Mike Brimacombe

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@BCLC @Frances94711881 The email only says the app is changing. It doesn’t say our money would disappear. I don’t know what a wallet is. I don’t know what a play now account is. I log into an app and deposit money. Now it’s gone. I don’t know where it is or how to get it.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@cybrtrkguy 5-10% of all North American miles are in snowy conditions. So even if the cybercab can’t drive in snow “majority” could still work. What makes you think cyber cabs can’t drive in snow though?

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@NaomiAKlein Wait, I thought he was a con man selling nothing but hype. But now his company is so useful the government has to own it?

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

In 2018, the DOJ and SEC investigated him for stating a goal that was so ambitious they considered it lying. This was the claim that they would be making 5,000 model 3s a week by the end of 2018. Tesla missed this goal but the investigations fizzled when by June 2018 Tesla achieved 5,000 model 3s a week.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

If left alone, people will spontaneously form into highly coordinated, innovative and sustainably productive structures. They naturally cooperate to pursue worthwhille goals and persist in the face of adversity, even over long periods of time. They can also pivot if conditions change and the goal is no longer worthwhile. This is the natural state of humanity. Once half the population believes this, we can vote in utopia.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@Martyupnorth Maybe they are planning on nationalizing the CPP

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@theliamnissan The value of SpaceX is its rate of innovation born from its collection of high-agency individuals bonded together by a strong sense of common mission. This is something you cannot physically confiscate. Although many tribes will try to do so anyway.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@RepLiccardo “There should be a price for playing politics with products Americans depend on”

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@grantbelden Tesla's counter launched Oct 21st. It has shown 78k miles/day (2.3M/mth) everyday. The fleet is already 8% larger than Oct 21 so the current run-rate is prob > the counter. IF growth rate continues, it'll be 5M/mth by Jan, 10M by May, 20M by Aug and 50M by Dec. We'll see.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@FrankPallone Starlink has been, and continues to be, an enormous ally to Ukraine. To paint this ally as an outright enemy serves the interest of the actual enemy.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@FaceTheNation Why does Amazon restrict Ukraine from ordering tomahawk missiles? It’s beyond disturbing.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@CapriolaRichard @ShakeyShoks No one else is capable. The Dems will continue to have a "need-hate" relationship with SpaceX.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@DrGeoffGrammer You are making an enemy of an ally.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@davidfrum SpaceX's value is not a pile of equipment. It is a collection of high-agency talent unified by an obsessive shared mission. You can't nationalize that.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@CreekInCAN I don’t know if “sources say” is admissible in court.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@SamCKx 1957. Yes, those were the years.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

@Cliffor18175753 @DamianA166007 No downside? It’s 3x more expensive and less reliable. Also totally unable to all- at-once expand capacity. You can ask for a divorce but you can’t ask your former partner to provide for you for 10 years while you try to find someone else to take care of you.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

Don’t make an enemy of an ally. Germany is not transferring their best cruise missiles and continue to buy gas from Russia. You could use these facts to label them an enemy but that, if done persistently over 4 years, could push them away. Starlink was immediately given to Ukraine and sustained over the last 4 years- including up to today. Attacking starlink pushes them away. If it was completely shut off Ukraine might lose their entire country over the next 6 months. There is no alternative available. Starlink is an ally, but like Germany, support for Ukraine is not total.

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

CTV's "suggests" Tesla is lying. It doesn't prove it. It doesn't even present a case that it is likely. It states there is room in the overall quota but doesn't get into the details of the quota per manufacturer, which is the crux of the matter. Instead, CTV's framing subtly hints that Tesla is trying to push buyers thinking of paying $39,000 for the Premium into buying the $75,000 performance trim. This would be a preposterous strategy on Tesla's part. Especially now that half of its buyers are now signing up for $100/month FSD subscriptions. Why would CTV "suggest" this you think? Why would CTV call this "Fact File"? Maybe they should rename it "Purposefully Vague Suggestion of Wrong-Doing File"?

[Mike Brimacombe @mikebrimacombe]

Roadster isn’t playing in Citroën’s league… but Cybercab is. Most efficient EV per mile ever at 165 Wh/mi. High utilization in a shared fleet makes the economics dramatically more efficient. Extremely useful in the real world: safer, more convenient, more affordable, and lower impact on energy and materials. This should be great news for anyone concerned with products being useful.