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SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in remote areas

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Post by bottlepalm »

carlivar wrote: post #484
bottlepalm wrote: post #483

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Err the best engineers in the world work for him and want to work for him. Engineers run his companies. They’re given crazy ambitious goals and the resources to go do it. Engineers love challenges and making the impossible possible. Robots, fast cars, and rockets.

You keep saying things like that, but from your comment history you seem to be a huge Musk fan, so color me dubious. So what data do you have on 1) the best engineers and 2) their preference for Musk as boss? Yet more tantrum like behavior with Twitter and Tesla return-to-office has definitely soured many of my colleagues recently.

Glassdoor reviews give Elon a high rating and many of the reviews mention how the people are the smartest they’ve ever worked with.

Re: SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in remote areas

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Post by e-clinton »

ALittleLight wrote: post #227
e-clinton wrote: post #170

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I agree that he delivers a lot, but the comment is still fair seems he constantly over-promises and under delivers.

If someone said "I'm the fastest man alive! I can run at the speed of sound!" And then they went out and ran at 30% the speed of sound I think it would make sense to say "That was an amazing try. You're not at the speed of sound, or even that close to it, but you're definitely the fastest man alive and that is amazing running." I don't think it would make sense to call this person a fraud.

The problem with the logic is that he’s commercializing the over-promises. Investors are buying his stock based on those missed promises. People are buying cars based on that too and are being let down.

Re: SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in remote areas

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Post by imwillofficial »

shaklee3 wrote: post #294
imwillofficial wrote: post #216

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What has SpaceX done that has turned out even remotely lackluster?

starlink so far has been lackluster compared to the promises, and it's only getting worse.

Nobody on earth agrees with you.

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Post by imwillofficial »

fastball wrote: post #311
imwillofficial wrote: post #219

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They don’t even have a majority, much less ubiquity.

Ubiquity is not a step above majority. It's a separate concept.

This is wrong.

Ubiquity means “everywhere”

So not only do you have a less than 50/50 chance of seeing an iPhone, it certainly isn’t everywhere.

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Post by [deleted] »

atyppo wrote: post #263
imwillofficial wrote: post #219

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They don’t even have a majority, much less ubiquity.

Spend some time in an affluent neighborhood in a large metro area and I think you'll realize that isn't true. I sure don't know any Tribeca or Pacific Heights residents with Androids.

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Re: SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in remote areas

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Post by shaklee3 »

imwillofficial wrote: post #493
shaklee3 wrote: post #294

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starlink so far has been lackluster compared to the promises, and it's only getting worse.

Nobody on earth agrees with you.

Except the FCC, users on Reddit, most news outlets doing investigative journalism, etc.
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