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Well I hope that doesn't happen.
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Gaming Community / Re: The Gaming Community Threa...
Last post by Legend - Today at 12:22 AM
The Rise of the Golden Idol Reviews - OpenCritic

Sweet. Not sure I like the look as much but the first was great.
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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Politics Thread
Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 11:28 PM
Look at you not reading any financial publications and absolutely nailing it with respect to one of Musk's reasons to elect trump.  
Thanks for being jerky? Almost everything you've said is wrong yet I still stay polite  :P
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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Politics Thread
Last post by kitler53 - Yesterday at 09:18 PM
Demonstrators wave Nazi flags outside local theater performance of 'The Diary of Anne Frank' in Michigan

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/us/michigan-nazi-flags-anne-frank-theater/index.html


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A group of people carrying Nazi flags demonstrated outside a community theater performance of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in Livingston County, Michigan, in a display of antisemitism.

Several masked men showed up waving Nazi flags and reportedly shouted antisemitic and racist slurs outside the American Legion Post 141 in Howell on Saturday during the play, according to CNN affiliate WXYZ.

"People were shocked. They were appalled," Army veteran Bobby Brite told WXYZ. "Everything you would expect."

Brite said many of the 75 people who watched the play were afraid to leave the building and had to be escorted to their cars.

"Nobody in America should feel like that," he said
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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Politics Thread
Last post by kitler53 - Yesterday at 06:01 PM
Far from the worst examples, just the ones I found first.
No clue what quid-pro-quo you're expecting. Trump isn't a huge fan of electric cars and green energy so I'd expect government incentives towards Tesla to decrease, not increase. Tesla stock is never rational and Musk can't sell short term bumps anyway.

SpaceX is the one that is likely to benefit from Musk influencing Trump. They really need regulations updated so rockets are licensed like airplanes and can be launched at high frequency. If Elon "invested" in the election for financial gain, it's for this reason.
okay so one thing at a time.


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Trump isn't a huge fan of electric cars and green energy so I'd expect government incentives towards Tesla to decrease
on know that on paper this sounds like a bad thing for tesla.   the market thinks this is a great thing for tesla.   the subsidies are something that helps a new company get off the ground which means increasing the amount of competitors that try to enter the space.   by ending subsidies it will "hurt everyone" but in every case ever it hurts the small players 10x more than the market leader.   as tesla is the market leader musk actually wants to end these subsidies because it will absolutely kill rivian for instance solidifying musk's market dominance.   


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Tesla stock is never rational and Musk can't sell short term bumps anyway.
it's more complicated for musk but obviously he can sell short if he wants to.   he sold a ton of stock at the peak in 2023 only to accumulate more at the trough in 2024.   but again he's not looking for short term gains.  he's looking kill competitors and solidify market dominance.



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SpaceX is the one that is likely to benefit from Musk influencing Trump. They really need regulations updated so rockets are licensed like airplanes and can be launched at high frequency. If Elon "invested" in the election for financial gain, it's for this reason.
look at you not reading any financial publications and absolutely nailing it with respect to one of Musk's reasons to elect trump.   

xAI is another one i keep reading about.   obviously you of all people think AI is the next big thing.   strong influence over the people that could (or could not) create regulations over the use of AI could be a huge advantage for musk.




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Far from the worst examples, just the ones I found first.
it's not a huge amount of view and the ratio of view to likes/retweets is pretty low.   you can find anything you want on the platform if you go digging but much like your question about starlink it's not something the left repeats and repeats and repeats and then creates political platform planks to deal with the imaginary threats they made up.   it's probably because the heart of the blue collolition is "college educated" but most lefties see a tweet like that and their first thought is to check the source and see what trusted outlets are saying.   not going to say not a lick of "fake news" doesn't happen but the volume of fake news recirculated is significantly lower.

the only "major" fake news thing i'm aware of being fairly popular by blue voters is the "vaccines cause autism" one.
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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Politics Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 05:38 PM
Yes I know all of that, not sure what you're going for though. His electric car comment is the only thing that goes against my post.

So you think Trump will be good for electric cars?
No, but I'm extremely concerned that Trump will be good for Elon in ways that aren't good for anyone else.
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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Politics Thread
Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 05:26 PM
NPR


Yes I know all of that, not sure what you're going for though. His electric car comment is the only thing that goes against my post.

So you think Trump will be good for electric cars?
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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Politics Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 04:57 PM
No clue what quid-pro-quo you're expecting. Trump isn't a huge fan of electric cars and green energy so I'd expect government incentives towards Tesla to decrease, not increase. Tesla stock is never rational and Musk can't sell short term bumps anyway.

SpaceX is the one that is likely to benefit from Musk influencing Trump. They really need regulations updated so rockets are licensed like airplanes and can be launched at high frequency. If Elon "invested" in the election for financial gain, it's for this reason.
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"I'm for electric cars. I have to be, you know, because Elon endorsed me very strongly." And in October, nodding to SpaceX, he said, "We will land an American astronaut on Mars. Thank you, Elon."
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In August, Musk floated the idea of creating a "government efficiency commission" that would act as an auditor to the entire federal government. He first brought it up during a live streamed conversation with Trump on X. Musk said the commission could ensure taxpayers' money "is spent in a good way."

Just three weeks later, Trump announced he'd create the commission and place Musk in charge.
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Under Trump, X could be seen as a platform backed by the president of the United States -- making it even more of an influence machine.
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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Politics Thread
Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 04:30 PM
..but no conspiracy theories.   the left doesn't really do those.
Well I'm glad its not in your circles, but no. The left does conspiracy theories too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/KamalaHarris/comments/1gnswq9/comment/lwd7pdl/

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Far from the worst examples, just the ones I found first.

conspiracy or just general frustration.  

elon invested 136 million into electing trump if i remember the number correctly.  i use invested on purpose because although i don't have any particular number in front of me elon's net worth has already inflated by waaaay more than that just in tesla's stock run.   ...and the stock is running because of the quid-pro-quo that tesla is expected to get in exchange for electing trump.

imo this is corruption in plain view.   it makes me mad a hell.
No clue what quid-pro-quo you're expecting. Trump isn't a huge fan of electric cars and green energy so I'd expect government incentives towards Tesla to decrease, not increase. Tesla stock is never rational and Musk can't sell short term bumps anyway.

SpaceX is the one that is likely to benefit from Musk influencing Trump. They really need regulations updated so rockets are licensed like airplanes and can be launched at high frequency. If Elon "invested" in the election for financial gain, it's for this reason.
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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Politics Thread
Last post by kitler53 - Yesterday at 04:28 PM
I've seen some conspiracy theories that voting machines were miscounting in favor of Trump, evidenced by democrats being substantially closer down ballot.

I'm with ya. Might be closer to $200m. Frustrating to see Elon and Trump are above the law.
…and the constitution. 

Have you read up any on trump's demand for recess appointments?   you could not be at more direct odds with the constitution or the supreme court ruling against obama and yet republicans are all falling in line with it.  

Infuriating.  Moreso that they will likely "win" due to their lack of values and a kangaroo court system. 
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