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by diydsp 794 days ago
Personally I think it should be, according to traditional (pre-y2k) values.

But in a society of the spectacle, people find their meaning in relation to the larger show. Just listen to the satisfaction in the voice of the video above: He feels good because he was able to rectify the situation. He was also able to relate to a larger audience because of it. The Tesla's failure gave him meaning.

Now other people will want to be like him and buy a cybertruck and find and fix issues and demonstrate them to a global audience...

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I dunno. But my impression is that thing is way too expensive to buy as a hacker toy.
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