zeptoon

Very cool!

Is there not like a lot of asbestos and other stuff to worry about?

Yeah, seconding this as a good idea

Not all that different from FOMO3D ...

I feel like the main thing that could make it work is the idea of other people also paying and competition/status ... so having a barren homepage without any other avatars/signs of life is probably the wrong way to go. Also I think there's an opportunity for the site to feel more fun / gamified and less academic. (i.e. maybe HOW SHOULDST OTHERS REFER TO YOU rather than Your Name, that sort of thing). Have some more fun with the idea and see where it takes you.

pre·cus·sive causing or dealing with problems of severe, often unpleasant, nature "superficial increases in precussive violence"

... best understood as: that which causes (precedes) a bunch of cussing/swearing!

If they change the name fast enough maybe they escape from having to cancel it?

So my hypothesis is the people who buy stupidly oversized pickup trucks (which generally speaking aren't going to be the people on this site btw) are either crazy gun people, trailer _____, or people who seriously are trying to prove something. For all of these people it's about making a very large very visible and very obnoxious over the top statement. Really can't see how any of that demographic either wants anything "cyber" (although again this site is the wrong place to be making this argument) or anything that isn't just "in your face over the top MACHO". If you imagine the Cybertruck in wood, it looks like a cheap Pinewood derby car. The design looks like something a 3rd grader came up with. It should be redesigned to: a) have an obnoxiously loud (yet completely unnecessary) ENGINE sound; b) have an incredibly obnoxious front grill that emphasizes absolute dominance; c) a bed in the back that's open to the elements (because no one carries stuff there anyway, and being open to the elements is tough); d) be about 3x the size. Nobody wants a pinewood derby car masquerading as a truck imho. I think this will be a huge flop.

Similar idea w/ doctors (although obviously different specifics) or with any licensed profession really. Yes, you need some form of licensing to keep all the fakes out. On the other hand, should it really require so much time and so much money? On some level it's just raising costs for everyone and limiting supply.

XML in most cases is a pain in the ass to deal with relative to JSON and it isn't new or the rage anymore. A lot of hot technologies initially have this in common. They're so cool and flashy and new that everyone's willing to overlook the actual mechanics of working with them -- for a while. JSON is just more convenient to work with 90-95% of the time, so everyone ends up preferring it and so it tends to win out.

It's this kind of thinking that unearths the bugs

Maybe, maybe not