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> There is one parked in my street OMG! ONE! In a well off European street. You might want to check how many BMWs and Benz and Land Rovers are also in your str

by GDC7 5y ago

> There is one parked in my street OMG! ONE! In a well off European street. You might want to check how many BMWs and Benz and Land Rovers are also in your street. If you are a car person you'll get this: Teslas are as niche as Alfa Romeos. Moving on to really ubiquitous companies...as 20th century stuff that we take for granted such as old Pentium Desktops are first installed in remote places in Subsaharan Africa...what's the first logo these people see? Microsoft Windows XP, what's the second? the Google doodle , what's the third? Facebook's blue F. These are deserving trillion dollar companies, they fit the definition of "being everywhere", not Tesla.

thelastgallon 5y ago
> OMG! ONE! In a well off European street. You might want to check how many BMWs and Benz and Land Rovers are also in your street. I live in a condo complex in US, I see several Teslas parked on the street. I don't see a single BMW, Benz or Land Rover. Teslas are almost always parked in garages (for charging). So what you see parked on the street is a small fraction of actual footprint. > Moving on to really ubiquitous companies...as 20th century stuff that we take for granted such as old Pentium Desktops are first installed in remote places in Subsaharan Africa...what's the first logo these people see? Microsoft Windows XP, what's the second? the Google doodle , what's the third? Facebook's blue F. 20th century (1901 - 2000) - facebook was founded in 2004. According to you, FB is ubiquitous in subsaharan Africa even before its founded! - Even more interesting is the fact that as of 2016, 47% of people in the world not on the internet. If we are talking about subsaharan Africa, that may be 80%! But they use facebook. Using what? IP over Avian Carriers? - The first iPod was released in Oct 2001, but it was widely adopted in subsaharan africa before it was launched! I'm sure they are using credit cards to buy the music, dancing to the tunes on their commutes to work. - Windows XP, GA Oct 2001. Widely adopted by subsaharan Africa. All of them have PCs and extensive experience in cybercrime, stole Windows source code before its released, fixed all the bugs (those darned BSODs!), bought a billion PCs, turned them on (while having no electricity) and are the first billion adopters of Windows XP - Google founded in 1998, immediately widely adopted by a billion subsaharan africans? You fit the textbook definition of a troll.
- GDC7 5y ago
  Can you even read? old 20th century stuff such as old pentium Desktop that we throw in landfills are a treasure for those in subsaharan Africa and it's the first PC they get their hands on right now in 2021. For sure they aren't getting their hands on Alienwares and nVidia 3080s. When they first power it up, what's the first sign of modernity they see? Microsoft Windows XP logo. What's the 2nd and 3rd? The Google doodle and Facebook's blue F. The 3 aforementioned company are literally at the bootstrap of modern civilization for people who are able to get some quality of life for the first time, the same quality of life that we take for granted. They are at the frontier of progress where there was no progress before, but I don't expect a fanboy blinded by cult of personlity to understand that. Teslas are gokarts for rich people. Period.

by GDC7 5y ago

thelastgallon 5y ago

> OMG! ONE! In a well off European street. You might want to check how many BMWs and Benz and Land Rovers are also in your street. I live in a condo complex in US, I see several Teslas parked on the street. I don't see a single BMW, Benz or Land Rover. Teslas are almost always parked in garages (for charging). So what you see parked on the street is a small fraction of actual footprint. > Moving on to really ubiquitous companies...as 20th century stuff that we take for granted such as old Pentium Desktops are first installed in remote places in Subsaharan Africa...what's the first logo these people see? Microsoft Windows XP, what's the second? the Google doodle , what's the third? Facebook's blue F. 20th century (1901 - 2000) - facebook was founded in 2004. According to you, FB is ubiquitous in subsaharan Africa even before its founded! - Even more interesting is the fact that as of 2016, 47% of people in the world not on the internet. If we are talking about subsaharan Africa, that may be 80%! But they use facebook. Using what? IP over Avian Carriers? - The first iPod was released in Oct 2001, but it was widely adopted in subsaharan africa before it was launched! I'm sure they are using credit cards to buy the music, dancing to the tunes on their commutes to work. - Windows XP, GA Oct 2001. Widely adopted by subsaharan Africa. All of them have PCs and extensive experience in cybercrime, stole Windows source code before its released, fixed all the bugs (those darned BSODs!), bought a billion PCs, turned them on (while having no electricity) and are the first billion adopters of Windows XP - Google founded in 1998, immediately widely adopted by a billion subsaharan africans? You fit the textbook definition of a troll.

GDC7 5y ago
Can you even read? old 20th century stuff such as old pentium Desktop that we throw in landfills are a treasure for those in subsaharan Africa and it's the first PC they get their hands on right now in 2021. For sure they aren't getting their hands on Alienwares and nVidia 3080s. When they first power it up, what's the first sign of modernity they see? Microsoft Windows XP logo. What's the 2nd and 3rd? The Google doodle and Facebook's blue F. The 3 aforementioned company are literally at the bootstrap of modern civilization for people who are able to get some quality of life for the first time, the same quality of life that we take for granted. They are at the frontier of progress where there was no progress before, but I don't expect a fanboy blinded by cult of personlity to understand that. Teslas are gokarts for rich people. Period.