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1. Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 08:02:57 JST Shoq

   So IBM draws a line at Nazis. Good to know.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 08:02:56 JST Aral Balkan

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     @shoq Well, it didn’t always.

   • int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) (nrmacdonald@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 18:25:13 JST int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral @shoq
     IBM arbeitete bis zur Kriegserklärung mit dem Dritten Reich zusammen
     and don't forget Henry Ford and and and and

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 18:25:13 JST Aral Balkan

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     • int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)

     @nrmacdonald @shoq According to Edwin Black’s book, they literally had engineers in concentrating camps keeping the Holorith machines running. Their CEO, Watson (yes, the one they named their AI after) got a medal from Hitler. (That’s them together, enjoying a cuppa.)