Rdio winding up, interesting auraltimes ahead for Tesla

[doctorwho]

Now he's in the running for luddite of the year lol...over his robots of the apocalypse comments. Of course the true luddites are the people at the Washington "think tank" who nominated him. His fears are real & well founded regardless of the quality of "AI" that develops & evolves. Weaponisation kills.

Elon Musk nominated for 'luddite' of the year prize over artificial intelligence fears | Technology | The Guardian

When in fact he is a true Luddite, the Luddites weren't anti technology, they were worried about the social implications of the introduction of new technology

 

[WhiteStar]

Thank you doctorwho for setting me straight on the historical reference. It's actually quite interesting when you look at the slang definition in urbandictionary.com - A slang term used by puddites to attack and ostracize those who are not afraid to keep things that still work and do not need to be upgraded.

So off-topic - Spotify any minute now :smile:

 

[paulp]

Given what day it is - not much.

Anyone want to take a wack at the Tesla definition of 'today'?

the official definition of 'today' is;
"on or in the course of this present day"
This means we have uncovered that Elon Musk is in fact superhuman and does not sleep. He's still having tuesday. When spotisfy is rolled out, tuesday will be complete.

 

[thegruf]

Spotify is great (though I am yet to receive the update) but I still vote for TIDAL with the forthcoming MQA technology from Meridian Audio for higher than CD audio at reduced bitrates.
An alternative would be for Roon extension to the car which could in theory provide a route for TIDAL as well.

Perhaps in time we can have options which service to choose, though somehow I suspect exclusivity will be part of a Spotify deal.

 

[Dborn]

Elon Musk is of course South African. I am married to a South African, and they have an expression "just now", eg. "I'll do it just now". We would interpret that as immediately, or at the very worst imminently. To them it literally means "at some point in the future". I think therein lies the clue to your question re "today".

I too am an ex South African. Your definition of just now is correct from my perspective. We also had "next weekend". That one means the weekend AFTER the one coming up! This upcoming weekend would be "this weekend."

 

[raynewman]

I too am an ex South African. Your definition of just now is correct from my perspective. We also had "next weekend". That one means the weekend AFTER the one coming up! This upcoming weekend would be "this weekend."

There is actually a line across Australia above which 'next weekend' means 'this weekend' and below the line, it's as you say.

 

[ZTrekus]

Elon Musk is of course South African. I am married to a South African, and they have an expression "just now", eg. "I'll do it just now". We would interpret that as immediately, or at the very worst imminently. To them it literally means "at some point in the future". I think therein lies the clue to your question re "today".

This of course can lead to a lot of confusion. Imagine an innocent Aussie in South Africa:

Cop: What were you thinking when you shot that guy?
Aussie: I thought that just now he is about to kill me.
Cop: Well son, under our law, that just ain't good enough.
Aussie: So...when do you think I'll be released?
Cop: Up to the judge son... But I'd say... Just now, Today!
Aussie: Ahh good.