Who he?
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
It's really an anagram of "Nole Skum."
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
Suk Lemon
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
ahe's kinda like tony stark, so i gather from ten mins research, but without the weapons and with clean energy and space
― but with socks instead of football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
it's kinda surprising he isn't more well known all things considered
― iatee, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
seriously. if wiki is even half-accurate shouldn't he be a fixture on Time mag or something?
― but with socks instead of football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
His family sound really annoying. Was married to, uh, somebody who was in that St Trinians film, uh, the one with Russell Brand.
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
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"
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
if he was caught cheating he'd be THE MUSKRAT
― but with socks instead of football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
dude owes his company's survival to gov programs butsays it's no big deal if Romney wins and makes good on his promiseto obliterate them all.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
lots of companies do well out of govt contracts/programs, i'd imagine.
― but with socks instead of football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
so hyperloop huh
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Monday, 12 August 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
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?
― eris bueller (lukas), Monday, 12 August 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
There are lots of problems everywhere all the time. Can't let it stop technology from moving forward.
There's a whole country, even! LA-to-SF sounds like a perfectly fine beta test.
Not all rich dudes are arrogant. Elon Musk has never struck me as anything close to that.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 12 August 2013 23:13 (ten years ago) link
people on twitter so mad.
who do you follow?
― markers, Monday, 12 August 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
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
― joe schmoladoo from 7-11 (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 August 2013 23:18 (ten years ago) link
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.
― eris bueller (lukas), Monday, 12 August 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
markers, here are some of the people that were entertainingly scathing: kalebhorton, quartzcity, tcarmody, mikesonn
― eris bueller (lukas), Monday, 12 August 2013 23:24 (ten years ago) link
i do follow tim but i guess whatever he said didn't stick
― markers, Monday, 12 August 2013 23:27 (ten years ago) link
cool monorail bro
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 August 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
lol
― markers, Monday, 12 August 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 August 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
im not gonna build it tho cause im kinda busy
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
even i can afford that
― markers, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
isn't his point that hyperloop would be fraction of the cost and twice as fast?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link
the douchey thing is that he made a big ol deal abt something thats not at all real
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:07 (ten years ago) link
Which is how 70% of architecture and urban planning works.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:10 (ten years ago) link
sure 70% that sounds totally realistic too
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:10 (ten years ago) link
I meant 94% sorry.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
To me, it really sounds like a kickstarter project... but from a billionaire.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link
i mean who knows maybe its revolutionary technology but its so preliminary its p comical to call a press conference abt it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
maybe this is the best way to convince someone else to give it a shot idk
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link
LOL "elon musk"
― the late great, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 03:00 (ten years ago) link
This should keep us occupied for a while: http://www.spacex.com/hyperloop
― c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 04:37 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
I was describing this to my wife today and kept calling it Supertube.
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 05:14 (ten years ago) link
Bad connotations...
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supertrain-1_7696.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
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, 13 August 2013 06:23 (ten years ago) link
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
― joe sixpac hologram (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 11:33 (ten years ago) link
I never use my supersonic jet anymore as parking is always a total bitch
― joe sixpac hologram (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 11:35 (ten years ago) link
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.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
ya i'm kinda ll for crackpot genius billionaires actually doing interesting stuff, up until they become str8 up supervillains obv
― darraghmac, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:23 (ten years ago) link
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
― wk, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:23 AM
he might do this
― markers, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:23 (ten years ago) link
is this dude one of the crazy silicon valley libertarian types or is he just beloved by them?
