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Tesla Robotaxi Launches in Miami

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Cuba approves unprecedented free-market reforms to stave off economic collapse

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SpaceX Knocks Boeing from Dominant Role in NASA's Moon Mission

bloomberg.com
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I Drove over 100 Miles with Tesla's Latest FSD and Never Touched the Wheel

cnet.com
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spikels
·ontem·discuss
Wrong on both points:

- It was supported by two big groups on center-right and center-left and rejected by all the other groups (left and right).

- Conservatism preserves traditions, limited government, rule of law, and individual rights via gradual change. Fascism is revolutionary totalitarianism: one-party state, leader cult, suppression of dissent, militarism, and rejection of liberalism/conservatism. Totally different.
spikels
·ontem·discuss
Not only was Chat Control 1.0 already rejected twice by the European Parliament but:

- This vote took place on last day of the session when many MEPs had already left for Summer vacation - 112 MEPs of 719 didn't vote.

- The vote was called only two days before as an "Rule 170 - Urgent procedure" - 73 MEPs missed the vote making it "urgent". Normally it takes months of procedure to come up for a final vote.
spikels
·ontem·discuss
Not only was Chat Control 1.0 already rejected twice by the European Parliament but:

This vote took place on last day of the session when many MEPs had already left for Summer vacation - 112 MEPs of 719 didn't vote.

The vote was called only two days before as an "Rule 170 - Urgent procedure" - 73 MEPs missed the vote making it "urgent". Normally it takes months of procedure to come up for a final vote.
spikels
·há 3 dias·discuss
Today both "newspapers" lie about everything. Sad.
spikels
·há 22 dias·discuss
The US uses ~0.5 TW of electricity on average but to go 100% solar you would need ~3 TW of solar capacity (6X average usage) and ~30 TWh of battery storage, maybe lots more, plus a massive upgrade to the grid.
spikels
·há 25 dias·discuss
Chrysler (now Stellantis), Honda, Toyota and Geely all had/have rocketry divisions and many more auto companies have/are involved in the Aerospace industry more generally.
spikels
·há 25 dias·discuss
Musk never promised $1T revenue by 2030. Maybe that's the problem here.
spikels
·há 28 dias·discuss
I think there are other reasons and am capable of critical thought. A variety of synergies have been discussed publicly for at least 9 years. This article lists several of them.
spikels
·há 28 dias·discuss
This guy joked about it in 2013:

https://x.com/Loh/status/362036803517169664

A Wall St analyst was asking questions about it on Tesla earnings calls in 2016 and later wrote a research note about the idea. Been widely discussed since.

https://www.roic.ai/quote/TSLA/transcripts/2016-year/2-quart...

That the earliest mentions I could quickly find.
spikels
·há 28 dias·discuss
It's been discussed for at least a decade. A Wall St analyst even wrote a note suggesting it back in 2017 that was widely covered in the media. Most people think is very likely to happen eventually.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/05/the-case-for-elon-musk-to-co...
spikels
·mês passado·discuss
Google is paying $12.00 per gpu-hour which costs SpaceX $1.50-$3.50.

Who's taking advantage of who?
spikels
·há 2 meses·discuss
The saga of Musk's 2018 Tesla pay package.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/musk-tesla-pay-delaware-supr...
spikels
·há 2 meses·discuss
The list of people saying they're going to put compute in space is getting long. Unlikely they're all dumb or faking it. It is clearly technically feasible but how the economics will develop is still unknown.

   Starcloud
   Axiom Space
   SpaceX (Starlink orbital data center constellation)
   Google (Project Suncatcher)
   Lonestar Data Holdings
   Blue Origin (TeraWave/Project Sunrise)
   Aetherflux (Galactic Brain)
   Kepler Communications
   Sophia Space
   Madari Space
   Adaspace / ADA Space / Guoxing Aerospace (China)
   Orbital (LA-based AI inference constellation)
   Atomic-6
   Planet Labs (with Google)
   Crusoe (partnership with Starcloud)
   Edge Aerospace
   Rotonium
   Lux Aeterna
   Star Catcher
   Loft Orbital
   Cowboy Space
   OrbitsEdge
   Galaxia (Canada)
   China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)
   Beijing Orbital Twilight / Orbital Chenguang
   Astro-Future Institute
   Space Compass (NTT + SKY Perfect JSAT JV, with JAXA support)
   NASA + HPE (Spaceborne Computer)
   European Union / ESA / ASCEND (Thales Alenia Space, Airbus, ArianeGroup, HPE, Orange)
   UNOOSA (with Madari Space)
   Canada’s Department of National Defence (with Galaxia)
spikels
·há 2 meses·discuss
No I don't ever give up. I would have to be dead or completely incapacitated.

-Elon

https://x.com/XFreeze/status/2012390928221094335
spikels
·há 4 meses·discuss
https://archive.is/IkUrq
spikels
·há 4 meses·discuss
It's a two-seater
spikels
·há 5 meses·discuss
Haha. It's less than 1,000 words that would take less than 5 minutes to read.

I bet much less than half of the hundreds of HN commenters here bother to read it. Many are clearly unfamiliar with its content.
spikels
·há 5 meses·discuss
Google is currently working on AI data centers in space.

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/research/go...
spikels
·há 5 meses·discuss
What temperature were you assuming?

Because the amount of energy radiated varies with the temperature to the fourth power (P=εσT^4).

Assuming very good emissivity (ε=0.95) and ~75C (~350K) operating temperature I get 808 W/m2.
spikels
·há 5 meses·discuss
Power would almost certainly mostly come from solar panels. The SpaceX-xAI press release mentions using mass drivers which are electrically powered. Could make Hydrogen-Oxygen rocket fuel but not needed in Moon's lower gravity/thin atmosphere.