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NoraCodestoday at 2:13 PM12 repliesview on HN

My kingdom for a way to stop this godforsaken industry from stripping Tolkien's fiction for parts.


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nosmantoday at 3:43 PM

The bad guys are using Tolkien references. The good guys are probably using Hitchhiker's Guide references...

jkestnertoday at 2:36 PM

Let's start naming things after Iain Banks ships.

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bevr1337today at 6:54 PM

The AI generated illustration and satire of the poem hurt my soul. Tom doesn’t even have pupils! This output is low quality even for AI generated content.

akshayshahtoday at 3:11 PM

To be fair, the name was a joking response to https://x.com/patrickc/status/2015562569105465347…and then the temporary skunkworks name stuck, as it always does.

pythonaut_16today at 2:38 PM

Makes me want to name a project or company Sauron in response.

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threatofraintoday at 3:42 PM

All the companies you’re thinking of are likely paying the Tolkien estate a very fat fee. This repo will likely have to rename.

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testdelacc1today at 3:50 PM

I do appreciate you quoting Shakespeare.

eclecticiantoday at 2:21 PM

We can go strip Shakespeare instead.

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jzelinskietoday at 2:44 PM

I'm just waiting for them to exhaust LotR and move on to Roverandom

sifartoday at 3:38 PM

No, not bombadil. I'll donate mine too. :)

paulnpacetoday at 2:48 PM

Bad actors use Tolkien. Good actors use Orwell.

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_doctor_lovetoday at 3:49 PM

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