If we waited to deal with poverty in Europe before we came to America, there would be no United States and we would still be working on it.

A Mars colony is a spec of dust compared to US military spending, and space has always brought technological benefits back to the people.

You automatically lose the argument when you start making fun of me as a person instead of sticking to the topic at hand.

I’d die before voting for Trump. And like my profile clearly states - I can be a fan of the tech without being a fan of the CEO.

And I’m not your buddy, guy!

Dude. Literally all Tesla talks about with the cars is safety safety safety. It almost gets annoying how much they do about it and talk about it. They release endless videos talking about the specific things they do to go above and beyond. Their safetly scores are some of the best PLANET wide.

Okay? I'm still never going to say that him posting this/pushing back against Trump is a bad thing, sorry.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

What you are missing is - if the hours vary because of seasons, holidays, or just are frequently changed, now there is a way to easily communicate that instead of having signs that someone forgets to change out showing the wrong times.
If your menu changes you don't have to reprint, etc.

I don’t dispute it.
But it’s possible for there to be truths about him as well. We are all complex beings - a bad person can do good things and vice versa.
To say he hasn’t done well with Tesla and SpaceX in the past because he is a shithead now isn’t right. And is a dangerous way to think in life

And I do NOT love him or even like him.

He is listed on multiple patents. I’d imagine you found those though.
And no, not footage of him saying great things about himself - footage of him talking about the details of what they are working on or videos of him giving a tour of SpaceX spending way too much time going into details of stuff.

Your evidence? I have hours and hours of footage of him talking about details of projects and employees talking about that he does the above.
Maybe no longer today, but to blindly say he never did any good work isn’t going to pass muster, sorry.

He started SpaceX from scratch and he bought into Tesla when it had like 4 employees. Considering they make billions in profit I’m not sure that counts as sinking. You can be mad at him and still recognize that he has done some impressive things in the past.
I hate who he has become, myself.

I know very well. They had to redesign nearly every single aspect of it and regretted using the shells.
I don’t think all he does is amazing, or even a good idea. But to say he isn’t a deep thinker or contributed in meaningful ways undercuts him too much. And hiring good people is a talent too.

Don’t forget that SpaceX doesn’t really patent much because those who would steal the designs don’t care about patent law and would use them to copy them more easily(e.g. China).
But okay, so him having these patents you listed makes him NOT an inventor? How many must one have to qualify?

I’ve followed him closely for over a decade. For the most part he does the work and gets into the weeds. My understanding is he is a clever engineer who thinks because he is good at that he is good at everything now. He lost being humble and got a big head. I’m not happy about this outcome.

Unfortunately this is not true - he is deeply involved with engineering/design/production of most things at his companies. At least, used to be.

Not always just looking at the road/snow to know. I also know when I slip a little earlier in the drive. I don't think FSD has that kind of context window, so can't imagine it will know ice unless it sees it.

But still! Very impressed with snow!!

I DO think it was a little fast IF there was ice, but there wasn't and I could tell... but either it can too, or it just got lucky!

See, I have the context of knowing the snow is fresh and generally understanding the weather in the area.

Did about as good as we do at guessing where the lanes are when you can't see them, went below the speed limit, seemed to slow early for upcoming stops, gave plenty of room to other cars.

Tesla FSD 13.2.2 drove me home in the snow last night. I didn't know that it would actually change behavior based on weather already! But It was as good as a human!

Let it speed - it judges the road/vehicles better than I do and reacts faster.
Let it roll stop signs.
Let it treat red lights like stop signs in low traffic situations! Why not? If it can see all directions, why not?

Tesla Robotaxi/CyberCab/FSD is going to save lives day one.
The threshold they need to cross to deploy it is: does it save more lives than are harmed - not is it perfect.

I don't even think we should care if it breaks the law, as long as it does it safely.

There may be some applications of hydrogen vehicles, but short-range in-town garbage trucks were never going to be it.

…not b/c of restrictive measures, but b/c these companies will find it cheaper to clean the space up than to avoid items.

…you’ll be okay.
But my real point is this:
Extremely cheap and capable launch vehicles(both launching this week) will make cleanup of this stuff trivial. We are at peak “uncontrolled mess” today…

We can track all of these objects and simply avoid them. Space is HUGE, and yes they are moving fast… but so is anything we send to space next to it, and mostly in the same direction so relative to each other it’s like trying to dodge a car coming at you at 70 miles per hour… 5000 miles away…

Forgot to mention that they also actively burn themselves up asap if they are functioning still at end of life/failure.

Starlinks are designed that even once they spend months getting to full height they will burn up after only a few years, but if they fail on launch will be weeks. Plus unlike the requirement to burn up 90% of the way - they are 100%. Nothing from the biggest mega constellation is the threat here.

Literally in your link: “Therefore, he added, their elevated accident rates likely reflect a combination of driver behavior and driving conditions.”

This report has been out for months and we’ve talked about it here endlessly - the car is safe, but it attracts people who drive extra recklessly.

Ain't that the truth!

Don't put off for 2025 what you can start today.
I'm gonna go work out lol