broken Machine
Oct 22, 2010

Flat Daddy posted:

My software automates railroad switches so that if there's 5 people tied to the track on one route, and 1 person tied on the other, it uses real time analytics on the people to decide who to run over.

okay but does it seek to minimize casualties or maximize them. or does it prioritize based on something else, like what clothes the person is wearing or their net worth

my job gets two ethicals. they're like michelin stars.

du -hast
Mar 12, 2003

BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT GENTOO

spankmeister posted:

lol how don't they notice

idk, its usually Xen too and they always have xentools installed, like i literally do not understand how they dont notice.

then again, keep in mind that this a bangladesh so they're loving morons anyway

Mahatma Goonsay
Jun 6, 2007
Yum

really the worst I could do is give you a bad blood transfusion, which could potentially mess you up.

therac 25 come up all the time as an example of what not to do though.

One-Man-Bucket
Jan 6, 2004
The banjo is the superior instrument
Saving the music industry, so pretty ethical unless you're Sony or Tool or something I guess

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OzyMandrill
Aug 12, 2013

Look upon my words
and despair

I've been writing professional vidya games for nearly 20 years now. I am personally responsible for gamergate, obesity, and the decline of the western society.

Totally worth it.

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