Elon Musk: He only experiences Dunning-Krugerrand

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Prettz: Sep 3, 2002

sadly no, he's in the control room.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 13:46

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 10:27

Seth Pecksniff: May 27, 2004; can't believe shrek is fucking dead. rip to a real one.

Prettz posted:

sadly no, he's in the control room.

"It is an apparent mystery why the rocket suddenly veered off course and aimed straight towards Grimes's house"

# ? Apr 17, 2023 13:48

gschmidl: Sep 3, 2011; watch with knife hands

I hope Starship explodes so hard everyone at NASA only calls him Fat Man 2 after.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 13:55

Prettz: Sep 3, 2002

gschmidl posted:

I hope Starship explodes so hard everyone at NASA only calls him Fat Man 2 after.

if you're hoping for an explosion, it's guaranteed at some point

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:00

Withnail: Feb 11, 2004

What an idiot, pronouns are awesome. They are literally professional nouns.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:00

Captain Beans: Aug 5, 2004; Whar be the beans?; Hair Elf

why does Starship look so loving lame? it looks like some corny rear end rocket ship designed in the 1940s.

Saturn V on the other hand looks badass instead of like a dildo

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:03

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

"We're getting reports of the Starship's launch trajectory being curiously programmed to deploy a smoke canister to fly over America and write the words "I LUV U GRIMES!" across the greater United States in high orbit..."

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:05

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009; 📈📊🍪😋

Haven't been paying any attention to SpaceX and so just looked up CNN's article on it:

quote:

"I guess I'd like to just set expectations low," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said during a Twitter "Spaces" event for his subscribers Sunday evening.

"If we get far enough away from the launch pad before something goes wrong, then I think I would consider that to be a success. Just don't blow up the pad."

Starship's ultimate success or failure is immensely consequential. Not only is it crucial to SpaceX's future as a company, it also underpins the United States government's ambitions for human exploration.

NASA has awarded SpaceX contracts and options worth several billions of dollars to use Starship to ferry government astronauts to the surface of the moon under the space agency�s Artemis program.

But it's not all riding on this inaugural test flight. SpaceX has long established its willingness to embrace mishaps, mistakes and explosions in the name of refining the design of its spacecraft.

In the lead-up to the first launch of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket in 2018, which held the title of the most powerful rocket before NASA's SLS took flight last year, Musk foresaw only a 50-50 chance of success.

"People [came] from all around the world to see what will either be a great rocket launch or the best fireworks display they've ever seen," Musk told CNN at the time.

The Falcon Heavy launch was ultimately successful.

Lol this clown is hailed as a great engineer? :lmao:

"He's a genius! He's discovered that you can solve any problem by just throwing infinity money at it and not caring how many times it explodes!"

loving Zapp Brannigan rear end engineering

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:12

Prettz: Sep 3, 2002

They keep repeating the lie about SLS being the most powerful rocket, Saturn V beat it by about 50%.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:15

Ratjaculation: Aug 3, 2007

Launch cancelled lol

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:16

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Rockets are barely controlled explosions held inside the thinnest possible containment structure. Any variety that doesn't blow itself up is a miracle baby.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:16

BRICKFACE: Apr 20, 2002; I BITE

Data Graham posted:

Haven't been paying any attention to SpaceX and so just looked up CNN's article on it:

Lol this clown is hailed as a great engineer?

"He's a genius! He's discovered that you can solve any problem by just throwing infinity money at it and not caring how many times it explodes!"

loving Zapp Brannigan rear end engineering

there is no way in hell he is involved in any of that actual, day-to-day engineering of anything

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:17

stephenthinkpad: Jan 2, 2020

Taking out the tissue and waiting for the explosion.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:19

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Watching the launch, and the thrusters on it MOVE?!

These feels like something that'd be a horrendous set of points of failure, wouldn't it?

Looks cool though, I will admit.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:20

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

goatface posted:

Rockets are barely controlled explosions held inside the thinnest possible containment structure. Any variety that doesn't blow itself up is a miracle baby.

big whoop, so am I after eating beans

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:20

stephenthinkpad: Jan 2, 2020

loving dock tease.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:21

Captain Beans: Aug 5, 2004; Whar be the beans?; Hair Elf

Data Graham posted:

Haven't been paying any attention to SpaceX and so just looked up CNN's article on it:

Lol this clown is hailed as a great engineer?

"He's a genius! He's discovered that you can solve any problem by just throwing infinity money at it and not caring how many times it explodes!"

loving Zapp Brannigan rear end engineering

Some moron rear end level investor newsletter had some story about him once which was something to the tune of "You should invest in anything Elon is involved in, because he has so much money its guaranteed to succeed."

Which is like the most insane investing advice I have ever heard. I mean even ignoring the blind hero worship, being able to infinitely shovel money at something is the exact opposite of investing to get the most bang for you buck. People are loving stupid when it comes to Elon.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:23

Slo-Tek: Jun 8, 2001; WINDOWS 98 BEAT HIS FRIEND WITH A SHOVEL

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Watching the launch, and the thrusters on it MOVE?!

These feels like something that'd be a horrendous set of points of failure, wouldn't it?

Looks cool though, I will admit.

Gimballed rocket engines have been a thing since 1948. The Saturn V, and the Space Shuttle, and the Falcon 9 all have gimballed engines. It is a complexity and a point of failure, but a pretty well understood one by this point.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:23

Ratjaculation: Aug 3, 2007

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Watching the launch, and the thrusters on it MOVE?!

These feels like something that'd be a horrendous set of points of failure, wouldn't it?

Looks cool though, I will admit.

Gimballed engines have been around for a while

Source: KSP

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:23

Prettz: Sep 3, 2002

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Watching the launch, and the thrusters on it MOVE?!

