When Masayoshi Came Down Mount SinAI
Softbank has shifted to offense mode, and Masayoshi Son has declared himself Priest King of humanity. Riley, Alice, and Hussein browse through our old friend's new outlook, and learn about Masayoshi Son's 24 hour ChatGPT invention habit.
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I look forward to our butlerian jihad.
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If Bezos is the Buddha then Musk and Zuckerberg are Fafner and Wotan from the point and click adventure game retelling of Wagner's Ring Cycle
Cool fact: one of my relatives moved to Australia from the UK back in the 19th century because he was whipped in the face by a wealthy person on horseback, he was operating a gate and the rich guy didn’t think the gate was opened fast enough. I’ve always thought one reason the UK sucks so much today is that everyone who wanted a better life went to USA/Canada/Australia/New Zealand/South Africa (with mixed results obviously)
Mount Son-ai
"Guy who sits by the phone and tries to invent a billionaire's insane flights of fantasy" is a character from Glass Onion
Reminded of the scene from the Tudors when Henry is holed up with his fool and he creates Nonesuch Castle
Impressive recall. I remember The Tudors being good, but this far out there's only two things I really remember from the show...
"Quantum energy converter? How does that work?" "It works very well, thank you for asking."
Milliniers make hats. I would get out more but the door to my basement is blocked by unsold hats.
Jeffy want to say blood money but someone told him that was a bad idea
damn this podcast beats the shit out of other podcasts, the bezos riffs alone, chef kiss, my god
Shoes that generate electricity are already a thing for decades now. Those shoes that blink while walking use no batteries and generate electricity like those torchlights you have to shake for 10 minutes to make them light up for one minute.
"Piezoelectric shoes to charge personal devices" is actually a concept that was first patented almost 20 years ago. The problem with it is less the batteries and more that there isn't that much kinetic energy to be captured
also any kinetic energy being converted into power has to come from somewhere and it turns out humans are pretty energy-efficient at walking so the only way this could work is by making walking more difficult
Alice I’m not saying the idea isn’t still underdeveloped by the AI but there are literally 3D food printer prototypes
Peak Bezos was him buying a bunch of random CDs at a truck stop because he thought listening to music would lighten the mood while driving across the country with a bunch of Amazon employees immediately after 9-11. Riding in the back of a Chevy Malibu next to Jeff Bezos listening to Jock Jams 9 while I contemplate man's inhumanity to man.
Deranged as this tale is, one does have to admit Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll, Part 2" would be the perfect soundtrack for such musings.
Hussein went to Japan? Congrats on achieving your weeb dream!
It must be a hard sleeping arrangement they have with their partner, what with all the body pillows they brought back
TF please come on tour to japan I will ensure at least 3 people attend your show. PLEASE. I know where Riley can get tofu skins stuffed with raclette cheese. You will see so many power lines. There will be a million onsen experiences.
seconded
Re: travel show idea for Riley at the top, the Japanese National broadcaster NHK produced a mini series of an a young English couple traveling around in a renovated van visiting natural hot springs in Europe https://www.nhk-ondemand.jp/program/P202100264600000/index.html?capid=TV60
Great, we have a Varick from LoK but worse.
Much as I'd wish Mr. Harry Mountbatten-Windsor would leave the Golden State, there is one job he would be perfect for: host of The Price is Right. He knows how to speak with the elderly, he knows how to speak with young people who have nothing going on, and he certainly knows how to speak with his blokes in the armed forces.
I wouldn't be made about it.
why are they pronouncing Balaji like bellagio?
Nominative determinism
I think Softbank would do well to merge with well known totally real spaceflight company Yutani in order to better shape this future they speak of
I want a podcast where Harry and the Softbank dog rate dicks whilst in an onsen
I would have listened to "price Harry checks in on notable chaps"
It's "arm", not "a.r.m.". Like the golden arm.
Masayoshi san is doing Adam Susan from V from vendetta where he just wants to fuck the computer
what a good episode. minor chaos mode. this would shape up to be an all timer if Milo was there to do voices