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Jan 30, 2018 4:53 AM
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Svartlebee
Okay, I don't think we should be preempting his timeline. He may not succeed. He's not on track for public hyperloop by 2020.
TheEponge
"tough childhood" "born to engineer and a model". Jesus
blaze62
Shoveling dirt for $18/hr at 17... in the 80's... and I can't do that now with 2 degrees
CommanderWilliamTRiker
Tesla is a borderline failure from a business perspective.
Shyamankyadav1
Explain
TheRaiderofRandom
So be incredibly intelligent, tenacious, healthy, motivated, and truly believe you can save humanity. Gotcha.
SnakesAreAwesome
The Falcon Heavy hasn't launched yet.
fed250
Where is the flamethrowers?
kindofhuman
In his late teens, he immigrated to Canada in order to avoid the required military service for white males in South Africa.
kindofhuman
It was still the era of apartheid, the South African legal system that denied political and economic rights to the country's majority-black
Wildfanman18
He also divorced Riley... again.
MrBator
From young musky to ol' musky and beyondski
Kevm4n
He will be a true legaski
MelancholicacR
Well, those bullies were lucky that Elon learned BASIC, not martial arts.
ShittyAdmiral
2018 - The Devil tempts Musk with Borderlands.
Essie06
He built the world's largest battery in South Australia.
asm80dfa8sdfj
I like how crying was a significant life event.
Shyamankyadav1
For him maybe. Stupidier things are important to me for no reasons.
NonExistingName
Read an interview about him recently. "Rough childhood" is an understatement. His father was a murderer, a criminal, just a horrible person
GlowingKira
I had no idea he had so many kids and married so many times
Shyamankyadav1
Went from one kid to twins to triplets. Is there no end to his ambition?
Arctopus
5 kids in 2 years, no wonder he's a bit loopy
Odiin46
Well to be fair, he was thrown down a flight of stairs, his first born died as an infant, and he almost died from malaria, I don't think 1/2
Odiin46
That's a good thing for ones psyche
Budisattva
He made 18$ an hour shoveling dirt in 89...?
AmityvilleHodor
What a ridiculous life-expectency range... He shall live forever!
Exusnmatured
Just like Keanu Reeves
loveLiJo
18 dollars an hour in 1986 damn that's a lot of money.
kikkoman1122
Even if that figure was adjusted for inflation, its still a decent wage for shoveling dirt.
Juicytoast
2018: Sells flamethrowers apperently.
Barbarian90001
Remember gotta tax the rich, can't let them invest those millions and get away with it.
oldarchive
Late 2018: now selling medieval solar panel armor that charges your phone
veor3AppBreaker
*apparently
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
ObjectR139A1
Everyone has a hobby.
Benmaks
SAFEST flamethrowers
Dontdeprivemeofmydelusion
midamultitooll
Pre-ordering one. Or two.
RadioactivePizza
Don't forget the hats!
RenaissanceFaireMan
Looks simple, I'll just do that.
RenaissanceFaireMan
Except I'll add the zombie apocalypse and a flamethrower at the end...somehow.
lamillli
....what is wrong with you people?
TheBlackWindHowls
Not even 17, decides his life mission is to "save humanity." Fuck. That's inspiring.
Flyndaran
Pretty sure many if not most teens imagine that. It's that whole not having a single damn way of doing it that erases such dreams.
TheBlackWindHowls
I dunno, my life mission was "make comic books."
Mavgurian
Should I dare asking how it went?
zFUBARz
Judging by submitted images he's working away at it. linework is pretty good too.
crisb
Never heard of operating system called PC...
wilberfan
And which was he arguing for, Windows or Linux?
crisb
Questions pile up...
dojan5
Why would we want to go to Mars though?
Ossem
Because it’s the first step to interstellar travel. Plus, if we manage to set up an ecosystem there, we could live there just as here.
dojan5
No we couldn't. Mars' gravity is about 38% that of Earth, which would be physiologically devastating for any colonisers. I've heard...
dojan5
... more compelling arguments for colonising Venus, but that too is not without problems, exploiting the planet's resources, for example.
Ossem
Good point. But hey, it’ll be the future, by then someone might have a solution. Hopefully, at least.
doctorbocker
'Tough childhood' is a bit of a stretch.
bpetersen
Everything up to and including college, is typically the same for a lot of programers/computer scientists/engineers
Shyamankyadav1
Hmm, as an engineer and programmer... No? Some of us are just code monkeys.
HypoMix
Tough childhood; first event: "born to engineer and a model".
doctorbocker
Pictures of his mom are showing up all of a sudden.
NZSheeps
He's about my age and I've .... created an Imgur account.
VileCoyote
Same.. I feel like I've somehow not reached my potential.. Strange, that..
RedTree6767
No worries mate We can't all be super geniuses, or super lucky. So long as we are having fun & working hard we make the world a better place
Ihatecornbeef
Haha , don't worry buddy I haven't launched rockets either not many of us have....
BluffinMuffin
Speak for yourself............ (crying internally)
Ketheres
I launched a bottle rocket once.
theguywiththememes
Young Musky
JohnRamboSaperstein
How is having your adenoids removed sign of a 'tough childhood'? I've had them removed and can tell it's a non-event.
Inappropesmagotes
I'd say the "drifts off as if deaf" is the rough part. Not sure adenoids were the point.
DirectorBright
I would argue the hyperloop is a bad idea on the principle that a massive vacuum tube is a stupidly easy target.
BluffinMuffin
Ditto
MerToo
lol stupider and easier than any bridge / reservoir / school / telephone exchange / server farm / USS Cole / cinema / tank farm / ...?
DirectorBright
Also thermal expansion itself will just fuck the entire thing up. It's steel, in the desert. Steel expands and contracts with heat.
DirectorBright
That's a really bad thing if you're making an extremely large container that must remain airtight and is anchored to the ground.
MerToo
lololol all those gas pipelines that have been working well for 50yrs? Anchored to the ground, must remain airtight. Besides, it's buried.
MerToo
Temperatures beneath the surface are much more constant.
BayazTheBenevolent
Oh god you're right I bet Musk has never even thought about basic thermodynamics. You should shoot him a tweet! Quickly!
DirectorBright
So far they dont seem to have any solutions to it. A tiny rupture will fuck the entire thing up and you have a giant steel pipe with zero
DirectorBright
Bridges don't implode violently when you poke a small hole in them.
DirectorBright
Allow me to show you a demonstration: https://youtu.be/0N17tEW_WEU?t=2m38s
DirectorBright
TLDR, the structure of a vacuum container like a tube is quite stable- until you put a weakness in it. Then it fails catastrophically.
MerToo
sorry man, you got it wrong. That trailer is *never* meant to be under vacuum - in fact they have relief valves to ensure that it doesn't.
CyanideSprite
I spoke with engineers working on it. There are dozens of workarounds for basically all of this. The hassle is getting it to work in the