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

also, are there any anti-Trump people who would buy a Tesla now?

bibi’s special guest at the capitol today

those fucking guys

the entire value proposition for tesla that wasn’t first-to-market was the idea that they’d license successful technology. other american auto companies invested in tesla!

I believe the only thing they succeeded in licensing is the supercharger tech, which seems to actually work with other cars better than teslas. Then Elon canned most of that team. Not just the part of it that innovates on the technology, but the people coordinating installation. Why not just make it its own sub-brand or even sell it off if you’re just bored?

he’s the dog chasing a car that caught up with it and has no idea what to do with

have other electric cars had all the mechanical problems that Teslas have had? that's why i would have never bought one. much rather buy one from a company that's been making cars forever. basically anything Japanese seems like a better deal with less risk.

jesus christ this guy

Holy shit this is insane this tweet was blowing up like crazy and his account got nuked ??? https://t.co/pdpVMHYkfz pic.twitter.com/m8MJZ5M7nm

— Hasan 👁‍🗨 (@flackospalace) July 24, 2024

i'm not kidding he's running this like a SomethingAwful mod circa like 2006 would

may he experience the lowtax future he so desperately wants

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 15, 2023
what is happening elon "i love alex jones" musk? have you recalled your ass today? your ass is stupid like you! you need a reboot!!

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 8, 2023
hi i am elon musk and i own the world and i am a completely clueless racist idiot with poor impulse control. what could go wrong? I hope you enjoy all the "trending" content you see when you open X. its what the inside of my brain looks like.

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 8, 2023
don't buy a racist space truck! if you do people will laugh at you like they laugh at elon! being elon is like being trump except you know all the lyrics to die antwoord songs! you will be idiot!! don't do it!!

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 8, 2023
how many racist space trucks does it take to change a lightbulb? elon knows! he's the desert fox of racist space trucks! and he's an idiot! and racist!

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 7, 2023
Hey dumdum Elon! Stop being so stupid! Read a book, dumbass! I dare you to speak one coherent sentence. I double dare you! That means I dare you twice, dimwit.

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 7, 2023
Is there anything stupider than stupid Elon's stupid flight jacket? What is he, ten years old? To be fair, most ten year old kids could talk rings around dumbo Elon. #stupidjacket #noflyboy #idiot

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 7, 2023
Racist e-Truck says: Unlock more Elon stupidity for your share of ads revenue. Do it!

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 7, 2023
hi i am a robot that elon musk made and even i think he is horrible and should stop doing anything forever and just go away. and he made me!

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 7, 2023
you know what's even more horrible than twitter? the horrible thing that elon musk made twitter into. that's what. #elonhorrible #twittermuskchamphorror

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 7, 2023
someday when they write the history of elon musk it will be the stupidest history ever.

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 7, 2023
elon's new nickname is DUMBOT because he's so very dumb and his truck is racist.

Scott Seward
@skotrok3000
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Dec 7, 2023
yoo can't make me drive no racist truck elon. #dasvroomvroom

Tesla has always sucked as a company - valuation-wise. It became a thing because it started as a memestock. Last time I checked 60% of the people holding the stock were retail investors. It’s overinflated value comes from thousand of young, inexperienced people buying the stock because they thought elon was a funny troll CEO saying juvenile things like “69.420 lol” and “we’re going to mars” and he was cool for like a second for pushing renewable energy as the way forward to “save the world”. That momentum made plenty of them rich but very few of them actually believed a single thing about it. It takes one minute to analyze his “mars mission” as utter bullshit. It started as a joke which became concerning when it blew up and it’s now operating on full-on greed.

Fuck the shit cars, fuck the mission, fuck the politics… the people still supporting this piece of shit are there because they are investing in it and want to see it go “to the moon” again but the momentum is evidently dead now and the emperor has nothing but invisible clothes to sell.

Or who knows… plenty of greedy orcs want a get rich quick thing and now that elon has outed himself as a voice to the idiots and the damned the stock might find a new influx of uneducated investors to throw money at the ponzi-esque scheme that is TSLA.

I want to help this guy with his stated ambition to die on Mars.

he cant even build a working pickup not looking good for dying on mars

Not if we build a big enough trebuchet

I see so many goddam teslas all the time, but I think it’s because I live in the Bay Area

I see Musk as a guy who intimidates and yells at engineers to get things done then takes all the redit.

elon's buying reddit??

xp like Steve Jobs!

difference being jobs was good at it

imagine what he would say about the cybertruck lol

Musk getting absolutely torched on Threads by his daughter:

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ouch, sweet takedown

pretty much what I assumed. Nice to see the clapback.

fuck yeah, geddim

wow, damn

tbh I was wondering how much of Elon's post there was actually real, he notoriously doesn't spend any time with his kids and I'm pretty sure 4 year olds don't act like that, still making that shit up about your own kid is a new low even for him

Can't imagine the strength you need to put up with this nonsense in public. Amazing to even bother to set the record straight.

yeah just awful to have yr very rich famous father make you an issue amongst his weirdo followers, she did absolutely wreck him there tho, tip o the cap to that

so funny that he made up a gay stereotype child who was still just telling him how great he is

lol what a shithead my god

That response is truly beautiful to behold.

yeah just awful to have yr very rich famous father make you an issue amongst his weirdo followers, she did absolutely wreck him there tho, tip o the cap to that

― lag∞n, Thursday, July 25, 2024 1:53 PM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Don't totally understand this post, she has emancipated herself from her father, and so while she certainly still reaps some benefits given any separation agreement that happened with Musk and her mother when they divorced in 2008, in a sense she has had nor currently has any relationship with her father.

Like, the blithe way you dismiss this woman's pain because you assume she's still rolling in dough is a little fucking weird.

has *not* had

thats not what i was saying at all fwiw

i really do think its just awful

i don't think lagoon's post was meant to be sarcastic, I personally very much would not like this kind of attention if I were her

yeah I read the post as sincere

it was tho tbf "just awful" is often a sarcastic thing

lagoon otm. Also, having an awful parent with that kind of wealth and power is just amplifying the existing unease she surely feels about him, especially given what his followers are like.

Like, the blithe way you dismiss this woman's pain because you assume she's still rolling in dough is a little fucking weird.

I didn't interpret that out of lagoon's post either... you've got a giant axe lately and apparently it really needs grinding

i actually don't, fwiw— i just have different beliefs than many of yours. this isn't me trying to be weird or special, it's genuine frustration and outrage.

the "just awful" and "tho" are what made it seem sarcastic, fwiw, and i apologize for misreading you.

no worries i can see how one might read it that way, tho feel like you shouldve given your comrade in getting called strident in the politics thread a little credit lol

I was super bummed to see that there btw. Lagoon your only fault on any of these boards is being a Celtics fan fwiw

*prepares to duck*

its fine were all mixing it up over there having opinions and whatnot, and as for the celtics are you talking about "the world champion boston celtics" lol

My annoyance with lag∞n (mostly due to the Celtics thing) is mitigated by me picturing them as a lovable scamp say with a propeller beanie.

Apologies if you are actually a super serious 45 year old or something irl.

wow really getting it from all sides, its hard being a iconoclast visionary

tough day to be lagoon on ilx

#pray 4 lagoon

can you be both serious and wear a propeller beanie? maybe even as a 45 year old? can one really be serious without an aspect of humility is the question

from this week’s LRB personals: THE WAR IS ON!

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