spiderfarmer

Elon promised a lot but delivered almost nothing when it comes to the Cybertruck.

The proxy for Russian propaganda also runs a Russian proxy.

That is not an environment for serious people anymore so that's expected.

When I grow up I want to be as intelligent and productive as Mr. Doob.

Job offers.

"Learning" now feels like breaking down your whole Lego build and building it up again, in order to change a few fundamental blocks, while this feels like making only the required changes.

Isn't that why it's called software, not hardware? That what I learned in school decades ago.

To be fair Claude has educated me on numerous vulnerabilities in my legacy code. I imagine I’m not the only one.

Yes, tax the rich AND increase wages.

My wife has the first gen Microsoft Surface laptop.

We have, by accident, rediscovered the touch feature multiple times because every time we stop using it and forget it’s there.

Opportunity doesn't pay my bills.

What if we didn't just tax them, but made the whole system fairer so money was distributed more evenly even without the government as a middle man?

Increase wages.

Being (exorbitantly) rich in the USA buys you many things.

For example, if it doesn't buy you full on immunity, it buys you lawyers other people can't pay. And if they mess up, your wealth will buy you a pardon.

Also, it automatically buys you a whole clique of people who will defend you online (for free!), by telling criticasters their opinions don't count because they're jealous or not smart enough, because they automatically assume rich people are brilliant and only to be admired and envied. Musk and Thiel are pretty clear examples.

And let's not forget, he was stupid enough to end up with massive amounts of debt despite his network, his education and his starting capital. Once the USA was stupid enough to elect Trump, every foreign agency must have had him in their crosshairs.

All so Trump can say to his feeble followers "I invented that term".

It's like trying to make "fetch" happen by executive order.

...to you.

Can we pin your comment as proof that some HN commenters need a joke explained in a peer-reviewed paper?

Not everyone. I’ve been a solo entrepreneur since 2015. Developing stuff now feels like I can unwrap a present every day.

I never cared about the social aspects of it other than releasing the odd plugin I developed.

My social life is entirely offline.

Plenty of welders made weaponry that killed babies and none of the famous DIY Youtubers spoke out against that either.

I have always blamed Chinese AI operators for the hundreds of thousands of residential proxy requests I receive each day, but there's no way to be sure.

They absolutely dwarf real traffic if left unchecked (I blocked all countries outside my target area).

Probably because of the Nazi salutes.

Big Tech will tell you that you care too much.

Not a lawyer, but my understanding is that if a Big Tech company doesn't explicitly rule out using your data, they're using your data. And if they rule it out explicitly, they will eventually still use your data.

What's your source for that? A random tweet on X I bet?

> “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?” Musk wrote in an email to Epstein in November 2012. In another in December 2013, he asked, “Will be in the BVI/St Bart’s area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?”

https://time.com/7362868/elon-musk-epstein-emails/

What’s even worse is that the man has a huge following who all think that he isn’t a bullshitter.

Maybe for the MAGA crowd. The rest of the world does not believe what they are told to believe. There are millions of documents and dozens of witnesses that could corroborate the videos, if only they were actually be investigated.

It’s so obvious that Putin has something on Trump. It’s either the unsubstantiated pee tape, or they have the video tapes Epstein said he had. And since Musk also (at least) wanted to party on one of the islands wildest nights, there might be even more leverage Putin is using strategically.

Even if they succeeded in the sitcom idea, how does that promote their product? It’s easily the worst ad from Apple I have seen in a long time.

Well, if their leadership is anything to go by..

Try posting something viral on Mastodon. The logs clearly show that it isn't the most efficient social network.