Re:Boring Co. gets permission to begin digging in Maryland
by wongarsu on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:30PM
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People religiously believing anything are annoying, but how are people believing in tech a little too much "the worst thing to happen to tech"? Surely there are much better candidates for that?
Re:Boring Co. gets permission to begin digging in Maryland
by larrykwg on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:48PM
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I find this blind unwarranted defense of elon that happens constantly every time his name is mentioned in an even remotely critical context, just increasingly annoying. I guess the smug hipsters found their new steve jobs. Literally the worst person happening to tech was probably larry ellison though.
I would say the worst are the people who religiously believe everything he says, independent of any constraints or consideration of reality. I think he does undeniably accomplish some pretty amazing stuff, but that doesn't make me blind to his more idiotic ideas.
My favorite symptom of Elons delusions of grandeur so far, is his announcement to wanting to utilizing rockets as a means for intercontinental transportation, "London to New York rocket flights in 29 minutes". Maybe we can find some volunteers for a few test flights in a falcon 9? [http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41441877]