This would just be another stupid but funny Musk anecdote if Tesla hadn't been held up as an innovator for all other car manufacturers to follow, and the vanguard of EVs. JFC.

via @arstechnica

#cars #EVs #Tesla #chicanery #cmonson

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/tesla-exaggerated-ev-range-so-much-that-drivers-thought-cars-were-broken/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Hilarious. I reopened my #linkedin account after being off for several years. I thought it would be a good place to talk about the #business world, both good and bad, comment on #corporate #Chicanery and discuss the #FinancialMarkets. With few exceptions, my only #connection requests were from attractive women with improbable resumes. #microsoft #msft
Microsoft Has the Last Laugh After 'Wasting' $26 Billion on Company It Bought in 2016 - TheStreet https://apple.news/ARIpUSSVzRNOvkZDOrlcxCg

"And those essays are pretty much universally written by tenured professors at elite universities. They rarely grapple with just how tiny their portion of the educational experience actually is." @davekarpf covers a few things here, broadly related to AI foolishness, but this bit is an evergreen reminder to always be aware of the WHO behind the WHAT you're reading. Karpf is both self-aware and someone worth reading.

#AI #ChatGPT #chicanery

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/bullet-points-on-the-social-trajectory

"The best way to reduce potential harms is to stop treating the technology like magic."

@davekarpf is quickly becoming one of my favorite thinkers on technology, and this level-headed take on failure modes wrt to "AI" is extremely insightful.

#AI #techbros #chicanery #LongRead

https://open.substack.com/pub/davekarpf/p/two-failure-modes-of-emerging-technologies?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android

"The best way to reduce potential harms is to stop treating the technology like magic."

@davekarpf is quickly becoming one of my favorite thinkers on technology, and this level-headed take on failure modes wrt to "AI" is extremely insightful.

#AI #techbros #chicanery

https://open.substack.com/pub/davekarpf/p/two-failure-modes-of-emerging-technologies?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android

The more I learn about the reality of EVs, the less I'm convinced they're a viable solution to anything other than ensuring car manufacturers make a profitable transition from combustion engines.

@ampressman's look at the situation in Massachusetts leaves me wondering what impact this will have on electricity prices overall, and if it's really too late for hydrogen?

Also, maybe it's time to officially enlist in the @TheWarOnCars? 🤔

#EVs #BanCars #chicanery

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/26/business/inside-crazy-mixed-up-world-electric-vehicle-charger-pricing/

"It’s such a phenomenally pedestrian crisis compared to the absurd crypto flameouts we’ve gotten accustomed to in the past year. SVB didn’t bet it all on ape JPGs or invent some new derivative scheme that got out of control. It just… borrowed short and lent long." @davekarpf

The finance, tech, and VC worlds are not run by innovative geniuses trying to make the world better, they're mostly just bad poker players gambling with other people's money.

#cmonson #chicanery

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/three-thoughts-on-silicon-valley

"That’s how I expect Twitter will end. The finances are bad, the product is breaking down, the userbase is decaying. That downward slide will continue at a slow, steady pace. But what will finally break it is one of these financial time bombs self-detonating." @davekarpf

A clear-eyed take on the state of the bird, and how Musk's circus might end before the summer does. 💸

#Chicanery #Twitter

https://open.substack.com/pub/davekarpf/p/how-long-does-twitter-have-left?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android

#Corruption #Chicanery #ToryScumOut

Boris Johnson ‘nominates father for a knighthood’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/05/boris-johnson-nominates-father-for-a-knighthood?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"What I like about the study of digital futures’ past is the sense of perspective it provides." @davekarpf via @niemanlab

This is such a good read that reducing it to one quote is a disservice. It's about the current AI hype train, but more importantly, it's about recognizing underlying clues that we've all seen this movie many, many times before.

#LongRead #AI #TechHype #chicanery #cmonson

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/03/those-meddling-kids-the-reverse-scooby-doo-theory-of-tech-innovation-comes-with-the-excuses-baked-in/

"Those meddling kids! The Reverse Scooby-Doo theory of tech innovation comes with the excuses baked in" @davekarpf via @niemanlab

This is such a good read that reducing it to one quote would be a disservice. It's about the current AI hype train, but more importantly, it's about recognizing underlying clues that we've all seen this movie many, many times before.

#LongRead #AI #TechHype #chicanery #cmonson

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/03/those-meddling-kids-the-reverse-scooby-doo-theory-of-tech-innovation-comes-with-the-excuses-baked-in/

"The [NLRB] ruled Tuesday that employers can no longer demand laid-off employees avoid publicly disparaging the company as part of their severance agreements, nor can they stop affected employees from disclosing the terms of their exit packages."

This could have revealed the true depth of F+W's financial problems in 2018 that ended in bankruptcy the following year and warned the staff and many freelancers who eventually got screwed over. 😡

#StillMad #chicanery

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7a7x/companies-cant-ask-you-to-shut-up-to-receive-severance-nlrb-rules

Eat the rich
Erase the chicanery
To the barricades

Stand not alone
Comrades in arms
Erase all fear

#WOTDHaikuPrompt #Chicanery
#575Prompt: @aethelshane alone
#MastoPrompt: #erase

#Haiku #Senyru #FreeHaiku #Poetry #Poem #SmallPoem
@crystalmarini
#Political #Leftist

Sin stands alone
Chicanery made wealth
My lies erase

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Stand at the top
Chicanery made riches
World's most wealthy

#WOTDHaikuPrompt #Chicanery
#575Prompt: @aethelshane alone
#MastoPrompt: #erase

#Haiku #Senyru #FreeHaiku #Poetry #Poem #SmallPoem
@crystalmarini

Chicanery
See how it dances
Tongues delight

@crystalmarini
#WOTDHaikuPrompt #Chicanery
#Haiku #Senyru #FreeHaiku #Poetry #Poem #SmallPoem

@crystalmarini

Chicanery
How I love that word!
Haiku abound

#WOTDHaikuPrompt #Chicanery
#Haiku #Senyru #FreeHaiku #Poetry #Poem #SmallPoem