Elon Musk

seems like we should have a thread on this guy, idk

Who he?

It's really an anagram of "Nole Skum."

Suk Lemon

ahe's kinda like tony stark, so i gather from ten mins research, but without the weapons and with clean energy and space

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

elon “being good at being rich,” if accurate, is actually the best excuse for committing rich ppl genocide ever

show jeff bezos and larry ellison a picture of elon, ask them “is this man the epitome of you, the rich people?” They nod yes. Do the needful and confiscate the wealth

Yeah the only thing that eases the pain of this turd's existence is knowing he desperately wants validation and cred and doesn't have it, and KNOWS he doesn't have it, and knows none of his money will buy it. Suck it you south african prick.

and yet, he was married to grimes

i mean, that’s the thing, lol. it’s just like, knowing that despite his obvious shittiness, he was able to buy a hipster validation credit, and could do so again

i say that as someone who enjoyed grimes’ visions! but yeah, i’d guess in his world that being able to turn a #1 album of the year person into someone that apologizes for you, using money alone, seem spowerful

Yeah but he’s also so fucking lame that he ruined grimes and she went from being adored to also an embarrassment. His validation seeking is so strong it actually takes down others.

i don't think he gained any hipster validation credit either!

His fans had no idea who she was. Her fans were disgusted and wanted no part of it.

it was good for me since i thought grimes was on some nonsense anyway

what was that micro genre that was like singing along to fleetwood mac on the radio in the other room

hot art school girl singing along to fleetwood mac on the radio in the other room

i guess it does sound good when you put it that way

he was never married to Grimes, dated Amber Heard as well -- which in the long term, was not something that did anything to either of their reputations -- and was TWICE married to British actress Talulah Riley who I guess was in Westworld and that Sex Pistols biopic show as her highest billings

so he's been married to one woman who pretty much loathes him, another who acted as his cheerleader but was seemingly uninterested in having children, and now keeps attempting to run a baby farm

it's not as if really rich people don't have nannies and entire systems for not seeing their kids, he's just really weird with it

I'd surprisingly never blame Elon for Grimes' trajectory because she was already on some weird Yarvin-adjacent brain spiral from reading too much tumblr or whatever. They interacted with some stupid roko's basilisk joke and met up! urgh

grimes is the ezra pound of millennial indie musicians

Ariel Pink and John Maus would like a word

i had to roffle when I found out Pink’s dad was a convicted white collar criminal

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/beverly-hills-doctor-sentenced-ordered-to-pay-2-9m-in-restitution-for-massive-medical-insurance-scam/

He performed a lot of unnecessary surgeries!

https://i.postimg.cc/d3cZpxyq/spengler.png

xxp John Maus has at least explicitly apologized and renounced said assumptions and clarified his views prior to his last album drop.

Kind of a rare about face when the default response is to double down and grift away

ariel pink is gen x! facts matter ppl

also Pound was a great artist so

Talulah Riley is the perfect British actress name. She just sounds like someone I should have seen in a bunch of things (but have actually seen in nothing).

she married the kid from Love Actually

I just looked at a photo and she weirdly kinda resembles Grimes

Talulah Riley was in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice as Mary Bennet.

she was in Christopher Nolan’s Inception as “Blonde”!!

in any case, text messages that were released as exhibits in Musk court cases included Riley cheerleading him on as he destroyed woke or w/e, along with other trash sentiments

mr cool https://bsky.app/profile/themckenziest.gay/post/3mt2qcp2iys2l

Was thinking of post that, but it’s too cringe, even for Musk. Though if it gets him to Mars much sooner, I’m all for it.

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Aug 13
The music was so good I asked Grok where it came from and then it told me it was all Ai generated.. 👀 whoever created it should put it on iTunes.

lol I figured it was AI but Shazamed it to be sure, and got no hit. I don't even know what to call it, like movie soundtrack orchestra nu metal.

the part where the sax comes in sounds like a joke

UFC Fight Promo-core

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autonomous_Tesla_vehicles_by_Elon_Musk

It is the fartiest sounded music I have ever heard

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hw6pij3rglmi4eescerb2pn5/bafkreictnsvakiumfi4qrigwgixexvdpwxzj7yo7xfmkbnvly655ilw7h4

This is how I compose all my zings on ILX now.

its the most efficient way

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6guagmhjwdanmotimn45j3pq/bafkreiguswrxa7uvnz6z4xpaai2qajnuojejcs2bfjaq47izhehcjnbkqy

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6guagmhjwdanmotimn45j3pq/bafkreihvxlkx6t36u66ewewgd54jypnvozmxxeoieo5imltwpwvrlrmtku

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Someday computers will map every possible way to make oneself look pathetic.

seen, on chess.com we are part of the resistance

I love that he doesn't even think wait, maybe there are more chess games than legal positions

ehh if you have the best move from every board position, you have a complete solution. the move history doesn't matter.

because i spent a few minutes looking it up:
atoms: around 1e80
legal chess positions: around 1e45

just get the best move for every position nbd "ehh"

chess is very simple. you just do queen's gambit and take it from there

sent me down a friday night rabbit hole of reading about computational chess that pivoted into reading about mathematical proofs and now i’m wondering if i still have that calculus book from college somewhere in the basement. going to give myself some homework

have a look at Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays if you haven't yet

z_tbd at 11:22 4 Sep 26

chess is very simple. you just do queen's gambit and take it from there

you used to be able to do the king's gambit before woke happened

This is what they rook from us

reminds me of this genius: https://www.reddit.com/r/dontyouknowwhoiam/comments/j4lxpa/trying_to_tell_the_chess_federation_he_knows/