Kind wild how the whole tech industry is just people who did and didn’t get The Lord of The Rings
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I just finished reading Tolkien's masterpiece "Don't create the Palantir", truly inspirational.
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@danirabbit i'm with randall on this one. https://youtu.be/8d_oSWH4pMQ
@danirabbit if the nerds didn't get Lord Of The Rings we're all doomed
@danirabbit There were those of us who thought Palantir was a horrific idea from the start.
I learned of this only a couple of days ago, haven't read it yet but there's apparently an English translation out there
@danirabbit At long last, we have created One Ring to Rule Them All from the classic fantasy novel Don't Create One Ring to Rule Them All
@danirabbit Remember, they’re the same guys who argue we don’t need English/literature/communication classes because STEM subjects are more important.
@danirabbit @jwz starting to suspect that the reason I have had to largely withdraw from it is that I did, I *did* understand the lord of the rings. the books, even, not just the movies!
@danirabbit And people who thought Snow Crash was goals instead of a cautionary tale.
@danirabbit Gandalf: they delved too greedily and too deep, and disturbed that from which they fled, Durin's Bane.
GenAI: Moria is great source of mithril. Let's delve into that!
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Or that were just evil.
@danirabbit “Buy my new course ‘How to become a Nazgûl’, and you too can learn how to live forever*! Be one of the first 9 customers and I’ll even throw in this signed ring for free!”
@danirabbit Noo noo, it is fine. We put a lot of guard rails in place to keep the Ring from turning evil. Also, ignore those nine wraiths over there… ahem
@danirabbit Seems to be largely “didn’t”.
@danirabbit There are two types of people in the software world, those who got lotr and those who think they are binary
