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Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by detritus on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @06:53PM (#48563392)
It's a game to him.

He won.

Let's move on.

Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by loudmax on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @08:41PM (#48564300)
Musk has more money than most of us would dream of, but the game isn't over until it's over.

Speaking just for myself, I've lost respect from Elon Musk. I admire Musk's accomplishments, especially Starship and the Falcon rockets. But I don't respect Musk's personal judgement, his moral integrity or his ethics.

He doesn't know me, and he doesn't care about my opinion (or care about ethics for that matter). But there are a lot of people like me who used to respect him and no longer do. He's surrounded himself with fawning sycophants. At some level he's got to know this, and that the people pretending to pay him respect aren't themselves worthy of respect.

Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by Gud on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @01:33AM (#48566119)
Most people don’t dream of having obscene amounts of money.
Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by Gigachad on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @10:30PM (#48565035)
Did he really win? His kids all hate him, his wives all left him, he has no real friends. Anyone he interacts with is purely after money and power they can get from him. He spends all day being angry on twitter.com.

Is that winning?

Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by detritus on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @08:22AM (#48569393)
By his metrics? Probably.
Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by throw4847285 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @09:40AM (#48570446)
I think the point of the Rogen quote is that there's no real way to win. This is not cope by the not mega-rich and famous. It's an inevitable result of wanting universal acclaim.
Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by detritus on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @12:55PM (#48573162)
Rogen quote? I don't know what that is.

I think you're over-complicating this.

It's literally just Score Points.

That's all he cares about.

Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by throw4847285 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @01:16PM (#48573474)
Uh, click the root button on your comment.
Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by detritus on Thursday June 18, 2026 @10:16AM (#48585735)
Oh! haha, sorry, it was late and I was a couple of drinks in when I first responded.

D'oh.