Can you surveillance assholes PLEASE stop using Tolkien’s names for your company?? You are about the furthest thing we have from “the flame of the west”https://twitter.com/ashedryden/status/1171820963983441920 …
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At least “Palantir,” being a set of magical communication stones used to corrupt the weak, makes sense in the context of what they do. “Anduril” is just stupid.
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If you MUST use a Tolkien word for your surveillance startup, may I suggest: - Gorthaur (“dread abomination”) - Angband (“iron prison”) - Dol Guldur (“hill of sorcery”)
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It is important in these times to note that Tolkien wrote an entire series of books in which the fascists were the bad guys, and as such would probably not approve of this.
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Although he was notoriously racist so who knows
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Replying to @jacobmparis @sarahmei
It's a fair cop.
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