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#3290314 3-Oct-2024 01:57

gzt:

Author uses the word "left" nine times in that short article - As Musk lifts humanity, the left brands him ‘Public Enemy No. 2’.

I clicked through to a different article by the same author and counted to eleven including "far-left multibillionaires".

Um.. yeah I can't think of any either..

More here about the guy:
https://www.mediamatters.org/legacy/anti-gay-columnist-mackinnon-out-tampa-tribune

And at best, he tacitly approves of Russia's invasion of Ukraine:
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4866275-does-the-media-bear-some-responsibility-for-lives-lost-in-ukraine/

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#3290323 3-Oct-2024 07:41

deepred:
gzt:

Author uses the word "left" nine times in that short article - As Musk lifts humanity, the left brands him ‘Public Enemy No. 2’.

I clicked through to a different article by the same author and counted to eleven including "far-left multibillionaires".

Um.. yeah I can't think of any either..

More here about the guy:
https://www.mediamatters.org/legacy/anti-gay-columnist-mackinnon-out-tampa-tribune

And at best, he tacitly approves of Russia's invasion of Ukraine:
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4866275-does-the-media-bear-some-responsibility-for-lives-lost-in-ukraine/

So the guy did a "Tucker Carlson", and got canned from a right-of-center Florida newspaper.

He just wrote "The ‘scared majority’ could deliver a landslide victory for Trump" for the same newspaper.

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#3290367 3-Oct-2024 09:33

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Author uses the word "left" nine times in that short article - As Musk lifts humanity, the left brands him ‘Public Enemy No. 2’.

I clicked through to a different article by the same author and counted to eleven including "far-left multibillionaires".

Um.. yeah I can't think of any either..

Probably the most left-wing billionaire is Mark Cuban - and he's still a capitalist, just one with socialist tendencies as well who recognises that part of how billionaires accumulate their wealth is through a society that is educated enough to perform work for them and able to afford to buy from them (he famously said "the most patriotic thing a wealthy person could do is pay their motherf***ing taxes", and founded a pharmacy that sells generic pharmaceuticals to Americans at their manufacturing cost plus 15% margin to keep it sustainable - see "Cost Plus Drugs").

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#3290401 3-Oct-2024 10:34

Aw, poor Elon. He's not quite as popular as he thought he was, nor does everyone love him...like he thinks they do 😀

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/elon-musk-twitter-x-fidelity/index.html

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#3290409 3-Oct-2024 10:58

Sean Combs may be needing to sell their share of X urgently.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-just-forced-reveal-120000372.html

HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud may want to pick them up ?

8VC might find some Russian Oligarch small change in the back of the couch ?
https://www.dw.com/en/what-do-xs-alleged-ties-to-russian-oligarchs-mean-for-musk/a-70088598

https://cybernews.com/news/elon-musk-twitter-acquisition-russia-investment/

He is now on Putin's leash, after a brief departure, and also beholding to CCP having a major factory captive, suddenly the absolutist, don't care.
Oh look over there Brazil , Australia how dare they ! Testosterone dictators, get a free pass.

If they want their money back or some interest/earnings, maybe why Elon Musk even has security go with him to toilets in his own companies.
Standing back from high windows, I just don't like the glare.

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/inside-elon-musk-s-mushrooming-security-apparatus

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#3296385 12-Oct-2024 10:56

Tesla’s value drops $60bn after investors fail to hail self-driving ‘Cybercab’: tthe Guardian

Analysts criticise lack of detail about the ‘robotaxi’ showcased by CEO Elon Musk

Tesla shares fell nearly 9% on Friday, wiping about $60bn (£45bn) from the company’s value, after the long-awaited unveiling of its so-called robotaxi failed to excite investors.

Shares in the electric carmaker tumbled to $217 at market close following an event in Hollywood, where the chief executive, Elon Musk, revealed a much-hyped driverless vehicle. The stock price is down roughly 12% year-to-date.

Musk said the company would start building the fully autonomous “Cybercab” by 2026 at a price of less than $30,000, and showed off a van he claimed was capable of transporting 20 people around town autonomously – which he said would reshape cities by turning car parks into parks.

