This is like Gladiator, except more stupid.
Napoleon is making me tremble with both anticipation and dread.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/spacex-projected-20-million-starlink-users-by-2022-it-ended-up-with-1-million/
But, "xpected to be profitable" in 2023.
2: I can't decide if I'm going to see it in the theater or wait.
2: Same, brother monarch, same.
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* By the Grace of God Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod; Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, Tsar of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Chersonese Taurian, Tsar of Georgia; Lord of Pskov and Grand Prince of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia, Finland; Prince of Estland, Livland, Courland, Semigalia, Samogitia, Belostok, Karelia, Tver, Yugra, Perm, Vyatka, Bolgar and others; Lord and Grand Prince of Nizhny Novgorod, Chernigov, Ryazan, Polotsk, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Beloozero, Udoria, Obdoria, Kondia, Vitebsk, Mstislav, and all of the northern countries Master; and Lord of Iberia, Kartli, and Kabardia lands and Armenian provinces; &c. &c. &c.
Tesla's China deliveries account for more than half of global sales
Maybe Musk should fight Warren Buffet.
Zuckerberg could fight Tom from MySpace.
3: so Starlink has yet to cross that nebulous line on one side of which is "this is a plainly ridiculous business that could never work, will never work, and shows that Musk is an incompetent moron" and on the other side of which is "the fact that this business now has a greater than 50% global market share and a ten-figure annual turnover has nothing to do with Musk - it's all about the massive subsidies it has received/the genius engineers whose IP it has stolen".
Musk and Zuckerberg fueled interest
I completely forgot that happened.
Zuckerberg also got put to sleep in a tournament and had his PR people explain that he was too conscious and that what the ref heard as snoring was his effortful grunting to free himself.
Starlink would have been a lot more popular around here if not for the pandemic finally prompting significant investment in rural broadband.
I would have been so happy for them to fight. Those two fighting is a no-lose scenario.
14: They're not fighting to the death, Megan.
Sure, but any level of injury or humiliation is a success that otherwise wouldn't exist. That fight would be pure bonus.
I always thought it weird that Zuckerberg countenanced this fight at all. Midlife crisis I guess, plus he's getting the PR benefit of contrast with a tech billionaire worse than him.
Musk is of course in a perpetual K-hole at this point.
But overall it feels like the most obviously ridiculous publicity stunt on everyone's part. Like there's no reality TV cameras but everyone's acting like (a) they need to play to them and (b) they don't need to try too hard, just go through the motions.
How about this chorus for a song about Musk?
A-Hole! In a k-hole!
A-Hole! In a k-hole!
A-hole! In a k-hole!
12: I've reffed grappling before and missed my share of calls. I've also had more than my share of corners saying I missed tons of points their teammate should've gotten. That said, "The ref didn't realize I was actually still conscious," is one I hadn't heard before. Learning!
17.last seems like a slur on ketamine.
I always thought it weird that Zuckerberg countenanced this fight at all.
Really? If you had the ability and opportunity to publicly kick Elon Musk's ass, you wouldn't take it?
With only one of them ever having real training, that fight would only last until Zuckerberg decides to end it because he's bored.
He should beat up Gates. Fucking PowerPoint is turning every beta into a b.
My theory is that Zuckerberg is a beta trying to turn into an alpha.
He may be a white belt but that's Gracie level jiu jitsu.
It takes Elon Musk to make Zuckerberg look like the cool one.
Maybe they could all team up to take on this guy: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/11/peter-thiel-2024-election-politics-investing-life-views/675946/
It'd be great if we could get him to move to Mars. Or the bottom of the ocean.
Zuckerberg also got put to sleep in a tournament and had his PR people explain that he was too conscious and that what the ref heard as snoring was his effortful grunting to free himself.
Wait. This happened?!
Bernstein's tweet read: "They both insisted that Mr Zuckerberg had *not* lost consciousness, and the coach said that the referee had mistaken his effortful grunting for snores."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/meta-mark-zuckerberg-jiu-jitsu-b2352350.html
I also thought that was just Eggplant getting very surrealistic.
And now y'all will have to remember that phrase too.
31: And now I watched the fight. Probably better things you could do with those 150 seconds.
33: Someone on bluesky asked about best tv theme songs, so I put up several different versions of Hawaii 5-0 because how is that even a question, and yes, those snippets of 35 to 150 seconds were exceptionally well spent.
Please. It's Down to Earth Veronica Mars.
It's not a real tv theme song if it doesn't explain the premise of the show. Gilligan's Island FTW!
37 is right. Beverly Hillbillies too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwUt8aUCc_Q&t=7s
36 is objectively the correct answer. And Veronica Mars is one of the 3 or 4 best televisions shows ever made.
34. Star Trek; Welcome Back, Kotter; Barney Miller; Archer; Barretta; Wallander (the Patti Smth one).
Visually, Counterpart was good and of course Archer by Rankin/Bass.
Unrelatedly, this AI service for lobbyists seems helpful, especially in light of Disneys lobbyists having written the Sonny Bono copyright law.
https://www.lobbymatic.com/
Freaks and Geeks.
Actually, does any part of the proposed AI regulation include banning legislators from using the things, restrictions to also cover third party text?
For non-verbal ones, Lost in Space was pretty decent (by John Williams). As was Hill Street Blues (even if not at all my usual taste in music). Avengers.
But the best of those might be Peter Gunn, a somewhat obscure early private eye series, but a very recognizable theme song by Henry Mancini. (Theme for Courageous Cat was based on it.)
The Lost in Space movie was the most confusing, pointless thing I ever saw.
44: And plays a supporting role in this 80s business: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZQFOfMSfY
I played the Peter Gunn theme in a band at some point.
Wasn't it the theme music on the James Bond arcade game?
34. WKRP in Cincinnati, and I will die on this hill. It wasn't even a good tv show, but the theme song was amazing.
The Peter Gunn version with lyrics was made popular by Sarah Vaughan way back when, but I did not know that it had lyrics until I was about 2010 years old or so. I assume they were by Mancini as well--not finding definitive answer. And one place says Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
The correct answer is Sanford & Son, you crackers.
I played the Peter Gunn theme in a band at some point.
I played it in high school marching band.
The Peter Gunn theme is hands down the coolest one ever
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