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submitted 3 months ago by rinze@infosec.pub to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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I guess self-driving cars are not killing people fast enough and they're diversifying.

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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

is this about ares? (ft site is always dogshit on mobile)

(context: we had an ares thread a couple days ago)

[–] rinze@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it is. I didn't see the old thread, sorry for the noise.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

no worries, just thought I’d check

the orange fund has been slobbering to get in on MIC business so I wasn’t sure if the ft coverage might’ve been about this or another

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

peter thiel was more succesful in this area with his private torment nexus called anduril or something like that. that's mostly surveillance but he also made some underwater contraption worthy of bond villain

[–] rinze@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago

Paywall-free link: https://archive.ph/8Em1V