[FRIAM] OpenAI and the fight between Elon and Sam
steve smith
sasmyth at swcp.com
Fri Feb 14 12:03:41 EST 2025
Marcus -
I do like the "cut of your morbid fascination jib" to strain a
metaphor badly...
WhEEEEeeeeee!!!
- Steve
> I think a confluence of events that could end the terror/amusement
> ride could include:
>
>
> 1) He pours money into xAI or buyouts of AI companies like OpenAI, but
> doesn’t succeed at either
>
> 2) He gets significant competition from Blue Origin
>
> 3) The energy and automobile companies of Tesla get broken up, due to
> shareholder revolt
>
> 4) No one buys Tesla’s cars because they aren’t as good of a value
> compared to competitors, and because Elon is a jerk
>
> 5) X continues to suck money with no end in sight
>
> 6) Trump turns on him. Reasons could include:
>
> a) a public Social Security and/or Medicare outrage
>
> b) the narcissist competition
>
> *From:*Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Pieter Steenekamp
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 13, 2025 9:53 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> <friam at redfish.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] OpenAI and the fight between Elon and Sam
>
> 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_/*
>
> I don’t want to like Musk. On a personal level, he doesn’t seem
> like someone I’d want to like.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> *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
>
> 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)
>
> I should be able to switch to a different naming system
> without having to change my whole region.
>
> Or make metric the standard for the US too..
>
> 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.
>
> But there are plenty of federal actions for metric,
>
> 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:
>
> * 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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