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> > None of the companies listed are delivering anything that is nearly as paradigm changing as you seem to want them to in order to justify dismissing Musks co

> > None of the companies listed are delivering anything that is nearly as paradigm changing as you seem to want them to in order to justify dismissing Musks companies either. I remember the pain in the ass of using a computer without a GUI, I also remember the pain in the ass of having to get to a computer instead of having one in my pocket, I remember the pain in the ass of having to go to a library instead of having the wealth of all human knowledge accessible thanks to a quick search, I remember how you lost track of friends that moved even just 10 miles away because you'd speak much less frequently, oh and I also remember the inconvenience of having to shop for groceries instead of having them delivered. Quite simply when something removes pain in the ass and improves your life you tend to notice and remember. Another thing I remember is the car ownership experience in 2002 and the 90s and 80s and 70s and I have been told stories about the car ownership experience in the 60s, 50s, 40s etc. The automobile is a 150 year old invention, the wheel itself is a 5000 year old invention, and yet here you are genuflecting to a guy you claim has brought forward something new. The only innovation is in the realm of milking subsidies, cult of personality, and reinventing the wheel for political purposes exchaning one pollutant for the other because the black pollutant is produced by Arabs. > > It's a big deal now For who? For the private jet and yacht owners? 80% of the population lives in urban areas (soon it will be 90%) , they'd be getting their internet with the 5G towers having a 2.5mi radius and fiber just like you are while you are typing this message. The big rocket going up and landing on its butt is technical porn for the sake of technical porn, just like the Apollo program was, for the sole satisfaction of the same people who claim to be so far intellectually superior to stuff that impresses regular people like Michael Jordan's slam dunks or Patrick Mahomes throws on the run or Lionel Messi filtering passes. In the end they fell for something even more useless and technical for the sake of technical, sold by a snake oil salesman. Irony.

vidarh 3y ago
> Quite simply when something removes pain in the ass and improves your life you tend to notice and remember. None of the things you list came first from the companies you listed. Thank you for making my point for me. > For who? For the private jet and yacht owners? 80% of the population lives in urban areas (soon it will be 90%) , they'd be getting their internet with the 5G towers having a 2.5mi radius and fiber just like you are while you are typing this message. You can take every single Starlink launch out and SpaceX still has a huge impact as the largest, cheapest launch provider, and the biggest impact will be on things like weather prediction and the like, not private jet and yacht owners. You're revealing a major level of ignorance of what dominates the space industry. > The big rocket going up and landing on its butt is technical porn for the sake of technical porn, just like the Apollo program was, It represented a massive drop in launch costs, and you're against demonstrating a staggering level of ignorance.
- JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
  > > None of the things you list came first from the companies you listed. Thank you for making my point for me. If those companies have built on the shoulders of giants , then Tesla is an ant atop mount Everest considering that automotive is a 150 year old industry and the wheel is a 5000 year old invention and cult of personality is much older than both. > > Weather predictions and the likes Yeah sure weather and the like bro. Let us cook. As always with space enthusiasts people who want to play with rockets and watch technical porn for the sake of technical porn would find all sort of excuses to find fools who’d buy into the hype and finance them playing with expensive toys with no quality of life returns for consumers. It already happened in the 60s with the Apollo program where the selling point to those who financed it was that somehow it was crucial to beat the Soviets to retrive those precious lunar rocks that contained god knows what secrets. > > Ignorance Unlike you, I do know exactly where my quality of life comes from, who signs it off, and who is just talking and making empty promises. You instead seem confused and out of touch on the subject.
Turing_Machine 3y ago
> For the private jet and yacht owners? How about indigenous people in rural Alaska? Africa? Polynesia? Central Asia? Look, I realize that Elon Musk has become the designated Emmanuel Goldstein du jour, but let's not be ridiculous.

vidarh 3y ago

> Quite simply when something removes pain in the ass and improves your life you tend to notice and remember. None of the things you list came first from the companies you listed. Thank you for making my point for me. > For who? For the private jet and yacht owners? 80% of the population lives in urban areas (soon it will be 90%) , they'd be getting their internet with the 5G towers having a 2.5mi radius and fiber just like you are while you are typing this message. You can take every single Starlink launch out and SpaceX still has a huge impact as the largest, cheapest launch provider, and the biggest impact will be on things like weather prediction and the like, not private jet and yacht owners. You're revealing a major level of ignorance of what dominates the space industry. > The big rocket going up and landing on its butt is technical porn for the sake of technical porn, just like the Apollo program was, It represented a massive drop in launch costs, and you're against demonstrating a staggering level of ignorance.

JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
> > None of the things you list came first from the companies you listed. Thank you for making my point for me. If those companies have built on the shoulders of giants , then Tesla is an ant atop mount Everest considering that automotive is a 150 year old industry and the wheel is a 5000 year old invention and cult of personality is much older than both. > > Weather predictions and the likes Yeah sure weather and the like bro. Let us cook. As always with space enthusiasts people who want to play with rockets and watch technical porn for the sake of technical porn would find all sort of excuses to find fools who’d buy into the hype and finance them playing with expensive toys with no quality of life returns for consumers. It already happened in the 60s with the Apollo program where the selling point to those who financed it was that somehow it was crucial to beat the Soviets to retrive those precious lunar rocks that contained god knows what secrets. > > Ignorance Unlike you, I do know exactly where my quality of life comes from, who signs it off, and who is just talking and making empty promises. You instead seem confused and out of touch on the subject.

Turing_Machine 3y ago

> For the private jet and yacht owners? How about indigenous people in rural Alaska? Africa? Polynesia? Central Asia? Look, I realize that Elon Musk has become the designated Emmanuel Goldstein du jour, but let's not be ridiculous.