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Elon Musk's Team Is Talking With Thai Officials for Cave Rescue (bloomberg.com)
Representatives for Elon Musk are in talks with Thai authorities about aiding in the rescue of a boys' soccer team stuck in a cave, said a spokesman for the billionaire. From a report: Musk's companies could help by trying to locate the boys' precise location using Space Exploration Technologies or Boring Co. technology, pumping water or providing heavy-duty battery packs known as Tesla Powerwalls, the spokesman said. It's unclear whether Thai officials will accept the offer. Twelve boys and their coach, who had been missing since last month, were found by a pair of British cave divers late Monday. Efforts to rescue them are hampered by narrow passageways and rising waters in the cave system. Most of the boys cannot swim.
This kinds of crap is why Slashdot is seen as a cesspool these days. Resentful rage-nerds are no substitute for the intelligent people who once populated this site.
Or maybe he really thinks he can help?
The problem here is that Thailand does not necessarily have the world's best cave rescue team, and has to accept charitable help. So, what can Elon Musk provide? 1) Lots and lots of money. Need equipment, it's going to be there. Need to fly a team from the US there, keep them housed and fed, and pay them? Done. 2) Influence. If there's only one expert or piece of equipment in the whole world, and you need it, Musk is a good person to make the connection and sign financial guarantees. 3) Expertise. They really have been drilling a tunnel through LA, and probably do have some equipment for precise location. Whether this works in a wet, natural cave is unknown.
Bruce Perens.
Paid resentful rage actors. Their job is to manipulate social networks for the interest of whoever pays them, whether that is short-sellers, Russia, oil companies, gasoline car manufacturers, the list goes on. For decades there have been PR companies that do not only positive but negative publicity, with the advent of the Internet this just expanded to include paid trolls.
Bruce Perens.
My "beef with Elon" is that he lies a lot to pump his stock and that an awful lot of tax dollars are spent inflating his ego.
I thought that. Then I realized I've been in a cave precisely twice, neither of them underwater, and decided to shut the fuck up.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Rather than get on your high horse mister AC, try this on for size: If any product that Musk's companies have made can help to either save those children's lives, or get them out quicker and more safely then he should get them sent over. Playing your favourite game of Musk Hating (tm) is not for this situation. They're children. Their lives are in urgent danger. Take yourself outside and have a stern word with yourself
P.S. Am I the only one wondering where they're shitting?
In a cave.