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Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet

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Re: Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet

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Post by mc32 »

koolba wrote: post #8

> Of course, it’s worth pointing out that, unlike someone like Musk, Swift actually had a pretty good reason to travel a lot last year: she was on tour. Yes, because the richest man on the planet, heading up multiple billion dollar companies, couldn’t possibly have any legit reason to travel anywhere.

No kidding! Musk adds more and better things to the economy than a pop entertainer, for sure. Young fans would disagree, but household earners with dependents would disagree.

How much does Tesla add, how much does SpaceX add? Twttr is in some ways in the same category (entertainment) as Swift, but it's also a good dissemination platform. Billions vs Millions, but whatever... truth is a cruel mistress.

Re: Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet

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Post by readyman »

Pet_Ant wrote: post #25
Workaccount2 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That line approaches peak first world detachment; the things that actually matter are superfluous entertainment.

The entertainment may be superfluous but the emotional effect it has on her fans is not. I mean compare this to the carbon footprint of people driving to church. Not a fan personally, but a concert it a meaningful experience for her diehard fans.

Meaning is not value, economically speaking. I don't think Musk creates much value if any, but can sympathize with their point.

Re: Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet

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Post by reducesuffering »

malfist wrote: post #27
throwaway51081 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really want to see you design rockets, robots and brainchips using email. Taylor Swift could have livestreamed on YouTube.

Do you think Elon is giving meaningful input on the design of robots, rockets or brainchips?

Andrej Karpathy has directly worked with him. Listen to what he says:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33703617

Re: Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet

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Post by matchagaucho »

IvyMike wrote: post #30

I'm curious exactly what this means. I mean, the plane will still be broadcasting ADS-B info of some sort, right? If it's an empty registration number, well, to quote The Simpsons, "We'll look for the house with no numbers."

Same question... ADS-B transponder surely remains on to prevent in flight collisions / maintain vertical sep.

Guessing FAA is just committing to anonymize their public part 135 operators list.

Re: Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet

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Post by ipaddr »

Pet_Ant wrote: post #25
Workaccount2 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That line approaches peak first world detachment; the things that actually matter are superfluous entertainment.

The entertainment may be superfluous but the emotional effect it has on her fans is not. I mean compare this to the carbon footprint of people driving to church. Not a fan personally, but a concert it a meaningful experience for her diehard fans.

Going to church which is usually local doesn't compare to the entertainment industry's waste from touring, production nevermind the collective gas usage.

We shouldn't be promoting emotional effects that are massed produced like facebook feeds that trigger real emotional responses to fake simulants

Re: Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet

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Post by adgjlsfhk1 »

ToucanLoucan wrote: post #19
koolba wrote: post #8

> Of course, it’s worth pointing out that, unlike someone like Musk, Swift actually had a pretty good reason to travel a lot last year: she was on tour. Yes, because the richest man on the planet, heading up multiple billion dollar companies, couldn’t possibly have any legit reason to travel anywhere.

Nobody (apart from the dolt who wrote this anyway) is arguing he or Swift or anyone else doesn't have a reason to travel. You don't need a reason. That said, in times such as ours when we're all being told via our media and legislation passed that we need to be more eco-friendly, it's a slap in the face (and I'll say, it's 2 slaps from Musk who's fortune has been greatly bolstered by AMPLE Federal subsidies for green…

commercial planes are actually better per mile on emissions than most cars (around 100mpg per person). private jets of course are way worse though.
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