How are they not noticing cheaper, better cars, pending lawsuits, toyota's invention of aluminum batteries making lithium obsolete, end of early mover advantage, and history of underdelivering?

I think you misunderstand. There's no reason to think they're not aware. It's more: "If you do this very difficult, nearly impossible thing (given the current situation), we'll give you a ridiculous amount of money for the miracle, because you'll make us rich in the process".

Since it's apparently all denominated in stock, and vesting is conditional on multiplying the stock price 7.5x over the next decade*, every misgiving over the current valuation should make this package all the more worth it to shareholders (who the board is supposed to represent).

*or at least the sort of operational milestones that make for the kind of pithy headlines that prop up the stock price

I believe Tesla bulls are banking on robots, robo-taxis, and other products. Surely nobody believes Tesla's consumer car business is poised to grow. (Given the history of under-delivering, etc., I wouldn't bet on Tesla dominating robotics or any other field, but as I understand it, this incentive package has no particular downside for shareholders.)

What kind of robots? Factory robots? Androids? China has abt 3 android companies for every american one. It's also an unproven market. Android forms are not great at asserting force in any direction yet. Complex vision remains a problem, but will hopefully advance. Im not pessimistic, but the risk is enormous.

Android forms are purposefully...human forms.

I have not kept up- what does their industrial battery segment look like? That seemed like a market with huge growth potential, but maybe batteries are too commoditized now. Plus, supporting the renewable woke agenda.

Is there any chance you and your family are perfectly safe right now, under no threat of violence, and have no need for an app like this?

Definitely. The app is not perfect, sure. Lots of people and journalists are smarter and "could" do it better...but they haven't.

Often the best work comes out theough competition and revisions. Google didnt sit back and write sniveling blog posts abt how lame altavista was.

Similar here. AI works much better as a consultant than as a developer. I ask it all kinds of things I have suspicions and intuitions about and it provides clarity and examples. It's great for subroutines. Trying to make full programs is just too large of a space. It's difficult to communicate all the implicit requirements.

People who consistently consult LLMs for product direction or software feature design overwhelmingly appear to me as willfully ignorant dullards.

I mean it's even further than willful ignorance. It's delight in one's own ignorance.

It's not our species, it's our culture. Anxiety over death leads to consumption, so it's a consumer society's virtue.

Yeah the part about not even calling the previous sysv style a dinosaur bc it implies it was once mighty is like standing on the shoulders of giants and pooping on their heads. A little humility is all that is required.

Fair. That was meant as tongue in cheek-- sysv was impressive for its day, and its day lasted a long time.

I appreciate that not everyone loves my style of humor, but I know when I read things with similar styles, it keeps me more engaged with the material.

Still, I am not trying to make jokes at the expense of actual people, so I'll take the note and try to avoid, thanks.

Which aspects of God are we seeking, post-Christianity? It seems the focus is on power and creation, w/o regard for unity, discipline, or forgiveness. It's not really a complete picture of God.

Ive identified several aspects. Moral injury, new status baseline due to social media, and lack of awareness of effects our digital powers. Not enough time to type on this phone keybd but if ppl upvote i'll elaborate.

>$1500/month

Wow, i just got into newpipe/fdroid. Its neat to think even a donation the size of mine can be almost individually meaningful :)

I like your energy; and I like your awareness that more control/different center of power may not help. This is where community-oriented leadership techniques could go a long way. To build trust, maintain peoples' roles and dignity, but to increase that awareness and enable floodlight focus (big picture) in addition to flashlight focus.