Top Gun Posted February 7 Posted February 7 2 minutes ago, André Toulon said: I'm asking. Besides launching a car into space, what breakthroughs...financial or craft wise, is he responsible for. Again, I'm asking because while I do have a huge interest in what's out there, I don't keep up with the business side much If you can somehow take the raging douchenozzle out of the picture, SpaceX's reusable technology has led to massive cuts to the cost of getting payloads to orbit. Their iterative design process of launching stuff even if it's not entirely ready, seeing what breaks, and fixing it is something that NASA and traditional aerospace companies by their nature could never do, and was probably a sorely-needed disruption ot the industry. And while I think Starship is maybe the dumbest fucking looking rocket ever (seriously, it's a giant space dildo), if it does what it has the potential to do, then it'll be an equal game-changer in terms of heavy lift capacity. Honestly I used to be a huge fan of what they were doing, before said douchenozzle started to let his Nazi flag fly. 3 Quote
André Toulon Posted February 7 Posted February 7 1 minute ago, wacky1980 said: ok, you said "i'm asking." so what then are you asking? Dude, scroll up and read it again. I'll edit in a ? Since I rarely punctuate other than .... But if you can't be bothered, I'll just assume he's done nothing of note and the furthering of tech and cost effectiveness is due to someone else's hard work. Is that fair? Quote
André Toulon Posted February 7 Posted February 7 1 minute ago, Top Gun said: If you can somehow take the raging douchenozzle out of the picture, SpaceX's reusable technology has led to massive cuts to the cost of getting payloads to orbit. Their iterative design process of launching stuff even if it's not entirely ready, seeing what breaks, and fixing it is something that NASA and traditional aerospace companies by their nature could never do, and was probably a sorely-needed disruption ot the industry. And while I think Starship is maybe the dumbest fucking looking rocket ever (seriously, it's a giant space dildo), if it does what it has the potential to do, then it'll be an equal game-changer in terms of heavy lift capacity. Honestly I used to be a huge fan of what they were doing, before said douchenozzle started to let his Nazi flag fly. Thx....I really didn't want to go back and add that question mark 2 Quote
wacky1980 Posted February 7 Posted February 7 15 minutes ago, André Toulon said: I'm asking. Besides launching a car into space, what breakthroughs...financial or craft wise, is he responsible for. Again, I'm asking because while I do have a huge interest in what's out there, I don't keep up with the business side much the first line threw me for some reason. the second line is your ask. ok, i've put the wheels back on now, ugh. what breakthroughs is he directly, personally responsible for? hell, probably none. but he's funding things that are responsible for a lot of advancement. specifically in the space industry, the commercialization of space (for better or for worse) has made the cost of entry approachable for a lot of NGO research and sat comms. the concept of mining asteroids is hard scifi, but it's coming into focus with the advancement of starship and its ability to deliver giant payloads into orbit. i'm not gonna keep going because i'm most certainly not an elon fanboi, but i do follow the work spacex is doing. 1 Quote
wacky1980 Posted February 7 Posted February 7 4 minutes ago, André Toulon said: Dude, scroll up and read it again. I'll edit in a ? Since I rarely punctuate other than .... But if you can't be bothered, I'll just assume he's done nothing of note and the furthering of tech and cost effectiveness is due to someone else's hard work. Is that fair? i edited my response 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-security-clearance-revoked-be82cd4f185f01404718fcc69e074fbf 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kash-patel-fbi-trump-tucker-carlson-russia-ukraine-putin/ 2 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 8 Posted February 8 18 minutes ago, tsar4 said: https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-security-clearance-revoked-be82cd4f185f01404718fcc69e074fbf Just read that. Saying he “set the precedent” what a load of horseshit. Trump already proved he was too much of a leak and irresponsible to get the briefings. All his legal battles? I don’t blame Biden for having done that. Trump is the biggest baby in the Universe 3 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 8 Posted February 8 3 hours ago, wacky1980 said: weird, it's almost like you don't want to bring traffic back to this site. Not if it’s going to be people saying stupid shit like what you’re saying. As soon as you came back you did a “oh why did I even bother” so fuck off w you then 2 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 8 Posted February 8 32 minutes ago, tsar4 said: I was going to post an article about this but I think this might be one of those things that seems fucked up. And in the context of everything Trump has done or attempted to do, it is, but this is something all Presidents do, they put people on the board and make themselves head of it. They probably just don’t make a federal case of it like Trump. 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 4 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: I was going to post an article about this but I think this might be one of those things that seems fucked up. And in the context of everything Trump has done or attempted to do, it is, but this is something all Presidents do, they put people on the board and make themselves head of it. They probably just don’t make a federal case of it like Trump. You mean like this? Quote
tsar4 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 On 2/6/2025 at 7:21 PM, tsar4 said: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5288871/justice-department-sues-chicago-and-illinois-over-sanctuary-laws https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/pritzker-blasts-trump-administration-reacts-to-doj-suit 5 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 8 Posted February 8 23 minutes ago, tsar4 said: You mean like this? Things like that get ignored, yes, when Trump uses obnoxious language and dramatics to do things that don’t matter 2 Quote
wacky1980 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 2 hours ago, 1pooh4u said: Not if it’s going to be people saying stupid shit like what you’re saying. As soon as you came back you did a “oh why did I even bother” so fuck off w you then This one's going on mute. Quote
