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macisr ,

Fuck I hadn’t thought about it.

Scrof ,

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

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    Earthwormjim91 , (edited )

    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.

    Infynis ,
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    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 ,

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

    intensely_human ,

    Almost teleological in its implications!

    SpaceNoodle ,

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

    redditcandoone ,

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

    evatronic ,

    “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?

    clearedtoland ,

    I’m just waiting for Omni Consumer Products (OCP) to open in Detroit.

    Actaeon ,

    Or Allied Commercial-Media Enterprises

    clearedtoland ,

    Or E-Corp

    Xariphon ,

    Or Wayland-Yutani

    intensely_human ,

    DaVinci Crater

    drbluefall ,
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    Union Aerospace Corporation

    steakmeout ,

    *Areospacy

    ObviouslyNotBanana ,
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    Exxon Mobile

    ObviouslyNotBanana ,
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    Omni is actually a Swedish news aggregator. They just need to expand and change a bit.

    KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX ,
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    Corporate Consumer Products already makes everything in China… hmm

    morrowind , (edited )
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    There’s a company called Hashicorp that’s been in the news recently. Literally perfect

    nbailey ,
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    Heh, people from 50 years ago hearing that my job is terraforming using Hashicorp equipment would be very disappointed.

    intensely_human ,

    Terraform it all. Pave the moon. Dairy Queens on Mars. Uber in the skies of Jupiter.

    Badland9085 ,

    Hashicorp’s been around for years; since 2012 actually. Used to be a pretty cool company, looked up by many, like a shining beacon in the darkness. It’s unfortunate where they’ve gone to now.

    intensely_human ,

    I wondered what Badland was talking about, but I nodded along like I knew. Maybe the next words out of his mouth would be an explanation of what he’s just said. It could happen.

    rolaulten ,

    I don’t know what part your unaware of - so let me do the ELI5. They (HashiCorp) created a tool called teraform which is used for defining what servers/other infrastructure you use in places like AWS. Up until recently this was open source under the Mozilla license to something that’s not quite open, but not fully closed source (yet).

    Badland9085 ,

    I intended to give an explanation, but since this community is pretty general, i.e. we have people from basically all walks of life here, many with little to no involvement or understanding of the tech industry, so I decided to leave it out cause it would be too much to explain.

    [email protected] has given us a pretty brief explanation, but I think it can be further simplified, though would require a lot more knowledge build up (i.e. more words). If anyone’s interested, I can try to write a fireplace story, though I can’t say I’m the most qualified person to do so, or give an absolutely accurate story.

    jtk ,
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    I don’t get how the name is dystopian. Is it from a book or movie or something? Search only turns up the company you’re talking about.

    intensely_human ,

    Could be that it mixes what sounds like a Japanese name with an English word, which makes it seem like a company from Japan operating in an English speaking place.

    In the 1980s people expected that Japan was going to take over more and more American business. Japan was a major player and so sci fi written then — including that which was cyberpunk dystopian — assumed there’d be companies like “Ford” but named after Japanese guys.

    Also it’s not “Hashi Corporation” it’s “HashiCorp” which implies a sort of pop-cultureification, like the company has sort of compacted over the years, and gotten less Japanese (known) and more hybrid Japanese-American-Corporate-Marketing (unknown, megacorps have shady cultures, they’re new things).

    If HashiCorp were to show up in a movie, it would be in a holographic ad someone flies past.

    neutron ,

    And we are kind of getting there, but we often see multinational megacorps with Chinese or Korean names/origin.

    Pons_Aelius ,

    When Weyland corp announce a merger with Yutani industries it's time to worry.

    DontTreadOnBigfoot ,
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    Or when Arisaka starts moving in on Militech turf.

    clearedtoland ,

    Ngl I wouldn’t mind being chromed

    Zron ,

    That’s the worst part, we’re rapidly approaching the corporate dystopia of cyberpunk, without any of the crazy drugs or body mods.

    Give me gorilla arms, damnit

    Xariphon ,

    I just want to live forever as a semi-coherent cloud of nanites. Is that really too much to ask?

    intensely_human ,

    We’ve got the crazy drugs and body mods coming, don’t you worry. Haven’t you seen the videos of people who make designer prosthetics and robotic hands for themselves?

    Soon somebody’s gonna put roller skates in their feet and then it’s all over. That’s how you’ll know it’s the singularity.

    neutron ,

    Realistically speaking, we really need to start differenciating between restoring human functions (like artificial eye for the blind) and enhancements augmenting abilities normal human limits (that same eye having x-ray and nightvision).

    Restoring functions, at least, should be treated as universal medicine and healthcare and be available for whoever needs it.

    intensely_human ,

    That requires defining normal function which is mega dangerous. Especially as we move away from default humanity.

    neutron ,

    Hope you don’t mind being billed for the whole surgery, including amputation of limbs you never asked for in the first place. Shiny stuff with soul crushing debt - sounds like American colleges.

    Phoonzang ,

    I never asked for this. Wrong game, I know :)

    neutron ,

    Mankind Divided had a very abrupt cliffhanger. Adam needs a proper closure to his story.

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