Palmer Luckey discovers "assembled in USA" ≠ "made in USA" - like calling IKEA furniture Swedish-made because you built it in Stockholm! 
True domestic laptops need virtually all components sourced locally. The 20% premium question: patriotic computing or just expensive assembly? 
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In the deepest vaults of Silicon Valley, where the shadows of ambition lie thick, two artifacts of ancient power have stirred from their long slumber. The palantír—the Seeing-Stone that pierces all veils—and Andúril, the Flame of the West reforged, have found their way into mortal hands once more.
But lo! These are no mere trinkets of fantasy. In our age, they bear the names of mighty corporations, wielding technologies that would make even the Wise tremble. Their masters speak of defending the realm, yet Tolkien himself warned us: the greatest perils oft come not from the obviously wicked, but from those convinced of their own righteousness.
Do these modern stewards possess the wisdom of Aragorn, who wielded both artifacts with restraint? Or have they forgotten the Professor's most solemn warning—that the desire to do good may lead to the very tyranny one seeks to prevent?
A convergence most fateful has begun. The question that remains is whether we have eyes to see it.
Come, brave reader, and venture forth into this tale of power and peril, where mythology meets modernity:
the #broligarchs and their military industrial complex money are now lobbying to expand the #NetworkState to #Cuba
Anduril Acquires Klas to Develop Rugged Hardware for Military Edge AI
#AI #Anduril #Klas #DefenseTech #MilitaryTech #EdgeComputing #LatticeAI #MenaceT #C4ISR #Acquisition #MilitaryHardware #TacticalComms #PalmerLuckey #GovTech #NationalSecurity
Anduril Industries, the AI-driven defense startup founded by Palmer Luckey, is acquiring Irish tech firm Klas to boost its battlefield AI capabilities. Klas’s rugged communication tech will power Anduril’s Lattice platform used to control autonomous drones and gather real-time combat intelligence.
#Anduril #AIWarfare #DefenseTech #PalmerLuckey #AutonomousSystems #MilitaryAI #TechAcquisition #NationalSecurity #Innovation #EthicalAI
Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/anduril-klas-acquisition-boosts-ai-defense-systems/
Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey Apparently Texted About the Black Eyed Peas https://www.inbella.com/956508/elon-musk-palmer-luckey-apparently-texted-about-the-black-eyed-peas/ #BlackEyedPeas #BusinessInsider #CelebritiesNews #Day #dozen #ElonMusk #GroupCategory #MarALago #meta #OriginalLyric #PalmerLuckey #podcast #politic #Post #song #woke
Droning the Pentagon
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/13/droning-the-pentagon/
An assortment of new firms, born in Silicon Valley or incorporating its disruptive ethos, are beginning to win lucrative military contracts, writes Michael T. Klare. A New Military-Industrial Complex Is Being Born By Michael T. Klare TomDispatch.com Last April, in…
#Politics #AdvancedTechnologies #Commentary #Militarism #MilitaryIndustry #Pentagon #U.s. #AndurilIndustries #Billionaires #Boeing #CerberusCapitalManagement #CollaborativeCombatAircraft(cca) #ElonMusk #FriendsCommitteeOnNationalLegislation #GeneralAtomics #GeneralDynamics #J.d.Vance #LockheedMartin #MichaelKlare #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #NaryaCapital #NationalPrioritiesProject #NorthropGrumman #PalantirTechnologies #PalmerLuckey #PeterThiel #RaytheonTechnologies #Rtx #SiliconValley #StephenA.Feinberg #VentureCapital
Consortium News · Droning the PentagonAn assortment of new firms, born in Silicon Valley or incorporating its disruptive ethos, are beginning to win lucrative military contracts, writes Michael T. Klare.
A New Military-Industrial
Complex Is Being Born
By Michael T. Klare
TomDispatch.com
Last April, in a move generating sca
#Anduril 's #Technomancer Troops Just Trying to Clear Their Quest Log
https://isglitch.com/article/2025-02-13-anduril-technomancer-troops
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(2/3) ranging conversation with #KollenPost & #MatthewGault, highlighting the DIY nature of drone warfare in Ukraine, the complex dynamics of a wartime information space, the role of #PalmerLuckey of #Anduril using merch relics to promote defense contractor support, & more…
https://www.andurilgear.com
“This war runs on Linux” #OpenSource #UkraineWar #drones #DroneWar #warfare #LikeWar #GPS #jamming #hack #hacking
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Soon, the tech behind #ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill
#OpenAI and #PalmerLuckey's #weapons company #AndurilIndustries sign agreement to explore lethal drone defense for #military use.
