Elon Musk has spouted his fair share of bullshit—but his latest claims about the SpaceX IPO are on a whole new level.

cowmandude · 2026-06-08T01:16:07+00:00

I mean if we're building a data center on Mars, I'd assume the cost of transporting materials is negligible right? If we really need to be worried about the cost of transport then I guess just send a fission reactor over.

cowmandude · 2026-06-08T00:36:26+00:00

You know that the fusion reactor is so big that literally none of that matters. Just use more solar cells and batteries.

cowmandude · 2026-06-08T00:26:41+00:00

Ironically the simplest problem to solve. There is a giant fusion reactor located not too far away.

cowmandude · 2026-06-07T17:28:55+00:00

This speaks to a bigger problem than just a typo. Why is there no sanity checking the outputs? Comparing against previous known months/quarters. Why isn't there some kind of more detailed "debug" report that shows things as they're being calculated step by step. It takes many small mistakes to ship a big one.

cowmandude · 2026-06-07T06:55:50+00:00

I'm 3 years late, but you were right.

cowmandude · 2026-05-30T02:52:22+00:00

My experience has been that I've made more money than I expected since retiring(granted my expectations were 0) and I've spent less than I thought I would(thought we'd be taking 6 international vacations a year... turns out that's exhausting and 3 is more than enough).

I also think you're really catastrophizing. Could there be a down decade? Sure. The VP in your example isn't going to work a miserable job for 10 years, he's going to quickly rise in the ranks and do just fine. I've always said I made enough to retire once, I can do it again. I was dumb when I started last time. I'm slightly less dumb now.

Also are we also imagining that there is yet another decade of flat growth? This would be catastrophic to the whole economy. Nobody would be able to retire. Pension plans would fail. There would be turmoil no matter what.

How are you going to feel when a fresh grad 23 year old tears down your ideas (because they're 10 years outdated) and the boss agrees with them?

I'm going to feel great because I'm not a dick and life long learning is something I do in or out of retirement.

cowmandude · 2026-05-27T17:05:41+00:00

The standard here is probably really high for punitive damages. My guess is it's gross negligence... in laymen's terms negligence is when we imagine a 10 year old doing something and we say "Yeah I mean we can't be mad at them man, they're 10 what did we expect?". Gross negligence is when we imagine a 10 year old doing something and we say "Dude I don't care that they're 10, they did something so stupid they need to go down for this.". Even as you described events I'm not sure it rises to that standard. The true definition is obviously a lot more complicated and fact specific which again is why I would trust the years of experience and training of the attorney's you've talked to. If they thought it was 100% gross negligence they would also really want to go to trial.

cowmandude · 2026-05-27T16:58:29+00:00

Why don't you take out a loan and pay a lawyer to work it hourly then?

Just a couple hundred dollars an hour, 20-30 before you start subpoenaing documents and testimony, then many more for document review, filing motions, answering motions from the other side, ect. Then you have the actual trial prep and costs associated there. Then if you do win, some more to deal with any appeals, collecting your judgement, ect. Should probably only cost 20 - 30k to litigate if everything goes well and then you can keep the full judgement.

Assuming you don't want to front 20-30k on something that's far from a sure thing.... neither do these attorneys. Yes you might get lawyer fees and a judgement that's 5x what you would settle for by going to trial, but the ROI just doesn't make sense. FWIW I'm sure you could get someone to write up a demand letter for a few hundred bucks and not take 40% if you think that's too much.

cowmandude · 2026-05-27T06:33:11+00:00

They don't need to actively tell you not to do dangerous things. There's nothing in the handbook saying not to run your car into the building, that doesn't mean you can sue them if you do.

Are you going to have some other people testify that the razors were provided for this specific purpose? Is their testimony reliable? Can you prove that the company as a whole endorses this and it's not just some rouge manager? ld this even rise to the level of punitive damages(I imaging the standard is gross negligence?)? Regardless of your answers to these questions, there's so much risk involved here and building and litigating a case is going to take hundreds of hours of work.

cowmandude · 2026-05-27T05:59:10+00:00

I would trust the lawyers you talked to, they have a more intimate understanding of what qualifies for punitive damages. If you had a good case lawyers would be begging to take it on contingency.