― carlos danger zone (mh), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
iirc he has liberal tendencies mixed in w the libertarianism
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
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)
― the supreme personality of Godhead : a summary study (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
he's not as bad as some of the other silicon valley libtards, I'll give him that.
nonetheless, this is a stupid proposal
― joe schmoladoo from 7-11 (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
do tell
curious to read a critique that amounts to more than 'hyperlol'
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
im sure a bunch of athletes just kept it secret which is obvs the best choice if you can get away with it, kyrie was only outed cause of a ny workplace rule
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:48 (one week ago) link
It was a bad sign when he wanted to be the jeopardy host.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:50 (one week ago) link
ha forgot about that
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:51 (one week ago) link
iirc that was during a contract negotiation? like he was trying to scare the Packers into thinking he was just gonna be the next host of Jeopardy instead of playing footback...frogbs correct me if i'm wrong
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:53 (one week ago) link
it was indeed during negotiations but I don't think there was any risk of him actually quitting football. I think he just wanted to do it once. he wasn't terrible at it either
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:55 (one week ago) link
for me the bad sign is when these stories started coming out about him being a diva on the Packers and mysteriously shutting his entire family out of his life and he responded to it all by just saying "oh they're all just jealous haters". outside of Bears fans Rodgers didn't really have haters back then. he sure as hell has 'em now though
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:57 (one week ago) link
feel the signs he was a jerk were always there, that look he has when he's pissed that teammates or coaches have let him down (again), always got a bad vibe.
― bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 19:00 (one week ago) link
apparently even the conspiracy nut stuff had leaked out to people in the know but i dont follow football closely so i had no idea just got the aaron rogers is smart and good storyline
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 19:02 (one week ago) link
xp you can get away with that when you've won a championship and are taking your team to the playoffs every year, but yeah it comes off a lot differently when you're not playing well and even Dan Orvlosky is starting to question why you're just throwing to the same 2 guys over and over.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 19:08 (one week ago) link
also its hilarious how thoroughly he trashed his legacy and public perception with this, like whenever he's brought up people now think of the conspiracy wacko first and the football player second. its crazy because he's still in the league and it really wasn't all that long ago he won back to back MVPs. I mean he isn't Joe Flacco or Matt Ryan, he's arguably the best regular season QB ever and now he's just permanently known as "oh this fuckin guy". could've been avoided but I guess the allure of the podcast was just too much for him to handle
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:26 (one week ago) link
yeah an alltimer easy, thrown away for podcasts
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:34 (one week ago) link
It's funny because almost every quarterback is a fucking idiot racist fascist or worse but at least they do it in the traditional stylee
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:51 (one week ago) link
being a celebrity conspiracy guy is funny cause no one wants to listen to conspiracy guys but if youre a celeb they will listen to you but once they hear what you have to say theyll hate it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:55 (one week ago) link
kyrie, same sitch
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:56 (one week ago) link
He still alive?
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 00:37 (one week ago) link
yes he hit an amazing buzzer beater the other night
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 00:39 (one week ago) link
a bunch of articles have just floated by about Larry Ellison being just as much of a shithead doing many of the same things as Elon, some worse, but people don’t care because he’s not tweeting. buying 90% of a hawaiian island and wrecking it for the inhabitants he seems to be trying to force into indentured servitude, but he doesn’t tweet about it. bill gates used to draw big heat but mostly because everyone had to use windows
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 00:40 (one week ago) link
elons in a tough spot cause his celebrity powers his businesses but he fucked it all up
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 00:43 (one week ago) link
A self driving @Tesla drove straight into my parked car in a residential area and Tesla Insurance has no way to directly contact them so I am stuck with no car and a Tesla adjuster not returning any calls for nearly a week. @elonmusk your cars, app and insurance suck.— Drunk Uncle (@DrunkUncleATX) March 19, 2024
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 01:00 (one week ago) link
Kyrie is definitely similar but I think he’s more of a genuine weirdo whereas Rodgers always has to be the smartest person in the room
― frogbs, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 01:37 (one week ago) link
https://bsky.app/profile/vpsreports.bsky.social/post/3ko3ocwh5432a
― Is he an evil man who makes chocolate or is the chocolate itself evil? (stevie), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 09:23 (one week ago) link
oh no
I hope the curb is okay
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 11:21 (one week ago) link
My only regret is he wasn't giving Roger Stone a lift at the time.