Before the event, he tweeted: “And all transport will be fully autonomous within 50 years.”

During the showcase, he wrote that car parks would no longer be needed in cities.

However, analysts said the event was short on detail and also expressed disappointment over a lack of specifics about other Tesla projects. Musk has a history of making grand projections about upcoming products and failing to follow through in the timeframe he has set, or at all.
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#3296409 12-Oct-2024 12:14

kingdragonfly: Tesla’s value drops $60bn after investors fail to hail self-driving ‘Cybercab’: tthe Guardian

Analysts criticise lack of detail about the ‘robotaxi’ showcased by CEO Elon Musk

Tesla shares fell nearly 9% on Friday, wiping about $60bn (£45bn) from the company’s value, after the long-awaited unveiling of its so-called robotaxi failed to excite investors.

Shares in the electric carmaker tumbled to $217 at market close following an event in Hollywood, where the chief executive, Elon Musk, revealed a much-hyped driverless vehicle. The stock price is down roughly 12% year-to-date.

Musk said the company would start building the fully autonomous “Cybercab” by 2026 at a price of less than $30,000, and showed off a van he claimed was capable of transporting 20 people around town autonomously – which he said would reshape cities by turning car parks into parks.

Before the event, he tweeted: “And all transport will be fully autonomous within 50 years.”

During the showcase, he wrote that car parks would no longer be needed in cities.

However, analysts said the event was short on detail and also expressed disappointment over a lack of specifics about other Tesla projects. Musk has a history of making grand projections about upcoming products and failing to follow through in the timeframe he has set, or at all.
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The picture I saw of the "bus" looked more like a mobil crematorium, no windows (so no escape routes), so if the batteries go up in flames....
The lack of windows almost guarantees the things will smell of vomit.

Musk yet again selling stupid to the stupid.

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#3296425 12-Oct-2024 13:21

Comedian: Introducing the Tesla CyberCab

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#3296430 12-Oct-2024 13:37

Elon Musk’s Beer-Pouring Optimus Robots Are Not Autonomous: Gizmodo

Elon Musk has done it again. And by “it,” we mean tricked a lot of people with “autonomous” robots that are actually being helped by unseen human operators. And this isn’t the first time Musk has done this.

On Thursday night, Tesla threw a highly anticipated media event at Warner Bros. studios near Los Angeles and unveiled a prototype robotaxi that Musk calls the Cybercab. Consumers will have to wait on that one since Musk says it’s still 2-3 years away, just as it has been for the past decade.
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#3296523 12-Oct-2024 16:11

kingdragonfly: Elon Musk’s Beer-Pouring Optimus Robots Are Not Autonomous: Gizmodo

Elon Musk has done it again. And by “it,” we mean tricked a lot of people with “autonomous” robots that are actually being helped by unseen human operators. And this isn’t the first time Musk has done this.

On Thursday night, Tesla threw a highly anticipated media event at Warner Bros. studios near Los Angeles and unveiled a prototype robotaxi that Musk calls the Cybercab. Consumers will have to wait on that one since Musk says it’s still 2-3 years away, just as it has been for the past decade.
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What are the odds that it's all just a modern-day Mechanical Turk?

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#3296526 12-Oct-2024 16:16

Kyanar:

gzt:

Author uses the word "left" nine times in that short article - As Musk lifts humanity, the left brands him ‘Public Enemy No. 2’.

I clicked through to a different article by the same author and counted to eleven including "far-left multibillionaires".

Um.. yeah I can't think of any either..

Probably the most left-wing billionaire is Mark Cuban - and he's still a capitalist, just one with socialist tendencies as well who recognises that part of how billionaires accumulate their wealth is through a society that is educated enough to perform work for them and able to afford to buy from them (he famously said "the most patriotic thing a wealthy person could do is pay their motherf***ing taxes", and founded a pharmacy that sells generic pharmaceuticals to Americans at their manufacturing cost plus 15% margin to keep it sustainable - see "Cost Plus Drugs").