Farzad: Why Did They Give Me Earplugs + 12 Posts From the Tesla Roadster Event + Elon Says SpaceX and Nvidia Star Mind Computer Reaches Volume Production Next Year + Elon Says Grok Bot Has No Free Tier

Farzad was at Tesla's Roadster event Thursday night and posted 12 times about the Roadster from 8:52 to 10:23pm CT. Earlier Thursday, Elon said the Star Mind computer SpaceX and Nvidia are co-engineering will reach volume production next year, and Elon also posted about Grok Bot growth. Farzad also posted new videos on the Cybercab and robotaxis.

"Why did they give me earplugs lol"

Tesla, Oct 13 evening CT: Roadster event streaming live this Thursday at 7:55pm CST. yunta_tsai quoted it Oct 15 late morning CT: The greatest show on Earth. Farzad liked yunta_tsai's post.

Tesla posted Oct 15 early afternoon CT: Roadster event livestream. Farzad liked and RTd it. The RT went up two hours after Tesla's post.

Farzad liked SawyerMerritt, Oct 15 late afternoon CT: This is going to be a wild night. Farzad also liked BenSchafferUP, Oct 15 early evening CT: On the bus there. LFG!

Farzad, Oct 15 early evening CT: Why did they give me earplugs lol

SawyerMerritt posted Oct 15 early evening CT that y'all are not ready for tonight's Tesla Roadster demonstration, adding: There is a massive ramp. Farzad liked the post and RTd it three minutes after it went up.

linguinelabs, Oct 15 evening CT: $TSLA stock tomorrow. The post quoted a SawyerMerritt post from earlier that evening that said: This is wild. EmmetPeppers, seven minutes later: Here about to see history together. Farzad liked and RTd both posts at 8:47pm CT.

The ramp comes from SawyerMerritt's post before the show.

Check earplugs here. Tesla livestream here. Farzad's RT here. yunta_tsai here. SawyerMerritt wild night here. BenSchafferUP bus here. SawyerMerritt ramp here. Farzad's ramp RT here. linguinelabs here. Farzad's linguinelabs RT here. EmmetPeppers here. Farzad's EmmetPeppers RT here.

12 Roadster posts, 8:52 to 10:23pm CT

Liv_Boeree posted Oct 15 late evening CT that 0 to 60 in 0.81 seconds is over 3.3 Gs, adding: WHAT ON EARTH. Farzad liked it. BenSchafferUP, eight minutes later: Roadster is epic! Farzad liked that too. The 0.81 seconds figure is from Liv_Boeree's post.

Farzad then posted about the Roadster 12 times Oct 15 night CT, starting at 8:52pm and ending at 10:23pm. The titles, in order:

Check Tesla's New Roadster Recharges Its Own Air Tank here. Tesla Roadster Thrusters Just Made It Fly here. Tesla Roadster Fan Suction Hits Over 2g Cornering here. Tesla Roadster Will Crush Every Track Record here. Roadster Thrusters Exit Faster Than Sound here. Tesla Roadster Fun Meter Just Hit 11 Out of 10 here.

Check Tesla Roadster Just Did a Kickflip in Mid-Air here. Tesla Just Called Roadster the World's Quickest Production Car here. Tesla Roadster Aims to Crack Mach 0.5 here. Tesla Says Roadster Production Starts in 2028 here. Tesla Claims Roadster Will Do 0-60 in Under a Second here. Elon Says Tesla's Rocket Roadster Will Be a Car You Can Own here.

Three of the titles credit Tesla with the claims: world's quickest production car, production starting in 2028 and 0-60 in under a second. The last title credits Elon with saying it will be a car you can own. Tesla's specs list the single seat Rocket trim as not approved for public roads. The other figures in the titles, like over 2g cornering and Mach 0.5, are also Tesla and Elon claims from the event, not independent tests.

For more on the Roadster, read the site's Exclusive: Tesla Roadster flies with SpaceX thrusters.

Check Liv_Boeree here. BenSchafferUP epic here.

"Old friends are the best friends"

firesidealpha, Oct 15 morning CT: Jensen Huang says he loves working with Elon Musk, and reveals their engineering teams are designing a new type of server to put data centers in space.

Elon quoted it Oct 15 early afternoon CT: Old friends are the best friends. Jensen rocks. The Star Mind computer being co-engineered by SpaceX and Nvidia is far better than almost anyone expects and will reach volume production next year. Working with the incredibly talented Nvidia engineering team is pure joy!

Farzad liked and RTd Elon's post. The RT went up just under two hours after Elon posted.

"Far better than almost anyone expects" and volume production next year are Elon's claims. The server for data centers in space is firesidealpha's account of what Jensen said. Elon's post doesn't say whether Star Mind is that server.

Check Elon here. Farzad's RT here. firesidealpha here.

"No free tier"

Elon, Oct 15 early evening CT: Never seen anything grow as fast as @Grok @Bot! And there is no free tier, which means people are deriving real value in excess of what they pay. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Farzad liked it.

Elon was quoting spectnfa, Oct 15 late morning CT. The spectnfa post had an all-caps headline saying Jensen Huang says Grok Bot usage is skyrocketing.

The growth claim and the argument about value are Elon's. "Skyrocketing" is spectnfa's wording in the headline.

Check Elon here. spectnfa here.

"Tesla's Robotaxi War Is About To Begin"

Farzad posted a new video Oct 15 late morning CT: Tesla's Robotaxi War Is About To Begin. In a reply that afternoon, Farzad wrote: All I know is it used blender to render it.

JessePeltan, Oct 15 late morning CT: Robotaxi is the only way we can catch up. Elon replied Oct 15 late afternoon CT: Cybercab will be a gamechanger. Farzad liked Elon's reply.

Farzad posted another video Oct 15 early evening CT: Tesla Cybercab Changes Transportation.

The robotaxi war framing is Farzad's. The Cybercab call is Elon's.

Check Robotaxi War here. Blender reply here. JessePeltan here. Elon here. Tesla Cybercab Changes Transportation here.

Video Kickstart Bonus

allegrajacchia, Oct 15 afternoon CT: We're doubling down on video on X. Today, we're piloting Video Kickstart Bonus, an invite-only program that rewards creators for posting their video content here.

According to the post, videos must be vertical, under 3 minutes and content you've created yourself. Videos already shared on other platforms are eligible as long as they don't have watermarks. Creators must post at least 15 videos across 15 different days within the 30-day period of the campaign. Invites are rolling out over the next few days, and enrollment closes October 30.

Farzad liked and RTd the post. The RT went up about 70 minutes after allegrajacchia posted.

Check allegrajacchia here. Farzad's RT here.

New videos

Farzad posted five more videos Oct 15: one in the late afternoon and four in the early evening CT.

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