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That's not Elon's problem. He's an ideas guy. Data centers in space is definitely an idea.
by palmotea 9mo ago
That's not Elon's problem. He's an ideas guy. Data centers in space is definitely an idea.
- Mordisquitos 9mo agoIndeed. I would go so far as to assert that, of all the ideas that have ever been proposed in the history of humanity, data centres in space is most certainly one of them.
- emchammer 9mo agoJust ask this scientician.
- AlexandrB 9mo agoUhhhh
- fuzzfactor 9mo ago>data centres in space is most certainly one of them. >Uhhhh Thanks, I wouldn't have noticed how wrong that was otherwise ;) It's most certainly two of them.
- mhh__ 9mo agoYeah he only micromanages (look at his old blog) every detail he has time for at an extremely successful aerospace engineering company, just an ideas guy.
- youarentrightjr 9mo ago> Yeah he only micromanages (look at his old blog) every detail he has time for at an extremely successful aerospace engineering company, just an ideas guy. Have you ever spoken to someone who works at SpaceX? I have multiple friends in the industry, who have taken a trip through the company. The overwhelming consensus is that - in meetings, you nod along and tell Elon "great idea". Immediately after you get back to real engineering and design things such that they make sense. The folks working there are under no delusion that he has any business being involved in rocket science, it's fascinating that the general public doesn't see it that way.
- ta988 9mo agoOr you are actively trying to have the meetings when you are sure he cannot be present because he keeps derailing them.
- mhh__ 9mo agoWhy are they doing any better than any other firm then? Why has Tesla been successful? Why is xAI pretty similar in terms of approach? My idea has less variables than yours. It also doesn't fly with his tendency to fire people.
- lokar 9mo agoShedding the very slow process of “legacy” defense/aerospace companies, taking more risks, moving faster, accepting some setbacks etc does not mean you need to go full Musk. There is a middle ground.
- CamperBob2 9mo agoThe same reason why Microsoft was able to kick everybody else out of the PC operating system and office software sectors: everybody else was even less competent.
- mhh__ 9mo agoBill Gates was also pretty good
- fuzzfactor 9mo agoMore capable at programming or kicking people out of contention?
- robocat 9mo agoI always felt that Microsoft's winning move was to be consistently mediocre. They just waited until competitors screwed up. Now they're following in IBMs or Intel's footsteps - concentrating everything on the enterprise market and slowly dying.