The money just goes around in circles, and Elon is in the loop.

The problem is that these tech companies are being valued by this circular cashflow, while very little new value is being added overall (if any).

I reported 10 cars and they actioned one of them.

I have literally had better results from throwing rocks at them. 100% removal rate within days.

I think there just needs to be a sensible time limit. Like, 3 days or something.

There’s cars on my street that are anchored to the road with cobwebs and they actually block the street.

I recall the initial Myki spend being compared to NASA’s Mars rover. It was not cheap.

The best example I can think of isn’t entirely private. VicTrack / Metro trains is a good split. A private company (Metro) runs the service, while the state government (VicTrack) owns the assets. Metro don’t get to set the price.

Kinda like NBNCo owning the infra while private companies do the retail side. I believe water and electricity operate under a similar model.

…but WTF is with toll roads? They can burn in hell.

China.

Saved you a click.

Also: They probably mostly lived there once.

It wasn’t profitable. This bait and switch was a long time coming.

There’s some evidence to support it, but the studies around it seem inconsistent.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935123011246

It took 2 minutes to figure out that this school is right next to high voltage transmission lines.

Unsurprising that the guy is just a little unhinged. It goes both ways.

I have an offline dashcam and it’s fine. It does everything I need it to, and does nothing I don’t want it to. It can’t connect to the internet so it can’t spy on me if it wanted to.

• Camera
• Internet connectivity
• Proprietary software

No device should have more than two of these things.

For AI, Linux users must move beyond [Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) and … to signed, auto-updated, policy-driven snaps.

This is written as if apt repos don’t have package signing, automatic updating or security policies. It does all those things, and does it better.

Mark really has become like all the other South African wannabe-astronaut tech oligarchs.

The datacenters are absolutely paying less than that. If not directly, then through kickbacks from the supplier. The inflated price only applies to us.

It cost about US$36B to run fibre optic cable to almost every house in Australia.

WTF kind of AI project costs twice that?! They’ll have to claw back around $250 per US citizen to break even.

By the time the public own it, it will be a liability, not an asset. I’ve seen my government purchase a telco’s entire infrastructure only to immediately write it off.

Just set it on fire already.

This feels like a setup to the biggest rug-pull in history. The whole thing is going to shit and the taxpayers will be holding the bags.

value = speed x quality x volume

Work fast; produce high volumes of shit.

I’ve saved so much money by never changing anything.

I kinda wanna get hold of one of these limited edition chip packets.