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

Post by CobrastanJorji » Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 8:32 PM UTC

lacker wrote: post #66

Rebelgecko wrote: post #61

For various reasons, I'm slightly sketched out by pretty much every company I've heard of that is named after something from Lord of the Rings. Even when I don't think they're contributing to a dystopian surveillance state (à la Palantir and this one), you have the other HN front-page story about Mithril Capital being accused of mismanaging investor funds. Is there some weird self-selection that causes only certain t…

Five of them are related to Peter Thiel who I guess just likes to name companies that way. https://qz.com/1346926/the-hidden-logic-of-peter-thiels-lord... Founders Fund invested in Anduril but it wasn't Thiel directly, so this one is kind of one hop away. Maybe it's related.

Post by synaesthesisx » Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 8:34 PM UTC

Rebelgecko wrote: post #61

For various reasons, I'm slightly sketched out by pretty much every company I've heard of that is named after something from Lord of the Rings. Even when I don't think they're contributing to a dystopian surveillance state (à la Palantir and this one), you have the other HN front-page story about Mithril Capital being accused of mismanaging investor funds. Is there some weird self-selection that causes only certain t…

Post by LegitShady » Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 8:41 PM UTC

homonculus1 wrote: post #38

webwielder2 wrote: post #13

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

Social safety nets, open borders, future ongoing existence of an orderly nation. Pick two.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 8:43 PM UTC

deltron3030 wrote: post #83

cr0sh wrote: post #39

It's hearing things like this that make me regret having supported Luckey on his Kickstarter. I had followed him for a few years on the MTBS3D forum when he was experimenting with various HMD prototypes (usually modding the heck out of the Forte VFX-1). He just seemed like a kid with a dream, and the will and ability to make it happen - and potentially revive VR for "Round 2". I suppose he did do that, and while I di…

>I had followed him for a few years on the MTBS3D forum when he was experimenting with various HMD prototypes (usually modding the heck out of the Forte VFX-1). He just seemed like a kid with a dream, and the will and ability to make it happen - and potentially revive VR for "Round 2". He already worked in the military before the Kickstarter, I've seen posts on MTBS about his experimental VR stuff at Lockheed. He was…

Post by hart_russell » Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 8:46 PM UTC

jobigoud wrote: post #45

gotoeleven wrote: post #19

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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…

I'll bite because I'm ambivalent about immigration laws. Why should people that just happen to be born in a third world country live a shitty life with no way out? You can't just say they have to do a revolution in their own country, not everyone is interested in activism, why should this be the fight of their life instead of stuff they actually want to do? You were born in a nice place by sheer luck. It's unfair. I…