Elon deserves his own thread
Stupa, there’s a lot more coming and Starlink is not the only player. Satellite is the future of global broadband, that’s for sure.
Supafreak wrote:
Timelapse of starlink satellites. Plenty of people voicing their concerns in the comments. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-dyqmKt6Nv/?igsh=ampxcGRvbWR4Z3Zq. https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html
Thats pretty insane.
lots of the comments are pretty scary through, scary in a OMFG you cant be serious way.
Crazy how small they are too.
"Each Starlink satellite measures approximately 2.8 meters (9.2 feet) in length and 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) in width, with a thickness of about 0.2 meters (0.7 feet). The weight of each satellite is roughly 260 kilograms (573 pounds)."
https://starlinkinstallationpros.com/understanding-the-size-of-starlink….
indo-dreaming wrote:
lots of the comments are pretty scary through, scary in a OMFG you cant be serious way.
Crazy how small they are too.
"Each Starlink satellite measures approximately 2.8 meters (9.2 feet) in length and 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) in width, with a thickness of about 0.2 meters (0.7 feet). The weight of each satellite is roughly 260 kilograms (573 pounds)."
I think this issue is that they are manned.
Astronomers aren’t too impressed with all of Elons satellites blocking radio magnetic telescopes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo.amp
Crazy numbers of satellites though, article says Starlink currently has 6400 in orbit but there will be 100,000 by 2030.
Good point distracted .
The X Satellites look like a Shield that could stop a Telescope looking Out .
Maybe even block the Stars ?
They will also work in our benefit .
A Shield that MAY reduce Sunlight and help with Global Warming .
Might even stop a pesky big meteor smashing into us 2 .
Our Ring of Steel !
Musk has apparently donated $70 million USD to Trump's campaign. Wow, what a man!
Distracted wrote:
Astronomers aren’t too impressed with all of Elons satellites blocking radio magnetic telescopes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo.amp
Crazy numbers of satellites though, article says Starlink currently has 6400 in orbit but there will be 100,000 by 2030.
Did anyone read this article that I linked in my original post ? 5 year lifespan isn’t much , that’s alot of crap burning up when it enters the atmosphere. It won’t be shooting stars you’re looking at in the future, it will be satellites burning up . https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html. In a paper published in May 2021 in the journal Scientific Reports, Canadian researcher Aaron Boley said the aluminum the satellites are made of will produce aluminum oxide, also known as alumina, during burn-up. He warned that alumina is known to cause ozone depletion and could also alter the atmosphere's ability to reflect heat.
"Alumina reflects light at certain wavelengths and if you dump enough alumina into the atmosphere, you are going to create scattering and eventually change the albedo of the planet," Boley told Space.com.
That could lead to an out-of-control geoengineering experiment, a change in the Earth's climate balance. The effects of such alternations are currently unknown. …………We have 54 tonnes (60 tons) of meteoroid material coming in every day," Boley said. "With the first generation of Starlink, we can expect about 2 tonnes (2.2 tons) of dead satellites reentering Earth's atmosphere daily. But meteoroids are mostly rock, which is made of oxygen, magnesium and silicon. These satellites are mostly aluminum, which the meteoroids contain only in a very small amount, about 1%."
As the accumulation of those particles would increase over time, so would the intensity of the effects. It thus cannot be ruled out that over decades the pollution from burning megaconstellation satellites could lead to changes on a scale akin to what we are currently experiencing with fossil-fuel-induced climate change.
Supafreak wrote:
Astronomers aren’t too impressed with all of Elons satellites blocking radio magnetic telescopes.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo.amp
Crazy numbers of satellites though, article says Starlink currently has 6400 in orbit but there will be 100,000 by 2030.
Did anyone read this article that I linked in my original post ? 5 year lifespan isn’t much , that’s alot of crap burning up when it enters the atmosphere. It won’t be shooting stars you’re looking at in the future, it will be satellites burning up . https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html. In a paper published in May 2021 in the journal Scientific Reports, Canadian researcher Aaron Boley said the aluminum the satellites are made of will produce aluminum oxide, also known as alumina, during burn-up. He warned that alumina is known to cause ozone depletion and could also alter the atmosphere's ability to reflect heat.
"Alumina reflects light at certain wavelengths and if you dump enough alumina into the atmosphere, you are going to create scattering and eventually change the albedo of the planet," Boley told Space.com.