I guess Tesla is good now.
― Is he an evil man who makes chocolate or is the chocolate itself evil? (stevie), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 11:25 (one week ago) link
lol DJPthe not wearing seatbelts is the cherry on topI bet they had those Punisher seatbelt blanks they sell so macho guys who don't want to wear a belt can stop the car from beeping
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 11:40 (one week ago) link
ums, I had gone my entire life not knowing such a thing existed and you ruined it.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 11:53 (one week ago) link
I'm pretty sure the vaccine killed them
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 13:52 (one week ago) link
The vaccine is a good shot.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 13:56 (one week ago) link
https://www.threads.net/@amescoestate/post/C4wE3ivPoMb/?xmt=AQGzV2B9frzfP54mh0vYWWPvRpMk5-YhouSiax-rIK_lkA
love to fix my brand new cybertruck with duct tape ($300 option at dealer)
― 龜, Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:30 (one week ago) link
lmao
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:33 (one week ago) link
sorry PBKR! had to share the horror I guess
Toxicology reports came back on Angela Chao who drowned on her 900 acre ranch after reversing her $TSLA into a lake (after a Pitbull concert) and her BAC was 0.233 (vs TX legal limit 0.08), Elon must be elated it wasn't a vehicle error.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:47 (one week ago) link
whoops!
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 21 March 2024 18:27 (one week ago) link
That’s a lot of alcohol. Sad!I still haven’t seen a cybertruck in the wild and am ok with that
― tobo73, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:40 (one week ago) link
failed to meet reserve https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3RyYX4Nx/2024-tesla-cybertruck-foundation-series
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 23 March 2024 02:24 (six days ago) link
no way all those preorders turn into orders.the preorder deposit was $100.
― formerly abanana (dat), Saturday, 23 March 2024 07:57 (six days ago) link
heh
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m7w6mfn35d53chutrzjzgkng/bafkreiaxcfdjmxybf2ujidzan663taxmfgsvo2nub45yctorglvzawoo5m@jpeg
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 March 2024 17:13 (five days ago) link
Saw my first cyber truck in the wild last night. Wow! Bright red.
― tobo73, Sunday, 24 March 2024 18:34 (five days ago) link
it's crazy how quickly the Tesla became the douche bag's car of choice
― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 March 2024 19:58 (five days ago) link
I thought they only came in stainless steel. (Until I got to Montana, I thought Tesla cars only came in white, but I've seen blue and red ones around here.)
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Sunday, 24 March 2024 20:32 (five days ago) link
you can get an aftermarket vinyl wrap put on there, i seen a black one online
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 March 2024 21:08 (five days ago) link
they come in stainless streel and in italian hoagie
― 龜, Sunday, 24 March 2024 22:42 (five days ago) link
White was for several years the only Tesla color that wasn't $1,000-$2,500 extra cost which made it more popular. Black was originally the one no-extra-cost color; now it appears that grey is.
― Lee626, Sunday, 24 March 2024 23:12 (five days ago) link
it's not the reason, but it'd be funny if the unfinished look was meant to be a prompt for people to wrap or paint their own vehicles because Elon refuses to let them do an interesting color on the other models
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 March 2024 15:35 (four days ago) link
https://bondangle.substack.com/p/tesla-q1-trends-rockslide
$TSLA fundamentals getting worse, tbd if the stock price will continue to reflect that
― 龜, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 14:22 (three days ago) link
whats it say
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 14:28 (three days ago) link
i dunno i just read the first graf above the paywall cuz i'm not a subscriber but the first graf sounds bad
― 龜, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 14:35 (three days ago) link
lol it does sound bad
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 14:41 (three days ago) link
I mean you have to go back to pre-pandemic to find a time when people were actually excited about Tesla, all they've done since are self-driving features which don't work and the dumbest looking truck in the history of trucks
― frogbs, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 14:42 (three days ago) link
previous article linked there (from 1/26/24) isn't behind paywall
― bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 14:49 (three days ago) link