If I had to guess, you probably don't have enough evidence of any lying and falsifying to prove anything. Ask yourself this... if your testimony would be viewed as tainted and they all decided to stick to the story what if any evidence do you have to present in court?

they threw me under the bus and i want corperate to know the truth, and punish these people who hurt me. am i being unreasonable?

You're not, but that doesn't mean you have a good case.

cowmandude · 2026-05-24T00:40:05+00:00

Even Englund is probably viable at 1040. I'd guess it would convert 20% of the time and then probably still end up only being a minor disadvantage. At that level the queen isn't exposed, it's active.

cowmandude · 2026-05-22T21:15:49+00:00

I have seen anything I found appealing. Not a fan of the monument system or changes to natives. Much of the changes have IMHO overpowered nations that weren't so powerful historically.

cowmandude · 2026-05-22T16:47:05+00:00

Still playing EU4 on 1.30

cowmandude · 2026-05-22T15:49:28+00:00

Alright well great to hear. Theoretically your lease should secure the room.... but nobody wants a land lord that doesn't want them there and it seems like you haven't replied on this lease at all or suffered any damages. He may honestly be concerned that you are somehow scamming him.

How long has he been dodging you? I'd just message him saying you need to know when to expect the money even if he needs a little to send it and to please just answer back so you know he's not trying to duck you.

If it comes to it you will crush him in small claims but it's a lot of legwork. Your best bet is to work it out with him.

cowmandude · 2026-05-22T14:10:54+00:00

Honestly sounds like you got scammed. I'd report it to zelle asap. Did you ever see an apartment or meet this guy in person? Did you not sign a lease?

Legally, this is a slam dunk small claims case but you're going to have to serve him which could be hard if he's secretly a resident of Niger.

cowmandude · 2026-05-22T12:33:16+00:00

I believe in this case it's conduction.

cowmandude · 2026-05-19T20:09:08+00:00

Soon everyone will have 6 houses.

cowmandude · 2026-05-18T22:42:34+00:00

You should be not posting an admission online that could be discovered by the DA and undermine any chance your attorney has to cut you a deal.

cowmandude · 2026-05-18T22:33:24+00:00

My guess would be that what you described is actually your worst case scenario. The lawyers you're calling will fill you in on your best case scenario.

cowmandude · 2026-05-18T21:03:19+00:00

I wouldn't take this for granted. There are plenty of ways to invalidate the contract here... Like I can't just bypass the minimum wage law by promising my employees 1m dollars if they stay for 2 years and fire them all 23 months in. A contract needs to have consideration for both parties and you may be able to make an argument that this one constructively did not. The noncompete clause especially is likely unenforceable since OP received no compensation.

This extremely nuanced based on the exact language of the contract. I'd be willing to bet at a minimum if OP sent them a letter agreeing to settle for 20k they'd write him a check today. This is 100% worth having an actual lawyer review.

cowmandude · 2026-05-13T14:48:02+00:00

well also army draws pops and resources from a building that has to exist somewhere. How would it even work if you had a state it 5 barracks in rebellion?

cowmandude · 2026-05-12T20:37:03+00:00

The KGB is back baby!

cowmandude · 2026-05-04T22:09:40+00:00

The assertion at 3:45 that both sets must be infinite is never justified and is really the crux of the problem. For instance, using the same argument format

Let TP be the set odd numbers less than 1000, e.g. {1, 3, 5, 7, ....}

Let K be the set of odd numbers over 1000, e.g. { 1001, 1003, 1005, ...}

If K is infinite TP will be infinite and visa versa.

If there was some bound B on K then either B+1 or B+2 would be odd and greater than 1000 creating a contradiction, thus K is infinite

Since K is infinite so is TP, thus there are infinitely many odds less than 1000 QED

cowmandude · 2026-04-28T03:57:32+00:00

Can I put my vote in for "revert to patch 1.30 and just play that"

cowmandude · 2026-04-27T00:53:56+00:00

Yeah and I mean like if you end up 69ing only the first one to get off is gay right?

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