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Captain Ron

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  1. Was he at the game yesterday? Probably not and that really tells me all I need to know about “Austin resident” Leon.
  2. This thread is a lot quieter than I expected.
  3. I am gruntled with the result
  4. Damn Sonny almost got a quick hat trick!!!
  5. You called that own goal? I guess I got a score another one.
  6. Aawwwww yeahhhh!!!
  7. Udoggie style!!! That pass.
  8. I know! I just saw the goal. If not for my kiddo, I would have celebrated it.
  9. I just turn it on and we’re losing? Ugh.
  10. It was a fucking friendly.
  11. Really? (political comment removed) People believe that he is the guy doing this.
  12. Posting that podcast reminded me I meant to post this from a few days back. Long story short, Elon has been giving money to political causes (you'll never guess for what side) for a while now through big time dark money.
  13. I don't think anyone is discounting his impact on Tesla through force of money, will and manipulation. You saying things like: The fact that Musk was the 4th person in Tesla, joining the now-250 months old company 6 months after it was founded, and as the majority owner and actual chair, had authority over the company? It really feels like you don't really know/understand the history of the company so it makes this statement seem disingenuous. Yeah, he did a lot after this, because he was able to use his money and loading up the board with his people to wrest the company away from the real founders and then sue them into oblivion to make them go away. This is a great crash course in the history of Elon Musk and Tesla, I recommend it: But even with all his resources, you can see that Tesla needed a lot of help. If not a for subsidies, they go under.
  14. Yeah, this was Poch’s first window of, what … 4 practices? 2 games. And a lot of injuries. It’s way early, let’s see how things develop.
  15. The only question I have now is what players are going to step up in the next season and a half? They said it in the post game, there are the starters and then there is that next level and the gap there is pretty wide.
  16. I was just about to say the same. I would like to see us be a little more physical back at these guys.
  17. I would also add that: A. He didn't start out that well either, opening up with 2 losses to Mexico in 2 games B. He generally was running out a A level squad against Mexico. This 11 is a B-/C squad if you ask me.
  18. Meh. All but one of his games was on US soil.
  19. Austin filled their stadium better than Mexico.
  20. SpaceX - amazing company Neuralink - could be amazing Tesla - once upon a time an amazing company but the leadership of musk has seriously led them astray. My biggest gripes concerns are: 1.WTF is that robot crap? Waste of time and money. I don’t seen the market for them. 2. Why is Leon so dead set on FSD with minimal hardware? I mean I know why he wants to be able to sell it as a feature to everyone. But given how far they are behind the companies that have L5, I don’t get why he hasn’t punted on this. Put Lidar in the cars and maybe actually achieve FSD. 3. Why are they spending time making MORE expensive cars and not trying to make less expensive cars? They could dominate the market if they actually ever achieved a sub $30K vehicle. I get making the Cybertruck. Rivian is demonstrating people want EV trucks. But don’t do it at the expense of lower priced cars. The CT didn’t have to be a potential Tesla killer. It could have been a new luxury in a line of cars that also had appeal to the masses. Sure Musk is running his gums and saying dumb things, but he’s also running Tesla like absolute crap. And we shit on him for that too.
  21. Jesus Christ. This just might be the Sooner equivalent of Godwin.
  22. Someone else mentioned Ive, Tim Cook could also be on the list. Hartmut Esslinger was a major designer that was pivotal in the look and feel that Apple went for. You're also making a very uneven comparison here. The reason that Jobs received so much recognition for what Apple was doing was because he was working with the teams very closely to make the products and design decisions. He didn't just tell a team "make X" walk away and then slap his name on it when they brought him the design. He was right there in the room making it happen. No question there is a dubiousness about him having his name on over 1,100 Apple patents, but he did directly touch the work that went into each patent. Frankly, when you study Jobs vs Musk, there isn't much of a comparison. Jobs had a unique blend of technical chops, artistic creativity and showmanship for selling his products. Musk has demonstrated that he understands marketing (though recent years are demonstrating that he is more PT Barnum than Jobs in this regard), but completely lacks any of his technical skill or creativity. So to try to make this comparison, just no.
  23. Have you been reading his tweets?
  24. Well yeah. You gotta cater to all those governments buying the DX model rockets. They gotta have Full Self Driving too.
  25. Someone played with grok. https://www.threads.net/@theactionmoviekid/post/DBFVnrNS19S?xmt=AQGz5zjzQ5QtX25wTaksPK9_uSmk0pnP0DV1Z3Vxie9qaw
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