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Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B

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Did we create a super-villain by ostracizing him for supporting Trump?

Why super-villain? This is a responsible alternative vs. building a monstrous, ugly wall that is a travesty to nature and could potentially save taxpayers billions. We still need to protect our borders but we need to do it in the most non-invasive way with technology.

Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B

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Did we create a super-villain by ostracizing him for supporting Trump?

Why super-villain? This is a responsible alternative vs. building a monstrous, ugly wall that is a travesty to nature and could potentially save taxpayers billions. We still need to protect our borders but we need to do it in the most non-invasive way with technology.

Why do we need to protect our borders? Why not just let people live wherever they can afford?

Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B

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The traditional model in the defense sector is: - Military or gov't produce exact specifications for something - Contractors bid to create that something - The end product ends up being the result of macro-management and even sometimes micro-management from the very top, which would be the equivalent of SV tech startups being instructed on what to build by Oracle and Microsoft But since the military and gov't are ope…

How does palantir fit into this

They sort of started out solving an internal problem and then took that domain knowledge to build their platform. Their success early on relied on being able to put together a really good presentation. I would hardly look at their tech as being extremely cutting edge though, they're simply a package solution with a decent enough outcome with minimal competition in what SV would consider an "unsexy" industry.

Getting a foot in the door with Govt. Contracting is probably the hardest and most expensive part. Most won't go through the hoops and it creates fewer competitors or alternatives (as OP alludes to).

Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why super-villain? This is a responsible alternative vs. building a monstrous, ugly wall that is a travesty to nature and could potentially save taxpayers billions. We still need to protect our borders but we need to do it in the most non-invasive way with technology.

Why do we need to protect our borders? Why not just let people live wherever they can afford?

seems a bit offtopic flamewar

I read a research finding somewhere that there are about 500million ppl who would move to US in very near future if they are allowed to move to USA.

Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B

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Did we create a super-villain by ostracizing him for supporting Trump?

Maybe this is too off topic for HN, but I'm genuinely curious what is the best argument for why it is bad/racist to enforce immigration laws? I've heard people argue that a wall won't be effective. But some people seem to have the view that immigration laws shouldn't be enforced at all and we should allow people to use whatever loopholes (refugee status, traveling w/ children) there are to get in and then not show up for their court hearing. Im genuinely puzzled that this is so controversial.

Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B

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Did we create a super-villain by ostracizing him for supporting Trump?

No, this was this dork's trajectory the whole time.

From an even wider angle, silicon valley is fuelling this dystopia under the veil of "solving difficult problems".
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