please explain how "geometry" which has been tried and rejected by the american automobile is suddenly just going to start working.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 6 January 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
love to reject something that exists in only the absolutely most desirable places to live
― lag∞n, Thursday, 6 January 2022 18:21 (two years ago) link
Imagine all those rejected A line cars shuttling back and forth, empty and forlorn, never to start working.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 January 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
Just wait until a terrorist puts bombs in self-driving cars at each end of a tunnel.
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 6 January 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
It's impossible to imagine such a thing, even though you have just imagined it and it would be amazingly simple and effective, if it were even possible to imagine it.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 6 January 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
'welp, we tried subways, buses and ferries, they don't work so I guess it's just luxury cars from here on out!'
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 6 January 2022 19:28 (two years ago) link
love to reject something that exists in only the absolutely most desirable places to live― lag∞n, Thursday, January 6, 2022 1:21 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― lag∞n, Thursday, January 6, 2022 1:21 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is a good post
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 6 January 2022 19:34 (two years ago) link
I get that driving an automobile can be cool and was really novel in like the 1930s but the complete lack of historical perspective from these people kind of blows my mind
Not that I live a block from where a trolley track used to run and it would have taken directly me to the bar and grocery store that's just over a mile away or anything
― mh, Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:35 (two years ago) link
*wistfully gazing at the spot where the trolley was*
I can't believe the single lane tunnel thing actually exists. What if a car bricks or randomly starts on fire or experiences any of the other weird issues that Teslas seem to have? How would people get out?
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:43 (two years ago) link
Or is this like the dream scenario for the Bazingas? Is there a nobler death...?
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:44 (two years ago) link
tunnel valhalla
― mh, Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:45 (two years ago) link
Strong "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" energy in that tweet above.
― two sleeps till brooklyn (ledge), Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:58 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/uiHoMrpifZ— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2022
― Alba, Sunday, 9 January 2022 08:40 (two years ago) link
These death tunnels are fun and cool bc no matter how dumb the general population understands that they are, the ppl in charge are just going to do it anyway ☺️
― concentrating on Rationality (the book) (will), Sunday, 9 January 2022 16:12 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZaRfNjTPx8
― mh, Sunday, 9 January 2022 19:05 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpempCSp2-w
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 9 January 2022 20:00 (two years ago) link
this fuckwad
Canadian truckers rule— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 27, 2022
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Sunday, 30 January 2022 17:53 (two years ago) link
is that why he's going to replace them with self driving trucks?
― StanM, Sunday, 30 January 2022 20:49 (two years ago) link
he just means truckers are the new government of canada which is technically correct
― lag∞n, Sunday, 30 January 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
lmao we programmed cars to break the law, what's the big deal??
He’s actually a lobbyist, not a journalist. There are many who pose as the latter while behaving like the former. No integrity.Indeed, there were no safety issues. The car simply slowed to ~2 mph & continued forward if clear view with no cars or pedestrians.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 1, 2022
― rob, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 13:58 (two years ago) link
this guy is such a piece of shit
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 14:09 (two years ago) link
sad lol at essentially programming in a rolling stop. Self-driving cars: they're just like us!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 14:25 (two years ago) link
new Teslas come with deepfaked footage of you drinking "just one beer with dinner"
― rob, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 14:27 (two years ago) link
i programmed my exploding car to run stop signs slowly in violation of every state's traffic laws
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 14:30 (two years ago) link
i know no one who is likely to be pulled over can afford this car lol
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 14:31 (two years ago) link
For that you have to shell out for the self-buying car, which is a bargain.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link
i'm not going to research this right now but i think nhtsa may frown upon the ceo of a car company publicly saying something is not a safety issue at the same time they are announcing a recall for a safety issue
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 14:41 (two years ago) link
I have absolutely gotten pulled over for doing this lol
― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 14:49 (two years ago) link
we’ll just have to write new traffic laws to accommodate a weird billionaire pissbaby. I don’t think it will be hard.
