intrepid

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[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months ago

Yes, it's from memory. But don't congratulate me yet. My guess is that it is just one third of Musk's most egregious lies.

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 49 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Easy. He classifies his lies by his company:

  • Tesla: FSD, Cybertruck, Semi, Optimus and the spandex dancing man, solar shingles, solar farm, thermonuclear explosion proof glass, bullet proof chassis, battery-swap, range under full charge, share value, etc
  • Boring Company: Hyperloop, Not a flamethrower, Vegas loop, pods, tunnel bricks, etc
  • SpaceX: Martian colony, surface to surface starship, in-orbit refueling (to get to moon), in-situ methane production on Mars, etc
  • Neuralink: Telepathy, Brain backup
  • Twitter: Free speech
  • Musk himself: His net worth, The man who knows more about manufacturing than anyone else alive
[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 79 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Though you may be right, I have a feeling that he is facing formidable opposition. That may include anything from social engineering to full on psyops.

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 323 points 7 months ago (21 children)

Can you imagine the amount of corruptive influences and persuasions he is resisting?

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft uses a lot of Linux. Especially on Azure.

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Most governments use some sort of enterprise Linux distros, not their own distros. Even when they do, it's their distros. Why would they worry about censorship and surveillance?

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Is there a background story to this image?

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 32 points 7 months ago (4 children)

The same guys who create Chrome have stuffed the web standards with needlessly bloated fluff that makes it nearly impossible for anyone else to implement it. If alternative browsers have to be a thing again, we need a new standard, or at least the current standard with significantly large portions removed.

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 35 points 7 months ago

That's a very low effort way of underplaying the effect of these communities on the broader FOSS communities. There is a good reason why most FOSS developers/maintainers prefer to keep their personal and unrelated politics away from their project communities. For one, unchecked bigotry in isolated communities can turn bad for the general public - for example, 4chan, kiwifarms, etc. I have heard from more than one source that community engages in hate speech and brigading against people outside the communtiy - one example is visible in this video itself. This is why laws specifying limitation to free speech exists.

Now, even if you neglect the brigading, there is still the problem of support and contribution. Hyprland is a widely used project. Many end users and developers are going to stumble into the discord server either seeking support or with intent to contribute. If they belong to any minority group, they might inadvertently expose themselves to bigotry, bullying and harassment. Now you may be compelled to label this as hyperbole and fearmongering. But this is well known, highly underplayed problem in FOSS communities with numerous examples. There are so many cases where women stopped FOSS contributions because they felt insulted and harassed. This problem is why CoCs exist in the first place.

Nobody can force others to follow CoCs. But as Brodie says, it has become very important for end users to evaluate the projects they use - to see if it is a community they want to ever interact with. Similarly, distros need to decide if they want to expose their users to such a community.

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I have seen people describing the code base to be ugly. However, the project itself looks like it will sustain. But don't go to their discord server for support if you belong to any sort of minority group.

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 30 points 7 months ago

Stop right there, Jio Tan! The same trick doesn't work twice.

[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago

Besides, XZ isn't the only project in such a danger. Banning doesn't solve that problem. They need to put in more funding and eyes.

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