That could lead to an out-of-control geoengineering experiment, a change in the Earth's climate balance. The effects of such alternations are currently unknown. …………We have 54 tonnes (60 tons) of meteoroid material coming in every day," Boley said. "With the first generation of Starlink, we can expect about 2 tonnes (2.2 tons) of dead satellites reentering Earth's atmosphere daily. But meteoroids are mostly rock, which is made of oxygen, magnesium and silicon. These satellites are mostly aluminum, which the meteoroids contain only in a very small amount, about 1%."
As the accumulation of those particles would increase over time, so would the intensity of the effects. It thus cannot be ruled out that over decades the pollution from burning megaconstellation satellites could lead to changes on a scale akin to what we are currently experiencing with fossil-fuel-induced climate change.
we get 1 world...might as well destroy it.
Musk is supporting Trump as he wants access to the upper atmosphere to control all our satellite needs.
And people think Musk and Trump care? Trump has zero environmental care.
[quote=Supafreak.
Did anyone read this article that I linked in my original post ? 5uote]
Sorry Supa, missed that one. That’s a fascinating article. Potentially a lot of pollution associated with those satellites, visual, radio plus chemical .
Five years, wow that isn't long.
It's just like anything in life there are trade offs, the internet service itself also has a lot of positives for people in areas of the world where phone or internet access is poor.
$70 million to Trumps campaign to us is big money, but depending on who or which sources you believe he earns 6 to 10 million a day.
My mate had global roaming starlink for his camp in mentawai , it went from $300 a month to $690 overnight . Here at Tarci bungalows on NL , the owner , Agus , was looking at starlink which had a promo of 3.9 million rp to start up then 750, 000rp per month . Starlink indo came around and looked at his business and quoted him 30 million for startup and 1.4 million rp a month . Not cheap getting to mars so expect more price increases . https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/24/elon-musk-26-billion-richer-after-tesla…
Starlink with a telstra phone satellite connection in Oz is $125 per month.
I recently had to swap over from ADSL and copper phone landline, which was costing $80 per month.
The speeds are good, no more buffering when watching vids.
Started watching this docco yesterday and im about half way through.
It is a pretty in depth journey through his life with lots of old footage and interviews from him family, x partner's, friend's and old business partners etc
The guy is a freak, super smart, but also just a work alcoholic, super determined, super driven and a huge risk taker.
You can also see the cut throat aspect of his approach to business and staff even in the early days.
BTW. The tittle "you will never look at him the same way" is kinda true.
But the tittle below that "abused for years" crap is misleading and just click bait, and its weird that such a good docco would use that type method to try to pull people in.
"In 1995, at the start of the Silicon Valley tech boom, Elon arrives with his younger brother Kimbal to join the gold rush and be part of the creation of the internet. They’re geeky young South Africans battling to make a fortune, but Elon is still sleeping on the floor of his office and washing at the local YMCA.
Burdened with student debt, Elon and his brother create their first company, which they go on to sell for millions. Within just four years, at the age of 28, Musk is a multi-millionaire. But on his honeymoon, things start to go wrong.
In 2009, the financial crash sends shockwaves across the world and threatens to cripple Elon. To realise his dream, Elon must gain the confidence of the financial markets to allow his electric car company Tesla to become viable.
Elon’s space rocket enterprise, SpaceX, is awarded a Nasa contract and starts to enjoy success. However, Tesla is on the ropes and haemorrhaging money. To compound this pressure, Elon is about to marry his second wife, British actress Talulah Riley.
Despite these challenges, Elon is determined to create a new car, the Model S, that he believes will be the first mass-produced all-electric car in history.
By 2016, Elon Musk is moving fast with several new business ideas: building underground tunnels, creating chips that can be inserted into people's brains and attempting to build the biggest battery factory the world has ever seen.
All the while he is edging closer to his ultimate dream of taking humanity to Mars.
As Elon’s businesses reach unprecedented levels of success, his celebrity grows, but his behaviour comes under ever greater scrutiny."
wheee... woooo...
epic elon!!!! make it grow!!!
marry, consolidate, drive, envision..
where the fuck would we be without you?
(one less creepy plasticine-faced megalomaniac in the world?
danggg.. that would be hard for the populous to bear)
this is a serious header to what is probably a serious thread.
felt a bit self-conscious having two things on the front page
with pointless frivolity exclaims.
udo wrote:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-11-01/telecoms-network-relies-…
That map showing satellites in space is mad crazy…and it’s only going to get more congested.
basesix wrote:
wheee... woooo...
epic elon!!!! make it grow!!!
marry, consolidate, drive, envision..
where the fuck would we be without you?
