Jason Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-chip-hearing-a9647306.html?amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Fuck Elon Musk. People should stop listening to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 <taps on mic> You're supposed to feel music too, dumbass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Elon Musk is a fucking idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Talk to me when they develop those pills from Limitless without the awful side effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Neuralink is one of Musk's crazier ventures for sure. He probably came up with it when he was high on various designer drugs he's been rumored to use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 The originally idea for the Hyperloop in 2012 was that you were going to be hurled through a tube at supersonic speeds and you'd be able to reach cities hundreds of miles away in less than a hour. So far what's he's built (partially) is a subway tunnel in Las Vegas where regular Teslas go through individually on rails. Just keep that in mind any time he just spouts off on something out like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: The originally idea for the Hyperloop in 2012 was that you were going to be hurled through a tube at supersonic speeds and you'd be able to reach cities hundreds of miles away in less than a hour. So far what's he's built (partially) is a subway tunnel in Las Vegas where regular Teslas go through individually on rails. Just keep that in mind any time he just spouts off on something out like this. He's vary ambitious for sure. A lot of people laughed at his vision for rocket reuse in 2012. But he was able to accomplish it, and because of this, they've been able to take a sizable chunk of the launch market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 51 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: The originally idea for the Hyperloop in 2012 was that you were going to be hurled through a tube at supersonic speeds and you'd be able to reach cities hundreds of miles away in less than a hour. So far what's he's built (partially) is a subway tunnel in Las Vegas where regular Teslas go through individually on rails. Just keep that in mind any time he just spouts off on something out like this. Individual mass transit aka highways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 So Musk must of watched the opening of the Ghost in the Shell live action movie and thought “That shit looks cool. I guess I could make that” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Egypt tells Elon Musk its pyramids were not built by aliens 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 4 hours ago, mclumber1 said: He's vary ambitious for sure. A lot of people laughed at his vision for rocket reuse in 2012. But he was able to accomplish it, and because of this, they've been able to take a sizable chunk of the launch market. He does seem to have a genuine ability to hire some people around him that know what they're doing. With Tesla and SpaceX, at least. The entire concept of The Boring Company is a Springfield Monorail style grift, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Ricofoley said: He does seem to have a genuine ability to hire some people around him that know what they're doing. With Tesla and SpaceX, at least. The entire concept of The Boring Company is a Springfield Monorail style grift, I think. It's solving a problem with tunneling that isn't the problem with tunneling. Tunneling is usually a bit more expensive than a Boring Company tunnel but mostly because nobody would build a tunnel that tiny because you can't actually fit anything in it. Sticking the drilling machine in the ground is the expensive part, not the per-mile tunneling; I guess costs can add up if you have to delay to map out utility connections and stuff, and I guess a Boring Company tunnel could be a little more nimble with that just by virtue of being smaller, but I'm gonna assume it's not a huge difference. Also, apparently Boring Company tunnels don't have basic shit like emergency exits. Meanwhile, it's the stations that are usually expensive. Like with the Second Avenue Subway stations, which are both obscenely deep and obscenely huge. If they'd gone for shallower, smaller station caverns, that would have knocked off a LOT of the cost of the SAS project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 He also apparently just said AI will over take humans in five years. I fucking wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 "AI is taking over for humanity soon" I say as I take my hands off the steering wheel with my Tesla autopilot on and it immediately steers me into a semi-truck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jason said: It's solving a problem with tunneling that isn't the problem with tunneling. Tunneling is usually a bit more expensive than a Boring Company tunnel but mostly because nobody would build a tunnel that tiny because you can't actually fit anything in it. Sticking the drilling machine in the ground is the expensive part, not the per-mile tunneling; I guess costs can add up if you have to delay to map out utility connections and stuff, and I guess a Boring Company tunnel could be a little more nimble with that just by virtue of being smaller, but I'm gonna assume it's not a huge difference. Also, apparently Boring Company tunnels don't have basic shit like emergency exits. Meanwhile, it's the stations that are usually expensive. Like with the Second Avenue Subway stations, which are both obscenely deep and obscenely huge. If they'd gone for shallower, smaller station caverns, that would have knocked off a LOT of the cost of the SAS project. And my understand is that they just bought a used Chinese-built machine after originally saying they were going to design their own. Is that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: And my understand is that they just bought a used Chinese-built machine after originally saying they were going to design their own. Is that right? That I'm not sure about off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 oh, boring company. I get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launches and lands test vehicle that is hoped to soon deliver up to 100 tons to low Earth orbit, and eventually the moon and Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 The scale of this rocket is hard to comprehend in the picture above or the video I posted beforehand. It's over 30 feet in diameter and about 150 feet tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Pickle Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 On 8/2/2020 at 8:25 PM, legend said: He also apparently just said AI will over take humans in five years. I fucking wish. GET BACK IN YOUR BOX!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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