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Should I step down as head of twitter
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Ratjaculation
Aug 3, 2007

:parrot::parrot::parrot:



Musk seems really upset that a Jewish child escaped Nazi persecution.

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Thundercracker
Jun 25, 2004

Proudly serving the Ruinous Powers since as a veteran of the long war.
College Slice

Lmao. Elon needs a security team to potty

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
It's kind of cool that even mainstream columnists are calling elon a big dumb anti semite now, like the entertainment columnist for the Toronto Star (one of Canada's largest newspapers): https://www.thestar.com/entertainme...lor-greene.html

The one problem is when they call him a "genius" who is acting stupidly though, I think it is pretty obvious the dude is NOT a genius.

pixaal
Jan 8, 2004

All ice cream is now for all beings, no matter how many legs.


Thundercracker posted:

Lmao. Elon needs a security team to potty

What you expect him to warm and moisten the towels himself? One of the junk, one for his hands, and usually the guy that holds his dick also gets one but Elon doesn't know about the 3rd towel.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009




50/50 as to whether or not this will feature "Fully Modular Seatbelts".

E the Shaggy
Mar 29, 2010
I can’t stop laughing at the idea that Musk is so horrifically paranoid that he can’t walk 20 steps to a bathroom without waking up his security team in his own office.

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ♥(‘∀’●)

E the Shaggy posted:

I can’t stop laughing at the idea that Musk is so horrifically paranoid that he can’t walk 20 steps to a bathroom without waking up his security team in his own office.

it's called "snorting amphetamines and cocaine on a daily basis," or more technically, "stimulant psychosis"

pixaal
Jan 8, 2004

All ice cream is now for all beings, no matter how many legs.


MrQwerty posted:

it's called "snorting amphetamines and cocaine on a daily basis," or more technically, "stimulant psychosis"

Elon rocking back and forth, can't sleep, ceiling cat will eat me

Ratjaculation
Aug 3, 2007

:parrot::parrot::parrot:



Musk needs to watch 21 Jump Street so he can like Jewish people again

Slotducks
Oct 16, 2008

Nobody puts Phil in a corner.


InsertPotPun posted:

bravest man in history who exclusively communicates with emojis. as that great hero abraham lincoln once said ":) :("

his last post was incredible though - "This play is mind blowing🤯"

Agents are GO!
Dec 29, 2004

yook posted:

Someone mentions souls and portals in the same sentence, I just start hearing the DOOM soundtrack, tbh

IF YOU DAMAGE THAT EQUIPMENT, POSTING ENERGY WILL CEASE TO EXIST IN THIS SOLAR SYSTEM.

repiv
Aug 13, 2009


he wanted to ship it without any side mirrors at all, it only comes with them due to legal obligations in most markets

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
I disagree with Jonathan Greenblatt’s prior assessment of Musk as a “Henry Ford” of our time. Ford was a vile man who worked to bolster the spread of antisemitism as he innovated the automobile industry with reliable and standard quality mass produced vehicles. Teslas aren’t particularly reliable, standardized in quality, or mass produced.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
As a terrible youth, we used to unscrew the radio antennas from parked cars to have sword fights and generally whip stuff with. Some people I knew would prise off manufacturer badges for decorating stuff. One guy nicked hubcaps and valve caps just because he was a dick.

I wonder how easily those mirrors come off.

Cafe Barbarian
Apr 22, 2016

There's one roulade I can't sing

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

I disagree with Jonathan Greenblatt’s prior assessment of Musk as a “Henry Ford” of our time. Ford was a vile man who worked to bolster the spread of antisemitism as he innovated the automobile industry with reliable and standard quality mass produced vehicles. Teslas aren’t particularly reliable, standardized in quality, or mass produced.

At least Musk is not trying to make us all square-dance.

F_Shit_Fitzgerald
Feb 2, 2017



Escape From Noise posted:

Open borders would loving own, actually.

All of that land was stolen from Mexico, so open borders would just be giving Central Americans access to land they should, by all rights, own anyway.

Deptfordx
Dec 23, 2013

E the Shaggy posted:

I can’t stop laughing at the idea that Musk is so horrifically paranoid that he can’t walk 20 steps to a bathroom without waking up his security team in his own office.

