Elon Musk

it's kinda surprising he isn't more well known all things considered

seriously. if wiki is even half-accurate shouldn't he be a fixture on Time mag or something?

His family sound really annoying. Was married to, uh, somebody who was in that St Trinians film, uh, the one with Russell Brand.

You realise that if he was ever to become involved in some sort of scandal and subsequent cover-up, newspapers could use the headline, "Elongate"

if he was caught cheating he'd be THE MUSKRAT

dude owes his company's survival to gov programs but
says it's no big deal if Romney wins and makes good on his promise
to obliterate them all.

lots of companies do well out of govt contracts/programs, i'd imagine.

so hyperloop huh

people on twitter so mad. trying to understand why. i guess it boils down to:

1) shouldn't we fix BART / buses / systems that working class people use before building toys for rich people

2) LA-to-SF only is ridiculous, there's like a whole state in there

3) nobody wants to hear half-baked plans from an arrogant rich dude

still, i mean, it's pretty cool, right?

1) shouldn't we fix BART / buses / systems that working class people use before building toys for rich people

There are lots of problems everywhere all the time. Can't let it stop technology from moving forward.

2) LA-to-SF only is ridiculous, there's like a whole state in there

There's a whole country, even! LA-to-SF sounds like a perfectly fine beta test.

3) nobody wants to hear half-baked plans from an arrogant rich dude

Not all rich dudes are arrogant. Elon Musk has never struck me as anything close to that.

people on twitter so mad.

who do you follow?

i'm not getting that impression from all the tech ppl i follow

unveiling this while CA is deep in the hole with it's bullet-train project (something I support wholeheartedly btw) is pretty arrogant

You might be right, Johnny, dunno. I was just trying to figure out why there was this explosion of contempt all over my twitter feed after the announcement.

markers, here are some of the people that were entertainingly scathing: kalebhorton, quartzcity, tcarmody, mikesonn

i do follow tim but i guess whatever he said didn't stick

cool monorail bro

lol

i have a plan for a train that goes from boston to atlanta in 10mins, its called lasertrain and ill give you some cool drawings of it in a couple weeks, its ridiculous no one is building it btw it only costs $10

im not gonna build it tho cause im kinda busy

even i can afford that

unveiling this while CA is deep in the hole with it's bullet-train project (something I support wholeheartedly btw) is pretty arrogant

isn't his point that hyperloop would be fraction of the cost and twice as fast?

the douchey thing is that he made a big ol deal abt something thats not at all real

Which is how 70% of architecture and urban planning works.

sure 70% that sounds totally realistic too

I meant 94% sorry.

To me, it really sounds like a kickstarter project... but from a billionaire.

i mean who knows maybe its revolutionary technology but its so preliminary its p comical to call a press conference abt it

maybe this is the best way to convince someone else to give it a shot idk

LOL "elon musk"

This should keep us occupied for a while: http://www.spacex.com/hyperloop

markers, here are some of the people that were entertainingly scathing: kalebhorton, quartzcity, tcarmody, mikesonn

I wasn't scathing about Musk (I am about futurism in general) - if anything, he has a good track record on quixotic tech quests. I hope he's successful with this. I also hope there's a state left that can use it.

unveiling this while CA is deep in the hole with it's bullet-train project (something I support wholeheartedly btw) is pretty arrogant

Knowing how CA politics works (and the CA rail projects are amazingly political), how would you expect a non-arrogant to even get traction with this?

I have no doubt that Musk will solve the Hyperloop technical issues. I very much have doubts about him navigating Sacramento.

I was describing this to my wife today and kept calling it Supertube.

Bad connotations...

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supertrain-1_7696.jpg

lol @ the "open source" pdf proposal. build a section of the thing and then get back to us when you have it working.

Musk says the Hyperloop is best for distances of 900 miles. Beyond 900 miles, he thinks you're better off in a supersonic jet.

Lol

I never use my supersonic jet anymore as parking is always a total bitch

I have to say I rather like Elon Musk. He's made a massive pile of money and rather than sitting on it or managing it in mundane ways; he's making risky bets on thinks he's passionate about: Cars, Rockets, vacuum tubes.

Hyperloop seems a bit ridiculous to me, vacuum tube powered trains and trains in evacuated tubes are an old chestnut, almost as old as railways themselves. However, he's built a commercially viable private space programme and a car company* in the last ten years so anything is possible.

*Tesla isn't really a car company it's a power train company and if it is still making cars in 5 years I'll be surprised.

ya i'm kinda ll for crackpot genius billionaires actually doing interesting stuff, up until they become str8 up supervillains obv

lol @ the "open source" pdf proposal. build a section of the thing and then get back to us when you have it working.

― wk, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:23 AM

he might do this

is this dude one of the crazy silicon valley libertarian types or is he just beloved by them?

iirc he has liberal tendencies mixed in w the libertarianism

xp I heard him speak and he seemed not crazy and to have some kind of social or at least environmental conscience, unlike the usual libertarian types, but maybe he's just better at hiding it

(I like him too fwiw and right now he seems one of the most likely "crackpot genius billionaires" to solve some hard problems which are overdue for solving, so I hope he carries on with that. Also hoping that one day I'll get to see/read his computer game that appeared in some 8-bit micro type-in listings mag in the 80s)

he's not as bad as some of the other silicon valley libtards, I'll give him that.

nonetheless, this is a stupid proposal

do tell

curious to read a critique that amounts to more than 'hyperlol'

I think it's dumb that he's throwing around numbers when he doesn't even have a working prototype. It just seems like he's hoping to derail the other project. I also think the "open source" thing is pretty silly since it's not like code where an individual can make some kind of improvement and test it out to see if it works. I guess an open source design is an interesting idea after the fact if he actually gets it working and other people want to build his design, but it still seems basically irrelevant.

