I think it was entirely reasonable for him to give a cost estimate at this press conference xp
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:28 (ten years ago) link
i'm not sure the tesla and space x count as engineering triumphs
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link
dude is a genius entrepreneur, not a genius engineer
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
well i guess space x is pretty cool but not cheaper or better than nasa, the tesla is like 100k
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 02:01 (ten years ago) link
I think it's pretty reasonable to be skeptical of a figure that's almost 1/10th of what's being spent on actual proven existing technology.
― wk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
Well ya thats why he thinks his idea is better
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:31 (ten years ago) link
Cracking up at article that bolstered dudes cred with "Tony stark is partially based on him in the popular im movies!"
― you're better off in a supersonic jet (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:31 (ten years ago) link
yeah, make believe ideas do tend to be better and cheaper than messy reality.
― wk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
Wwtsd
― you're better off in a supersonic jet (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:37 (ten years ago) link
wtsiw
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:47 (ten years ago) link
Actually SpaceX is considerably cheaper than NASA. NASA even agrees: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/586023main_8-3-11_NAFCOM.pdf
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 04:30 (ten years ago) link
that's because they're organizationally leaner, not because they've invented a cheaper spacecraft
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:34 (ten years ago) link
http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/loopy-ideas-are-fine-if-youre-an-entrepreneur/
― iatee, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:55 (ten years ago) link
well sure that's fine for elon
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
who the hell is this Elon Musk guy to estimate the cost of an engineering project
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 9:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
estimate
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:56 (ten years ago) link
lasertrain will only cost $1 because light is free
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:58 (ten years ago) link
lose organizational fat with this one weird trick
― MAVEN! (Matt P), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
i admit the only reason i'm in this thread at all is i love saying Elon Musk in my head after every post
― MAVEN! (Matt P), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link
no one's real name sounds more like a cologne
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
ELON MUSK...by fabergé
― you're better off in a supersonic jet (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Two weeks before his Hyperloop announcement, Musk quietly met with the founder of ET3, an even-faster, already patented tube transport system.
Daryl Oster and five people from his company ET3 made the trip to 1 Rocket Road in Hawthorne, California, the headquarters of SpaceX. Its CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk had invited the engineer and former stockbroker over for a chat. Musk was interested in Oster's idea for an Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) system that he said would let people travel from New York to L.A. in 45 minutes.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3015704/futurist-forum/how-much-did-this-hyperloop-lookalike-inspire-elon-musk
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
dang 45 mins
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:26 (ten years ago) link
eat the rich
― MAVEN! (Matt P), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
Elon Musk @elonmusk 23 AugWill post video next week of designing a rocket part with hand gestures & then immediately printing it in titanium
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:24 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5pGi2W7.gif
― HOOS it because...of steen???? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link
hahaha
― Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
lol
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
nice
― "Asshole Lost in Coughdrop": THAT'S a story (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
http://recode.net/2014/04/03/at-hbos-silicon-valley-premiere-elon-musk-is-pissed/
He is REALLY into Burning Man
― polyphonic, Friday, 4 April 2014 06:21 (ten years ago) link
“The parties in Silicon Valley are amazing" lol i dont believe u
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 April 2014 11:06 (ten years ago) link
I was just having a meeting with my information security team, and they’re great but they’re pretty fucking weird — one used to be a dude, one’s super small
what the actual fuck is this shit
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:13 (ten years ago) link
imagining musk getting continuously blown away by everyday sights
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:28 (ten years ago) link
sounds like he was stoned, like whoa these guys work for me crazy and wow one of them is tiny and another one is pretty radical and were having a meeting this is so weird im kinda freaking out imna text sergey no dont text pay attention what are they talking about shit this is so fucked up
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:30 (ten years ago) link
oh hey lets create a spacefaring civilisation oh look a squirrel
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:48 (ten years ago) link
There's speculation of an interesting horizontal integration aspect to this project - namely, that the hyperloop stores energy in excess of what it needs to operate. The thought is that this energy can be funneled to various spots along the loop where electric car recharge stations would be placed. That helps alleviate one of the chief concerns with another of Mr. Musk's businesses, the relatively short range of electric cars (I.e his Tedla models) to travel highway distances.
― art, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:50 (ten years ago) link
That's nice
Yeah actually if he's just wasted it doesn't sound weird at all
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 4 April 2014 12:54 (ten years ago) link
hey man i'm too wasted to be aware that describing transgendered or less-than-average-height people as 'fucking weird' is nagl
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:56 (ten years ago) link
Isn't the story all about how pissed he is?
― kinder, Friday, 4 April 2014 13:08 (ten years ago) link
You mean, like, drunk?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 April 2014 13:17 (ten years ago) link
I ws thinking "Holy shit that guy's wearing a HAT, woah" type wasted
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 4 April 2014 13:19 (ten years ago) link
Outside on the street, actor T.J. Miller was having a cigarette. Was he having a good time at the party?“Yeah, but, and I’m not gonna name names, but if the billionaire power players don’t get the joke, it’s because they’re not comfortable being satirized,” said Miller, who plays a buffoonish character named Erlich, who owns the hacker house. “And they don’t remember that to be a target of humor is an honor — you have to be venerated to be satirized. Like, I’m sorry, but you could tell everything was true. You guys do have bike meetings, motherfucker.”
“Yeah, but, and I’m not gonna name names, but if the billionaire power players don’t get the joke, it’s because they’re not comfortable being satirized,” said Miller, who plays a buffoonish character named Erlich, who owns the hacker house. “And they don’t remember that to be a target of humor is an honor — you have to be venerated to be satirized. Like, I’m sorry, but you could tell everything was true. You guys do have bike meetings, motherfucker.”
Burn.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 April 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
fwiw the trailer for this made me laugh
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 April 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
I feel like with Martin Starr and Kumail Nanjiani on screen and Mike Judge involved it will probably not be terrible.
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 April 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
I'd watch a Martin Starr one man monologue movie, a la Spalding Gray.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 April 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
it turns out i know somebody who's just agreed to be, essentially, husk's PA.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 April 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
i mean musk.
please get them to start a 77 thread for us
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Friday, 4 April 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
also, maybe see if there are extra burning man tix so I can hang with the muskster
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Friday, 4 April 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
As I kind of expected, not amazing overall, but I laughed pretty much every time Nanjiani or Starr opened their mouths. Relied a little too much on obvious/well-worn tech company gags.
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Saturday, 12 April 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link
another space x launch later today
― markers, Monday, 14 April 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link