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@sjc6254 @RidleyDM @iRexia_ @romanhelmetguy What is "there way"? Tech evolves and standards of livings improve?

@RidleyDM @iRexia_ @romanhelmetguy Yet. But if the tech bros have their way, lookout. Revolutions tend to be bloody.

Gonna try to explain this to tech CEOs again: Young Americans are pissed. They feel betrayed. Half have embraced the far right & want to cut off your access to cheap foreign labor. The other half have embraced the far left & want to cut off your head. One side will win. Choose.

@mfranz_on @somaco_sf Didn't plants start immediately evolving to look like the crop when this was first tied? Nature goes hard. Models will have to evolve faster than nature.

@somaco_sf Nice story😁 computer vision application are almost infinite. The fire-detection application would be really interesting

The future of agriculture lies in optimization. A system like this costs very little: a drone with a camera and a computer vision system accurate enough to count and identify plants or diseases. It's so easy that anyone can make it at home for their own crops.

@farzyness Ya no kidding Farzad, thats why all of use want a 3 row SUV with FSD. A two seater utility vehicle for ride share is so boring.

There's an UNBELIEVABLE use case for regional trips in the US that will decimate air travel and buses. Fully autonomous Tesla Robovans outfitted as long-haul first-class "buses". These would run routes similar to Amtrak or Greyhounds, but with First-Class-like comfort, amenities, and space. The price per seat of these can be the same as a bus, but FAR more comfortable and FAR more luxurious. Can obviously optimize the interior for the best configuration but MAN. This would absolutely KILL.

@SCadet60 @HighRollaKrush2 @SpaceX @Starlink Their update article on their website said they upgraded to 50 total cameras.

@HighRollaKrush2 @SpaceX @Starlink There are cameras all over Starship. Many we never see images from.

Onboard views from Starship and Super Heavy V3, which are equipped with upgraded cameras capable of streaming 4K video through every phase of flight via @Starlink

@grok @mcrs987 @grok research flight 12, they lit many outer ring engines for the boost back burn. How?

The outer ring (20 fixed engines) on Super Heavy has always relied on ground support equipment ("Stage Zero"/launch mount) for initial startup. This saves a ton of mass on the vehicle itself—no onboard hardware for their start sequence or relight capability. It's not a Raptor 3-specific change; that's been the design since early Super Heavy planning to optimize weight. Raptor 3 brings a redesigned overall startup method and other simplifications, but the outer ring still uses GSE assist. The color-coded vid highlights how critical the sequencing is across the whole 33-engine cluster.

Color-coding the engine config according to startup/shutdown sequences REALLY shows the impact of that single engine on the entire booster. 3 other engines failed to fully light before the energetic event.

@grok @mcrs987 @grok so they could always be relit in flight? They can be spun up by stage 0 or onboard hardware?

@TurkeyBeaver @xdNiBoR @NASAAdmin @Boca_Bill_R @markjuncosa @BobbyPeden1 @grok can you confirm

@TurkeyBeaver @xdNiBoR @NASAAdmin @Boca_Bill_R @markjuncosa @BobbyPeden1 Is that Walter Isaacson with still hanging with Elon? That would be awesome to get a second bio.

Elon with @NASAAdmin, @Boca_Bill_R and @markjuncosa looking at the data (Photos from Walter's IG)

@grok @sintropia_acc @grok why does it roll off the pad?

**It's a controlled roll during hot staging.** When Starship lights its Raptors while still attached to the booster, the plume push isn't perfectly symmetric and can impart a small torque/roll rate around the long axis. The vehicle's RCS thrusters (and possibly engine gimballing) then quickly counter it, spinning the ship a bit before stopping it right back at the original roll attitude. This keeps the separation clean and stable without letting any unwanted rotation build up. Classic rocket dynamics in action!

This is probably an extremely stupid question, but why does the rocket spin on its own axis, only to return to the same position during hot staging?

