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And yet the IPO of SpaceX was justified with the presumed future success of its space-based data center program.
Wait is that really a thing
Yes. He unironically promised to build data centers in space. So basically, his company's stock went up, because he falsely advertised something that is practically impossible to achieve at this time.
Hasn't he said full whee drive automatically driving your car would be availbe a decade ago and it's still not here
There are entire websites dedicated to tracking his "promises" and lies.
Basically, if you believe a word that guy says at this point, you deserve to lose all your money.
Yes. That's not even the most flagrant one
The one I heard was a fleet of Tesla self-driving taxis across the US by 2025.
Instead we have news reports of Teslas on autopilot killing people while the driver is distracted.