One of the founders of dogecoin had a good thread yesterday
Cryptocurrency is like taking the worst parts of today's capitalist system (eg. corruption, fraud, inequality) and using software to technically limit the use of interventions (eg. audits, regulation, taxation) which serve as protections or safety nets for the average person.— Jackson Palmer (@ummjackson) July 14, 2021
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 July 2021 13:57 (two years ago) link
Reminder: Elon Musk's conflict with Tesla's founders started over publicity. Not engineering, strategy, or product design, but the credit Elon got (or didn't) in a New York Times story. Just a few weeks after sending these emails he began a PR offensive that has never ended. pic.twitter.com/XKrWn1hMKR— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) July 14, 2021
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 July 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
We have almost all the pieces needed for humanoid robots, since we already make robots with wheels— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2021
THIS JUST HAPPENED I’M NOT KIDDING$TSLAQ pic.twitter.com/Ayc9KemaUI— TC (poorly dancing robot) (@TESLAcharts) August 20, 2021
Imagine just putting a guy in spandex and suddenly 200 tech reporters have to write about how you're building a robot pic.twitter.com/y6hkRC0sO3— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) August 20, 2021
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 20 August 2021 05:42 (two years ago) link
it's real if we think it's real
― professional anti- (Karl Malone), Friday, 20 August 2021 11:34 (two years ago) link
blood diamond showerthoughts techbro twat
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 20 August 2021 12:07 (two years ago) link
Amazon just released its own robot demo in response:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad65spfln8w
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 August 2021 12:13 (two years ago) link
can't believe this guy finally did something legit funny
― rob, Friday, 20 August 2021 13:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI3BIrpxu5k
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 20 August 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
― Bach on harmonica! (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 20 August 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
I’ve decided that Elon’s grift is now funny to me
he also should probably be in jail for misleading his fans into thinking they don’t have to steer their cars
contradictory, but such is life
― mh, Friday, 20 August 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
that clip is something straight out of one of the On Cinema Oscar Specials
― frogbs, Friday, 20 August 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
That's grimes
― ✖, Friday, 20 August 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/29/the-smartest-person-in-any-room-anywhere-in-defence-of-elon-musk-by-douglas-coupland
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
Embarrassingly bad.
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Sunday, 29 August 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
"He's a bad boss? Yeah so he's a dick, aren't we all, and you knew when you applied and stop being so woke" - good job sticking up for the microserfs there doug.
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Sunday, 29 August 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
feel like it's time for us as a society to challenge the idea that this guy is some kind of hypergenius when everything he does and says makes him sound dumb as shit
― frogbs, Sunday, 29 August 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
Not really - Teslas are fucking fantastic cars.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 29 August 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
did he build them
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 29 August 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
He brings them to market, as you know.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 29 August 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
lol
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 29 August 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
Douglas coupland? Sheesh
― brimstead, Sunday, 29 August 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
for sure, some of the best engineers on the planet are probably working for Tesla and SpaceX, Elon himself on the other hand seems to have no good car ideas at all. maybe I'm wrong!!
here's a fun story, my little brother owns a Tesla and something got messed up with the security system, idk if he hit the wrong button or something but the car just started freaking out, like honking and flashing lights and all that. apparently when it thinks its getting "broken into" the stereo system also starts playing Trans-Siberian Orchestra at max volume, which you can't turn off. the problem was my brother's wife and his 1-year old son were trapped in the car, and now there's this deafening music playing while my brother literally has to Google how to turn the shit off, and you just know fucking Elon Musk brought that up at some meeting, "ha ha, here is funny idea, also very smart because it disorient the thief, ha ha" and everyone around him is afraid to tell him no so they just start working 90 hour weeks instead of 80 to make it happen, and now my nephew might have hearing damage
― frogbs, Sunday, 29 August 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
Teslas are fucking fantastic cars.
this is objectively false, regardless of what metrics you apply, lagoon has gone into this in great detail upthread
― sleeve, Sunday, 29 August 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
xp apparently this is a holiday light show easter egg? ffs.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 29 August 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
think we need to find out why the little frog was trying to steal his own car.