These feels like something that'd be a horrendous set of points of failure, wouldn't it?

Looks cool though, I will admit.

holy poo poo dude

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:24

Ravenfood: Nov 4, 2011

Captain Beans posted:

Some moron rear end level investor newsletter had some story about him once which was something to the tune of "You should invest in anything Elon is involved in, because he has so much money its guaranteed to succeed."

Which is like the most insane investing advice I have ever heard. I mean even ignoring the blind hero worship, being able to infinitely shovel money at something is the exact opposite of investing to get the most bang for you buck. People are loving stupid when it comes to Elon.

How so? If someone else is doing the infinite money shoveling, it seems like your investment is pretty solidly safe.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:25

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Slo-Tek posted:

Gimballed rocket engines have been a thing since 1948. The Saturn V, and the Space Shuttle, and the Falcon 9 all have gimballed engines. It is a complexity and a point of failure, but a pretty well understood one by this point.

Ahh, okay I actually wasn't aware of that.

Prettz posted:

holy poo poo dude

My NASA knowledge is limited, and Elon is a very stupid man who makes very stupid decisions.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:25

ymgve: Jan 2, 2004; Offensive Clock

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Ahh, okay I actually wasn't aware of that.

My NASA knowledge is limited, and Elon is a very stupid man who makes very stupid decisions.

Thankfully SpaceX has a lot of people that know what they're doing, and Elon just comes in now and then to complain about the color of some panel

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:27

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

Ravenfood posted:

How so? If someone else is doing the infinite money shoveling, it seems like your investment is pretty solidly safe.

My first first question hearing that is if they're doing infinite money shoveling why are they looking for investments?

Probably not going to be a lot of their own money they're shoveling I would suggest.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:30

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Frozen valves is a very traditional reason to scrub.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:31

Songbearer: Jul 12, 2007; Fuck you say?

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Watching the launch, and the thrusters on it MOVE?!

These feels like something that'd be a horrendous set of points of failure, wouldn't it?

Looks cool though, I will admit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4spKNbcMVk

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:32

Cable Guy: Jul 18, 2005; I don't expect any trouble, but we'll be handing these out later...; Slippery Tilde

edit: nvm... was a stupid joke anyway

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:35

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

Songbearer posted:

Bird rocket was to good for this world.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:36

davidspackage: May 16, 2007; Nap Ghost

Neddy Seagoon posted:

My NASA knowledge is limited, and Elon is a very stupid man who makes very stupid decisions.

Elon: I want the rocket to be made of cast iron, it'll look cool

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:38

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Songbearer posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4spKNbcMVk

I thought they scrubbed the launch today? :confused:

ymgve posted:

Thankfully SpaceX has a lot of people that know what they're doing, and Elon just comes in now and then to complain about the color of some panel

Didn't he also gently caress with the shape of the nosecone and make it less aerodynamic because Elon thought it looked cooler?

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:39

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009; 📈📊🍪😋

Captain Beans posted:

Some moron rear end level investor newsletter had some story about him once which was something to the tune of "You should invest in anything Elon is involved in, because he has so much money its guaranteed to succeed."

Which is like the most insane investing advice I have ever heard. I mean even ignoring the blind hero worship, being able to infinitely shovel money at something is the exact opposite of investing to get the most bang for you buck. People are loving stupid when it comes to Elon.

It's also really funny that this is the reason people give for having Private Enterprise do the space race stuff, as opposed to the federal government, which feels free to be profligate with its budgeting because "hey it's not THEIR money, it's YOURS �\_(ツ)_/�"

$30,000 hammers and toilet seats etc etc

If you run it like a BUSINESS then it'll be done efficiently without any waste!

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:43

Prettz: Sep 3, 2002

Data Graham posted:

It's also really funny that this is the reason people give for having Private Enterprise do the space race stuff, as opposed to the federal government, which feels free to be profligate with its budgeting because "hey it's not THEIR money, it's YOURS �\_(ツ)_/�"

$30,000 hammers and toilet seats etc etc

If you run it like a BUSINESS then it'll be done efficiently without any waste!

The change is from cost-plus contracts to fixed-price, milestone-based contracts. The big pentagon contractors can't do fixed-price, so they're upset.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 14:54

crime weed: Nov 9, 2009

Strong Sauce posted:

https://twitter.com/Techmeme/status/1645461832889688065

late to the party, but this bug ended up getting a popular furry artist extremely cancelled & it was very funny (they posted nasty porn to their circles & twitter was like "lets just show it to everyone :elon:

# ? Apr 17, 2023 15:54

Aramis: Sep 22, 2009

I can't imagine a scenario where any of that is funny.

Either the content was vile CSAM-level poo poo, in which case laughing about it is weird as hell, or it's just a pervert having his private perversions plastered across the web against their will which also sucks balls.

Aramis fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Apr 17, 2023

# ? Apr 17, 2023 16:06

Annabel Pee: Dec 29, 2008

Even compared to previous stuff, twitter accidentally sharing your private messages seems MASSIVELY illegal. I don't use it but sounds similar to sharing private stories with close friends on instagram, I share private stuff all the time for my friends but I run my business on instagram and don't want others to see it, it would be insane if they could see that stuff all of a sudden.

# ? Apr 17, 2023 16:08

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009; 📈📊🍪😋

"I trust <giant company X> with my private messages, they're huge and well respected and their whole business credibility is founded on their data integrity and privacy. What could possibly happen? Some insane billionaire could come and buy the company and then gently caress up the codebase so people's private data gets broadcasted? What are you talking about, are you nuts??"

# ? Apr 17, 2023 16:11