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At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says

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632 points xbryanx | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 11:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.305s | source
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SCdF ◴[11 Jul 25 14:25 UTC] No.44532508[source]▶
Effectively tortured to death.

One of the things that frustrates me with how ethics is taught in computer science is that we use examples like Therac 25, and people listen in horror, then their takeaway is frequently "well thank god I don't work on medical equipment".

The fact that it's medical equipment is a distraction. All software can cause harm to others. All of it. You need to care about all of it.

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jedimastert ◴[11 Jul 25 15:19 UTC] No.44533154[source]▶
Jesus I desperately wish real ethics classes were required for computer science degrees
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izacus ◴[11 Jul 25 17:26 UTC] No.44534839[source]▶
Ethic classes are pointless without ethical liability and accountability of people causing suffering. Yes, even the Jira javascript ticket punchers hould be accountable for what they do.
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1. jedimastert ◴[11 Jul 25 18:41 UTC] No.44535607[source]▶
"ethics classes are useless because no one would willingly choose to act ethically" is an interesting stance to take...