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I hate to bring politics into such a momentous occasion, but as a lifelong Democrat, I think Trump might get my vote because of his alliance with Elon. Elon clearly is a once-in-a-century human who has progressed humanity more than anyone else in history. I think we need to let him achieve his goals without being burdened by government bureaucracy. Unfortunately, the Democrats have aligned against Elon. It didn't have to get this way, but it has. A Trump presidency will allow Elon to progress more, bringing humanity with him. I hate Trump and I think he is a narcissistic idiot, but he supports Elon more than Kamala.

The great dichotomy of man. Elon is a hardheaded questionable fellow who stops free speech on his platform if it doesn't suit the agenda and is supporting Trump who literally spurred an insurrection.

But Elon also started one of the greatest revolutions mankind has ever seen, up there with the Apollo project, which one can say is mankind's greatest achievement.

What do you do with that dichotomy is up to you to resolve.

Elon will be able to achieve his goals just fine under the Democrats.

Trump will run so much stuff into the ground nobody will be able to achieve anything.

Edited: Was asking what were all these deleted comments.

Got my answer: it's a theory that SpaceX is a partner for the US DoD and is not just an internet provider.

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> What the f is going on in this

Genuinely curious if you find an answer.

My first thought was nuclear anxiety; it’s nice to feel like we have a secret shield in space. Then I saw Trump talked about it, so my current hypothesis is the partisan parroting that happens on both sides. (Or if someone doesn’t like military spending, maybe it’s an anti-Musk thing?)

That said, the three accounts that have been posting about it seem to really like this topic [1][2][3], so maybe it’s a niche thing. They all seem to really like one Reddit thread.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=forgot-im-old

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=tbone902

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=georgeg23

I recommend emailing hn@ with your questions, even if you don't currently see any obvious reason to.

Guessing the massive flag storm will ruin someone’s Monday.

I’m just talking totally out of my A S S. Wouldn’t it be cool if this starship launch somehow utilized starshield for grabbing starship, like proof of concept to the military of some kind of hyper accurate military grade GPS that can pinpoint a rocket and control it to the accuracy of between two chop sticks?

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