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It's funny, because every time someone posts a news article about Palantir, this is the top comment. And every time, the replies to that comment do a pretty goo
by throwaway122315 11y ago
It's funny, because every time someone posts a news article about Palantir, this is the top comment. And every time, the replies to that comment do a pretty good job describing what it is they do:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10715856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10715856
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9942606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9942606
- ap22213 11y agoIt was helpful to read their own description: https://www.palantir.com/2007/12/what-do-we-do/ https://www.palantir.com/2007/12/what-do-we-do/ But, for me, it was even more helpful to look at their patents: http://patents.justia.com/assignee/palantir-technologies http://patents.justia.com/assignee/palantir-technologies
- o_nate 11y agoA patent for a long left-click to show a context menu when the right mouse button for some reason isn't available? Sheesh. Some of these are enough to turn anyone into an anti-software-patent crusader.
- mpeg 11y agoMaybe I'm not remembering it right, but when macs had one button only and no fancy trackpads, you could hold it to do a right click (you could also just ctrl+click)