I do believe you are 100 percent correct. From where he was to where he is, I fear the changes in Musk are probably due to drug use. He has said in the past that he "microdoses" ketamine, but has also said he uses more for partying. Some of the abuse indicators fit. His flipflopping from liberal to far right conservative, then getting into a fracas with Orange Daddy and making threats about the Epstein documents, then saying he over-reacted. Damn you need a scorecard to figure out where his mind is on what day.

I don't know how this can be addressed, he's too wealthy for an intervention - he's going to have to fix himself on his own. When the erratic behavior started a few years back, I predicted he was following the path of Howard Hughes. I haven't changed my mind.

What to you think about the fact that it keeps rapidly disassembling? I hear people talk about "Move fast and break things".

Would you buy a car that blows up every time, using the concept of move fast and break things?

Now that sounds kinda of specious at least to me, because liquid fueled Rocketry is over 100 years old. And modern rockets are pretty well based on the concepts of the V2 rocket designed and built in Germany in WW2.

Now if were me in charge of the StarShip program, I'd be placing a hard hold to assess why StarShip is so far - a failure. That thing is nowhere near ready for primetime.

This is not to disparage the Falcon Fleet - really good rockets.

Let's say I was in charge of StarShip. I'd change the "move fast and break things" concept to incremental steps. First thing I would do is wrap a stainless steel reentry vehicle that would simulate a upper stage Starship - but smaller - and it's tiling on a Falcon 9 heavy, launch it to orbit, return it and see what happens.

Assuming that worked okay, the next step would be to static launch an upper stage, and only after all the bugs are worked out, then mate it to the first stage and launch.

What does that have to do with the evil empire of Trumpistan? Apparently the US themed shops, selling outdated American candy and snacks plus overly strong vapes are largely shell companies based in Russia and Hong Kong. Anyhow - love to hear how this is US led organized crime money laundering.

I don't want to sound hyperbolic, but your TDS has left to be replaced by GDS. One does not plaster classified information on the intertoobz. I can find dozens of articles claiming old sleepy Joe was running a depression, and all manner of pro and con Humpty Trumpery purposely manufactured recession, and, and and, not a recession, a depression that Trump purposely created. In your Trump dictated 'Murrica - so evil it is responsible for the UK's Candy stores scandal, you can bet these people would disappear never to be seen again. As dictators do such things to those who inconvenience them. I suggest some Rexulti for ya. smooth off the GDS edges

Facebook is bad enough, but no one beats Google for harvesting and tracking. Install a script blocker, It might be a little distressing though as you plow through the results.

Talking about Orange Jesus is fine. Buy you people are at the point of being unhinged. You apparently believe every article is about The idiot.

I hold both Republicans and Democrats in utter contempt. You are slowly going insane, while he lives rent free in your mind, and if someone takes a shit you'll make it about Cheeto's gold toilet. For you see, there might be a better path. There is no doubt that the Democrats got a curb stomping. Whine or bawl, and make everything in your life about hating him and anyone who voted for him, and without introspection double down. Let us know how that turns out for ya.

Introspection on what created that drubbing might be in order.

America didn't suddenly turn into mid 1930's Germany. We elected a man of African ancestry - twice. Mrs Clinton would have been president after the 2016 election- she got 3 million more votes, but lost due to a quirk. Biden beat Trump fairly handily in 2020.

Even the Dems have come to understand that groups they considered in the bag eroded. Young males, Hispanic men, Men of African ancestry. middle class women. Organized labor. All shifted to the right or better stated shifted against the far left. - Find out why.

And in a bizarre response, the Dems spent 20 million to figure out why they lost the presidency, the Senate, the continued minority status in the house, and the previous loss of the Supreme Court.

How to talk to American men the result! https://www.msn.com/en-us/poli.... And it isn't going all that well https://www.politico.com/news/.... It is pretty simple really. Young men understand quite clearly that the Democrats do not in any way represent them. In an op-ed for The Hill, Anna Greenberg responded that the party was right to focus on women. She wrote, “Carville may not like it, but the Democratic Party is the women’s party. Sixty percent of self-identified Democrats are women.”

So good luck now that the Democrats are a woman's party, and are pretty clear about it. Anyhow, I'm preaching to a person who will never ever change their mindedness, and won't take telling. Good for you! I sure as hell didn't vote for Trump.

