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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (3 children)

We gunna have to start holding programmers accountable for war crimes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

There are a lot of hero programmers involved in enabling people in Ukraine to defend themselves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

For that, they'll need to license and protect the profession like other engineering vocations..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Did you live under the impression that all the smart missiles, smart guns, smart everything didn't already require programmers?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They were not making targeting decisions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

They still don't. The analysts do and the programmers then implement it based on specifications.