• SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
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      25 days ago

      Takes too much energy to shoot anything into the sun. Mars is easier and there is no coming back either. Or submarines to the grave of the titanic. That is even more economic.

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    Once you have your brain chip, you will finally understand that Elon Musk is the greatest genius of all time.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    I was always soooo very hopeful and excited about a future where we’re linked to our computers and the internet through chips in our brains. I did not realize back then just how poorly the future would turn out, where companies like Facebook and Elongated Muskrat would be the ones pushing that link. They’ll likely spy on your thoughts, push ads straight to your brain, and require a subscription. If you forget to pay your subscription then you wake up blind or paralyzed until your subscription is reactivated. What a sad future we’ve found ourselves in. All of the dystopia, none of the toys.

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      Elongated

      Off topic but I think he suggest this term himself after joking about scandal named with a “gate” at the back of something. I just call him Melon Husk.

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    Yeah, people have said that they thought I’d love the idea of a brain implanted computer so I could do cool hacker shit or VR.

    Like, noooooo that’d be like the Matrix run by the upper management suites of Boeing and Microsoft.

    “Yeah we’re sorry hackers broke in and stole all your childhood memories but we couldn’t apply any security updates because the QA team had to be fired after the last one left them all barking like dogs and pissing on trees, . Don’t worry, we’ll fix it in BrainOS 9.8. You’ll need to pay for that updated but we’re now offering a choice between our premium $1500/mo subscription model or new ads-in-your-dreams model for $600/mo”

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        While I am on the shitter might actually the most effective time for an ad. It used to be pretty common to keep magazines by the can and those had ads for sometimes interesting stuff

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            They don’t read them for the ads , but if you’re bored and on the shitter for an extended period you may read them anyways

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              If they were replaced with articles you would read those too. Regardless of that I’m never going to be okay with advertising being beamed into my brain. I don’t care how bored I am.

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    Elon keeps picking companies that give big government grants. Space, electric vehicles, medical, infrastructure. Twitter is like the only company I don’t see getting direct government handouts.

    He made his money from duping the people who give out our tax dollars.

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      Twitter is just the same thing Billionaires always do, get a social media platform or news company under their control to try and make them look good.

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    Kanye West showed up to a Trump rally somewhere in California recently in a Cyber truck. It was like a jambalaya of stupid people.

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    I have no qualms getting a brain chip implanted that’s been properly tested and vetted, especially if it enables me to do cool stuff.

    But I want fucking touch one that Mushk has been anywhere near

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      You think neuralink has not been properly tested and vetted? It’s perfectly fine not to want to have anything to do with stuff related to Musk but atleast be honest about the true reasons then. The uninformed opinions I’m reading here are solely based on emotions.