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		bzbarsky on Feb 9, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave For what it's worth, http://www.givewell.org/international/technical/programs/ins... estimates about $3000 per life saved (which I will grant is not the same thing as "malaria case prevented"). So a year's salary for a good developer would be on the order of 30-150 lives saved, depending on market and definition of "good"... Agreed with your overall point, though.

dragandj on Feb 9, 2017 | [–]

The cost of one Matlab license could save a human life, by such accounting.

brianwawok on Feb 9, 2017 | | [–]

Or every time you buy a new car instead of a used car, you kill 1-2 starving people somewhere.

Such math is hard...

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