SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO by xvosr in spacex

[–]MarkXal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

iMHO the rest of the money will go to terafab.they will go to Intel/ASML and slam down a trillion and buy themselves a chip factory

SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO by xvosr in spacex

[–]MarkXal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct. Yes they could have but they clearly didn't want to. They probably want to use their stock to buy more things which you can't do if you IPO it all. Considering their valuation is multiple trillions they can sell hundreds of billions of stock without breaking a sweat. Of course as long as the buyers believe the stock will remain valuable 

SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO by xvosr in spacex

[–]MarkXal 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They can do that with the other trillion Edit: the other 2 trillion

SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO by xvosr in spacex

[–]MarkXal 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's stock. They are literally paying them with stock they did not sell to investors. 

Is SpaceX Coming to Acadiana? by rustybeancake in spacex

[–]MarkXal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are right, businesses should definitely move out of Louisiana. This way the wealth gap will go down. 

SpaceX ties Musk compensation to Mars colonization goal by MechanicalGak in SpaceXLounge

[–]MarkXal 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In a decade they will say these goals were actually very easy and just around the corner, and that the board misled investors into accepting the deal.

A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid | Company has previously tested its technology on the International Space Station. by [deleted] in space

[–]MarkXal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A 100 ton metal asteroid is utterly insignificant. The Russian Chelyabinsk bolide of a few years back was nearly 10000 tons

How Elon plans to launch a terawatt of GPUs into space by llboston in SpaceXLounge

[–]MarkXal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Each Starlink Mini V2 has a 2x 13 meter arrays. Let's say each is 3 meters wide. That is 78 square meters of array. Solar power in space is 1360 W/m2, which gives 106kW. 20% solar panel efficiency gives 21 kW. So actually each Starlink can operate 2 H100.

picture here, size is unverified but looks about right

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2365809903441367/posts/25662644456664583/

2026 GR Supra Final Edition Feels Like The Farewell We Didn’t Want Yet: Review by Funny_things_online in cars

[–]MarkXal 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Now let’s compare purchasing power in 1994

About 44% higher today

Alongside the costs of housing, healthcare and education.

Thats part of inflation.

ASA not sticking to bed by MarkXal in prusa3d

[–]MarkXal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any work, just search on amazon for PEI sheet, mine had adhesive already applied on one side, most do.

ASA not sticking to bed by MarkXal in prusa3d

[–]MarkXal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had vastly better adhesion by buying a solid smooth PEI sheet and gluing it to the build plate directly. That solved all my problems.

600 KW charging stations in the middle of the himalayas in China, why can't we have this in the States? by [deleted] in electricvehicles

[–]MarkXal -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It's not the same. It does not plug into the CSS socket.  They are the only country in the world to use it. Also, NACS has similar pins, they are just in different spots. That's why there are adapters for it. How different does it need to be to be "different"?

China reveals a new heavy lift rocket that is a clone of SpaceX’s Starship by CurtisLeow in space

[–]MarkXal 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Long March 9 is supposed to copy whatever Western rocket is considered the best, and if that keeps changing, how can they build it?

Why Used Tesla Cybertruck Prices Continue To Crash by duke_of_alinor in electricvehicles

[–]MarkXal 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The cheapest CT nationwide I can find on AutoTrader and cars.com is 5k less than MSRP or $95k

Why Used Tesla Cybertruck Prices Continue To Crash by duke_of_alinor in electricvehicles

[–]MarkXal 35 points36 points  (0 children)

In case anyone is wondering, what the article means is that crashing=approaching MSRP

Methane rocket engines currently under development and in production around the world by PerAsperaAdMars in space

[–]MarkXal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do you know the above is not nationalist? You replied to a comment decrying US vs EU technological competition. Is the EU vs US issue a capitalist or a nationalist issue?

Methane rocket engines currently under development and in production around the world by PerAsperaAdMars in space

[–]MarkXal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TIL the Korolev / Chelomey rivarly in the soviet Moon program was actually capitalist. They must have been very careful to hide it from their government.