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Inflammatory partisan and identity politics activism.

Directly interfering in the u.s. government

A consistent pattern of grandiose over-promising and under-delivering in his products (FSD, robotaxis, electric-semi, boring company etc)

and plenty more

Classic commoditize the complement, well done on SpaceX's side:

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/

Every time a state tries to regulate, it loses to the states that promote instead. Seems to be a better evolutionary strategy.

It has already started:

  zero-graph v1
  origin source-text
  module "hello"
  hash "graph:a7f7e6899a73f3b4"

  node #decl_ad8d9028 Function name:"main" type:"Void" public:true fallible:true
  node #param_4610ae76 Param name:"world" type:"World"
  node #expr_c403020c MethodCall name:"write" type:"Void"
  node #expr_653eeb6e Literal type:"String" value:"hello from zero\n"
  edge #expr_c403020c arg #expr_653eeb6e order:0

https://zerolang.ai/

Loving this, not loving the negativeness in this thread.

I wonder what the negativists will say about Reflect Orbital, which uses their Eärendil space mirror to light the world.

* https://www.reflectorbital.com/

Why do you see things as negativeism vs positivism? Do you not live in a world where good and evil are syncretic? That mindset is bizarre, to me.

My personal experience with Starlink is that it's an expensive LTE alternative. It's not a broadband replacement, the entire thing is pretty clearly a coverup for dual-use technology in low earth orbit:

    Starshield was adapted from the global communications network Starlink but brings additional capabilities such as target tracking, optical and radio reconnaissance, and early missile warning. [0]

Reality doesn't hinge around negativism and positivism. It's a mixture of both, it's unhealthy to pretend that technology only has positive uses and cannot ever have negative side effects.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield

I choose positivity, because it allows me to live a happy life.

Regarding Starlink, I like it because it gives people free internet in flights. It gives a friend the possibility to stay in a rural home while being able to work. It gives tens of thousands access to information when there are catastrophes like the Venezuela earthquake.

It makes people being able to live a happy(er) life.

Satellite internet existed before Starlink. Those people had access to other options, I know that because I was one of them!

Do you still choose positivity when Starlink is used to target and attack civilians and civil infrastructure? Are you still "positive" if Russia or China starts attacking Starlink with satellite weaponry? Are you positive about Starlink when Kessler Syndrome takes over, and leaves customers dependent on a logistics network that was never for them?

There are positives and negatives. As a rural Starlink customer, I feel comfortable saying that the negatives far outweigh the positives.

why do you think "lighting the world" is good in this case

Exactly. Elon Musk does things for (1) fun (2) revenue in order to fuel his real mission: derisk humanity by conquering Mars.

I like him! :D

I don't like him. I don't hate him either. He's not a thing in my life. But the companies are, SpaceX etc. do impact me.

Basically I would hate to see HN become Reddit.

It's definitely happening

>Nobody will ever need more than 640k of RAM

Absolutely. Degrowith is the guilt-fueled poverty mind virus.

Abundance, friends. Nothing stops us.