Marty_d

Tesla shareholders have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Musk as CEO. I listened to some idiot American justifying this. "But one of the conditions is that he raise the share cap to $7 trillion. So if he increases the value to that and only wants $1 trillion in return, I think it's worth it!" I have real problems with this for a number of reasons. Firstly, no person, however brilliant, is worth $1 billion let alone 1000 times that. This spanker was talking about Musk like he was some kind of genius. "He didn't improve things. He made things out of thin air!" What, like rockets? Yeah I think Werner was doing that in WW2. Electric cars? Not a new thing. Yes he did some good in pushing them into public consciousness but now his product is done better and cheaper by the Chinese. Robotaxis? Well, his don't work very well, whereas Waymo or whoever they are do. So not sure how that's a world leading step by him. Cybertrucks? Please. Pile of shit that he has to sell to his own companies because no one else wants them. Humanoid robots? Again, done much better by the Chinese. Secondly - it's grotesque. He's already a half-trillionaire. He cannot physically spend all his money in the rest of his life. So why? The American idiot was saying it's "recognition". You can recognise someone's achievements without giving them the GDP of an average sized country to do it. Imagine what a trillion US dollars could do in fighting disease, spreading education, health, vaccines in poor countries, improved sanitation, etc etc. Instead it's given to one man who will probably spend vast amounts destroying democracy. Thirdly - what is the message this gives to other CEO's? "Hey, how come he gets that much? My company is bigger than Tesla. I deserve that too!" So now the already bloated CEO class will be crying poor and agitating for bigger salaries. And we already know that they don't just get bonuses when their companies do well. They can make absolutely stupid mistakes, drive the share price down and still walk away with their massive bonuses. Billie Eilish had it right the other day. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/05/billie-eilish-billionaires-super-rich To summarise, she gave away $11m of her own money to help fight hunger and said "Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me. If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties." It's a good question. Why are there billionaires? They didn't earn it, they don't need it, they can't spend it all, and it would be far better for everyone if it was given to the poorest people on Earth. And if billionaires shouldn't exist, that goes a thousand times more for trillionaires.

That's a bit tucked. Those mothertuckers.

Like throwing a sausage into a White House ballroom, I reckon.

No, I've never worked with poo tin. Which is good because I don't have to be afraid of windows.

Bloke I used to work with said that when he died, the universe would end. I told him that I was happy to take that chance but he didn't seem to want to test the theory.

Depends whose volt it is

One flew over the cuckoo's nest

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's amore

Another Steve Miller band song Go on, take the money and run

Yeah it's kind of "almost there". I do like everything from the handlebars back, including the seat. But the rake is a little extreme and the translucent cover a bit unnecessary.

Spacey the law is fine, it's your interpretation of "give way" that needs updating

You might be right. Not sure why there's a clutch lever too.

I call AI on the spider thing

This is only a concept at the moment, but I find it strangely compelling... What do you think? https://www.designboom.com/technology/curved-electric-motorcycle-ev-outlier-concept-bucket-seat-honda-japan-mobility-show-2025-11-03-2025/

Spacey, if everyone stopped at a roundabout until there was no traffic on the roundabout, there would be gridlock. That's not what they're designed for.

Yes they have precedence BUT if there's room you can go. Giving way means not causing them to brake/swerve to avoid you. If there's no chance of that then you can proceed.

Yeah - I remember a picture of a grinning George Dubya Bush in 2016, with the caption "When you realize you're no longer the worst US President in history"

If there's a car already past you, there's no way to "give way" to it anyway. If there's a car on the opposite side of the roundabout, unless you're a real slowpoke you'll be out of his way by the time he gets to you. If the car on the roundabout approaching you has his left indicator on, he's going to exit the roundabout on your road so he's not stopping you. (Obviously keep watching him in case he's indicating incorrectly). So the only cars you have to wait for are those on the roundabout with either no indicator or right indicator on, approaching you from the right, where there's not enough room for you to safely go in front of them.

Funny how all my least favourite people hang out together.

For someone who "hates the major parties", you spend a lot of time hating on Labor and a lot of time loving Trump.

Abracadabra I wanna reach out and grab ya

Doesn't matter if you agree with it or not. It's the law.

Yeah, no thanks Spacey.

China is making airborne wind turbines now. Reel them up to where the optimal wind speed is. https://amp.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3326920/worlds-most-powerful-flying-wind-turbine-launched-western-china

This shows Trump's character perfectly. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-03/trump-says-uk-royals-suffered-with-pressure-over-epstein-scandal/105966134 In short he says Andrew's loss of royal titles is a "terrible thing for the (royal) family" and he feels sorry for them. Notice he doesn't feel sorry for the woman who was forced to have sex with Andrew when she was 17 and he was 40, and has since taken her own life. Probably because he himself has things to fear from the Epstein files. After all, when you're famous like him you can just grab women on the pussy, can't you! So it's a terrible thing when another rich entitled prick actually faces some consequences for his behaviour, even if they are too little and far too late. And this is the man you admire GON? "Trump good"?