(one less creepy plasticine-faced megalomaniac in the world?
danggg.. that would be hard for the populous to bear)
^ haha yep
… just gotta pay attention to the tittles ;)
indo-dreaming wrote:
Started watching this docco yesterday and im about half way through.
It is a pretty in depth journey through his life with lots of old footage and interviews from him family, x partner's, friend's and old business partners etc
The guy is a freak, super smart, but also just a work alcoholic, super determined, super driven and a huge risk taker.
You can also see the cut throat aspect of his approach to business and staff even in the early days.
BTW. The tittle "you will never look at him the same way" is kinda true.
But the tittle below that "abused for years" crap is misleading and just click bait, and its weird that such a good docco would use that type method to try to pull people in.
"In 1995, at the start of the Silicon Valley tech boom, Elon arrives with his younger brother Kimbal to join the gold rush and be part of the creation of the internet. They’re geeky young South Africans battling to make a fortune, but Elon is still sleeping on the floor of his office and washing at the local YMCA.
Burdened with student debt, Elon and his brother create their first company, which they go on to sell for millions. Within just four years, at the age of 28, Musk is a multi-millionaire. But on his honeymoon, things start to go wrong.
In 2009, the financial crash sends shockwaves across the world and threatens to cripple Elon. To realise his dream, Elon must gain the confidence of the financial markets to allow his electric car company Tesla to become viable.
Elon’s space rocket enterprise, SpaceX, is awarded a Nasa contract and starts to enjoy success. However, Tesla is on the ropes and haemorrhaging money. To compound this pressure, Elon is about to marry his second wife, British actress Talulah Riley.
Despite these challenges, Elon is determined to create a new car, the Model S, that he believes will be the first mass-produced all-electric car in history.
By 2016, Elon Musk is moving fast with several new business ideas: building underground tunnels, creating chips that can be inserted into people's brains and attempting to build the biggest battery factory the world has ever seen.
All the while he is edging closer to his ultimate dream of taking humanity to Mars.
As Elon’s businesses reach unprecedented levels of success, his celebrity grows, but his behaviour comes under ever greater scrutiny."
Finished this the other day, it really gives a better insight to Elon both in why he has achieved what he has but also his eccentric personality.
Probably some of the most interesting bits are the little interview's with both his parents separately, both his parents are very eccentric in different ways.
Hs mother he is close to seems nice and supportive, his father that he has little to do with makes Elon seem normal.
“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important."
- T.S. Eliot
“… just a work alcoholic “
- Ha.Ha. Hahahaha
Im not going to click on that video above, but i can guess what it is, it will be some video based on half truths about non existent emerald mines or internet rumours or even things his father has said that if you watch the docco can clearly see is a nutter.
The reality is Elon did come from a well off family in SA but he did not get gifted any huge sums of money, his mother has said to help out him and his brother with some money in the early days on their first business, but not his father whom doesn't get along with Elon.
The guy worked hard, but also took huge risk all through his life and yes there is lots of luck involved he could have lost everything at many different stages.
But yeah as we know the tall poppy syndrome is real and videos about Elon get clicks and clicks equal $$$ and now there is the added political motivation aspect too.
- yah ;)
…just go on z azzumption trail and wide wong and hard wiv z chozen factz ;)
- haha vun cannot zee vot zay cannot zee ven on z bike zo vazt
& who zayz gustav not go vazt ?
To invinity and z marz and beyond yaaaaay ;);)
Richard Cheese wrote:
https://healthimpactnews.com/2022/freemason-technocrat-elon-musk-proudl…
I honestly hope i didnt pick up some malware or something clicking on that link, i feel like i just had unprotected sex with a 40 year old $50 dollar hooker in some 3rd world country.
This belongs here
Man there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
GuySmiley wrote:
This belongs here
Man there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
Ah yeah. I dropped this in the USA thread this morning. It's a conspiracy video according to burleigh. womp womp
Hiccups wrote:
This belongs hereMan there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
Ah yeah. I dropped this in the USA thread this morning. It's a conspiracy video according to burleigh. womp womp
Must be true of it's on instagram...... Where have i heard that before?
burleigh wrote:
This belongs hereMan there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
Ah yeah. I dropped this in the USA thread this morning. It's a conspiracy video according to burleigh. womp womp
Must be true of it's on instagram...... Where have i heard that before?
