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wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Is Software Political?

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Is Software Political?

wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago
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  • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works
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    Everything is political. Bill gate’s letter to the hobbyist in the 70’s is a political pamphlet

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Are tools political?

  • Melllvar@startrek.website
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    11 months ago

    Windows 95 had to change the time zone selection map because of disputed borders.

    https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030822-00/?p=42823

  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Politics is just another name for the way we decide how to run things. Everything that is not absolutely trivial is political to some degree.

    “Apolitical” is just a dog whistle for establishment politics.

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