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		9dev 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Drones Are Key to Winning Wars Now. The U.S. Makes... What’s it with all the LOTR nerds founding Defense startups by the way?

threatofrain 9 months ago | [–]

It's just Peter Thiel's companies. All these companies have an agreement with the Tolkien estate.

anton-c 9 months ago | | [–]

Tolkien having s tier names helps, they're just cool

quotemstr 9 months ago | | [–]

The nerds are the ones bored with B2B SaaS.

glimshe 9 months ago | [–]

LOTR is fundamentally a war epic.

causal 9 months ago | [–]

Kinda missing the point though if you're finding strength in industry

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