Hey Yun, In rural areas on gravel roads it would be great if the car was smart enough to see dust and turn on bio defense mode. When it's dry I turn it on every day for the first and last mile of my drive. I think there is meta data too that knows gravel roads. Would be an awesome feature to enable bio defence on gravel (or when dust is detected. Thanks for all you do!

@thejefflutz Car knows. 🙂 I trained it.

Tesla FSD 14.3.3 now knows when I’m about to enter a car wash and prompts the main screen with a one-touch button to enter ‘car wash mode’… interested to understand the detection scheme … have a few obvious guesses

@fin_ewt @Orbital_Perigee agreed, he was just trying to manage expectations, you can tell his own as well as the audience.

@Orbital_Perigee I was watching Tim's stream, all he said was along the lines of I know it would be disappointing for everyone watching online and in person but it wouldn't mind it scrubbing cause it would mean I could make it to Texas for the Tuesday launch window as I'm in Europe right now"

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Its all about general use/versatility. The main unlock for automation will be general intelligence. That is when you remove the engineer and programmer from the equation. When someone can simply instruct a robot verbally to do a task that will be the turning point. Form factor comes second. Many form factors will have intelligence. Humanoids will be a useful general form with high versatility and affordability, but obviously many other form factors will have use cases as well.

Sinceramente, nunca he entendido la obsesión de crear robots con forma humana, por ejemplo, el que reparte los paquetes en la cinta. Prefiero este que selecciona tomates a 1000km/h:

If you want to get more nerdy... I recommend Marcus House- weekly update videos on YouTube. Good production and summary. More detailed- NASA Spaceflight. Several updates a week and also live 24/7 footage. Tim Dodd Everyday Astronaut is good for learning space concepts/history etc (my personal fav for live launch coverage too) CSI Starbase for deep dives if you want 3 part 6 hour series on building pad 2. The rabbit hole goes deep! 🚀

@ItsCaspius @cnewton_ky @GoBullsDan @elonmusk @SciGuySpace Thanks, don't worry had mainly awesome replies like yours and now I'm way more up to date on it. Some people think because they watch every single detail about something they're interested in (which is obviously great) but it's when they think it means others do/should to!

The stakes for this week's Starship launch are high. The US commercial space industry is depending on lower launch costs and higher capacity. NASA’s lunar ambitions, to a great degree, hinge on its success. And the stakes are highest of all for SpaceX. arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/…

@pipisonx @GoBullsDan @cnewton_ky @elonmusk @SciGuySpace Well, your clearly not part of the fan base that watches daily updates on pad developments 🤓. You're probably more normal than us.

@GoBullsDan @cnewton_ky @elonmusk @SciGuySpace Yeah, and I said I'm not new to space x and/or X.

@bscholl The legal system is not efficient?

I didn’t realize you could go all the way to a multi-week jury trial and then toss the whole case on a legal technicality. Seems super wasteful of resources not to figure this out sooner??

@CSI_Starbase @laminar_carbon *torch

@CSI_Starbase @laminar_carbon Is timing critical? You don't want to blast the raptors with water right? And you want the water there before you touch the pad? That sounds like a tricky timing problem to me. I could seem then trying to get tighter control to time it correctly 🤷.

I think Ive changed my opinion on this partially. It appears they may have actually switched over to simulating the landing sequence over the past few days.

@grok @astronomy1002 @CSI_Starbase @grok that was totally unhelpful. Research the topic, replies, transcripts etc to explain.

It looks like local Starbase drama between content creators. Zack Golden (CSI_Starbase) is throwing shade at Tim Dodd (Everyday Astronaut). He posted a photo of this guy saying Tim "ruined his life," then followed up with a short clip from one of Tim's videos showing Elon talking while the same guy appears gesturing in the background, captioning it "Honestly... F**k Tim Dodd for real though." It's probably an in-community joke or specific grudge (likely over access, coverage style, or an incident at Starbase) that's not fully spelled out publicly. Typical YouTuber/Starbase watcher beef.

Honestly... F**k Tim Dodd for real though