makuus

joined 2 years ago
[–] makuus@pawb.social 2 points 4 months ago

To shreds, you say?

[–] makuus@pawb.social 6 points 4 months ago

We’re not sending our best…

[–] makuus@pawb.social 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

To shreds, you say?

[–] makuus@pawb.social 56 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Did no one watch “How It’s Made”?

That’s how I found out what goods are made in Canada.

Like, you know, gum. Fucking bubble gum. The smallest-possible, easiest-to-make, most-ubiquitous thing. Found in every convenience store, drug store, newsstand, and vending machine.

Do we make that in the States? Nooo… we gotta import that shit from our neighbors to the North. Like, do we make anything here?

[–] makuus@pawb.social 18 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Did no one watch “How It’s Made?” That’s the show that informed me that we don’t even make fucking gum in this country… It’s all made in Canada! Everything!

[–] makuus@pawb.social 44 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Jesus Christ, Onion. Stop being so damned close to reality…

[–] makuus@pawb.social 2 points 4 months ago

Begun, the Butlerian Jihad has.

[–] makuus@pawb.social 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I never know what to think when I come across a comment like this one—which does describe, even if only at a surface level, how an LLM works—with 50% downvotes. Like, are people angry at reality, is that it?

[–] makuus@pawb.social 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It may well be a matter of opinion whether Tesla, even operating at its highest potential, could now overtake the likes of BYD, which is getting extensive help from its government. But, it’s reasonably clear that Tesla’s chances get thinner with every bad decision of Musk’s.

He fucked with the engineering, chasing pennies on critical components, like the lidar. He fucked with the crown jewel of the company—its Supercharger network—by destroying the team, and thereby slowing down rollouts and critical maintenance. He ran his mouth off and chased away folks—like me—who would have otherwise bought, by espousing pants-on-head-crazy crypto-bro viewpoints. Hell, his idea of PR is a poop emoji auto-responder.

It’s just frustrating to see such a great concept—the ubiquitous electric car—be fucked up so badly by the person with the most means to succeed.

[–] makuus@pawb.social 18 points 6 months ago (4 children)

What’s hilariously tragic is that he could very likely have his full self-driving if he would just shut his shit-spewing asshole of a mouth for a hot second, and spend some of his ungodly billions on the problem.

There are incredibly bright people out there who can make this stuff a reality. But, it takes paying them well, not shit-talking or overruling them, and giving them the environment for success—e.g., not taking away the radar from the cars.

He just wants to talk a big game without spending any real effort or money on the problem. And, it’s just sad, because he could have his FSD and look like a genius.

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