Insipid Posted February 8 Posted February 8 1 hour ago, tsar4 said: You mean like this? Such aesthetically unpleasing bald men like him and Stephen Miller have some real nerve to push Eugenics. 6 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 8 Posted February 8 2 minutes ago, Insipid said: Such aesthetically unpleasing bald men like him and Stephen Miller have some real nerve to push Eugenics. It’s probably why they push it because they’re genetic disasters 5 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 8 Posted February 8 11 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: This one's going on mute. Like I gaf if you mute me. I have no interest in playing games with you. Learn to read posts in their entirety before claiming “fear mongering” because heaven forbid someone might want to consider doing something you consider unnecessary. Yes we know you’re a banker. No one would actually want to make you work or anything 🙄 1 1 Quote
wacky1980 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 Anyways, not much of a fan of my governor. But this gave me a chuckle. https://x.com/JBPritzker/status/1887949566525186554?t=52n1jvy0s1idTH6Hn9g65w&s=19 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 8 Posted February 8 Of course you’re not a fan of Pritzker. You voted for Trump. Quote
tsar4 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 If and when this administration gets the boot, I wonder how long it will take to root out everything that Musk's hackers are currently infesting into everything they touch. 4 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 For those of us that won't touch anything with the stench of Musk... 1 3 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2025/02/07 3 Quote
discolé monade Posted February 8 Posted February 8 so i'm looking up some info, for absolutely NO reason. like...at all.... anyway....it's weird how there are highter standards for a ga county commissioner than there are for the u.s. president. 4 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 8 Posted February 8 17 hours ago, discolé monade said: JD Vance says 'bring him back His wife or their parents are from India, instead of standing by his wife and family, he sided with a racist because “his life shouldn’t be ruined over social media posts he made in college” Bro….he said this shit just 6 months ago. 4 Quote
katt_goddess Posted February 9 Posted February 9 2 hours ago, 1pooh4u said: His wife or their parents are from India, instead of standing by his wife and family, he sided with a racist because “his life shouldn’t be ruined over social media posts he made in college” Bro….he said this shit just 6 months ago. If that brat is a 'kid', then he shouldn't be digging through sensitive national infos. And if he's an adult, then he's old enough to know better than to be that stupid and should suffer for his intentional stupidity. 4 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 9 Posted February 9 19 hours ago, discolé monade said: so i'm looking up some info, for absolutely NO reason. like...at all.... anyway....it's weird how there are highter standards for a ga county commissioner than there are for the u.s. president. Sad shit. Trump can’t be a notary cuz you can’t have felonies but he and anyone can run for offices that make national legislation with them. Go figure 🤷♀️ 1 3 Quote
discolé monade Posted February 9 Posted February 9 All Cabinet departments — like the Defense Department or the Treasury — as well as independent agencies, like the Securities and Exchange Commission, must comply with the APA in all policy actions or decisions. The APA was signed by President Harry Truman and received bipartisan support after a decade-long effort by Republican and Democratic lawmakers. Concerned with a burgeoning "administrative state" after the New Deal expanded the role of executive agencies, Republicans wanted judges to review and curb the executive branch's growing influence. 4 Quote
wacky1980 Posted February 9 Posted February 9 21 hours ago, tsar4 said: marko elez - working at X edward coristine - working at neuralink luke farritor - thiel fellowship member gavin klegor - software engineer at linkedin/databricks akash bobba - intern at bridgewater associates ethan shaotran - studying at harvard gautier killian - engineer at jump trading as for what they were doing ... i guess the assumption is hacking an election? 1 Quote
discolé monade Posted February 9 Posted February 9 (edited) Edward Coristine, the youngest of Elon Musk’s DOGE whiz kids at 19 years old, was previously fired from an internship after he allegedly leaked a data security firm’s sensitive information to its competitor, a Bloomberg report reveals. look at the child's outfit. and haircut. of course he cheats, or he has a tantrum. Edited February 9 by discolé monade 1 4 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 9 Posted February 9 23 minutes ago, discolé monade said: Edward Coristine, the youngest of Elon Musk’s DOGE whiz kids at 19 years old, was previously fired from an internship after he allegedly leaked a data security firm’s sensitive information to its competitor, a Bloomberg report reveals. look at the child's outfit. and haircut. of course he cheats, or he has a tantrum. He looks like someone that would get annoying quick. Elon loves those low morals, no ethics people 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Things aren't going so well for the Administration... 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 9 Posted February 9 1 hour ago, katt_goddess said: Normalize pronouncing 'DOGE' as 'DOUCHE'. I've been saying "Dodge", as in dodging the law. 2 Quote
Top Gun Posted February 9 Posted February 9 I hate it because I always mentally pronounced "doge" with a hard G and I think it sounds fucking stupid this way. 1 Quote
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted February 9 Posted February 9 I like dog-ee, as in doggie doo doo. Cuz that's what it is to me. 1 Quote
Raptorpat Posted February 9 Posted February 9 i used to think the word "meme" was pronounced "MEM" 2 Quote
André Toulon Posted February 9 Posted February 9 My ex used to call them me-mes. I don't miss that shit at all. No idea why it irked me so....but most things do 1 Quote
rpgamer Posted February 9 Posted February 9 2 hours ago, tsar4 said: Things aren't going so well for the Administration... I do get a little nervous about leaning on the judicial to hold things together, tho.. Under normal circumstances, totally fine, but, this administration has shown a clear disregard for legality already, and it still relies on actually enforcing the law in a way they don't just ignore. Every unconstitutional order is all too easily jumped on by anyone that thinks to gain from it, politically or financially, despite the orders not explicitly being laws. Idk. Just sorta anxiously waiting for the masks to come off and they all decide they're just going to make their own rules and declare courts have no power. Judicial wins are a great start, but I definitely feel a lot better seeing the wins in action. Costco shareholders rejected a proposal to review the company's DEI protocols 4 Quote
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