There's a difference between any old guff on social media and easily verifiable facts on social media, mate. Not everything on YouTube/social media is not reputable, plenty is well informed and factual.
There's a huge gulf between mocking someone for getting their information from unverified and speculative videos and telling someone that ALL youtube or sm posts are bullshit. Anyway, I've clogged these boards up enough talking to you, bud. Seeya next time work is slow.
Hiccups wrote:
This belongs hereMan there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
Ah yeah. I dropped this in the USA thread this morning. It's a conspiracy video according to burleigh. womp womp
Roger that @hiccups
An extract of what I posted yesterday on the US forum topic “ …. All this talk of deep state and free speech from trump and musk is plain bullshit in so far as characters like them are the fiercest supporters of free speech right up to the moment criticism comes their way and then it’s a whinge fest of deep state propaganda blah blah … musk constantly blocks critics, trump fires them …. “
Your excellent link ^^ highlights exactly what I was talking about, by deepstate trump and musk are only talking about their critics and as for freespeech what a fucking joke
Hiccups wrote:
This belongs hereMan there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
Ah yeah. I dropped this in the USA thread this morning. It's a conspiracy video according to burleigh. womp womp
Must be true of it's on instagram...... Where have i heard that before?
There's a difference between any old guff on social media and easily verifiable facts on social media, mate. Not everything on YouTube/social media is not reputable, plenty is well informed and factual.
There's a huge gulf between mocking someone for getting their information from unverified and speculative videos and telling someone that ALL youtube or sm posts are bullshit. Anyway, I've clogged these boards up enough talking to you, bud. Seeya next time work is slow.
easily verifiable yet all you've done is post a far left video from instagram. OK champ.
Hiccups wrote:
This belongs hereMan there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
Ah yeah. I dropped this in the USA thread this morning. It's a conspiracy video according to burleigh. womp womp
It's seems to be pretty much insinuating that Musk had this big master plan from day one of buying twitter to get Trump elected.
Thats a conspiracy theory
And then links all these random little things like random twitter post or whatever to create this big narrative, even making unsubstantiated claims like him leaving footy games to change the reach of his post or some garbage.
And then calls Musk a far right conspiracy theorist OMFG, (The owner of the biggest EV company in the world,)
Musk is just another person that has gone from left leaning to right leaving in mid age, and yeah he helped Trump get elected with his stature and money. (inspire by Trumps reaction to an assassination attempt)
Get over it guys, you lost.
Weekend at Bernie's is almost over, the next flick is much more exciting.
indo-dreaming wrote:
This belongs hereMan there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
Ah yeah. I dropped this in the USA thread this morning. It's a conspiracy video according to burleigh. womp womp
It's pretty much insinuating that Musk had this big master plan of buying twitter to get Trump elected.
Thats a conspiracy theory
And then links all these random little things like random twitter post or whatever to create this big narrative, even making unsubstantiated claims like him leaving footy games to change the reach of his post or some garbage.
And then calls Musk a far right conspiracy theorist OMFG, (the owner of the biggest EV company in the world)
Musk is just another person that has gone from left leaning to right leaving in mid age, and yeah he helped Trump get elected with his stature and money.
Get over it guys, you lost.
Weekend at Bernie's is almost over, the next flick is much more exciting.
Yeah okay
The reality is many non thev left are just butt hurt
I mean FFS the
It's not insinuating that Elon's masterplan when buying twitter, it's showing the timeline of what led up to him having the power, once he decided to back Trump, to have an huge sway over the outcome of the election. And bro, did you need SEE the far right tweets he's posted just in the video posted here alone? Mate, just cos someone makes some ugly-ass electric cars, you think they can't have far right views? jfc. Butt hurt? lolol. How can anyone that backs Trump have the hubris to say the left need to get over it after the whole Jan 6th, "Stop the Steal" etc. shite? You know what's butt hurt? The richest man in the world having a vendetta against trans people cos his own trans daughter disowned him for being a piece of shit.
Musk has recouped his payment for twitter, tesla stocks did very well when DT got elected and the bonus is , musk gets to fire those that regulate what he does. Now that is genius.
