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No Billionares at FOSDEM
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#182Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you saying that liking loli porn (porn of animated children), to the point of moderating a community based around said porn, is less of a problem than the (very real, I agree) issues highlighted in the Stallman report? Both are super problematic, but being actively into porn that is actually banned in a lot of countries because of its links to pedophilia is even less defensible.
It's first time i am seeing these reports. I read through them. I don't have prior opinion about DeVault (don't know much about him) and i am not fighting for him. But the report seems to try to nail him for liking animated porn. I don't get much kick out of animated porn but the stuff i've seen has always been "enhanced" - everything is either too big, too small, too young, to old. I am not sure how you can compare…
So, watching loli porn is what exactly? Why would someone be sexually a aroused by small children (but animated)?
I agree that it isn't as bad as actual child porn- no kids are usually harmed by loli porn getting created.
But it sure does tell me a lot about the sexual attractions someone might have. I don't think the allegations imply that he ever harmed or hurt children, just that there's just as much of case against him being into pedo stuff than Stallman. (Which btw, I'm not defending, and in fact I usually argue with Stallman fans defending him more than anything else)
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#183Not every billionaire is publicly known.
Some of the known ones kids don't share their parent's surnames.
I'd like to see them keep Claire Wilson out
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#184I don't like Jack Dorsey and I don't get why he should be involved in the FOSDEM keynote either but why is Drew incapable of forming any argument anyone could actually agree with? You dislike Jack because he sold Twitter and it made mastodon popular, and that's a bad thing? And because this also meant that people with cushy FAANG jobs who could easily find another job at the drop of a hat got displaced by Elon as a r…
Jack didn't sell Twitter.
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#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry. When I look at Musk I see self landing rockets, electric cars , star link etc. Obviously he seems to be quite close to truth since without getting close to reality you can't do any of these since Physics is brutal and does not reward any false assumptions. So that gives me a sense that Musk is much closer to truth than most people out there. What am I missing?
> I see self landing rockets, electric cars , star link etc You mean brilliant people were able to achieve this despite him? I don't see why this CEO should be the one taking credit for such achievements. In fact, I believe we would probably be further into the “Space Age” if it weren't for the lost decade since he appeared on TV.
You do know we're in January 2025 and no other company has landed an orbital booster yet.
SpaceX has done it with two completely different systems.
Other companies have smart people and money too.
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#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure, I'm not saying Musk is the only person who has interesting things to say about it. You're absolutely correct about these other people and I listen to them too. But you're not giving Musk enough credit. All engineers and other professionals told him that landing rockets is bullshit, and what is interesting here is that he went and made it happen anyways. I'm not talking just about the engineering, everything is…
> All engineers and other professionals told him that landing rockets is bullshit You literally responded to a guy citing Lars Blackmore, who is the engineer that designed their landing algorithm--which was developed at NASA's JPL lab (before SpaceX existed). Musk bet on landing rockets _because_ engineers told him that it was possible.
The landing was completely developed at SpaceX without NASA tech, assistance or money. By Lars. After figuring out parachutes were infeasible.
In fact it was one of the reasons red dragon was cancelled.
The group studying hypersonic retro propulsion of boosters at NASA was let go because that's what SpaceX did to land
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#187I don't know how someone could look at Dorsey/Musk/Bezos actions and still be interested in what they have to say. There's probably a lot to be learned from someone who worships money, assuming that your goal is to emulate them. However their lifestyle and ideology is inherently dangerous to workers and life on earth as we know it. So yeah I don't really care what they have to say beyond knowing how the enemy views t…
Sorry. When I look at Musk I see self landing rockets, electric cars , star link etc. Obviously he seems to be quite close to truth since without getting close to reality you can't do any of these since Physics is brutal and does not reward any false assumptions. So that gives me a sense that Musk is much closer to truth than most people out there. What am I missing?
At the risk of Godwinning the thread, I’ll just say that I think Werner von Braun circa 1943 is a telling and relevant counterexample here.
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please, this is a conversation, not math exam.
If we wanted to be more accurate, we could say that less than 0.00001% of all engineers and professionals told elmu that it was impossible to land a rocket. That seems less impressive than saying 100%, doesn't it? But hey, this is hacker news , not a math exam , and 100% is pretty much < 0.00001%, lol.
You can check the NASA Spaceflight forums. There was a gloating thread were bets were settled and people called out.
Also the head of ULA said they'd need to do 10 rides of a booster before it makes financial sense to reuse. SpaceX claims it's one
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
Elon Musk is concerned about climate change, and created Telsa to lead the migration to electric cars to help combat climate change. That seems like a positive impact to life on earth.
> Elon Musk [...] created Tesla Elon Musk did not found Tesla, and most definitely did not did it for environmental reasons. "Tesla was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors." [1] "If, I don’t know, 50 to 100 years from now, we’re mostly sustainable. I think that’ll probably be okay. So it’s not like the house is on fire immediately. [...] "The risk is not as high as a lot o…
There was no car design pre Musk.
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#190> After Dorsey sold Twitter to Elon Musk, selling the platform out to the far right for a crisp billion-with-a-“B” dollar payout, the FOSS community shouldered the burden – both with our labor and our wallets – of a massive exodus onto our volunteer-operated servers I don't understand this sentiment at all. "We hate billionaires, but we need them to operate our servers because we don't want to"?
And Dorsey didn't sell