Elon Musk

there's way neater completely untested ideas out there

― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

like what

who the hell is this Elon Musk guy to estimate the cost of an engineering project

he's no ilxor that's for sure

well i haven't FP'd him yet so

oooh i bet he could come up with a better system than fp

like it would only take like 2, 3 tops to ban a fucker

say what you want about this guy, at least he made the hyperloops run on time

who the hell is this Elon Musk guy to estimate the cost of an engineering project

admittedly it's impressive that he's had success in software, auto manufacturing, and aerospace, but isn't a massive public works project like this a different thing altogether?

Don't forget solar.

I think it was entirely reasonable for him to give a cost estimate at this press conference xp

i'm not sure the tesla and space x count as engineering triumphs

dude is a genius entrepreneur, not a genius engineer

well i guess space x is pretty cool but not cheaper or better than nasa, the tesla is like 100k

I think it was entirely reasonable for him to give a cost estimate at this press conference xp

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.

Well ya thats why he thinks his idea is better

Cracking up at article that bolstered dudes cred with "Tony stark is partially based on him in the popular im movies!"

Well ya thats why he thinks his idea is better

yeah, make believe ideas do tend to be better and cheaper than messy reality.

Wwtsd

wtsiw

well i guess space x is pretty cool but not cheaper or better than nasa, the tesla is like 100k

Actually SpaceX is considerably cheaper than NASA. NASA even agrees: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/586023main_8-3-11_NAFCOM.pdf

that's because they're organizationally leaner, not because they've invented a cheaper spacecraft

http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/loopy-ideas-are-fine-if-youre-an-entrepreneur/

well sure that's fine for elon

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

lasertrain will only cost $1 because light is free

lose organizational fat with this one weird trick

i admit the only reason i'm in this thread at all is i love saying Elon Musk in my head after every post

no one's real name sounds more like a cologne

ELON MUSK...by fabergé

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

dang 45 mins

eat the rich

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 23 Aug
Will post video next week of designing a rocket part with hand gestures & then immediately printing it in titanium

http://i.imgur.com/5pGi2W7.gif

hahaha

lol

nice

http://recode.net/2014/04/03/at-hbos-silicon-valley-premiere-elon-musk-is-pissed/

He is REALLY into Burning Man

“The parties in Silicon Valley are amazing" lol i dont believe u

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

imagining musk getting continuously blown away by everyday sights

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

oh hey lets create a spacefaring civilisation oh look a squirrel

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.

That's nice

Yeah actually if he's just wasted it doesn't sound weird at all

hey man i'm too wasted to be aware that describing transgendered or less-than-average-height people as 'fucking weird' is nagl

Isn't the story all about how pissed he is?

You mean, like, drunk?

I ws thinking "Holy shit that guy's wearing a HAT, woah" type wasted

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.”

Burn.