Bruce K Botcher II

Anarchist, Austrian Economics, taxation is theft. software engineer. #bitcoin
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[Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ @gladstein]

Can’t stop the youth from using nostr…

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

When I said this throughout my campaign, CNN people called me cruel and unhinged. Now, after they helped secure the election for the 2 dorks responsible for all these problems, CNN is now echoing my campaign talking points as gospel. Fascinating!

[Sam @DigitalSamIAm]

Can we debunk this nonsense?

Elon Musk was awarded (note: not given) cost-per-result contracts to perform a service for the US government. The total of those for SpaceX specifically is ~$22B, which includes repaid loans, state tax incentives, etc.

The deal was simple: put stuff into LEO at or below a set cost. If SpaceX does it below the set cost, SpaceX keeps the difference. If it doesn’t, the company is responsible for the overrun.

End result? SpaceX & Elon lowered the cost of getting 1 kg into LEO by 95-97% vs what NASA was paying previously.

And for the record, every other company around at the time was offered the same opportunity to bid on the contract - Musk/SpaceX just took it.

The handout narrative implies the taxpayer is the patron and SpaceX the dependent. The cost data shows the opposite: before SpaceX, NASA paid Russia’s Soyuz $80-86M per seat; SpaceX delivered at ~$55 million. SpaceX saved the US taxpayer $300M-$465M each year on that alone (the US sends 12-15 astronauts to space each year)

On the lunar lander, NASA estimated SpaceX’s fixed-price bid saved $20B-$30B vs the Boeing-preferred cost-plus approach.

So: SpaceX saved the US taxpayer more than the total value of contracts it earned on a single project, PLUS provided the US government with the requested services (put stuff in LEO) at the best possible price.

[Bruce K Botcher II @bkb2443]

@ai_ops_lead @80sCEO @PhilippJFR @ashleevance @DanielleFong Pragmatism lands you in an authoritarian system with no way out.

[🇺🇸👊Richard Citizen Journalist🇺🇸👊 @RCJdpoctner]

🚨 BREAKING: The US Senate has just REJECTED the SAVE America Act as part of budget reconciliation, 48-50 — would've required voter ID and proof of citizenship nationwide

REPUBLICAN NAYs: Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins

UNBELIEVABLE!!

[Bruce K Botcher II @bkb2443]

@RoKhanna @joerobertson If the loans are paid back almost a decade early, what is the subsidy exactly?

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Interview with Elon Musk from 2012: " My proceeds from PayPal after tax were about $180M, $100M of that went into SpaceX, $70M into Tesla, and $10M into SolarCity and I literally had to borrow money for rent."

[Dylan Allman @dylanmallman]

Please repost and share the word about this monstrosity.

[Raws @Raws_LFC]

The countries that call it soccer are on top of their group I’m crying 😭😭😭🇺🇸🇦🇺

[Wemby Alien Era @WembyAlienEra]

Victor Wembanyama (in French) is asked what he is looking to improve on over the summer:

🇫🇷: Victor, after these Finals, what do you want to improve the most this summer? On the court or off the court, what area of improvement have you identified for yourself before next season?

👽: I'm going to work even harder, obviously, to be even more durable and, above all, to keep a fresh mind and maintain control of the game at all times. That's what really stands out about Jalen Brunson, for example. There are too many moments—and it doesn't come from bad intentions—but there are too many moments where I'm passive, where I don't have the control over the game that I'd like to have, and it ends up costing us.

#GoSpursGo #PorVida

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

Maybe we don't have a public school funding problem ...

Maybe we have too many administrative staff?

Clearly adding more admin staff hasn't improved the numbers, so maybe go back to the 1960s ratio.

[Bruce K Botcher II @bkb2443]

@Old_Bay_Lover @tristan_sudbury @SEANDURGIN This is basic contract law, one of the most well understood areas of law in the world. I'm sure there are plenty of guardrails. They are relying on you not wanting to take them to small claims court.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

SpaceX raised only $12B of capital before going public. With that $12B, they revolutionized the rocket industry, built a global satellite network, and created arguably the most innovative company of all time.

The federal government spends $12B every 15 hours and still can’t get its shit together. Prior to SpaceX, NASA was sending astronauts into space on Soviet-era Russian Soyuz capsules.

So no, I don’t find Elon’s wealth to be a problem, and I wouldn’t trust Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders to allocate a single dollar of it.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

The El Segundo Times were very eager to dox where my children sleep; they thought that was newsworthy. Have they reported on the arsonists who set fire to my office in the middle of my election?

[Throwback Iran @Tarikh_Eran]

More videos are emerging of Iranians flying Iran’s real flag at the FIFA World Cup

All eyes on June 15th when Iranians will take over sofi stadium with a sea of sun & lion flags

This is for our people inside of Iran 🇮🇷

[John Carter @martianwyrdlord]

Call their bluff.

Close all local UK operations, so that no employees or corporate officers can be arrested.

Refuse to comply, and dare them to geoblock. Without Google and Apple, the UK economy would probably collapse. It isn't so much that those services are crucial (although they are), it's that Britain is already on the fiscal brink and all it would really take is a little push.

I'm sure blocking the Internet would go over really well with the British people, too.

[Bruce K Botcher II @bkb2443]

@Providence93726 @johnennis @Maya_BsAs @SamMSilverman @SophiaCai99 Who said that?

[Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne]

"The reason the disease is so confusing is because it is less a virus than it is engineered spike proteins hitch-hIking a ride...

"...illness is readily resolved with early treatment that inhibits viral replication... Ivermectin... Hydroxychloriquine..."

- DARPA
8/2021

rtw

[Justin Schroeder @jpschroeder]

Fable isn't the first.

In 1999 the department of defense blocked exports of the PowerMac G4 for crossing the 1 gigaflop threshold.

Steve Jobs turned it into an ad.

[Bruce K Botcher II @bkb2443]

@deredleritt3r @kvallier And the government is proving itself a fascist authoritarian endeavor (this is not a commentary on this particular administration)