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Yeah, we need to go back to names like International Business Machines, fuck this immature "Google" or "Yahoo!" nonsense. Hell, Palantir is named after somethi

Yeah, we need to go back to names like International Business Machines, fuck this immature "Google" or "Yahoo!" nonsense. Hell, Palantir is named after something in a book for children! Give me something reasonable like Global Information and Retrieval Systems Inc or Worldwide Computational Services Holdings.

drivebyhooting 22d ago
Palantir is in Lord of the Rings. Which is not a book for children. Maybe you were thinking of the hobbit?
- cobbzilla 22d ago
  This seems overly pedantic and ripe for a sarcastic retort, which I am struggling mightily to suppress.
  - mr_woozy 22d ago
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  - Kim_Bruning 22d ago
    This is hacker news, what were you expecting? O:-)
- joseda-hg 22d ago
  It's fantasy and fantasy is clearly for children
- bogzz 22d ago
  Okay Peter, please go back in your coffin.
- 47484848 22d ago
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bergie3000 22d ago
Security First Trust and Federal Reserve
nightski 22d ago
Maybe Enron eh?
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sdcfgy 22d ago
Yes! Back in the early 2000's I set up a company for contract work. The name, logo and typography was designed to look like a 1960s engineering company. All paper was slightly off white, all fonts were monospaced courier new and logo was a real 2-part colour stamp I had made up. Was so happy. Managed to bankrupt it though.
recursivegirth 22d ago
Lest us not pretend that the thropic in Anthropic isn't meant to elicit the feeling that they are somehow charitable.
- simondotau 17d ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
pavel_lishin 22d ago
Like CutCo. Or EdgeCom. Or InterSlice.
mitxela 22d ago
Torture Nexus International Holdings Limited
m4rtink 21d ago
Palantir is from Lord of the Rings which I would argue is unlike The Hobbit not a book for children.
- jasomill 21d ago
  Maybe not exclusively, but I read it in grade school and was not alone.

drivebyhooting 22d ago

Palantir is in Lord of the Rings. Which is not a book for children. Maybe you were thinking of the hobbit?

cobbzilla 22d ago
This seems overly pedantic and ripe for a sarcastic retort, which I am struggling mightily to suppress.
- mr_woozy 22d ago
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- Kim_Bruning 22d ago
  This is hacker news, what were you expecting? O:-)
joseda-hg 22d ago
It's fantasy and fantasy is clearly for children
bogzz 22d ago
Okay Peter, please go back in your coffin.
47484848 22d ago
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bergie3000 22d ago

Security First Trust and Federal Reserve

nightski 22d ago

Maybe Enron eh?

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sdcfgy 22d ago

Yes! Back in the early 2000's I set up a company for contract work. The name, logo and typography was designed to look like a 1960s engineering company. All paper was slightly off white, all fonts were monospaced courier new and logo was a real 2-part colour stamp I had made up. Was so happy. Managed to bankrupt it though.

recursivegirth 22d ago

Lest us not pretend that the thropic in Anthropic isn't meant to elicit the feeling that they are somehow charitable.

simondotau 17d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle

pavel_lishin 22d ago

Like CutCo. Or EdgeCom. Or InterSlice.

mitxela 22d ago

Torture Nexus International Holdings Limited

m4rtink 21d ago

Palantir is from Lord of the Rings which I would argue is unlike The Hobbit not a book for children.

jasomill 21d ago
Maybe not exclusively, but I read it in grade school and was not alone.