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I see a Tolkien name on a tech company, I assume the founders deeply misunderstood Tolkien and probably are pretty gross. I haven't been wrong yet.

teddyh 7mo ago
Good thing my project is not a company, then: <https://www.recompile.se/mandos https://www.recompile.se/mandos>
incanus77 7mo ago
> First things first: I think you should read Mario’s post. And from that: > Despite its Tolkien-inspired name, Earendil is not a tech company with fascist tendencies. Quite the opposite. They are basically well-meaning hippies in my book, who think software, and specifically AI, should serve humans, not the other way around. So, somewhat hopeful? I'm not sure I can take any more of this grossness.
- dpoloncsak 7mo ago
  I know nothing about Earendil and this is not meant to take away from them, but half of Alexander Karp's (Palantir CEO) book was "We are basically well-meaning hippies in my book, who think software, and specifically AI, should serve humans, not the other way around."
  - popalchemist 7mo ago
    Right. And now he brags about being part of an automated kill chain and being proud that he kills his enemies. Words carry no weight in a world where every person in power weaponizes lying.
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    - incanus77 7mo ago
      Fair.
egonschiele 7mo ago
Armin is pretty well-known in the tech space. He has contributed a ton to open source and generally seems like a fairly principled person. I think this may be the first case where you turn out to be wrong :)
- ahhhhnoooo 7mo ago
  Here's hoping!
popalchemist 7mo ago
The right wing completely misunderstands Tolkien and/or is deliberately co-opting it in an attempt to gaslight the world about their nature/motives.
- tempaccountabgd 6mo ago
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tietjens 7mo ago
Why should we cede Tolkien to those villians?
meowface 7mo ago
He's not, he made Flask/Click/Jinja/lots of other open source projects. (That said, he possibly is the first person to break this pattern, yes...) https://x.com/mitsuhiko/status/2041855748481695774 https://x.com/mitsuhiko/status/2041855748481695774
amadeuspagel 6mo ago
I see someone accusing someone else of misunderstanding an author who disavowed any allegorical meaning of his novels and said that their only purpose was to create the kind of world that made the language he invented seem real ...

teddyh 7mo ago

Good thing my project is not a company, then: <https://www.recompile.se/mandos https://www.recompile.se/mandos>

incanus77 7mo ago

> First things first: I think you should read Mario’s post. And from that: > Despite its Tolkien-inspired name, Earendil is not a tech company with fascist tendencies. Quite the opposite. They are basically well-meaning hippies in my book, who think software, and specifically AI, should serve humans, not the other way around. So, somewhat hopeful? I'm not sure I can take any more of this grossness.

dpoloncsak 7mo ago
I know nothing about Earendil and this is not meant to take away from them, but half of Alexander Karp's (Palantir CEO) book was "We are basically well-meaning hippies in my book, who think software, and specifically AI, should serve humans, not the other way around."
- popalchemist 7mo ago
  Right. And now he brags about being part of an automated kill chain and being proud that he kills his enemies. Words carry no weight in a world where every person in power weaponizes lying.
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  - incanus77 7mo ago
    Fair.

egonschiele 7mo ago

Armin is pretty well-known in the tech space. He has contributed a ton to open source and generally seems like a fairly principled person. I think this may be the first case where you turn out to be wrong :)

ahhhhnoooo 7mo ago
Here's hoping!

popalchemist 7mo ago

The right wing completely misunderstands Tolkien and/or is deliberately co-opting it in an attempt to gaslight the world about their nature/motives.

tempaccountabgd 6mo ago
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tietjens 7mo ago

Why should we cede Tolkien to those villians?

meowface 7mo ago

He's not, he made Flask/Click/Jinja/lots of other open source projects. (That said, he possibly is the first person to break this pattern, yes...) https://x.com/mitsuhiko/status/2041855748481695774 https://x.com/mitsuhiko/status/2041855748481695774

amadeuspagel 6mo ago

I see someone accusing someone else of misunderstanding an author who disavowed any allegorical meaning of his novels and said that their only purpose was to create the kind of world that made the language he invented seem real ...