― shitbird in prospect (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 29 August 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
Crap, I pre ordered the new Douglas Coupland last week. Wonder if I can cancel
― I am using your worlds, Sunday, 29 August 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
lmao car software having easter eggs is really powerfully dumb shit
― Clay, Monday, 30 August 2021 00:57 (two years ago) link
it's a CAR, elon
its probably been mentioned before but one of the absolute dumbest things about the Tesla is that it has its own Mario Kart spin-off game in the center console controlled by the steering wheel...okay, cool novelty, something to do while at a charging station, the idiotic part is when you play it ACTUALLY TURNS THE WHEELS which I am 100% sure was one of Elon's dumbass ideas, like he must've loved the idea of people seeing the tires turn so they could say "Look! He's playing video games!" never once thinking about how 15 minutes of that will create a bald spot on your $600 tire
― frogbs, Monday, 30 August 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
I was in a used bookstore last month that had 15 copies of Generation X, I wondered when was the last time it had been read for any reason aside from maybe a college class.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 30 August 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
Douglas Coupland, Claire Boucher....how many others will fall for this fraud?
Meanwhile, my norcal roads are choked with chodes driving with Autopilot turned on. Hope me and mine don't end up as Tesla ML training data.
― fajita seas, Monday, 30 August 2021 02:30 (two years ago) link
two questions:
1. Is Douglas Coupland widely known as a dumbass?2. Is this the worst thing Guardian ever published?
― g simmel, Monday, 30 August 2021 08:21 (two years ago) link
Ha, just read that Douglas Coupland article, has he always been such an abysmal writer? has he always been so profoundly thick while imagining he's very clever indeed?
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 30 August 2021 08:35 (two years ago) link
Never read any of his famous novels, they must be better than this.
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 30 August 2021 08:36 (two years ago) link
sort of wish someone musters up the strength to answer this screed point by point.
― g simmel, Monday, 30 August 2021 08:38 (two years ago) link
ack I confused Douglas Coupland with Douglas Rushkoff
― brimstead, Monday, 30 August 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
his novels aren't much better...
― symsymsym, Monday, 30 August 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link
Is this still the article from 2013 we’re talking about?
― professional anti- (Karl Malone), Monday, 30 August 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
No, I think it was just published this weekend?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 August 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
Oh god! I clicked the link the other day, saw “Elon musk, 2013” and thought it was the date of the article, rather than the photo credit. My media literacy is declining
― professional anti- (Karl Malone), Monday, 30 August 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
Coupland's grift for the past few years has been selling public artworks to developers in Vancouver. The developers get generous zoning exemptions or relief on development fees for including the artworks in their developments and Coupland gets a massive payday. Here's his latest. And here's the background to how the entire building was evicted last year to facilitate this renovation. Some tenants had lived there for almost 30 years.
― everything, Monday, 30 August 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
if that Musk article didn't already convince me was a piece of shit...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
I accepted delivery of the Model Y. It’s not without its QC issues but it’s one of the better ones I’ve seen so I accepted delivery.Panel alignment all around is pretty poor. I have a droopy drivers door, the lift gate isn’t centered, and the panel gaps on it are huge/uneven. pic.twitter.com/dwEg9xWu7U— Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyQ) September 6, 2021
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 14:46 (two years ago) link
Also, to those that mocked me for my mismatched aftermarket bumper color on my Model 3, this is on a brand new car straight from Tesla…. pic.twitter.com/nQed4cYqv4— Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyQ) September 6, 2021
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
"one of the better ones" jfc people set such a low bar
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
ya car worse than a hyundai
Last tweet: @meghanntate’s Genesis GV80 puts the interior of the Model Y to shame. Everything is SUBSTANTIALLY nicer. Like, you’d never guess these cars are even remotely the same price point. That said, her power train is not even remotely responsive/fast. pic.twitter.com/cfkL7i221a— Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyQ) September 6, 2021
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
the thing about power is past a certain point you cant actually use it, unless you go to the racetrack and most people do not do that, and cars are generally so powerful these days, so if you want to spend a bunch of money on a car why not get one thats actually nice, one from germany
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
i mean if you think that genesis interior is nice you should check out a mercedes
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
because it is about their identity as a specific type of cool guy, not just showing how rich they are
― criminally negligible (harbl), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
saw a post about a guy who got rear-ended and they totaled the new, still not paid-for tesla because a lot of it is made of aluminum? and the poster was still a big tesla fan? but i lost it
― criminally negligible (harbl), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link