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[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Not a cult.

from r/EnoughMuskSpam

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Amazing claim considering there are I think about 10k cybertrucks in the world right now, and all of them are broken. Ok I admit, that is due to the wiper recall, but even if you ignore the wiper recall the amount of broken cybertrucks is massive.

And ~0.5% of them have 'Fuck Elon Musk' written on them.

E: Amazing. (The Cybertruck was released on Nov. 30. Today, Tesla announced it was recalling the vehicle for the fourth time, an impressive rough average of one recall every seven weeks. )[https://bsky.app/profile/charlescmann.bsky.social/post/3kvr3ahwc452h]

[–] mattd@programming.dev 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] 200fifty@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

heck yeah I love ~~Physics Jenny Nicholson~~ Angela Collier

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

indeed! I rarely get to watch them because of the length, but they're always so good, thoughtful and thorough. one of best talking heads on yt I know of

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 4 months ago

format/delivery is technically more than just talking head, I guess, but ykwim

[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago

Thank you —she and this video are new to me - very good!

[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago

I like the wet your finger and stick it up in the air forecasting model. OK - there’s 1.5 billion pocket-sized iPhones - so let’s say 2 billion person-sized robots, you know,

I’m wondering about the supply chain issues just making the extra half billion robots, might be kind of a big deal. Are there enough rare minerals in the whole world to do this? Lithium batteries? Computer chips?

Also, yeah, valuation based on revenue and not EBITA / profit margins, but whatever.

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lol. What, are we going to be installing Candy Crush on our robots? Expecting to be able to project recurring revenue from a humanoid robot based on smartphone numbers is a new kind of ignorance.

[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@Jayjader @carlitoscohones

I'm sure Candy Crush will come pre-installed.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago

"Hello helpdesk? My fleet of humanoid workers I paid 500k for apiece aren't at their workstations churning out fabric piecework, they're all playing Candy Crush on their iPhones..."