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Re:Palantir bought $50M in gold bars in August as cash pile ... by varelse on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @04:04PM (#28214218)
My late friend who was a BFF of Peter Thiel because they were Stanford chums, used to describe Palantir as an evil company wrapped up in Harry Potter metaphors despite taking money from them as a consultant. I see nothing but confirmation bias here. Commence the downvotes for even mentioning this.
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Re:Palantir bought $50M in gold bars in August as cash pile ... by programmarchy on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @04:10PM (#28214292)
You deserve the karma hit for mistaking Tolkien with Harry Potter.
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Re:Palantir bought $50M in gold bars in August as cash pile ... by varelse on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @04:20PM (#28214404)
His words not mine and since he's dead there's no opportunity for clarification here. Also, I used to see them wandering downtown Palo Alto dressed as monks or as people from The Matrix etc. The LARP was indeed strong with these folks.
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Re:Palantir bought $50M in gold bars in August as cash pile ... by KptMarchewa on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @04:16PM (#28214364)
There is also Anduril. I have no idea why those people love Tolkien so much.
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Re:Palantir bought $50M in gold bars in August as cash pile ... by jazzyjackson on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @05:42PM (#28215210)
Maybe because the world looks like a middle earth battle between good and evil to them.
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