I was briefly confused how an open source flashlight firmware had anything to do with this… then I noticed this post wasn’t in the Flashlight forum. So apparently Anduril is a war contractor AND a great flashlight firmware but are not related at all.
Yeah, Anduril the company has been around for a minute (Since 2017). Luckey got in early on selling weapons tech to the government after he sold Oculus.
Well, that would at least somewhat resonate with what a palantir is.
With the wrong part, the kind that Denethor thought he could use and that Sauron and Saruman used, and I really like more the implication of that from Frodo’s dream where he stands at one of the towers in the north looking far away.
I was briefly confused how an open source flashlight firmware had anything to do with this… then I noticed this post wasn’t in the Flashlight forum. So apparently Anduril is a war contractor AND a great flashlight firmware but are not related at all.
And Aragorn’s sword :c
That broken thing nobody remembered, until it was reforged.
I can name a few other such things, but at this point in my existence I’m just afraid to do so. Murphy’s laws and such.
Yeah, Anduril the company has been around for a minute (Since 2017). Luckey got in early on selling weapons tech to the government after he sold Oculus.
What’s with some really scary companies (Anduril, Palantir) cribbing their names from LOTR?
Peter Thiel is a Lotr fan
maybe a Sauron fan more like
Yeah, totally didn’t understand the morality of the book and thinks sauron is a good role model
How in the world would a LOTR fan make such life choices?
Because he is an evil bastard. There is a behind the bastards episode about him.
I just don’t like something intended for war being called Anduril. They’ve missed JRRT’s point completely.
There is also a company called palantir which is pretty much a cyberpunk corporate distopia surveillance company.
Well, that would at least somewhat resonate with what a palantir is.
With the wrong part, the kind that Denethor thought he could use and that Sauron and Saruman used, and I really like more the implication of that from Frodo’s dream where he stands at one of the towers in the north looking far away.