[FRIAM] celebrity woes

[Gillian Densmore]

And a Mad dictator at that. I don't know what makes him so angry though. :P

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 11:22 AM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:

> From the Tesla day presentation from a few months ago, I got the
> impression he was in one part mad that self-driving wasn't a licked
> problem, and in another part completely bewildered by their ML prowess --
> he seemed almost scared of them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen
> Sent: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 10:17 AM
> To: friam at redfish.com
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] celebrity woes
>
> Ha! I can't help but recall L. Ron Hubbard and his relationship to the
> megalomaniacal/inadequacy tendencies of JPL co-founder Jack Parsons.
> Rockets aren't an object of obsession because they're vehicles to Mars or
> for killing huge numbers of enemies. They're objects of obsession because
> they model Musk et al's penises. Of course a celebrity like Musk tries to
> buy penises from strongman dictators! I suppose it's progress to move from
> disposable strap-ons to (partially) reusable strap-ons, though. <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy>
>
> But manned aircraft seems out of character. My guess would be fully
> autonomous drones. But similar to including brake pads, aircraft face more
> persnickety risks than, oh let's say, adopting the Idaho stop. <
> https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recalls-nearly-54000-us-vehicles-rolling-stop-software-feature-2022-02-01/
> >
>
>
> On 2/2/22 10:08, Gillian Densmore wrote:
> > lol don't tempt him.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 10:56 AM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com
> <mailto:marcus at snoutfarm.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> https://www.inverse.com/article/34976-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-tried-to-buy-icbm-rockets-from-russia
> <
> https://www.inverse.com/article/34976-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-tried-to-buy-icbm-rockets-from-russia
> >
> >
> >     Maybe he needs to buy some MiGs too and stop his bitching?
> >
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com <mailto:
> friam-bounces at redfish.com>> On Behalf Of glen
> >     Sent: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 8:32 AM
> >     To: friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com>
> >     Subject: [FRIAM] celebrity woes
> >
> >
> >     Teen monitoring Elon Musk’s jet ‘tracking Gates, Bezos and Drake too’
> >
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/02/teen-tracking-elon-musk-jet-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-drake-jack-sweeney-tesla-flight-tracker-bot
> <
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/02/teen-tracking-elon-musk-jet-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-drake-jack-sweeney-tesla-flight-tracker-bot
> >
> >
>
> --
> glen
> Theorem 3. There exists a double master function.
>
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