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  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

    Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

    No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

    But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

    Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

    So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

    Daniel SwannD This user is from outside of this forum
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    Daniel Swann
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    #18

    @cstross see also: paypal’s original mission and what it became. overpromise, underdeliver, criticise governments, live off government funding. Musk is a charlatan

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    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

      Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

      No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

      But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

      Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

      So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

      ChrisA This user is from outside of this forum
      ChrisA This user is from outside of this forum
      Chris
      wrote last edited by
      #19

      @cstross Elon, bullshit? Sir! I request you consider retracting that statement!

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      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

        Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

        No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

        But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

        Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

        So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

        DizzyB This user is from outside of this forum
        DizzyB This user is from outside of this forum
        Dizzy
        wrote last edited by
        #20

        @cstross scam, like always... Just to keep his stock from collapsing.

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        • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

          Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

          No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

          But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

          Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

          So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

          Knud JahnkeK This user is from outside of this forum
          Knud JahnkeK This user is from outside of this forum
          Knud Jahnke
          wrote last edited by
          #21

          @cstross

          Lying worked for Tesla, so he wants to pull the same thing again.

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          • Tony HoyleT Tony Hoyle

            @cstross And the announcement timed after he appeared in the epstein files.

            Now we're talking about this BS instead..

            George BG This user is from outside of this forum
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            George B
            wrote last edited by
            #22

            @cstross @tony

            Don't know about you but I have not stopped talking about him begging to go to pedo Island (and it seems being rejected the majority of the time)

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            • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

              Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

              No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

              But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

              Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

              So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

              Taran RampersadK This user is from outside of this forum
              Taran RampersadK This user is from outside of this forum
              Taran Rampersad
              wrote last edited by
              #23

              @cstross it's the 'put it in a box and sell it' paradigm, where neither the box nor what goes in it can exist.

              He, like the 🍊, depend on the masses who lack learning. Not education: learning.

              In the most Twainish of ways.

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              • ChrisA Chris

                @cstross Elon, bullshit? Sir! I request you consider retracting that statement!

                Cadbury MooseC This user is from outside of this forum
                Cadbury MooseC This user is from outside of this forum
                Cadbury Moose
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                @ASprinkleofSage @cstross

                Ratshit, then.

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                • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                  Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

                  No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

                  But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

                  Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

                  So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

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                  wrote last edited by
                  #25

                  @cstross
                  I'm so excited that pedo musk is finally heading to Mars this year. He can use the epstein list as his exclusive passenger list.

                  "SpaceX will start launching Starships to Mars in 2026, Elon Musk says"

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                  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                    Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

                    No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

                    But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

                    Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

                    So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

                    FredricT 😷💉🌻F This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #26

                    @cstross Investors don’t need to be gullible to buy SpaceX shares. They only need to believe that some gullible fools down the line will buy their shares at a higher price.

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                    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                      Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

                      No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

                      But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

                      Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

                      So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

                      Harkonnen2H This user is from outside of this forum
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                      Harkonnen2
                      wrote last edited by
                      #27

                      The problem here is that both Elon and investors (as whole financial sector) is currently trapped in the myth of Eternal Growth. They are so trapped in this world where everything must grow, even growth must grow, that they don't see when they cross the barrier of telling themselves fairytales and having ideas that are physically impossible to realize. I'm not sure if this is gullibilty or if they really believe that the growth will never stop or maybe even fear because if they stop doing this, the REAL wold says "I call" and their world will fall apart...

                      @cstross

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                      • UilebheistU Uilebheist

                        @cstross I wouldn't put it past him to actually believe his own bullshit though.
                        He'd be "Yes, it breaks a law, big deal, we have lots of lawyers", without actually knowing that no, lawyers can't argue against physics.

                        Cadbury MooseC This user is from outside of this forum
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                        #28

                        @Uilebheist @cstross

                        (Some) lawyers can (and will, if paid enough) argue against physics, but their chance of winning (other than the money you're paying them) is less than infinitesimal. (They're hoping they will be paid more than they get sanctioned for.)

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                        • Cadbury MooseC Cadbury Moose

                          @ASprinkleofSage @cstross

                          Ratshit, then.

                          ChrisA This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @Cadbury_Moose @cstross I mean, once it's rotted down, bullshit is actually useful. Not so sure about ratshit but possibly so. Maybe radioactive waste is more appropriate? it does ruin a good idiom though.

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                          • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                            @dubiousblur Remember he owns massive battery factories. However, China more or less has a monopoly on PV panel manufacturing.

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                            @cstross with outdated technology because they failed on the 4680 cells, and with now canceled supply contracts:

                            Link Preview Image
                            Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%

                            A major link in Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean battery material supplier L&F Co. announced...

                            favicon

                            Electrek (electrek.co)

                            Apparently they are using up surplus 4680s in model ys now:

                            Just a moment...

                            favicon

                            (www.autoevolution.com)

                            @dubiousblur

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                            • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                              Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

                              No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

                              But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

                              Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

                              So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

                              Attorney Pat WeberP This user is from outside of this forum
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                              Attorney Pat Weber
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                              @cstross Wild ideas ≠ prospectus

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                              • George BG George B

                                @cstross @tony

                                Don't know about you but I have not stopped talking about him begging to go to pedo Island (and it seems being rejected the majority of the time)

                                Fazal MajidF This user is from outside of this forum
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                                Fazal Majid
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                                @gbargoud @cstross @tony it takes a special kind of creepy to weird even Epstein out.

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                                • Mark KoekM Mark Koek

                                  @kthy @cstross and that, infuriating as it is, works

                                  Kid ManiaC This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  Kid Mania
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                                  @mkoek @kthy @cstross
                                  Yep.

                                  He fucks with Tesla investors the same way.

                                  "Robo-taxis" anyone?
                                  He first brought them up in 2016.

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                                  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                    Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

                                    No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

                                    But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

                                    Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

                                    So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

                                    Fazal MajidF This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Fazal MajidF This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Fazal Majid
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                                    #34

                                    @cstross won't Kessler Syndrome make space launch dead as a business long before that?

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                                    • fedops 💙💛F fedops 💙💛

                                      @cstross with outdated technology because they failed on the 4680 cells, and with now canceled supply contracts:

                                      Link Preview Image
                                      Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%

                                      A major link in Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean battery material supplier L&F Co. announced...

                                      favicon

                                      Electrek (electrek.co)

                                      Apparently they are using up surplus 4680s in model ys now:

                                      Just a moment...

                                      favicon

                                      (www.autoevolution.com)

                                      @dubiousblur

                                      BashStKidB This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      BashStKid
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                                      #35

                                      @fedops @cstross @dubiousblur That is interesting.

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                                      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                        Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

                                        No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

                                        But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

                                        Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

                                        So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

                                        Marika@homeH This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        Marika@home
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                                        #36

                                        @cstross thanks for pointing it out that clearly. I went through several articles yesterday to find out why the hell someone would think putting a data center in space would be beneficial.

                                        And the only argument every journalist was citing besides "Sam Altman said it in a podcast" was 24/7 solar power, independent of weather. Which is not true for most lower orbits (earth's shadow), and still doesn't solve cooling, too little power, limited up/down link and maintenance problems.

                                        So that it's just bullshit to sound futuristic to the dumbest of the dumbest makes a lot of sense.

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                                        • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                          Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

                                          No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

                                          But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

                                          Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

                                          So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

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                                          Didthat
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #37

                                          @cstross
                                          Elon is a nazi want a be his ties with trump and epstien is why these ppl are not to be supported

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