Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have

21Cabbage , 10 months ago

Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations Inc is a pretty good one too.

MxM111 , 10 months ago

Skynet.net

Infynis , 10 months ago

There’s a company near me called the Telamon Corporation, which is the name of the Dragon from the Wheel of Time. So it’s not just cyberpunk, there’s fantasy as well

odium , 10 months ago

Crazy to think they named Norse gods after the protagonist of the wheel of time.

intensely_human , 10 months ago

Almost teleological in its implications!

SpaceNoodle , 10 months ago

There’s also Palantir, which does exactly what you think

redditcandoone , 10 months ago

Which is annoying because it’s a fucking good name.

evatronic , 10 months ago

“Telemon” has an even more interesting history. He was a figure in Greek mythology, and generally around people like Hercules, Odysseus, and Jason. He is the son of a king and a mountain nymph.

As you may well know (but others don’t) Robert Jordan, when building the world for his Wheel of Time series, pulled from all sorts of existing myths, legends, and memories. After all, it’s just another turning of the Wheel, right?

Scrof , 10 months ago

My first ISP in the late 90s was Skynet Online.

bob_wiley , 10 months ago

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Earthwormjim91 , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(satellite)

The UK already owns it. I’m pretty sure Terminator takes the name from the UK military satellite network. And SpaceX has launched Skynet satellites for them before so there is probably some agreement.

The NSA also already has a surveillance program named SKYNET, which uses machine learning. …m.wikipedia.org/…/SKYNET_(surveillance_program)

That one I’m pretty sure was named after the Terminator program.

Jackolantern , 10 months ago

Currently waiting for BiffCo to spice up our lives and give us floating long boards

macisr , 10 months ago

Fuck I hadn’t thought about it.