Spacex is following in the tradition of companies like:

First stage of the Saturn V: Boeing

Second stage of the Saturn V: North American Aviation (which has since become part of Boeing)

Third stage of the Saturn V: Douglas (also now under Boeing)

Instrument unit for the Saturn V: IBM

Engines for the Saturn V: Rocketdyne (now operating as Aerojet Rocketdyne)

For the Apollo spacecraft:

Command and Service Module (CSM): North American Aviation

Lunar Module (LM): Grumman (now part of Northrop Grumman)

Service Propulsion System (SPS) engine and Reaction Control System (RCS) engines for the Apollo spacecraft: Rocketdyne

Descent engine for the Lunar Module: TRW (currently part of Northrop Grumman)

Ascent engine for the Lunar Module: Bell Aircraft (now Bell Helicopter)

Launch escape system: Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin)

Sauce: https://apollo11space.com/apol...

Seriously, the cult thinking that Spacex is using Elon's personal money and never taking a subsidy are delusional, and the idea that Spacex is somehow special, a first, never before happening thing, a paragon of perfection, and that they should be the sole provider, and NASA eliminated - well that's extra delusional

And let's compare the vaunted Starship to say, the Saturn V. One has never made it to space, and one had no launch failures. Which one was which?

What pure science has Spacex done? I mean to hear the cult talk, Elon Invented the Rocket. Granted, he designed and built the Voyager probes, the Saturn rockets and landed the first people on the moon/ When are people going to realize that we don't need NASA any more, only Spacex /s

Only one thing I know for certain.

Slashdot is now AI articles, and people turning g every discussion to be about Orange Jesus, and how the US won't exist soon because Republicans.

It isn't even clever now - it's how a story about prime day is Trump's fault.

Y'all are forgetting the saturation of "They are cleaning out the fireplugs by flushing water through them, Trump is trying to kill people by making a water shortage.

And making themselves look even worse by some celebrating the dead children in the Texas flash floods. https://yournews.com/2025/07/0....

I mean right? Democrats are the party of love inclusion and compassion, amirite? A Freaking pediatrician posted that Texas got what it deserved. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news... Did you ever wonder if a person who celebrates dead children while being a pediatrician might treat conservative peoples children differently?

And that, my friends is why Amazon Prime sales plummeted. Trump. Can't make this shit up.

Dood! Me old man was yencing your mother at the time! We might be brothers, although she was quite popular.

Geeze, Wheezy, if the US was as bad as you claim, you'd be visited by a militarized drone in 3, 2, 1....

I always wondered what you and the turn every thread into an anti US rant crowd think you are accomplishing. A lot of us laugh, and fun to troll y'all back once in a while.

But my mamma taught me not to pick on retarded people, they can't help that they are dull. But tell Kim you've done your job. You'll get an extra 50 calories at dinner tonight. Just don't get used to it.

The quality of Slashdot trolls has gone way down.

Your post demonstrates how on Slashdot, the truth gets modded down. I've deployed a number of Linux systems, and never used Red Hat once. Nor do I intend to. No matter how mean the "toxic community" is to me.

Oh no, if I use other distros, people will be mean to me? Meh.

After you had Moa once, you want Moa and Moa and Moa.

What I expect is having some concept of how to act at work. And you are correct about actions having consequences. At both ends however.

I do want the GenZ kids to do well. But they have to help in that effort. Much of what is needed is pretty simple. Show up on time for work and meetings, speak intelligently and clearly (I don't know why so many mumble) and dress appropriately. Then understand what is work and what is not work.

But what is concerning is that schools are apparently not teaching that sort of thing. Do they not teach public speaking any more? I took speech classes, and that has multiple trainings, communication, presentation, and confidence building.

As a poor kid from the wrong side of town, I was supposed to fail in life. Screw that! Anything they didn't teach, I looked up.

But even if not, a little curiosity about the business culture of where they end up and adapting is pretty important. I know what I did for myself back in the day was to study successful people and workplace etiquette, communication, and dress mores in workplaces. Then I applied it to myself. That isn't some kind of subjugation. No more than seeing a "No shirt, No Shoes, No service" sign on the door of a store.

And it wasn't always dead simple. I might be doing something messy and dirty in the morning, yet have a presentation in the afternoon. I kept a change of clothing and a suit at work. Used the showers and looked good. Oozed confidence and professionalism. Fortunately, most people do not have to go to that extreme. But the right people noticed.

And the kids are going to need to learn that they are not going to change working culture. Especially true if they keep getting fired.

They aren't stupid, just have some holes in their education that they can take responsibility for, then learn them, and eventually be successful. Step one is coming to grips with the fact that we are not the center of the universe. Step two is to not blame others, and use that as an excuse for not doing well. Step three is taking responsibility and learning and applying what they need to learn. Yes, they probably spent time learning things in school and college that might have turned out to be useless, but there is nothing stopping anyone from learning useful stuff.