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Re: What Happens Next Will Amaze You

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Post by phaer »

shadowmint wrote: post #24

Oh really? Damn those crazy fools wasting their millions making electric cars into a reality and trying to get to Mars. We should just spend that money on like... I dunno. Better park benches or something. That'll solve everything. I'm so tired of this shit. Aren't you tired of this shit? Yes I am. There are systemic problems causing the issues in San Francisco; what's your solution to that problem? The only thing I…

> We should just spend that money on like... I dunno. Better park benches or something. That'll solve everything.

How about ending hunger worldwide? It's mostly a distribution problem nowadays. Or what about providing things like sanitation, electricity or some form of education for each and everyone on this planet?

I guess what I want to say is that there are much, much more elemental things to spend your money on than "better park benches", even if one does not see the need to go to Mars in the short way.

Re: What Happens Next Will Amaze You

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Post by amelius »

userbinator wrote: post #27
renlo wrote: post #16

When websites become regulated web developers will be like the general contractors of today. Only licensed web developers will be able to legally build websites, keeping everything up to the regulatory code. There will be inspectors and red tape. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

IMHO certainly not a good thing. The Internet needs less centralisation, not more.

Why not have both?

Re: What Happens Next Will Amaze You

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Post by [deleted] »

colordrops wrote: post #30

From the article: > In a television interview this week, Musk said: "I'm trying to do useful things." Then he outlined his plan to detonate nuclear weapons on Mars. > These people are the face of our industry. It's hard to take the rest of the article seriously when the author is purposely misquoting people to make them look bad. The comment in question was said on Late Night with Stephen Colbert, when asked what the…

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Re: What Happens Next Will Amaze You

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Post by buffoon »

hliyan wrote: post #29

This seemed a bit uncalled for: "Here's Elon Musk. In a television interview this week, Musk said: "I'm trying to do useful things." Then he outlined his plan to detonate nuclear weapons on Mars . These people are the face of our industry." Italics mine.

I agree with him. Billionaires are prescriptive. "I will solve this problem".

It doesn't hurt to ask what problems need solving.

Ultimately this just isn't altruism but it is promoted as whilst people are in deep shit all around him.

I'm not really sure what my point is but I suspect it is a new form of hypocrisy.

Re: What Happens Next Will Amaze You

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Post by hliyan »

buffoon wrote: post #34
hliyan wrote: post #29

This seemed a bit uncalled for: "Here's Elon Musk. In a television interview this week, Musk said: "I'm trying to do useful things." Then he outlined his plan to detonate nuclear weapons on Mars . These people are the face of our industry." Italics mine.

I agree with him. Billionaires are prescriptive. "I will solve this problem". It doesn't hurt to ask what problems need solving. Ultimately this just isn't altruism but it is promoted as whilst people are in deep shit all around him. I'm not really sure what my point is but I suspect it is a new form of hypocrisy.

There's truth in that, but in Musk's case, he's already done a great deal for the world with Tesla and SpaceX. If Mars is what he wants to do with the rest of his money, that is his choice. Certainly better than what certain other billionaires are doing with theirs.

Re: What Happens Next Will Amaze You

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Post by vlehto »

>Eighty years of effective technical regulation (and massive penalties for fraud) have made commercial aviation the safest form of transportation in the world.

De Havilland comet crashes and the ensuing bankruptcy probably is the real reason why flying is safe.

Usually when regulating succeeds, the industry is with the government trying to get loose guns back in the line.

Re: What Happens Next Will Amaze You

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Post by gadders »

The big difference between VCs and state central planners is that VCs are voluntarily given the money that they use. In Poland it was taken under threat of force.

And the homeless problem in San Francisco, and the other problems it faces, are mostly due to poor governance rather than Facebook or Google.

Re: What Happens Next Will Amaze You

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Post by coldtea »

>The people in 1973 were no more happy to live in that smoky world than we would be, but changing it seemed unachievable.

Not even remotely true. "some" people were no more happy. Most were not just used to it, but enjoying it.

Re: What Happens Next Will Amaze You

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Post by gadders »

buffoon wrote: post #34
hliyan wrote: post #29

This seemed a bit uncalled for: "Here's Elon Musk. In a television interview this week, Musk said: "I'm trying to do useful things." Then he outlined his plan to detonate nuclear weapons on Mars . These people are the face of our industry." Italics mine.

I agree with him. Billionaires are prescriptive. "I will solve this problem". It doesn't hurt to ask what problems need solving. Ultimately this just isn't altruism but it is promoted as whilst people are in deep shit all around him. I'm not really sure what my point is but I suspect it is a new form of hypocrisy.

It's his money, not ours or the governments. If he wants to wipe his arse on his cash and set it on fire it's none of our business.
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