"As part of the new initiative, Anduril and OpenAI will explore how leading-edge AI models can be leveraged to rapidly synthesize time-sensitive data, reduce the burden on human operators, and improve situational awareness," Anduril said in a statement.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/openai-and-anduril-team-up-to-build-ai-powered-drone-defense-systems/
Ars Technica · Soon, the tech behind ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill
Palmer Luckey, Gründer von Oculus, lenkt seine Energie wieder auf Headsets für das Militär. Was geplant ist, erzählt er in diesem Beitrag.
t3n Magazin · Palmer Luckey: Wie der Oculus-Gründer das US-Verteidigungsministerium in die Mixed Reality holen will - t3n – digital pioneersVon der virtuellen Realität zur digitalen Waffentechnik: Der Chef von Anduril Industries will das Pentagon modernisieren. Dabei trifft er allerdings auch auf Widerstand aus der Truppe. Für Palmer Luckey hat sich in gewisser Weise der Kreis geschlossen. Seine ersten Erfahrungen mit Virtual-Reality-Headsets machte er als jugendlicher Labortechniker in einem Forschungszentrum des Verteidigungsministeriums in Südkalifornien, wo […]
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“#PalmerLuckey Wants to Be #SiliconValley's #War King”
#Lattice / #autonomous / #systems / #Thiel <https://youtube.com/watch?v=ItLFpYha6Wc>
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@BenjaminHCCarr cf this obscure article
“Anduril Nears $7B Valuation, Links With Australian Military Defense Firm Reportedly Lining Up Series E Round”, Kevin Costelloe, MAY 18, 2022
<https://www.ocbj.com/technology/anduril-nears-7b-valuation-links-with-australian-military/> found via wikipedia entry on #PalmerLuckey <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Luckey>
Orange County Business Journal · Anduril Nears $7B Valuation, Links With Australian Military - Orange County Business JournalAnduril Industries is working with the Australian Defense Force to design, develop and manufacture undersea vehicles in a three-year program.
“According to a May 4, 2022 announcement, #Anduril and the #Australian military are "entering into commercial negotiations for a $100 million, co-funded design, development and manufacturing program for extra large autonomous undersea vehicles (#XLAUV s) for the Royal Australian Navy". [0]
when you read about the bitchy world of #SiliconValley #VC’s verses #startup #founders, [1] follow up on #OculusVR [0] and stumble on an Australian submersible #drone program [2], that I haven’t heard about before…
[0] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Luckey> #PalmerLuckey
[1] <https://x.com/jesslivingston/status/1844680802333753570> #YConbinator / #jesslivingston
[2] “Anduril Nears $7B Valuation, Links With Australian Military” <https://www.ocbj.com/technology/anduril-nears-7b-valuation-links-with-australian-military/> #RAN / #hardware
the lengths men will go to not seek therapy and/or additional help for their hurt tears down societies
»#PalmerLuckey is now selling pixel-perfect ultrabright magnesium #GameBoys for $199: The $199 #Chromatic might be the ultimate Game Boy.« https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170572/modretro-chromatic-game-boy-color-palmer-luckey-price-release-date?eicker.news #tech #media
The Verge · The $199 Chromatic might be the ultimate Nintendo Game Boy
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beyond.pictures »#PalmerLuckey, #Oculus founder and creator behind the original #OculusRift, teased an upcoming announcement that he’s working on a new #XRheadset.« https://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-rift-creator-palmer-luckey-new-xr-headset/?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VR #AR #MR
Road to VR · Oculus Rift Creator Palmer Luckey is Developing a New XR HeadsetPalmer Luckey, Oculus founder and creator behind the original Oculus Rift, teased an upcoming announcement that he’s working on a new XR headset. Luckey says in a post on X that he’ll be talking more about the device at Augmented World Expo (AWE), which takes place in Long Beach, California from June 18-20. Could it be …
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Haven't watched this in full yet but the "race to the bottom" type comments about how you need to make a device that people actually want I heard about from @davemark here on Mastodon.
#PalmerLuckey said that before too, in the context of the Oculus Quest that time IIRC. He's not entirely wrong in that we do need the high end devices that offer the best experience possible to drive things forward. Personally I just think we can and should have the low-end too.
Hackaday Links: November 13, 2022 - Talk about playing on hard mode! The news this week was rife with stories about Pa... - https://hackaday.com/2022/11/13/hackaday-links-november-13-2022/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #retrocomputer #crowdfunding #palmerluckey #raspberrypi #restoration #supplychain #ebenupton #system34 #headset #orbiter #oculus #psyche #jpl #vr
HackadayHackaday Links: November 13, 2022Talk about playing on hard mode! The news this week was rife with stories about Palmer Luckey’s murder-modified VR headset, which ostensibly kills the wearer if their character dies in-game. …
WTF: Palmer Luckey: VR-Headset tötet Träger, die im Spiel sterben
"Unerforschte Wege im Spieldesign": Palmer Luckey hat ein VR-Headset gebaut, das Träger per Sprengladung tötet, wenn sie in einem Spiel sterben.
Palmer Luckey: VR-Headset tötet Träger, die im Spiel sterben
"Unerforschte Wege im Spieldesign": Palmer Luckey hat ein VR-Headset gebaut, das Träger per Sprengladung tötet, wenn sie in einem Spiel sterben.
Palmer Luckey: VR-Headset tötet Träger, die im Spiel sterben
heise onlinePalmer Luckey baut tödliches VR-Headset