Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[superrific]

Marc Andreesen should know better than that. what a bunch of fucking assholes trump has got surrounding him.

Also, the idea that the most fertile era for technology development was 1870-1914 is a very, very weird thing for a venture capitalist to say. Also, most of the great inventions of that period occurred in Europe. America didn't claim the mantle of innovation until after WWII.

All of the following were created or invented in Europe: internal combustion engine, Bessemer process, pneumatic tire, the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, most things related to electricity (Faraday, Maxwell, modern power plants, transmission of alternating current), fertilizers, steam turbines, etc.

America can claim credit for the airplane (though not really in that timeframe -- air travel was not widely accessible until much later), the telephone (mostly), the light bulb. Probably more than I'm not thinking of right now, but the point is that most of the technology development in that time took place in Europe.

 

[nycfan]

Bump for Cybertruck story.

 

[nycfan]

 

[gtyellowjacket]

I would have thought that would be way too catastrophic to be a manufacturing issue and definitely a bomb but here's a video from 5 years ago in China that looks explosive.

 

[nycfan]

 

[CRHeel94]

Just no grasp of economic history. Back at that time the US was trying to catch up with other world powers. If you are the world's largest economy, you want unbridled access to foreign markets. As soon as you slap tariffs, other countries will respond in kind.

 

[nycfan]

“…
Oscar Terol, who was visiting the United States from Barcelona, said that he was walking toward the hotel entrance with his wife when he stopped at a food cart right before the explosion occurred. “Those 10 seconds were the difference,” he said.

He and his wife stumbled backward and Mr. Terol saw a vehicle with flames and an array of colors shooting out of it that he assumed were fireworks. …”

 

[nycfan]

 

[lawtig02]

Just no grasp of economic history. Back at that time the US was trying to catch up with other world powers. If you are the world's largest economy, you want unbridled access to foreign markets. As soon as you slap tariffs, other countries will respond in kind.

It was also the age of the robber barons. Which checks out 100%.

 

[nycfan]

 

[WaynetheDrain]

Since the explosion took place in front of a Trump hotel, Trump is undoubtedly trying to claim assassination attempt #3. Somewhere at Mar-a-lago, he's got his fist in the air and is yelling, "Fight, fight, fight" to an adoring crowd of braindead sycophants.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

So do you sign your privacy to Musk when you buy a Tesla? Is he running this investigation?

 

[gtyellowjacket]

So do you sign your privacy to Musk when you buy a Tesla? Is he running this investigation?

I don't think it's that much different from any business that might share their camera feed or credit card information to help catch run of the mill criminals.

 

[UNCatTech]

I’m quite certain this is either intentional, a coincidence or God sending a message.

And we wonder why Musk doesn't want to have to provide test data to the government.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

If it was, as previously reported, primarily fireworks and some fuel cans, the lack of greater damage wasn’t because of the cybertruck. It was because the person who set it up is a novice.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

I don't think it's that much different from any business that might share their camera feed or credit card information to help catch run of the mill criminals.

What he shared was “that particular production lot has a spontaneous combustion rate of about 3% per year, well below our overall average of 11%.”