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Re: X, the moonshot factory

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Post by ijustwanttovote » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:18 PM UTC

I guess the WWE Attitude Era still exists.

Re: X, the moonshot factory

#42

Post by joezydeco » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:18 PM UTC

shiftpgdn wrote: post #12

an1sotropy wrote: post #5

The last event in their timeline is 2020. Moon presumed shot.

I wonder if we can add it to the Google death pile?

Can't say that here. You'll be downvoted as trite and cynical.

IMO, it's all headed for the graveyard.

Re: X, the moonshot factory

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Post by majestic5762 » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:19 PM UTC

Actually someone described this phenomena really well: we are all tied up (psychologically, socially, economically) by these billionaires and the visions they bring up to us, that we let ourselves seduced by the spectacle, while surrendering our common sense and critical thinking, void of power, action, consciousness. The reality is that, even you fuel a revolution somewhere, there are massive opposing idiots out there willing to kill themselves for being quoted by musk etc. So just enjoy the ride and try to navigate this world as billionaires do: profiting from the stupid - but be cool & polite ;) not saying they're not driving innovation, but they're machiavellic the rest of the time (we are all the same, but for others it takes longer to realize). sure, downvote me, at least you have this power :)

Re: X, the moonshot factory

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Post by miohtama » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:19 PM UTC

andrewstuart wrote: post #6

Yes, X as a brand lacks uniqueness. Xbox X factor X-men Xvideos Etc etc Seems to me musk just loves the domain. Domain: $10,000,000 Users: $44,000,000,000

You forgot Xhamster

Re: X, the moonshot factory

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:19 PM UTC

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Re: X, the moonshot factory

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Post by a-dub » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:19 PM UTC

soco wrote: post #38

a-dub wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

mac os x 10 is actually a pretty special number

Am I the only one thinking of that picture of ten roman legionaries, captioned "The X Men"?

ten fingers, ten toes, base ten arabic numbers

Re: X, the moonshot factory

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Post by tedivm » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:19 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #37

Have any of their projects gone anywhere? https://x.company/projects/

Intrinsic managed to purchase Vicarious AI for so little money that my options were completely underwater (by a sizable margin too), so I guess that works.

Re: X, the moonshot factory

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Post by CSMastermind » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:20 PM UTC

scblock wrote: post #3

X by Google, X by Twitter, X by X. Terrible branding on all sides and I am so not interested in any of this bullshit.

I'm told internally at Reddit there's a group called Reddit X working on the next big thing which recently got disbanded.

Re: X, the moonshot factory

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Post by hodgesrm » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:20 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #40

When will he change his name into Elon MuX ?

MUX is already trademarked by Mux.com. I doubt the owners would be enthusiastic.

Re: X, the moonshot factory

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Post by nashashmi » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:21 PM UTC

astrange wrote: post #10

andrewstuart wrote: post #6

Yes, X as a brand lacks uniqueness. Xbox X factor X-men Xvideos Etc etc Seems to me musk just loves the domain. Domain: $10,000,000 Users: $44,000,000,000

The Xbox brand is very unique because they think numbers go from 0 to 360 to 1.

correction: it's not 0. It's null. Null to 360 to One. I think Zero comes after One.