• Etterra@discuss.online
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    10 days ago

    It’s strangely appropriate that these bastards named themselves after the magical sphere that Sauron used to turn Sarumon evil in LotR.

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      10 days ago

      Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

      Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus

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      9 days ago

      Sauron used conversations and scenes to turn Saruman charmed and deadly frightened. Over the palantir, which was a device to see the future, the past, the probable, close and far away. Thus also a communication device.

      So basically their name refers to knowing things which are not their fucking concern. Not what you said.