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So, a former Gawker Media writer decides to point out the US goverment is using Thiel's data analysis and visualization company and you all (nearly all of you)
by dgut 10y ago
So, a former Gawker Media writer decides to point out the US goverment is using Thiel's data analysis and visualization company and you all (nearly all of you) jump on the hate-train. You people are starting to act like a quasi-religious group, and you've found your devil!
Palentir itself doesn't collect data. Palentir is used for a variety of purposes, including medical and scientific research.
The article contains several false claims, take "[...] documents provided by Edward Snowden, that Palantir has helped expand and accelerate the NSA’s global spy network". I don't have the time to go through each false claim.
From Palentir's website:
https://www.palantir.com/diversity/ https://www.palantir.com/diversity/
- Fully paid parental leave at the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child.
- Fully paid medical coverage for spouses and domestic partners, regardless of gender identity or expression.
- Equal health coverage for transgender individuals without exclusion for medically necessary care.
- Wellness subsidy to support a wide range of health needs.
That's actually a pretty good company to work at.
- piva00 10y agoI don't follow what benefits to work at a company has anything to do with the ethics of its actions. Note that I'm not accusing Palantir of doing whatever this article accuses them of but your argument to support the company based on its perks is very moot.
- dgut 10y agoI pointed out these perks in response to some comments in this thread claiming Thiel is anti LGBT, racist and sexist. The company profile is in fact very diverse [1]. [1] https://www.palantir.com/diversity/ https://www.palantir.com/diversity/
- harry8 10y agoPeter Thiel - date rape is belated regret. I call sexist. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/21/peter-thiel-support-donald-trump-date-rape-book https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/21/peter-thi... Apartheid is good - I call racist. http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/03/500569299/major-trump-backers-positive-comments-about-apartheid-stir-anger http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/03/500... Palantir are freaking evil article hits the front page. "Hey come and work fcr palantir" is top post. Do you work for palantir dgut? You have time for a follow up about how good palantir is to work for but not to substantiate your claim the article contains falsehoods. Pretty poor effort.
- dgut 10y agoThiel wrote a book 22 years ago under his college years. So what? He later retreated that position and apologized. I consider it a good thing when people discuss sensitive topics. It's pointless to discuss what Thiel said or not about apartheid, since the allegations are purely anecdotal. Calm down your paranoia. Edit: I want to point out that in the country where I currently reside, this is a very natural discussion [1] [1] https://morgenbladet.no/2016/08/elin-orjasaeter-voldtekt-og-uonsket-fyllesex https://morgenbladet.no/2016/08/elin-orjasaeter-voldtekt-og-...
- harry8 10y agoStill no time to substantiate your claims in the top post but time for this non-event, though. I call it how it looks, feel free to provide substance to the claims in your original post. That would seem appropriate to HN.
- harry8 10y agoThis post has been upvoted by PR agents paid to do so. It contains no relevant content to the article and does not substantiate its claim that the article is false in any way and in fact doesn't even bother to enumerate the false claims because dgut "Doesn't have time" So way off the standard of hacker news yet the top comment of plenty. Down the hell out of it, it's clear.
- ionised 10y agoWhat do thos benefits have to do with how ethical the company is? That's just misdirecting attention.