― concentrating on Rationality (the book) (will), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 14:58 (two years ago) link
xpost But what if *you* didn't roll through the stop, what if it was the car?https://video-images.vice.com/articles/60c09917f74527009a124228/lede/1623235200851-christine-car-on-fire.jpeg?crop=1xw%3A1xh%3Bcenter%2Ccenter&resize=2000%3A*
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
xpost - I have a feeling Tesla's legal team is also having a rough morning when seeing their CEO tweet out that the cars are programmed to directly break the law in, afaiui, every state.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
"lobbyist" is the new "narc"
― rob, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:11 (two years ago) link
well they know that because this is the reason for yet another recall xp
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:37 (two years ago) link
Just saying that the tweeting of it out as "no safety issue" is probably not helpful.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:45 (two years ago) link
its only recently that tesla has been issuing recalls for software problems, which they were supposed to be doing all along
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link
elon is lying in his tweet there the cars were programmed to roll though at up to 5+ mph, just a reflexively dishonest person
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
Does Elon's statement about the journalist amount to libel?
― peace, man, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:49 (two years ago) link
I know nothing about law, just think that it would be cool if it did.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
I forget, what happened to the libel case of the guy he called a pedophile?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
Musk won
One of the smartest moves by Elon Musk's defence was in introducing the concept of "JDart", an acronym to describe their client's conduct on Twitter in relation to the infamous "pedo guy" tweet.A JDart, lawyer Alex Spiro explained, meant: a Joke that was badly received, therefore Deleted, with an Apology and then Responsive Tweets to move on from the matter. JDart.It's clumsy, for sure, but it meant Mr Spiro could offer the jury here a degree of structure around what before seemed senseless: Mr Musk may have acted foolishly with the J, but he soon "darted", which is how you know he wasn't being serious about the allegation.Expect the JDart "standard" to be applied again and again, not just in libel trials, but in any arena where social media behaviour is under scrutiny - a parachute for anyone who, in the heat of the moment, says something idiotic online.
A JDart, lawyer Alex Spiro explained, meant: a Joke that was badly received, therefore Deleted, with an Apology and then Responsive Tweets to move on from the matter. JDart.
It's clumsy, for sure, but it meant Mr Spiro could offer the jury here a degree of structure around what before seemed senseless: Mr Musk may have acted foolishly with the J, but he soon "darted", which is how you know he wasn't being serious about the allegation.
Expect the JDart "standard" to be applied again and again, not just in libel trials, but in any arena where social media behaviour is under scrutiny - a parachute for anyone who, in the heat of the moment, says something idiotic online.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 16:15 (two years ago) link
Of course he won, he's a billionaire. He can do whatever the fuck he wants, including goosing the stocks of his own companies via tweets whenever its convenient.
Unless you are poor or marginalized, the age of consequences is over.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
I had this dream or Elon Musk made it with a woman appeared as a golden shower and her babies were alien babies. This was either a dream or just something I thought about
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 17:22 (two years ago) link
Pretty sure that was his relationship with Grimes right there
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 17:59 (two years ago) link
A JDart, lawyer Alex Spiro explained, meant: a Joke that was badly received, therefore Deleted, with an Apology and then Responsive Tweets to move on from the matter.
Smart lawyer, stupid jury. A sensational lie will always outrun a lame apology. As for 'responsive tweets', they may as well be dropped into the Mariana Trench.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 18:52 (two years ago) link
Yeah grimes alien 👽
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 22:27 (two years ago) link
your honor when I publicly admitted the cars were programmed to break the law I was just being "based"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 22:37 (two years ago) link
the car learned it from you, dad!
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 23:52 (two years ago) link
SpaceX loses 40 satellites to geomagnetic storm a day after launch
SpaceX has lost dozens of satellites after they were hit by a geomagnetic storm a day after launch, causing them to fall from orbit and burn up...
Musk vs. The Sun, a battle royale
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 18:56 (two years ago) link
If I've learned anything from the film Geostorm, the only solution is to send Musk himself into space to repair the satellites, before he takes the fight to the sun itself.
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:26 (two years ago) link