True@lemy.lol to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 20 days agoTwitter loses World Bank ads over pro-Nazi content placementboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down10
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minus-squareAndrew@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·20 days agoI’ll admit to assuming he must be kind of a cool nerd for naming some of his SpaceX things after Culture ships (from Iain M. Banks’ novels), but now I feel sullied by association from having enjoyed the same books.
minus-squareBaggins@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoSame with the Hitchhikers stunt.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoHis personal LLC is called “Excession”, considering some of the plot points in that book I doubt he enjoyed it at all, it’s just “nerd set dressing”.
I’ll admit to assuming he must be kind of a cool nerd for naming some of his SpaceX things after Culture ships (from Iain M. Banks’ novels), but now I feel sullied by association from having enjoyed the same books.
Same with the Hitchhikers stunt.
His personal LLC is called “Excession”, considering some of the plot points in that book I doubt he enjoyed it at all, it’s just “nerd set dressing”.