What is Elon Musk up to now..

[joele]

Mush seems to be about to enter the reversed ethical universe of being a pro-zionist/anti-semitic, which of course will suit him well, as it suits many conservative racists.

I need to add a confused emoticon reaction, just for Musk's weirdness..

[pipbarber]

The other disturbing aspect of that story is that Israel has a lot to deal with at the moment...what with...you know that giant civil war thing, managing the international focus of that, international relations generally and the possibility of the situation ballooning into an existential threat...and yet, there's definitely time to chew the fat with space man-baby?

Actually, i'd be wondering at this point, just how important it is for Mush man to be on your side, or against you. Though Israel's choice of friends has often been a little eye-brow raising at times, so there's that i guess, but still...

[stylofone]

Musk's lawsuit against Media Matters has prompted a spectacular Streisand effect. This article includes a cavalcade of examples where people searching for nauseating Nazi hate get served ads for major companies in between the deranged far-right excrement. He is heading for a thermonuclear failure.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/27/elo ... l-content/

[stevebrooks]

Looks like he has also been getting into the car UI as well, the engineers need to tell him to fuck off, check this out;

The most prominent changes surround a new steering wheel that deletes conventional stalks for the indicators, windscreen wipers, transmission and cruise control.
Those features move to the touchscreen and wheel as part of Tesla’s reductive approach to cabin design.

I mean at the moment these things are about as easy to use as possible, at hand, you don't need to look to change them, put the on the touchscreen and suddenly you are looking away from the road to turn on the wipers, manage cruise control? Anybody see the problem there, the difference in smooth fast flowing traffic between crashing and not crashing can be as short as flicking ones eyes away from the road to look at a screen.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/moto ... 1a1cd8d850

[Loki]

Hey Melon, save more money and replace the wheel entirely with a touchscreen.

Or an x-box controller.

It's standard industry practice donchaknow.

And it's got a x, so very on-brand.


It's just the sort of disruptive paradigm-shattering transformative move we expect from a genius megamind chad like Melon.

[Irrev-Black]

Another large advertiser disenshittifies.

The Washington Post has decided to pause its advertising on X, a spokesperson tells Washingtonian.

The decision follows owner Elon Musk’s bizarre embrace of the utterly debunked “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory on Tuesday.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/11/2 ... sing-on-x/

[stylofone]

Another large advertiser disenshittifies.

The Washington Post has decided to pause its advertising on X, a spokesperson tells Washingtonian.

The decision follows owner Elon Musk’s bizarre embrace of the utterly debunked “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory on Tuesday.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/11/2 ... sing-on-x/

Pizzagate!!!?! His claims are sounding like the crazy Dominion/Smartmatic conspiracies by Sidney Jones and Rudy Giuliani that cost Fox hundreds of miilions. The position is reversed in Musk's case because he's the one issuing the lawsuits, but it wouldn't surprise me if he dropped them. Even Lionel Hutz wouldn't want to represent him. Maybe Giuiani would, if it was in a state where he's still allowed to practice law and buy sweat-proof hair dye.

[Irrev-Black]

Cost of Space Brat's foot in mouth? Estimate is $75 mill.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/28/elo ... t-of-2023/

[joele]

Looks like he has also been getting into the car UI as well, the engineers need to tell him to fuck off, check this out;

Yeah not like designers spent years working out where to place things for the least distraction. Now he moves most of that stuff to a touchscreen, because as we know interacting with a touch screen, like say a phone, is the least distracting thing to do whilst driving..

I don't like the up and down buttons for indicator, at least put one on each side if redesigning it.

[stylofone]

Go fuck yourself?!? Maybe he plans to win by losing. He's talking about the company being killed, and he thinks "the public" will blame the advertisers, not him. Pffft!

I've long thought killing the company would be a good outcome. It's remarkable that it's now on the cards. I hope it can happen to Alphabet and Meta too. Perhaps "dream" is a better word than "hope".

https://deadline.com/2023/11/elon-musk- ... 235643232/