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You sure? What else do you know about his parents?


Just the ones that Trump pardoned right?


there are good pardons out there. People who were rotting in prison for small amounts of drugs, etc.

.. but if you are trying to imply hunter biden, then fuck yeah I don't fucking care, put him in prison if that's what it takes.


Yes and also that the pardon power has been abused by every president (not just trump)


If believing these things makes you feel better, great.


It would be great for there to be more competition. But the reality is that SpaceX is in a different league - why focus on knocking them when there isn’t another alternative ??


> the reality is that SpaceX is in a different league

They aren't delivering, so maybe not. People on HN state the SpaceX talking points like they are reality. It's an Internet mob; there is no room for any serious examination of the issue.


Even if the bet on Starship fails to pay off, the existing Falcon 9 program is both (1) the dominant launch vehicle in terms of sheer quantity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of missions and (2) the only system with a reusable first stage. Dragon routinely ferries humans to and from the ISS (and other trajectories) and no one blinks an eye.

How do you square that with "not delivering"? I don't doubt that China could surpass them in the next 5 years, but nobody else is realistically close to doing so.


They aren't delivering Starship, at the least, not in time. That's what this discussion is about.

As I said, people here will do anything to promote SpaceX.


I'm all for anyone making progress. Is another company doing similar things more quickly? Dig into what Starship is and you will see how ambitious their goals are.


I have an ambitious goal to go to Alpha Centuri.


Sure, how has that worked over the past fifty years? Let’s try deliveries now and see if that helps


It mostly hasn't worked in the US because cities mostly haven't been doing it. It seems to work great in other places.


A lot of problems are easy if you can get everyone to coordinate. Wishful thinking is not a plan though.


You don't need to get everyone to coordinate. You need politicians to not listen to the lobby of home owners and real estate companies worried about their investments (in other words, ignore the NIMBYs). Change the zoning laws, incentivize developing mixed use, prioritize pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and stop prioritizing cars and parking.


Walkable cities have been working great since the dawn of cities. They continue to work fine where they are allowed to exist.


They've always been allowed to exist in the US.

But the US also allows suburbs, and it turns out a ton of people prefer those, having backyards for their kids.

I love cities but I'm also well aware that tons of people don't want to be stuck in cities.


Walkable cities are actually illegal in much of the US due to zoning laws right now. The reason you don't see shops in residential suburban developments is not because there is no demand, it's because it's literally illegal.

Having walkable and bikeable destinations is compatible with back yards. It just needs to be legal to build it.


its illegal because the voters dont want it


To me it looks like lobbies have more power than voters.


There really is no NIMBY lobby. NIMBY laws exist because NIMBY voters demand them.


In general, I believe that it's the highway lobby who shaped the US into what it is today, not the NIMBY people. I think they have much more power than nimby, even if in certain situations, they seem to be on the same side. So what I say is that industry interest weighs more than voter interest.


Works completely perfectly in Japan.


Outside of big cities in Japan, car ownership is quite high (usually 2 cars per household).


I live in Japan, so I know how it works.

You have to get pretty damn rural before you need anything more than a bike to access a convenience store.

Obviously the absolute overwhelming majority of Japanese live in cities anyway, so it's not really comparable to the US.


Ah, so many ways I wish the US was more Japan-like. And I really mean it. But I also sadly know it will never happen.


How is it different from the current Gemini offered by my company?


Instead of reading about him, try listening to him speak or reading what we writes. You might still not like him but at least it isn’t because someone told you to not like him.


Sure, but maybe OP doesn't want to come to dislike Musk THAT much.


Maybe ten years ago...but he kept opening his mouth so here we are.


yes yes I get it, I'm one of the easily manipulated npcs who simply support the current thing. is that a satisfactory reply from your point of view?


I agree and I’m pro vaccines but want the choice on if/when to vaccinate my kids. I believe there were election discrepancies but not sure if it was stolen. I felt the ZeroHedge article about lab leak was a reasonable possibility. All these things were shutdown by the powers that be (and this was not Trump’s fault). The people shutting down discourse are the problem.


You pretty much have the choice about vaccinating your kids. You might not be able to send them to public school without vaccinations though, depending on your local laws.


In California, it is required for public schools and many private schools also require it, so effectively it isn't much of a choice.


It is scary how close we were to not being able to continue the conversation.


If anything, I think we're even closer. It feels like the current administration is stifling speech more than ever. It's open season on people who don't proudly wave the flag or correctly mourn Charlie Kirk. People who dare speak against Israel are being doxxed and in some cases hounded out of their jobs. Books are being taken off library shelves on the whim of a very few community members with objections. And all of it is getting a giant stamp of approval from the White House.


Why?


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