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[–] 87 points 1 day ago (20 children)

Musk “it’s a flying car!”

Car just falls slowly and doesn’t fly anywhere

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  • [–] 19 points 1 day ago (18 children)

    Fuck musk and all that, but this was a damn cool stunt and some seriously impressive engineering.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    Why does there have to be a "but" there? He didn't do any of the engineering, so fuck him regardless.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Unfortunately he paid the engineers to make this stunt for the sole purpose of increasing his wealth.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    I don't think it's going to work out for him this time, but I've been wrong before

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  • [–] 28 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    but, like, not really?

    all that tech already existed, and is used elsewhere on actually cool things that do stuff. it just wasn't applied to cars because there's no practical purpose aside from trying to boost public sentiment and stock valuation.

    sure it was sort of neat, but seeing real machines work on those principles is even neater. it just looks less cool because, y'know, safety

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    I would install a roof top parking on my house, transform the driveway into garden.

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