One exists and is wildly useful. The other is self indulgent bullshit to distract from the fact that Tesla is a terrible company that would be bankrupt without the circus act.
How much fucking money was deposited to make a piece of shit car fly for a couple of seconds that could have changed many many lives makes me sick. Fuck this timeline and fuck that musk gooch
How much fucking money was deposited to make a piece of shit car fly for a couple of seconds
They basically used the stabilization from SpaceX mixed with the old compress air gimmick that was used in the 1984 Olympics, which only work for very short flights because you quickly run out of compressed Nitrogen after a couple of seconds, which is a technology from the cutting edge 1960s. It's great to make a visual stunt but you need to constantly recharge the nitrogen canisters each time the feature is used to impress your friends for a couple of seconds.
I don’t get Reddit. This was a dope demonstration. Everyone acting like their personal money was spent on something stupid. Spending money on plastic water bottles when perfectly good water comes from some pipes nearby is just as insane in my book.
It's technically less impressive than the similar 1974 Bond stunt which had to be calculated on 1974 computers, less practical than the 1960s olympic jetpack, and will never ever reach production. Where exactly should anyone be impressed?
Really, the 1974 stunt in which a driver drove the car to a predetermined speed and aimed at a ramp, which made the car spin and land?
Keep in mind we had computers calculating bomb trajectories in planes in 1916 onwards.
This was an entirely automated demo in which a car drove upside down and then flipped and automatically self-righted. It is really not technically less impressive at all.
This is how much people love Musk. And what he does. What's not clear? It's all a distraction from the fact he spent almost 400 million dollars this election cycle. Who tf cares about a stupid impractical stunt that's making their stock plummet?
Edit: or the fact he's throttling starlink in Ukraine. This guy is a pos. He's pure evil. Only very stupid.
The comments defending him are so far removed from reality. The majority of them are likely bots, and all of them can’t handle an ounce of reasoned argument.
What? Starshield is operated by the US Military under the authority and directives of the President of the United States. Starshield is who throttled and restricted Ukraine's military use of that service.
Yes, that President, the same one that Elon Musk had a public crazy falling out with.
That President, and past and future presidents control the US Military. The US Military controls Starshield, not musk, not Starlink, and the US Military answers to the authority and directives of the US President.
Musk doesn't control it, so blaming Musk is misdirected angst.
Right? Too bad we didn't have reddit back when Evil Knivel was wasting his money doing crazy motorcycle stunts so that reddit could tell us how it was all just a waste on a performative spectacle.
Everyone acting like their personal money was spent on something stupid.
Do you have any idea how much US tax money is being wasted on corrupt boondoggle contracts with Tesla? I have every right to be indignant at the waste.
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One exists and is wildly useful. The other is self indulgent bullshit to distract from the fact that Tesla is a terrible company that would be bankrupt without the circus act.