US Army Appoints Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs as Lt. Colonels

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Post by technologesus » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 5:53 PM UTC

US Army Appoints Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs as Lt. Colonels
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Post by DanAtC » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 6:23 PM UTC

Maybe they'll get shipped to Iran.

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Post by whatshisface » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

>The Palantir executive pointed to “exploding pagers and long-distance drone strikes from shipping containers” as attacks which “prove that technology has once again changed the battlefield,” and that “our military has to change with it.”

That's not Palantir's market segment.

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Post by hnthrow90348765 » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

I wonder if they asked them LeetCode questions

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Post by whatshisface » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 6:27 PM UTC

hnthrow90348765 wrote: post #4

I wonder if they asked them LeetCode questions

They asked them Lt. Code questions.

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Post by dawnerd » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 6:28 PM UTC

Should make them go through basic.

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Post by tptacek » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 6:30 PM UTC

There's apparently a long history of honorary or symbolic reservist rank being given to civilian advisors; a good starting Google search is "dollar-a-year men".