U.S. Army, Uber sign research agreement

Uber misses no opportunity not to like them.

One would think Uber has enough problems recruiting and retaining talented people, what with "go fast and break things (people)".

Now it's not just casual misogyny and user surveillance. Your work may actually kill people when used as intended.

I wonder if any Uber staff will resign in protest. I wonder if customers and drivers in countries not entire aligned with US imperialism will vote with their feet too.

> Your work may actually kill people when used as intended.

Are you intentionally being completely oblivious to the fact that many people believe this consequence to be a good thing for them and humanity as a whole? I don't want to get into the debate about whether this belief is true or not; I'm just curious as to why HN commenters so often pretend that people with different political beliefs don't exist at all, or are only pretending to have these beliefs out of some other, hidden, true reasons.

Even if you don't agree with some political stance, it's just strange to convince yourself that nobody sincerely believes it.

Isn't it ironic whilst Google's engineers are mass protesting against military contracts, Uber already signed a whole bunch without any moral dilemma whatsover. Tells a lot about the company ethics there.

On a separate note, could someone enlighten how stacked co-rotoring (moving towards the same direction) may make the aircraft silent and not noisier?