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Elon Musk eyes next target after cars, rockets and robots

3 points by aspenmayer 1y ago

aspenmayer 1y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/13/starlink-mobile-network-elon-musk-echostar/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU3NzM2MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU5MTE4Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTc3MzYwMDAsImp0aSI6Ijk5ZWJkNTE0LTVlNTMtNDdkZi1iYTBlLTJmN2JiY2YyMmExZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjUvMDkvMTMvc3RhcmxpbmstbW9iaWxlLW5ldHdvcmstZWxvbi1tdXNrLWVjaG9zdGFyLyJ9.QbbPI4ADafeYQtPy7OAhuQxDLTEBTXPkBnzTZ5N9Xi0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/13/starlin... https://archive.is/0F2ZQ https://archive.is/0F2ZQ
gryfft 1y ago
> The tech entrepreneur has upended one business after another. Now he may be going after our phone networks. Same play as Twitter, I suppose. Power accretes.
- aspenmayer 1y ago
  I think he's trying to build a family dynasty à la (Mobile Suit) Gundam's (Principality of) Zeon family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam https://zeonic-republic.net/ https://zeonic-republic.net/ https://breezewiki.com/gundam/wiki/Zeon_Zum_Deikun https://breezewiki.com/gundam/wiki/Zeon_Zum_Deikun https://breezewiki.com/gundam/wiki/Principality_of_Zeon https://breezewiki.com/gundam/wiki/Principality_of_Zeon What is breezewiki? idk lol fan dumb related /s https://breezewiki.com/ https://breezewiki.com/ BreezeWiki previously on HN, March 2025 (139 points, 68 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43529163 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43529163
  - serf 1y ago
    I have a really hard time imaging Zeon Zum Deikun tweeting about doing drugs with Grimes, or whether or not Tor Casval should get elf-ear surgery. Personally I think we're headed more towards a House Harkonnen style monarchic-technocracy with that particular 'leadership'.
    - aspenmayer 1y ago
      Yeah, I would agree that Dune is closer to our reality now politically, since Greenpeace, and groups like it, aren’t building a militia or anything close to the Zeon regime just yet, but I think Musk probably wants mecha eventually. Mobile suits are made for dueling, after all.

3 points by aspenmayer 1y ago

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/13/starlink-mobile-network-elon-musk-echostar/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU3NzM2MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU5MTE4Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTc3MzYwMDAsImp0aSI6Ijk5ZWJkNTE0LTVlNTMtNDdkZi1iYTBlLTJmN2JiY2YyMmExZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjUvMDkvMTMvc3RhcmxpbmstbW9iaWxlLW5ldHdvcmstZWxvbi1tdXNrLWVjaG9zdGFyLyJ9.QbbPI4ADafeYQtPy7OAhuQxDLTEBTXPkBnzTZ5N9Xi0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/13/starlin... https://archive.is/0F2ZQ https://archive.is/0F2ZQ

gryfft 1y ago

> The tech entrepreneur has upended one business after another. Now he may be going after our phone networks. Same play as Twitter, I suppose. Power accretes.

aspenmayer 1y ago
I think he's trying to build a family dynasty à la (Mobile Suit) Gundam's (Principality of) Zeon family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam https://zeonic-republic.net/ https://zeonic-republic.net/ https://breezewiki.com/gundam/wiki/Zeon_Zum_Deikun https://breezewiki.com/gundam/wiki/Zeon_Zum_Deikun https://breezewiki.com/gundam/wiki/Principality_of_Zeon https://breezewiki.com/gundam/wiki/Principality_of_Zeon What is breezewiki? idk lol fan dumb related /s https://breezewiki.com/ https://breezewiki.com/ BreezeWiki previously on HN, March 2025 (139 points, 68 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43529163 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43529163
- serf 1y ago
  I have a really hard time imaging Zeon Zum Deikun tweeting about doing drugs with Grimes, or whether or not Tor Casval should get elf-ear surgery. Personally I think we're headed more towards a House Harkonnen style monarchic-technocracy with that particular 'leadership'.
  - aspenmayer 1y ago
    Yeah, I would agree that Dune is closer to our reality now politically, since Greenpeace, and groups like it, aren’t building a militia or anything close to the Zeon regime just yet, but I think Musk probably wants mecha eventually. Mobile suits are made for dueling, after all.