lol 98 million? why not something proportional to the ad revenue that apple made in said years? oh I know why because law exists for billionaires. this is just apple paying some more money so that this scandal goes away as soon as possible which might be even more costly to them on the long run than the 98 mil they are paying.

he is ultra rich, the hateful divide and conquer tactics applied to common people don’t apply to him so he simply does not have any empathy for the matter.

They probably leave very narrow error margins in order to maximise profits by maximising the number of flights they can handle.

2m sounds like pocket change for a company of this size.

this is how you get spartans

managed to get a shotgun before dying

perhaps executives are more replaceable by AI than workers are?

what questions? Nobody had any doubt that this was going to happen.

Achieving a velocity of 0.5 times the speed of light (ccc) for space travel involves solving advanced challenges in physics and engineering. The Python script below creates a simplified optimization framework to analyze the propulsion needed. It uses physics principles like relativistic mass-energy equivalence and propulsion mechanisms such as fusion or antimatter engines.

This code assumes you have the theoretical fuel and energy to achieve the speed, but it abstracts away complex challenges like time dilation, cosmic radiation, and material limitations.

Python Code

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Constants
c = 3e8  # Speed of light (m/s)
target_speed = 0.5 * c  # Target speed (0.5c)
ship_mass = 1e5  # Mass of the spacecraft without fuel (kg)
fuel_efficiency = 1e-3  # Fuel conversion efficiency (e.g., antimatter ~0.1, fusion ~0.001)
exhaust_velocity = 1e7  # Exhaust velocity of the propulsion system (m/s)
specific_impulse = exhaust_velocity / 9.81  # Specific impulse (seconds)

# Functions
def relativistic_mass(speed, rest_mass):
    """Calculate relativistic mass."""
    gamma = 1 / np.sqrt(1 - (speed / c) ** 2)
    return gamma * rest_mass

def fuel_needed(final_speed, ship_mass, exhaust_velocity):
    """Estimate fuel required using the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation."""
    delta_v = final_speed
    mass_ratio = np.exp(delta_v / exhaust_velocity)
    fuel_mass = ship_mass * (mass_ratio - 1)
    return fuel_mass

# Optimization
def optimize_propulsion(target_speed, ship_mass, exhaust_velocity, fuel_efficiency):
    fuel_mass = fuel_needed(target_speed, ship_mass, exhaust_velocity)
    energy_required = fuel_mass * fuel_efficiency * c**2  # Total energy for propulsion
    return fuel_mass, energy_required

# Perform calculations
fuel_mass, energy_required = optimize_propulsion(target_speed, ship_mass, exhaust_velocity, fuel_efficiency)

# Display results
print(f"Target speed: {target_speed / c:.2f}c")
print(f"Required fuel mass: {fuel_mass:.2e} kg")
print(f"Energy required: {energy_required:.2e} joules")

# Visualization
speeds = np.linspace(0, 0.5 * c, 100)
fuel_masses = [fuel_needed(speed, ship_mass, exhaust_velocity) for speed in speeds]

plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))
plt.plot(speeds / c, fuel_masses, label='Fuel Mass Required')
plt.xlabel('Speed as a Fraction of Light Speed (v/c)')
plt.ylabel('Fuel Mass (kg)')
plt.title('Fuel Requirement vs. Speed')
plt.legend()
plt.grid()
plt.show()

How it Works:

Relativistic Mass: Accounts for relativistic effects as the spacecraft approaches significant fractions of the speed of light.
Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation: Estimates fuel requirements based on the propulsion system's exhaust velocity and initial mass.
Energy Requirement: Evaluates energy needs assuming the specified fuel efficiency.

Limitations:

Idealized Assumptions: Assumes perfect efficiency and ignores engineering constraints.
Simplified Physics: Doesn't account for external factors like gravity, drag, or realistic propulsion systems.
Energy Storage: No consideration for how energy would be stored or delivered.

Would you like more refinement or details on specific subsystems?

FIRE ALL THE PHYSICISTS

To make it more believable I think you should in fact not mass produce it but perhaps just have 10 or so of them in 10000 or so soldiers.

The soldiers which carry the diaries can still be brainwashed to an extent such that they are super happy to be the “chosen ones” to carry the diary. It is a much better look on your country if your soldiers look like emotional deep thinkers attached to their country by very strong feelings of love and gratitude rather than brainwashed suicidal cannon fodder.

I do think it is a bit of a stretch but I wouldn’t put it past North Korea. It is the same level of propaganda as publicising a video of millions of North Koreans crying and fainting after Kim Jong II died.

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I wouldn’t be surprised if ready made diaries were added to some of the soldiers’ inventories to use it as an opportunity for propaganda and PR in case they died and someone found and publicized them.

• lower prices until other small businesses close down
• increase the price back
• everyone needs to buy from you because you are the only supplier
• profit

only an anti-semitist would say “don’t kill children”. they should get him fired for this.

you people clearly don’t know what you are talking about. “conflict of interest” only happens if it conflicts the interests of billionaires

flabbergasted I say!

currently that seems like the least of our worries. he is trying to influence world towards extreme right with his toddler’s level of understanding of politics and shitloads of money.

I hope they have nightmares about guillotines

oh wow who would have guessed that business consultancy companies are generally built on bullshitting about things which they dont really have a grasp of

Elon? Misinformation? No waaaaay

That looks like the face Jeff makes when he is farting and thinking “god what a beautiful fart”