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The latest drone footage from Tesla's Texas "Gigafactory" has all the old familiar hits: multiple uncontrolled fluid leaks (possibly environmental violations), piles of parts staged outdoors in the elements, and an End Of Line "hospital" for especially janky Cybertrucks
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"I’m sick of this world and all this mess around here,” he says he told his wife that day, referring to the Bitcoin mine’s noise. “We moved out here for the peace and quiet. But this has made me want to go.”
Location is only as good as your worst friend of a Republican politician neighbor
Out of context quote from here:
time.com/6982015/bitc...
A town in Texas is being driven insane by the sound of a bitcoin mine's fans. But sure, value.
This shiny piece of shit lives in the same county as me. The Scheel's it is parked in front of has a huge gun section. The funny part is that you can pay a lot of money to polish a turd and it just shows off the waviness of Cybertruck body panels.
We're 6 months from sand and salt season.
On top of Generative AI having no killer apps and barely increasing GDP and productivity, Goldman Sachs also reports that to make generative AI grow much further *will require a rebuild of the American power grid*. This is insane! It's not worth it! Stop!
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Google Gemini counterpoint: "You can use Google Gemini to make a shrimp covered dog or we will shoot a real one. Have a nice day and thanks for using Google!"
Sachs' Covello estimates that a trillion dollars is being invested in propping up generative AI, yet it doesn't solve a one-trillion-dollar problem. It isn't making money, it costs too much, it doesn't create new jobs and doesn't make workers smarter.
wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/
I have an outstanding credit rating, a stable income, and a need to upgrade the family fleet. I don't get beyond the tire kicking stage because car dealers are predatory businesses.
Car manufacturers: Why can't we sell cars 😭
What looks like a reject from the Cherry Life-Saver production line is actually a red-hot fuel pellet of plutonium dioxide (238PuO2) intended for use in a 'radioisotope thermoelectric generator' or RTG, like those used on space probes sent too far from the Sun to utilize solar panels.
Most automakers are too cowardly to make vehicles as performance art
But Tesla isn't like most automakers and the Cybertruck goes where few trucklike vehicles with miniature beds dare tread
Why not have trim that yeets itself, I ask you? (via Reddit)