Hacking for Defense Stanford 2026 – Lessons Learned Presentations • Hacker News Board

Re: Hacking for Defense Stanford 2026 – Lessons Learned Presentations

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Post by chadgpt3 » Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 12:42 AM UTC

mhb wrote: post #41

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #39

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Ah yes this old chestnut Come back to me after you serve in combat. The dod doesn’t protect anything but investors’ returns. I’ll have two time Medal of Honor winner explain it to you: https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket

I don't need a 13 page pamphlet to convince me that people are motivated by making money. But that's orthogonal to wanting a powerful military under whose umbrella you are pontificating.

The DOW (the dow right now, is it over 50 thou?) only protects capital interests as the other user said. You can't expect it to protect you unless your interests align with capital.

Are Iranians feeling protected? No, are Americans protected from Iran? Also no. Are gas companies protected from low prices? Hell yeah they are!

Re: Hacking for Defense Stanford 2026 – Lessons Learned Presentations

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Post by mhb » Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 1:32 PM UTC

jMyles wrote: post #60

mhb wrote: post #21

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You don't think the US military should have the best technology?

I don't mind it having the latest technology; I just don't want it to exist. How long do we think the US military will persist in the universe? 5,000 years? 1,000? 500? 100? Surely it's closer to the last among these answers than the first. What we need is peaceful, sober deprecation of this institution, and in particular, decommissioning of the nuclear arsenal. And there's no good reason that can't start today.

How do you reconcile that aspiration with lunatics and their regimes that would like to do harm to other countries?

Re: Hacking for Defense Stanford 2026 – Lessons Learned Presentations

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Post by phendrenad2 » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC

ungreased0675 wrote: post #52

phendrenad2 wrote: post #30

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Lesson learned: California, and all the universities within, are liberal on the surface, but deeply right-wing in the halls of power. Once you understand this, the whole state and its lack of progress on progressive issues makes sense.

Even though progressives control nearly every state and local office, it’s the right-wing’s fault California has so many problems? Shirley, you can’t be serious.

There's more to power than political position. This is why Elon Musk and George Soros, both of whom have zero political office as of right now, are still considered the shadowy bogeymen by the right/left. If you're willing to accept that these figures have some power at the national level, wouldn't that also apply to the centi-millionaires living in San Francisco and LA?