https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/07/06/a-faster-supercomputer-will-help-scientists-assess-the-risk-of-controlling-sunlight-00104815

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I could use a cruder example that is recent and relevant: "If it comes from a Russian source, it is malware!" wojak-nooo

    violates the policy of the owner of the computer

    At a sociopolitical structural level, it's kind of impossible for policies and ownership to not have some political weight.

    I see we mostly agree, but I do want to lean on the side of "nonpolitical is mostly an idealistic claim" when I hear out in the internet wild that some program came to a nonpolitical political decision.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      normally the claim is that all Chinese software is malware but yes I see your point. It also doesn't help that the Russian government takes not much interest in policing malware production for various reasons largely to do with the rise of organised crime after the fall of the soviet union

      yeah programs aren't non political they are made by people for purposes and thus aren't objective measures of truth. Also you shouldn't just accept anything a computer says because computers make mistakes all the time

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        normally the claim is that all Chinese software

        I still hear about Russian boogeymen, but then again the same claimants often describe the Russians as "commies" so that's how much their opinion is worth. grillman