TBF the Ninjas are just waiting for that one moment where he drops his guard.

yook
Mar 11, 2001

YES, CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG IS ABSOLUTELY A KAIJU

Agents are GO! posted:

IF YOU DAMAGE THAT EQUIPMENT, POSTING ENERGY WILL CEASE TO EXIST IN THIS SOLAR SYSTEM.
YOU CANT JUST BLOW A HOLE IN THE SURFACE OF MARS

OBJECTIVE: BLOW A HOLE IN THE SURFACE OF MARS

Meanwhile, musk: SpaceX is going to mars, totally not gonna end up accidentally exploding once we get there

Sentient Data
Aug 31, 2011

My molecule scrambler ray will disintegrate your armor with one blow!
Hmm, maybe there's something related about wanting slaves employees housed using safety-violating locks on the doors of the secret company town inside the headquarters, and not wanting door handles to exist

IBroughttheFunk
Sep 28, 2012

repiv posted:

he wanted to ship it without any side mirrors at all, it only comes with them due to legal obligations in most markets

I was about to ask why they wanted that, but then went back to that tweet and found what feels like a pretty good encapsulation of that weird tech enthusiast mindset:

https://twitter.com/Slowstone_/status/1658954433667948544

potato!
Apr 24, 2008


Her bio calls herself a "liberal warrior queen," I think she's being ironic

Steadiman
Jan 31, 2006

Hey...what kind of party is this? there's no booze and only one hooker!

silly sevens

IBroughttheFunk posted:

I was about to ask why they wanted that, but then went back to that tweet and found what feels like a pretty good encapsulation of that weird tech enthusiast mindset:

https://twitter.com/Slowstone_/status/1658954433667948544

Finally we can solve the horrible problem of mirrors. let's use more touchscreens and also add a bunch more cameras! Maybe make it wifi connected too for some reason! I have solved the problem nobody had and it will even cost you more too. you're welcome world

pixaal
Jan 8, 2004

All ice cream is now for all beings, no matter how many legs.


Steadiman posted:

Finally we can solve the horrible problem of mirrors. let's use more touchscreens and also add a bunch more cameras! Maybe make it wifi connected too for some reason! I have solved the problem nobody had and it will even cost you more too. you're welcome world

give each car a flight of drones for the cameras! Duh!

holtemon
May 2, 2019

Dancing is forbidden

yook posted:

YOU CANT JUST BLOW A HOLE IN THE SURFACE OF MARS

OBJECTIVE: BLOW A HOLE IN THE SURFACE OF MARS

Meanwhile, musk: SpaceX is going to mars, totally not gonna end up accidentally exploding once we get there

Hell yes I loved that scene

And yeah the whole I need my security team to escort me to the bathroom thing? Come on now, that's for real embarrassing lol I thought he was the king poo poo alpha male of the world

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

IBroughttheFunk posted:

I was about to ask why they wanted that, but then went back to that tweet and found what feels like a pretty good encapsulation of that weird tech enthusiast mindset:

https://twitter.com/Slowstone_/status/1658954433667948544
I mean Audi and Hyundai already did cameras, so how's Musky going to re-invent the wheel again?

Waffle House
Oct 27, 2004

You follow the path
fitting into an infinite pattern.

Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment
before the closure
when all become one.

One moment left.
One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.



Still cannot get over how ugly this thing is. If you removed the hubcaps it'd be a whopping 25% less ugly.

MunchE
Sep 7, 2000

Rad Russian posted:

It was. There was a split, so these are post-split prices shown.

Tesla current rise is more to do with the inverse of all other electric companies reporting bad news recently at the same time (can't deliver their cars in promised numbers either at all or postponing all their deliveries to later in 2024 - see Polestar and Volvo) due to a myriad of supply and development issues.

Tesla cars might be bad compared to alternatives, if you can even get an alternative. Tesla has huge production numbers being pumped at their factories and battery and parts supply contracts are secured, which everyone else is struggling to get because they're late to the game and there is a worldwide shortage of stuff. You can go on tesla.com and get an electric car in a few weeks. Everyone else? 6 months to a year+.

Reminder that Tesla produces about as many cars annually as Mazda and has 100x the market cap of Mazda

holtemon
May 2, 2019

Dancing is forbidden

mobby_6kl posted:

I mean Audi and Hyundai already did cameras, so how's Musky going to re-invent the wheel again?



Don't forget he actually did try to re-invent the wheel!

Vampire Panties
Apr 18, 2001
nposter
Nap Ghost

Steadiman posted:

Finally we can solve the horrible problem of mirrors. let's use more touchscreens and also add a bunch more cameras! Maybe make it wifi connected too for some reason! I have solved the problem nobody had and it will even cost you more too. you're welcome world

I wanna drive around in a windowless tank with floor to ceiling monitors :saddumb:

If driverless cars ever became a thing (and :lol: didn't murder pedestrians constantly) than we could see some really cool designs that maximize the space. Of course ole Leon is trying to build Matchbox cars instead.

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ♥(‘∀’●)

holtemon posted:



Don't forget he actually did try to re-invent the wheel!

Toyota has an actual drive-by-wire steering yoke that adjusts to driving conditions and tightens or loosens the steering in between the feasible rotation of a yoke, you know, so it feels like an F1 car, and you can buy it right now.

Tesla yokes are 900 degrees lock to lock because the yoke is connected to a pinion on a rack.