Hiccups wrote:
This belongs hereMan there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
Ah yeah. I dropped this in the USA thread this morning. It's a conspiracy video according to burleigh. womp womp
It's pretty much insinuating that Musk had this big master plan of buying twitter to get Trump elected.
Thats a conspiracy theory
And then links all these random little things like random twitter post or whatever to create this big narrative, even making unsubstantiated claims like him leaving footy games to change the reach of his post or some garbage.
And then calls Musk a far right conspiracy theorist OMFG, (the owner of the biggest EV company in the world)
Musk is just another person that has gone from left leaning to right leaving in mid age, and yeah he helped Trump get elected with his stature and money.
Get over it guys, you lost.
Weekend at Bernie's is almost over, the next flick is much more exciting.
Yeah okay
The reality is many non thev left are just butt hurt
I mean FFS the
It's not insinuating that Elon's masterplan when buying twitter, it's showing the timeline of what led up to him having the power, once he decided to back Trump, to have an huge sway over the outcome of the election. And bro, did you need SEE the far right tweets he's posted just in the video posted here alone? Mate, just cos someone makes some ugly-ass electric cars, you think they can't have far right views? jfc. Butt hurt? lolol. How can anyone that backs Trump have the hubris to say the left need to get over it after the whole Jan 6th, "Stop the Steal" etc. shite? You know what's butt hurt? The richest man in the world having a vendetta against trans people cos his own trans daughter disowned him for being a piece of shit.
All your extreme left views during covid are coming back to haunt you hiccup. its Made my day
burleigh wrote:
This belongs hereMan there must be lots of buyers regret out there
https://www.instagram.com/quentin.quarantino/reel/DCMpwItPqRS/
Ah yeah. I dropped this in the USA thread this morning. It's a conspiracy video according to burleigh. womp womp
It's pretty much insinuating that Musk had this big master plan of buying twitter to get Trump elected.
Thats a conspiracy theory
And then links all these random little things like random twitter post or whatever to create this big narrative, even making unsubstantiated claims like him leaving footy games to change the reach of his post or some garbage.
And then calls Musk a far right conspiracy theorist OMFG, (the owner of the biggest EV company in the world)
Musk is just another person that has gone from left leaning to right leaving in mid age, and yeah he helped Trump get elected with his stature and money.
Get over it guys, you lost.
Weekend at Bernie's is almost over, the next flick is much more exciting.
Yeah okay
The reality is many non thev left are just butt hurt
I mean FFS the
It's not insinuating that Elon's masterplan when buying twitter, it's showing the timeline of what led up to him having the power, once he decided to back Trump, to have an huge sway over the outcome of the election. And bro, did you need SEE the far right tweets he's posted just in the video posted here alone? Mate, just cos someone makes some ugly-ass electric cars, you think they can't have far right views? jfc. Butt hurt? lolol. How can anyone that backs Trump have the hubris to say the left need to get over it after the whole Jan 6th, "Stop the Steal" etc. shite? You know what's butt hurt? The richest man in the world having a vendetta against trans people cos his own trans daughter disowned him for being a piece of shit.
All your extreme left views during covid are coming back to haunt you hiccup. its Made my day
2 mins until I knock off, bugz. Got until 9am tmrw to find my "extreme left" views on covid. You can search my old posts. There ya go. Have a task for the night instead of just pulling the belly out of it.
Elon will probably just say …. seriously? Go fark ya self . https://fortune.com/europe/2024/11/13/europes-richest-man-bernard-arnau…
Not this time, he got his arse burnt
https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/remember-when-tesla-tried-to-sue-top…
Don’t ya just love Elon posting about Elon https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1858749962634318204?s=46
Elon Musk’s AI turns on him, labels him ‘one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X’ https://fortune.com/2024/11/14/grok-musk-misinformation-spreader/ 
Thats all-time Supa. A meme for people of a certain age too, made me larf!
London to New York in under an hour . 3000mph trains, 20 trillion cost to build . Elon sure does think big . https://www.timesnownews.com/world/new-york-to-london-in-54-minutes-via…
Musk tops 400 billion https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-net-worth-tops-400-bln-fo…. I wonder what his idea of a good time is , don’t think we have much in common .
Elon’s got more pies than fingers . https://www.ibtimes.com/dogeson-tokens-skyrocket-memecoins-based-elon-m…. Click on X link for countdown to his latest launch . https://x.com/tolgakaankaya/status/1868408331322421448?s=46
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