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Apparently it is about Nix, for the first time, seeing real world usage by a serious corporation, but that usage turning out to be autonomous drones aiding the

Apparently it is about Nix, for the first time, seeing real world usage by a serious corporation, but that usage turning out to be autonomous drones aiding the US in killing random civilians on the other side of the world.

rijoja 3y ago
Right, that explains it. The post is really lacking when it comes to concrete examples of what is going on. "The ad-hoc structure of maintainers here better represent the goals of Nix users and their methods of success. Yet, these contributors are beginning to flee." It also makes the claim above, is there any truth to that? Is there evidence of contributors fleeing, and if so where? What is stopping them from forking the project?
Cacti 3y ago
Anduril specializes in counter-drone warfare and collaborative intelligence. They are not bombing civilians on the other side of the world.
- mtndew4brkfst 3y ago
  It's relatively easy to find articles from the horse's mouth about this. If you read through the euphemisms you can see that besides drone/counter-drone stuff, they also participate in building and deploying tech that are not purely "defensive", not focused solely on drones, but capable of and built for violence against people, infrastructure and other (manned) vehicles too. Suggest clicking through since the URLs are not nearly as clear as the content: https://www.anduril.com/article/altius-700m-live-fire-test/ https://www.anduril.com/article/altius-700m-live-fire-test/ ALTIUS-700M brings unmatched payload capacity to the loitering munitions market, combining multi-domain launch, proven collaborative autonomy, and category-leading range with a larger, penetrating warhead to kill or disable armored targets and infrastructure. https://www.anduril.com/article/anduril-s-lattice-a-trusted-dual-use-commercial-and-military-platform-for-public-safety-security/ https://www.anduril.com/article/anduril-s-lattice-a-trusted-... U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, for example, uses Lattice for land and maritime border security to autonomously identify, track, and detect people https://www.anduril.com/article/army-selects-anduril-and-palantir-to-deliver-titan/ https://www.anduril.com/article/army-selects-anduril-and-pal... TITAN is a vehicle-mounted expeditionary ground station that will accelerate and simplify the Army’s ability to access and process massive volumes of Space, High Altitude, Aerial, and Terrestrial sensors to provide actionable targeting information for enhanced mission command and long range precision fires. TITAN will reduce sensor-to-shooter timelines by enhancing the automation of target recognition and geolocation from multiple sensors [...] "and long range precision fires"
brabel 3y ago
Interesting for a Defence company to consider using an OSS project that's not in any way, as far as I know, tied to the US Government (or any other country). What happens when a substantial amount of contributors come from China (which is common given how many developers are available in China)? Are they going to start restricting who can contribute? Or have strict vetoing of non-US nationals?
- rijoja 3y ago
  I bet they have fairly strict policies when it comes to vetting code. If you think about it would still have to have such policies in place to safeguard against malicious actors within the company. ) And incompetent or lazy actors :)

rijoja 3y ago

Right, that explains it. The post is really lacking when it comes to concrete examples of what is going on. "The ad-hoc structure of maintainers here better represent the goals of Nix users and their methods of success. Yet, these contributors are beginning to flee." It also makes the claim above, is there any truth to that? Is there evidence of contributors fleeing, and if so where? What is stopping them from forking the project?

Cacti 3y ago

Anduril specializes in counter-drone warfare and collaborative intelligence. They are not bombing civilians on the other side of the world.

mtndew4brkfst 3y ago
It's relatively easy to find articles from the horse's mouth about this. If you read through the euphemisms you can see that besides drone/counter-drone stuff, they also participate in building and deploying tech that are not purely "defensive", not focused solely on drones, but capable of and built for violence against people, infrastructure and other (manned) vehicles too. Suggest clicking through since the URLs are not nearly as clear as the content: https://www.anduril.com/article/altius-700m-live-fire-test/ https://www.anduril.com/article/altius-700m-live-fire-test/ ALTIUS-700M brings unmatched payload capacity to the loitering munitions market, combining multi-domain launch, proven collaborative autonomy, and category-leading range with a larger, penetrating warhead to kill or disable armored targets and infrastructure. https://www.anduril.com/article/anduril-s-lattice-a-trusted-dual-use-commercial-and-military-platform-for-public-safety-security/ https://www.anduril.com/article/anduril-s-lattice-a-trusted-... U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, for example, uses Lattice for land and maritime border security to autonomously identify, track, and detect people https://www.anduril.com/article/army-selects-anduril-and-palantir-to-deliver-titan/ https://www.anduril.com/article/army-selects-anduril-and-pal... TITAN is a vehicle-mounted expeditionary ground station that will accelerate and simplify the Army’s ability to access and process massive volumes of Space, High Altitude, Aerial, and Terrestrial sensors to provide actionable targeting information for enhanced mission command and long range precision fires. TITAN will reduce sensor-to-shooter timelines by enhancing the automation of target recognition and geolocation from multiple sensors [...] "and long range precision fires"

brabel 3y ago

Interesting for a Defence company to consider using an OSS project that's not in any way, as far as I know, tied to the US Government (or any other country). What happens when a substantial amount of contributors come from China (which is common given how many developers are available in China)? Are they going to start restricting who can contribute? Or have strict vetoing of non-US nationals?

rijoja 3y ago
I bet they have fairly strict policies when it comes to vetting code. If you think about it would still have to have such policies in place to safeguard against malicious actors within the company. ) And incompetent or lazy actors :)