[milge]

Sadly, there will always be tech workers willing to do this for the right price. As I get older, I'm starting to wonder if not following my "tech morals" would've brought more success.

[olalonde]

I'm playing the devil's advocate here but there are also a lot of tech workers who do not regard building such a database as unethical. A common fallacy on HN is to assume people who hold differing views necessarily do so egoistically, which is sometimes true but not always.

[zodPod]

Yeah it's entirely possible that there are a small percentage of tech workers who would fully support this type of move. I too have noticed HN users seem to just assume everyone shares their views.

[zeroxfe]

It's not success if you can't sleep at night.

[hprotagonist]

     01:17:25 -Chris. -I'm all right.
     01:17:32 -They took everything. -Kent's tracking system is gone!
     01:17:39 How could you build that mirror?!
     01:17:50 He lied to us.
     01:17:53 It's easy to lie to you, Mitch.

[dsr_]

For people who aren't getting it: Real Genius (1985)

[Fomite]

Pretty sure Palantir is already thinking about their bid.

[hprotagonist]

when your biggest shareholder is on the transition team of the most nepotistic administration since warren harding, you betcha.

[tptacek]

Of course there will be. So what? If enough people sign, it doesn't matter if you can throw some extra cash at a couple people to do the scut work. When it gets out that it happened --- and it will happen --- an untenable number of people leave the company.

It's about market pressure.