Palantir threatened to call police on a WIRED reporter and kicked out other journalists from a recent conference following reports of the data analytics firm’s work with the Trump administration.
  • Etterra@discuss.onlineEnglish
    45·
    16 days ago

    It’s strangely appropriate that these bastards named themselves after the magical sphere that Sauron used to turn Sarumon evil in LotR.

    • GamingChairModel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      49·
      16 days ago

      Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

      Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      Sauron used conversations and scenes to turn Saruman charmed and deadly frightened. Over the palantir, which was a device to see the future, the past, the probable, close and far away. Thus also a communication device.

      So basically their name refers to knowing things which are not their fucking concern. Not what you said.

      EDIT: Still, the way communication of Saruman and Denethor with Sauron turned them both mad - is a good metaphor of how lots of awesome technology was misused to almost ruin humanity in the last 30 years. I wonder if it’s reversible.