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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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« Reply #735 on: November 28, 2022, 03:38:15 pm »
Speaking of trucks...

Fully Loaded Tesla Semi Just Completed 500-Mile Drive
https://insideevs.com/news/623752/fully-loaded-tesla-semi-completed-500mile-drive/

What’s so special about 500 miles on level ground? 

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« Reply #736 on: November 28, 2022, 09:48:45 pm »
Yes, why is that so hard to grasp?

Why would you spend billions to build tunnels for vanity?  Donald Trump built large skyscrapers and put his name on them, that makes more sense.  Maybe the rockets have phallic symbolism.  Maybe he wants to store his rockets in the tunnels because the tunnels look like giant vaginas?
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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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« Reply #737 on: November 28, 2022, 09:55:36 pm »
Given how terrible most of these ideas are, are you suggesting that he's interested in saving humanity but going about it in the dumbest possible ways?

Look at this goalpost shifting here when the question was whether his primary motivation is profit vs the betterment of mankind through technology. 

Again, his primary motivation is whatever gets him attention and adulation from the dickriders, you don't have to go any deeper than that and pretend he's Andrew Carnegie building libraries.

Do you think he could have thought of better ways to get attention than tunnels and solar panels?

I'm not saying he doesn't seek attention, but i don't think all of his decisions have been motivated by it entirely.  If you were a tech engineer entrepreneur and wanted to create tech to better humanity you'd probably look at tech like solar panels and EV's.
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« Reply #738 on: November 28, 2022, 11:47:14 pm »
His interest in EV tech is because he wants to help solve climate change.
Maybe. Or maybe he just saw Electric Vehicles as a potential major revenue source.

Keep in mind that Musk has said he will support Deathsantis in the next election, who is a republican (and as such is someone who will likely push for more oil and gas usage, less renewables.) Not exactly a "climate friendly" alternative.
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You don't take on a rocket company, tunnel company, or EV company if you're looking for the easiest way to make the most money possible.  These companies have been riddled with business problems because the ideas aren't easy or popular when they were started.
SpaceX was a risky venture. But, space travel was an untapped market that didn't seem to have players who were stepping in to fill the niche.

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« Reply #739 on: November 29, 2022, 10:29:10 am »
Why would you spend billions to build tunnels for vanity? Donald Trump built large skyscrapers and put his name on them, that makes more sense.  Maybe the rockets have phallic symbolism.  Maybe he wants to store his rockets in the tunnels because the tunnels look like giant vaginas?

Because people will talk about it and governments will throw money at it. And he hates public transit.

Do you think he could have thought of better ways to get attention than tunnels and solar panels?

I'm not saying he doesn't seek attention, but i don't think all of his decisions have been motivated by it entirely.  If you were a tech engineer entrepreneur and wanted to create tech to better humanity you'd probably look at tech like solar panels and EV's.

I don't think he's sitting down and calculating this stuff, he jut spews whatever idea pops into his head that he thinks sounds cool and has the money and influence to try and make them real.

Offline Spike The Hike Shady

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« Reply #740 on: November 29, 2022, 10:49:06 am »
Do you think he could have thought of better ways to get attention than tunnels and solar panels?

I'm not saying he doesn't seek attention, but i don't think all of his decisions have been motivated by it entirely.  If you were a tech engineer entrepreneur and wanted to create tech to better humanity you'd probably look at tech like solar panels and EV's.
It's funny to see people that have never built anything in their lives, constantly criticizing Elon Musk.  Losers living in their moms basement, with Cheeto dust all over their fingers, pounding away on their warrior keyboards, always know better than somebody that's actually built and run successful businesses that have produced amazing technology.  Too f**king funny!
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Offline Michael Hardner

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« Reply #742 on: November 30, 2022, 12:40:02 pm »
That article interferes with elections too.
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Offline Michael Hardner

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« Reply #743 on: November 30, 2022, 12:41:33 pm »
So let's get this straight:

FOX openly tells people they won't be supporting Trump, as though a TV network is supposed to be able to do that.
FOX also ensures that Hunter's laptop is in the news every day.
Somebody says that covering salacious bullshit is not allowed on THEIR platform.
Ipso facto that platform is 'interfering'.

For-Profit news needs to be banned at this point.

Offline Spike The Hike Shady

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« Reply #744 on: November 30, 2022, 12:46:41 pm »
So let's get this straight:

FOX openly tells people they won't be supporting Trump, as though a TV network is supposed to be able to do that.
FOX also ensures that Hunter's laptop is in the news every day.
Somebody says that covering salacious bullshit is not allowed on THEIR platform.
Ipso facto that platform is 'interfering'.

For-Profit news needs to be banned at this point.
What salacious "bullshit" are you referring to? 
Yes, let's ban "for-profit" news, because that wouldn't violate the first amendement!  Let's have all news sources as objective as NPR and CBC!  LOL.
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Offline Spike The Hike Shady

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« Reply #745 on: November 30, 2022, 12:49:38 pm »
That article interferes with elections too.
Twitter did this secretly, through algorithms, and other practices, like shadow banning and suppressing content.  Without being transparent about it.  Withholding it from the public, users and even share holders.
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« Reply #746 on: November 30, 2022, 01:00:07 pm »
Elon Musk's Twitter slow to act on misleading U.S. {midterm} election content

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Nov 8 (Reuters) - Election experts reported the spread of new falsehoods across Twitter (TWTR.MX) and other social media services on Tuesday as Americans voted in midterm elections, four days after Twitter Inc fired half its staff and new owner Elon Musk tweeted a recommendation to vote for Republican candidates.

The nonpartisan watchdog group Common Cause, which monitors social media for voter suppression efforts, said that Twitter took no action on high-profile posts that the organization flagged on Tuesday as problematic.

Common Cause said Twitter posts from Republican candidates Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kari Lake should have included warning labels under the company's civic integrity policy, which governs misleading tweets about elections. Posts by Greene and Lake drew tens of thousands of likes and retweets on Twitter.

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« Reply #748 on: November 30, 2022, 01:17:41 pm »
Elon Musk's Twitter slow to act on misleading U.S. {midterm} election content

And???  Besides, your link is from 3 weeks ago.

c'mon man! Musk had the twitKeys... as for timing, your comprehension difficulty fails to recognize just when the U.S. mid-term elections were - you doofus!

Offline Michael Hardner

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« Reply #749 on: November 30, 2022, 01:21:18 pm »
What salacious "bullshit" are you referring to? 
Yes, let's ban "for-profit" news, because that wouldn't violate the first amendement!  Let's have all news sources as objective as NPR and CBC!  LOL.

Why the LOL