Twitter at the speed of parenting
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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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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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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Maybe they are implicitly criticizing Tolkien for a white centered writing style where a characters evil is essentially proportional to their melatonin? (Dusky southerner anyone?) naaaaa . . .
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Given who that technology is generally used to oppress, I’d find that a startlingly ineffective criticism
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Shoot. I was about to register http://BalrogDeportationServices.com
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Would those names still be under copyright? (Guessing not given Palantir, and the money involved, but still.)
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Yes they are, and the Tolkien estate is *very* litigious. Now I wonder if they licensed "Palantir" or "Anduril."
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They didn’t say which side of the border they were on…
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Dropping Peter Thiel into the Crack of Doom will bring this all to an end, right?
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Morannon, Narchost, Carchost, and Durthang are all good candidates as well.
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