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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just like we'll have "full self driving this year" for 10 years running?

Elon Musk is a fucking moron who happened to stumble upon brilliant engineers who actually do meaningful work. Unfortunately for him he's fired or burned through nearly all of them which is why Twitter is bleeding cash and Tesla hasn't released anything interesting in 5 years.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Tesla hasn't released anything interesting in 5 years

Hey they regularly update the ability to make your vehicle into an expensive whoopie cushion. If that isn't interesting I don't know what is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

So is DOGE the SS or another group? Just trying to figure out which actors are playing which characters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Is the doge dog the new swastika?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Calling DOGE the SS really downplays the seriousness and horror of the real SS. Go look up some history, friend.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Sooo… I’m not going to be flying for at least the next four years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

I'm flying to Vegas this weekend! Let's see how it goes!

GF actually already has a slight fear of flying, so this should be an adventure trying to calm her down. lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You may still die from falling debris of some air safety armed drone. Rapid safety upgrades are like that, accidents happen

[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Rapid and safe don't go together

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That’s not true. I can think of a quick change that will greatly improve air safety: ground every single plane, effective immediately.

Would it affect my upcoming vacation? Yes. But would it work? Yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Have you considered working for the government?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

No. I am very good at being sarcastic for pedantic reasons. Now, coming up with a suitable solution is hard

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Getting a bus pass doesn't make you a better driver.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, yes, but I don’t see the relevancy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

You dont make flying planes safer by not flying them the same way you dont become a safer driver because you dont drive.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Shooting Elon is rapid

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Theres an old saying you cant have everything Rapid safe and cheap.

You just need to pick 2.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Good thing they saved us a bunch of money by shutting everything down then. They can spend the pentagons sushi budget on quickly training some safe operators.

[–] Gigliorananomicom 50 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If the military doesnt do something, because Congress won't, we're absolutely cooked. I have family who work on planes. Fuck all of this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You live in a country that had psychiatry more barbaric than that of USSR till 70s.

EDIT: too niche an example ; no they won't.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's the guy who fucked it up. He and his goons are morons, and should be nowhere near any of this

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Maybe so, but the are on it. So...

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah bruh, I am not flying until the next admin cleans up all this horseshit. If we have a next admin.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Planes go over my house all day. We're all fucked, even if we don't fly. Maybe one will fall on him and we can have a good laugh 😅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Every single action that he does even if it only takes a day to undo took decades to get implemented. Will probably take just as long to get it back.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Like to Tesla FSD systems, right? Slap a couple patches on there? Cut off a split second before it hits parked ambulances on the interstate so it’s technically not responsible?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know, rapid and safe, like Tesla full self driving.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Ah, yes, adaptive cruise control and lane keeping with some AI hallucinations dropped in, surely that'll be safe.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

DOGE? His crack team of 18-26 year old muppets? Wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Same age group as Lemmy, so...

Yeah, sucks.

[–] phdepressed 5 points 1 day ago

There's a 26y old? Oldest i saw reported was like 23

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

All I know is that I have a flight for work in a couple weeks and if shit keeps going this way I'm fucking driving, even if I have to leave a day early.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 20 hours ago

I'm flying to Vegas tomorrow night. lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I have to fly home cross country tomorrow. Wheeee.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Pilot: "hey ground control"
ATC: *Google Assistant ding*

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Active GPS. Please, no BS Elon satellite phone bullshit.