InsertPotPun
Apr 16, 2018

Pissy Bitch stan

Data Graham posted:

Imagining what Soros is up to in Elon's mind

Just wringing his hands and cooking up schemes to eradicate humanity

"I'll flood the United States with murderers! They'll just run all over the place murdering everyone! It will be beautiful!"
"All people shall be force to be trans! Then they will cease to reproduce!"
"We will hit them all with rocks!"


there's nothing in his head, he's just repeating whatever alex jones says and, just like every idiot rear end in a top hat on earth, pushing back just means they're extra right.

IBroughttheFunk posted:

I was about to ask why they wanted that, but then went back to that tweet and found what feels like a pretty good encapsulation of that weird tech enthusiast mindset:

https://twitter.com/Slowstone_/status/1658954433667948544
are you questioning renowned car expert slowstone? you see him predict the future based on "thinking" right in front of you and you still question it?? he even has a blue check, i THINK they know what they're talking about :smuggo:

Waffle House
Oct 27, 2004

You follow the path
fitting into an infinite pattern.

Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment
before the closure
when all become one.

One moment left.
One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.


MunchE posted:

Reminder that Tesla produces about as many cars annually as Mazda and has 100x the market cap of Mazda

ok that's just a tragedy, I can't imagine how many American economic "well there's your problem right there" moments are ensconced in this little fun factoid

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer

Waffle House posted:

Still cannot get over how ugly this thing is. If you removed the hubcaps it'd be a whopping 25% less ugly.

I think that's the third wheel design I've seen them use recently. At least they're back to the "7 point gently caress everything" with these ones.

Rad Russian
Aug 15, 2007

Soviet Power Supreme!

repiv posted:

he wanted to ship it without any side mirrors at all, it only comes with them due to legal obligations in most markets

Regulations are a bit behind the tech here. There IS a good way to do the no mirror thing by putting separate screens in the interior of the car on each side of the dashboard/door area where you would normally look for the mirror. Similar to how modern SUVs do the camera rear view mirror where a normal mirror's view would normally be blocked by your 5 rows of seats or whatever. Tesla sticking everything on the middle console screen is not a good way to do it though. In the Cybertruck with mirrors removed, I have to look to the right into the screen during a left merge, which sounds dangerous. I will not naturally follow my view further to the left to check for bicyles/motorycles on the side of my car. For Cybertruck especially, which is huge and has a lot of blindspots around it as far as bicycles and motorcycles are concerned.

Rad Russian fucked around with this message at 17:00 on May 18, 2023

Waffle House
Oct 27, 2004

You follow the path
fitting into an infinite pattern.

Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment
before the closure
when all become one.

One moment left.
One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.


goatface posted:

I think that's the third wheel design I've seen them use recently. At least they're back to the "7 point gently caress everything" with these ones.

It's a total wash of a vehicle, lmao

morningdrew
Jul 18, 2003

It's toe-tapping-ly tragic!

As a New Englander, the idea of cameras for mirrors in the winter sounds like the dumbest drat thing ever. Between the salt, snow and slush my reverse camera always looks like poo poo and I have to remember to wipe it off. This would be a blast while I'm trying to merge onto the highway but oops I have a fog of war on my left mirror camera

Captain Hygiene
Sep 17, 2007

You mess with the crabbo...



Rad Russian posted:

In the Cybertruck with mirrors removed, I have to look to the right into the screen during a left merge

God, how do they gently caress up every design decision up so much? :psyduck:

teemolover42069
Apr 6, 2023

by Fluffdaddy

Captain Hygiene posted:

God, how do they gently caress up every design decision up so much? :psyduck:

the one consistent thing about tesla design decisions seems to be 'look everyone, it's different! we're so different! our wheel is a rectangle haha!!! the cybertruck looks DIFFERENT than other trucks!!!!". that is the extent of their creativity

George H.W. Cunt
Oct 6, 2010





I like glancing to the left and right and seeing things behind me through some tricks of light. No tech can beat physics!

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pixaal
Jan 8, 2004

All ice cream is now for all beings, no matter how many legs.


morningdrew posted:

As a New Englander, the idea of cameras for mirrors in the winter sounds like the dumbest drat thing ever. Between the salt, snow and slush my reverse camera always looks like poo poo and I have to remember to wipe it off. This would be a blast while I'm trying to merge onto the highway but oops I have a fog of war on my left mirror camera

If they are always up you'd notice when you sit down. more than once I've sat down and looked and passanger mirror full of snow or iced over. loving hate scraping side mirrors oh good I applied enough pressure scraping to move the mirror so now I have to adjust it again.

Like assuming they are putting them in roughly the same location which is what I thought the idea was? I still don't see how this is an improvement over a physical mirror but the snow issue exists with physical ones already.

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