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llm_nerd • today at 1:52 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Somehow everything turns into a misdirection with Elon, where failing to innovate yields ridiculous distractions. When the Cyberjunk was clearly a poor product, they pivoting to "doubling as a boat" and being bullet "proof". And also you can play shitty ports of video games, awkwardly, on your in-car screen.

At some point this gimmick misdirection nonsense has to stop working.

Oh look, if you have a transport-truck sized massive compressor in your garage and use 100kWh to spend a day filling a tank, your ComingSoonNow(TM wink) Roadster can do some silly stuff if you dedicate much of the interior to a giant explosion hazard.


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actionfromafar • today at 2:28 PM

I think they wanted to make SpaceX and Tesla somehow look "related".

rchaud • today at 3:31 PM

Another prediction from the Simpsons comes true. The 1991 episode "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" where Homer designs a car with zero input from anybody besides himself. The result is an overpriced behemoth with random features nobody needs and nothing customers want (fuel efficiency, affordablility).

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gRBDLE06qNY

Today, we'd called "founder mode".