What car u got lagoon?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
i dont even have any car rn
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
i want an audi s3 thoooooooo
lagoon are you gonna miss camp this summer? ;_;
― silby, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
Elon dropping out of a Stanford PhD program after 2 days doesn't really indicate anything.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:48 AM (one hour ago)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't it indicate he lacks the professional certification of being an engineer? e.g., his membership in IEEE is honorary
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
prob gonna miss everything this summer world done closed
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
We have a lease that ends in about 18 months lb got the lease (rather than owning) in the hope mainstream EVs would be ready around then. You couldn’t pay me to drive a Tesla. Looking at the Kia Niro and soul tbh https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a26144426/2019-kia-niro-ev-driven/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/05/another-competent-korean-car-the-kia-niro-ev-reviewed/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
Wait what are you leasing caek? My teenager desperately wants us to get a Tesla and I am keen on an EV but don't know the landscape.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
I'll admit that you had to have some follow-through and good business skills to get the clients going, but his first venture was pretty low-hanging fruit as far as early web companies go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip2he probably hustled his ass off! then his second venture in payments was a more complicated thing as far as liability and infrastructure goes, but before they go too big the payments company merged with paypal
I sometimes shake my head and wonder why I didn't jump into that type of thing at the time, but the answer is pretty much that I was in my late teens and incredibly risk-adverse and anxious. so pretty much like the 3/4ths of my peers that were really internet-savvy but not doing this stuff
fwiw I am completely unqualified to run Tesla having run no businesses, but just as qualified as Elon when it comes to weighing in on a number of things
― mh, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
I rented a Kia Soul once and it was a completely acceptable car, not overdesigned and just did what cars should. It was the base model and had surprisingly bad fuel mileage and was kind of noisy, though
― mh, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
Elon dropping out of a Stanford PhD program after 2 days doesn't really indicate anything.― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:48 AM (one hour ago)Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't it indicate he lacks the professional certification of being an engineer? e.g., his membership in IEEE is honorary― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:29 AM (forty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:29 AM (forty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Professional membership is open to individuals who by experience give evidence of competence in an IEEE designated field. The designated fields are: Engineering, Computer Sciences and Information Technology, Physical Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Technical Communications, Education, Management, and Law and Policy.
so I think he qualifies. IEEE membership is a bit like a museum membership. It generally just gives you access to some resources for learning or networking within the field.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
they also relentlessly mail shit to you, physically and electronically, until you die and probably after you die as well
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
can any engineers of ilx speak to his engineering chops? is he just a business guy cosplaying as a science guy?
“I’m naturally good at engineering that’s because I inherited it from my father,” Musk says. “What’s very difficult for others is easy for me. For a while, I thought things were so obvious that everyone must know this.”
Like what kinds of things?
“Well, like how the wiring in a house works. And a circuit breaker, and alternating current and direct current, what amps and volts were, how to mix a fuel and oxidizers to create an explosive. I thought everyone knew this.”
(Rolling Stone)
― pplains, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
thanks, Sufjan, I was probably overly influenced by my father-in-law being a civil engineer and assumed other fields were similarly strict
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
Musk will likely be remembered as one of the most seminal figures of this millennium
it's true, he does have 7 kids
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
I assume this RS profile is discussed upthread because it is hilariously overwrought
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:37 (four years ago) link
the "inherited" bit is dumb, but there was a group of kids in engineering/physics undergrad with "did projects with a technically skilled parent" chops. they generally did very well in school. comfort and familiarity with ideas and concepts is a huge boost to understanding, as is the confidence that comes along with that head start. it usually came with a privileged background. Elon likely doing some myth building in that quote. anyway, nobody can be so broadly qualified to justify his tony stark routine. I'm sure his chops won't live up to the myth he sells to the public and investors.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
sticking with the PhD probably would have humbled him!
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:41 (four years ago) link
the content machine needs ppl like musk and steve job then people read the content and buy the stock
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
it also helps with recruiting. people think working for elon musk means something because they know of his asshole antics.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
I wonder if Elon Musk knows how a toilet works.
― pplains, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
I can answer that for you: it comes very easy to him. he inherited knowledge of the toilet from his dad. valves. seal rings. floats. he thought other people knew this stuff? now will you please write the 60 million dollar check for his brain cable company?
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
He engineered an alternative way to remove waste from his body
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
he founded twitter?
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
courted grimes?
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
which punchline are we searching for here?
He's starting a Mars COLONy
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 18:49 (four years ago) link
The punchline is the queue of Americans waiting to bank the motherfucker in the jaw
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 19:11 (four years ago) link
yes, I don't see many engineers with previous work experience falling for it. But I imagine it's big for the poor lads that do work there.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
I think my friend is still in software development at one of these places and should check in
I think he was doing some internal apps last I checked and nothing production specific so it was less drama overall
― mh, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
hey caek: we got a Kia Soul last fall (they had just started rolling out the 2020s), base model, and love it. Part of it might be that it’s our first new car, but really it’s a charming and useful machine in many ways.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 01:22 (four years ago) link
why don’t you drive an EV?
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 01:32 (four years ago) link
drama in the musksphere today
I wrote something on @ElectrekCo that is sure to be controversial but that's not the goal. I truly think that @elonmusk's feedback loop has been corrupted - resulting in some questionable actions. You can disagree but my criticism comes from place of love https://t.co/H8pOXsZzZ1— Fred Lambert (@FredericLambert) May 12, 2020
background
In light of the ongoing Tesla Fandom circular firing squad, I thought I would share this story again and add that in spite of all this I actually prefer Fred and Electrek to the up-and-comers who are helping bring his adventure to its inevitable conclusion https://t.co/1dbc09XSvW— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) May 13, 2020
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 01:50 (four years ago) link
who are the musk superfans
engineers, libertarians, SETI users, apartheid fans, environmentalists, incels, vc's, pedo guys?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:07 (four years ago) link
forgot 'guys who have a john galt reference on their license plates'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:08 (four years ago) link
space colonizers, grimes superfans
― porlockian solicitor (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:13 (four years ago) link
people who think elon musk builds the cars
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:15 (four years ago) link
apple superfans in search of a new home
reddit posters
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:16 (four years ago) link
that guy freds writing def has the weird manic superfan tone, its wild people wld willingly read that shit
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:18 (four years ago) link
a lot of idiots who are like "oh that guy seems smart"
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:18 (four years ago) link
feel like dudes who make things in their garage that they don't really need to make are at least musk-curious
― Clay, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Ny6hJb6/3211b2393a6a4195b5d0ab7a408e0f47.jpg
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:57 (four years ago) link
I kinda feel like painting the entire www.instructables.com community as musky is casting too wide a net.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:58 (four years ago) link
think it's mostly teenagers
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 03:00 (four years ago) link
Older dudes who like to tinker and have a rain gauge in their backyard.
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 03:07 (four years ago) link
Richard Heene
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 03:08 (four years ago) link
My son is a teenager and finds Musk intriguing. It’s kind of heartbreaking and I don’t have it in me to tell him what I think.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 03:10 (four years ago) link