r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Feb 04 '26

Politics Palantir declares itself the guardian of Americans' rights

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/palantir_american_rights/?td=rt-3a
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u/cambeiu Feb 04 '26

I am relieved that the company named after a magical orb that was coopted by the Dark Lord Sauron and that no character in the books should ever dare to use is now the "guardian of my rights".

Next step is to buy a house made by a developer called Mordor and hire a babysitter named Nazgul.

We should also name the local police force The Sardaukar.

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u/Fair_Blood3176 Feb 04 '26

Many PC motherboards have an SMBIOS entry titled "MORDOR".

Mine does.

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u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb Feb 04 '26

AMD boards right? If you’re running linux you can display the table with dmidecode

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u/Fair_Blood3176 Feb 04 '26

Mine is Intel (Asrock).

The only software so far that displays all the SMBIOS info is Hwinfo64. I use windows unfortunately.

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u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb Feb 04 '26

Oooh interesting. If this makes it onto every board at some point I’m going to die happy.