Didn't he make his fortune with Peter thiel?
I don't know if that is "guilt by association" or "looking better by comparison"

It just seems like he's hoping to derail the other project

^^^

A key part of his criticism of the other rail plan is that it's "more expensive to operate (if unsubsidized)." I'd like to see some more detailed numbers on that though. Why would we count the cost of unsubsidized rail against air travel which is heavily subsidized? All that really matters is cost to the traveller, and unlike airlines, I'm assuming the high speed rail system is not going to be run as a for-profit business. He also makes no comparison of the environmental costs of air flight vs. the planned high speed rail system.

That’s 1700 euros/sq ft ffs

The high renovation costs for the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus are also due to alluvial sand affecting the statics of the building and the fact that there are strict preservation order regulations.

Berlin tried to renovate it on the cheap thirty years ago at a cost of about €250 million, but it clearly didn't solve (m)any of the problems.

also its’s important to GDR history

Everything seems to cost more and take longer in Berlin. It was announced last week that the Staatsbibliothek, which featured in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, is going to be renovated from 2030-2041 at a cost of €1.1 billion, with an additional €350 million being allocated for risks and construction cost increases.

yeah what with the BB airport and the sorry state of DB the myth of German efficiency has really taken a hit

Ironically, Musk's Tesla factory in Grünheide just outside Berlin is also proving to be hugely inefficient. A report this month revealed that the factory is only producing about half as many Teslas as it could, with a capacity utilisation in 2024 of 56.3%.

There were also heated arguments last week between the IG Metall union and the Tesla Grünheide works council at a meeting which ended up with criminal complaints being lodged with the local court in Frankfurt an der Oder. The local union boss complained that "all sense of proportion and, apparently, all democratic awareness has been lost. Using fabricated accusations to influence elections reminds us of the tactics employed by authoritarian regimes."

No surprises there, I guess.

if they produced them, would anyone actually be buying them? the europe sales numbers aren't so hot iirc

self driving tesla blowing right through a railroad crossing https://bsky.app/profile/realdanodowd.bsky.social/post/3mgnejmoids2l

Tesla almost killed me today. Here's why I will continue to drive one:

hey self-driving mode switched off when you hit the crossing arm so it's technically your fault bro

on the original threads post theres a million comments like this

teslaloosa
It's FSD supervised, but you didn't supervise. Put your phone down.

https://www.threads.com/@laushiinla/post/DVpXqeFCdKW

Lol I knew that was gonna be the narrative

totally cool to send these out as driverless taxis though

how the fuck he can call it “fully self driving” is a failure of the regulatory state. In the 1950s he’d be in jail.

yup

self driving tesla blowing right through a railroad crossing

outlaw trains and this won't be a problem

(elon musk hiding behind a curtain voice) trains are gross who wants trains eww

Trains-exclusionary radical fascist

i see

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w/bafkreigeby6o25gs4seywlmjrolaahcs362q6ej4x2df4u5qf3rzwo7t34

"A funny reference to Microsoft"

Yes, the best jokes always need to be followed up by a statement telling you they're funny.

Elon, yesterday
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/talking-simpsons/images/d/d7/Joke.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20240720173914

MACROHARD

i see

🖼

muttering this on a bus

https://cdn.britannica.com/00/219300-050-3F1F96F7/Austrian-psychoanalyst-Sigmund-Freud-1935.jpg

Given this seems to be for the department of war to replace all the ai tools from companies that are suing the department of war,; I predict MACROHARD will be the first AI to commit suicide by targeting its own datacentre rather than work with Elon.

xp doesn’t elon have a fucked up dick from a failed penis enlargement surgery?

Macrohard.

doesn’t elon have a fucked up dick from a failed penis enlargement surgery

I am more than willing to believe this to the day I die without my needing any credible evidence or effort to persuade me. I'm all in on this being true from the moment I read it. I can't not be true.

It can't...

there's a place in Mars
where his pecker has a scar

xp Agreed Aimless, it is *spiritually* true

Microsoft motherfuckas let bygones be bygones, but since I’m Macintosh ima double click your icon.

current rumors on twitter are that elon has a botched penis implant, pass it on

― 龜, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 bookmarkflaglink

Getting confirmation from reliable sources.

Grimes told me this too https://t.co/I6RG1qWeQK

— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) February 16, 2025

― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, February 19, 2025 8:59 AM (one year ago)

100% willing to believe these rumors from a year ago lol

groims oim afraid theyve mashed me weiner ets heaps disfigured

sorry I can only do invitro because my uh uh uh uh uh uh my uh uh uh uh my uh my uh penis is all fucked up

guys i am crying laughing in bed, my husband is worried

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raOZ79gb7b4

he may be the cringiest person in the history of human civilization

https://bsky.app/profile/kthorjensen.bsky.social/post/3mhllysspec2i

heres the plot twist, Saxon is 20

so proud of my weird son for drinking a nice glass of milk

Saxon Musk

the unmistakable odor of an oasis concert

^BOOM

ha forgot about elon suing companies because they wouldnt advertise on twitter

BREAKING: A federal judge has dismissed X's advertising antirust lawsuit with prejudice.

After finding the court lacked jurisdiction over some of the named defendants, as to those remaining, Judge Jane Boyle stated: "X has not stated an antitrust injury."

https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.social/post/3mhxwpyqf3s2d

Just have to buy the courts i guess