[FRIAM] OpenAI and the fight between Elon and Sam

Fri Feb 14 00:53:09 EST 2025

Elon Musk is a massive jerk. Huge. But let’s be real—he’s also a genius who
actually gets big things done. So, whether you admire him or wish you could
launch him into space, we’re all strapped into this rollercoaster.

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 at 03:13, Pieter Steenekamp <pieters at randcontrols.co.za>
wrote:

> *I want to like Musk*
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> I don’t want to like Musk. On a personal level, he doesn’t seem like
> someone I’d want to like.
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> But for me, this isn’t about liking or disliking him. I have deep
> admiration for what he has achieved—and continues to achieve—for the world.
> Too often, people let their personal feelings about Musk cloud their
> judgment of his impact.
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> I’d love to hear from someone who, after a deep dive into Musk’s
> accomplishments, still believes he isn’t one of humanity’s greatest
> achievers.
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> Take Walter Isaacson, for example. He clearly doesn’t like Musk on a
> personal level, yet he recognizes his extraordinary ability to accomplish
> great things. I challenge anyone to read Isaacson’s biography and still
> deny the significance of Musk’s achievements.
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> On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 at 00:22, Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>
>> Tom Tom (Netherlands) still shows Gulf of Mexico.  OpenStreetMap (UK)
>> too.
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>> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Stephen Guerin
>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 13, 2025 1:53 PM
>> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
>> friam at redfish.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] OpenAI and the fight between Elon and Sam
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>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM cody dooderson <d00d3rs0n at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I want to like Musk. At one point I did, for the reasons mentioned
>> above. I am suspicious that his neuro-link is malfunctioning and destroying
>> his empathy. That being said, I am hopeful that he brings the metric system
>> to the USA, and somehow doesn't end up in charge of the nuclear weapons
>> arsenal in the process.
>>
>> And from your lips to Google's (and Bing and Apple maps's) ears, Cody.
>>
>> At least I can switch to metric in Google Maps - 500.0 km from Galveston
>> to Merida :-)
>> I don't have to change region to Mexico or practically anywhere else, to
>> get metric by default (which is how google maps works)
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>> I should be able to switch to a different naming system without having to
>> change my whole region.
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>> Or make metric the standard for the US too..
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>> Google enforces government naming directives, like renaming the Gulf of
>> Mexico to Gulf of America, without allowing user overrides. However, for
>> measurement units, they allow users to switch between miles and kilometers,
>> despite the U.S. government recognizing metric as the "preferred system"
>> since 1975. This creates an inconsistency where official directives are
>> followed for naming but ignored for measurement standards. If Google
>> applies government policy selectively, they should either enforce metric as
>> the default or allow users to choose place names in their map settings.
>>
>> There is no law or executive action stating The United States Customary
>> System (USCS) is the official system of the U.S.—it is simply entrenched
>> through historical precedent., miles, feet, inches, pounds, gallons,
>> fahrenheit, BTU, HP, ton, and my personal favorite in Action ( ft·lb·s).
>> etc.
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>> But there are plenty of federal actions for metric,
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>> Cody, here's some ammo you can use in your letter writing, occupy
>> movements and social media campaigns why the mapping companies should avoid
>> hypocrisy and change to metric if they are going to listen to government
>> mandates:
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>>    - Weights and Measures Act of 1866: Legalized metric use in trade.
>>    - Treaty of the Meter (1875): U.S. joined international metric system.
>>    - Mendenhall Order (1893): Defined U.S. customary units via metric
>>    standards.
>>    - Metric Conversion Act of 1975: Declared metric as preferred system.
>>    - Executive Order 12770 (1991): Required federal agencies to use
>>    metric.
>>    - Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988: Strengthened federal
>>    metric adoption.
>>    - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (1992 amendment): Required metric
>>    on product labels.
>>    - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Policy
>>    (2008): Encouraged metric in commerce.
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