Is Elon Musk the greatest visionary or the greatest snake oil salesman of our age?

[ruffneck23]

 

[BigMoaner]

Fascinating unveilling of a total charlatan tbh, isn't it? How money can buy you into anywhere...

 

[Chilli.s]

First thing that crossed my mind when that went pop was what a lot of pollution. Which leads onto: what kind of pollution

 

[two sheds]

Suggests that the traditional approach of continually improving the design until it's good enough for launch does have some merits over just firing things up and exploding them until they don't need to be exploded any more.

 

[NoXion]

Why wouldn't the FAA already know the chemical composition of the rocket, and thus what effects its debris might have? Seems like a major oversight, especially considering that the rocket didn't just randomly blow up, it was deliberately self-destructed.

No excuse for not using flame trenches and water deluge systems for a rocket of that size. That directly contributed to the failure due to concrete chunks being blasted off the pad and damaging the engines.

 

[gosub]

Suggests that the traditional approach of continually improving the design until it's good enough for launch does have some merits over just firing things up and exploding them until they don't need to be exploded any more.

The later historically seems the traditional approach

 

[Cid]

Why wouldn't the FAA already know the chemical composition of the rocket, and thus what effects its debris might have? Seems like a major oversight, especially considering that the rocket didn't just randomly blow up, it was deliberately self-destructed.

No excuse for not using flame trenches and water deluge systems for a rocket of that size. That directly contributed to the failure due to concrete chunks being blasted off the pad and damaging the engines.

I think that's the point isn't it? More about what effects pulverised and heated concrete dust will have than the predicted consequences of the launch.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

The EU’s Digital Services Act will be yet another thorn in the side for Musk’s incompetently run, understaffed Twitter:

‘Unprepared’ Twitter among tech firms to face tough new EU digital rules

Designation as ‘very large online platform’ along with 16 other major names means big penalties for breaches

www.theguardian.com

 

[a_chap]

Another, and less breathless for once, video from Thunderf00t

 

[NoXion]

I'm pretty sure that thunderf00t has been critical of Musk for a while now?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I'm pretty sure that thunderf00t has been critical of Musk for a while now?

Wasn't he one of the Gamergate shitheads?

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Wasn't he one of the Gamergate shitheads?

Yes, best to just ignore the weirdo incel misogynist with a cringe gamer alias.

 

[Rob Ray]

Scott Manley is my usual go to with rocket stuff. Knows his onions and is enthusiastic without being entirely obnoxious.

 

[DotCommunist]

Wasn't he one of the Gamergate shitheads?

I recall the name, has he pivoted to not being an overt piece of shit now having watched his compadres scale the lofty heights of becoming internet c list fash, proud boy affiliates and sex cases.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I recall the name, has he pivoted to not being an overt piece of shit now having watched his compadres scale the lofty heights of becoming internet c list fash, proud boy affiliates and sex cases.

I think there was a split amongst the gamergate vermin with the rise of Trump. Most of the neckbeard BO-drenched misogynists fell in line behind the orange paedophile but a few who identify as scientists like this Thunder prick couldn't quite do so and got estranged from their erstwhile discord pals. Don't really know what this shithead thinks these days but he's still calling himself 'Thunderf00t' which is enough to condemn him to the shithole of history in my view.

 

[BigMoaner]

I recall the name, has he pivoted to not being an overt piece of shit now having watched his compadres scale the lofty heights of becoming internet c list fash, proud boy affiliates and sex cases.

the whole thing has a whiff of total and utter degeneracy. morallly, intellectually. whole seething swaths of rancid culture war.

 

[BigMoaner]

i mean the weird thing is that it is largely confined to online life, but occasionally spills out, with like say a eh mass school shooting or something.

 

[Yossarian]

People are trying to figure out the dumbest thing Musk has done in his 6 months at Twitter

 

[BigMoaner]

 

[NoXion]

People are trying to figure out the dumbest thing Musk has done in his 6 months at Twitter

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I haven't heard of the age play alt account one...

 

[extra dry]

Listened to an interview that included Musk talking to some twitter engineers, basically Musk is clueless or at least unable to express what he wants changed or improved with the site. He tells the group "I want the whole thing rewriten" then musks calls the lead tech guy an idiot

 

[Joe Chi Min]

I was looking for my next youtube rabbit hole, thank you. Can’t watch the same person too long their ticks and repetitions start to grate iykwim

 

[Yossarian]

I haven't heard of the age play alt account one...

That weirdness surfaced earlier this week

...the screenshot revealed an alternate account linked with his that has a photo of Musk’s baby son, X AE A-XII Musk, as its avatar. Insider reported that the alt account appears to be @ErmnMusk.

The account’s cringe speech patterns and the circle of users it interacts with on Twitter closely resemble Musk’s—with the, err, minor caveat that Musk’s alleged alt appears to speak as a small child, yet often tweets out bizarrely sexual comments.

Elon Musk's Alleged Burner Account Role-Played As a Horny Toddler

Why can't he just use his alt to snoop on his exes like a normal person??

jezebel.com

 

[extra dry]

That weirdness surfaced earlier this week

...the screenshot revealed an alternate account linked with his that has a photo of Musk’s baby son, X AE A-XII Musk, as its avatar. Insider reported that the alt account appears to be @ErmnMusk.

The account’s cringe speech patterns and the circle of users it interacts with on Twitter closely resemble Musk’s—with the, err, minor caveat that Musk’s alleged alt appears to speak as a small child, yet often tweets out bizarrely sexual comments.

Elon Musk's Alleged Burner Account Role-Played As a Horny Toddler

Why can't he just use his alt to snoop on his exes like a normal person??

jezebel.com

Fits the rich, and very weird group. Next he be outted as some sort of uber-odd-
ball

 

[NoXion]

Fits the rich, and very weird group. Next he be outted as some sort of uber-odd-
ball

All billionaires are uber-odd-balls. There's something about having that much wealth which will inevitably twist and distort the mind of even the most grounded person in the world.

 

[weltweit]

All billionaires are uber-odd-balls. There's something about having that much wealth which will inevitably twist and distort the mind of even the most grounded person in the world.

I'll be the judge of that, send the sponds to my account #296532778 22-90-84 and lets see!

 

[extra dry]

I'll be the judge of that, send the sponds to my account #296532778 22-90-84 and lets see!

I am really down to earth, so much so, that I don't think 20 billion would change my routines, please send me the funds to run this test

 

[8ball]

I am really down to earth, so much so, that I don't think 20 billion would change my routines, please send me the funds to run this test

I'll do it for a 20th of that amount.

 

[Yossarian]

For a mere 1 billion I'd be happy to back up your theory by going full Howard Hughes as soon as the money reaches my account

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

for a mere billion I'll do what you want me to
caveat empteor