I have to say I'm a little perplexed by HN's perpetual willingness to use grok like it's a normal product made by a normal company.
There's often frustration that every thread related to a Musk company includes a discussion about Musk, but Musk himself caused that by being the only tech founder to actively campaign for Trump. (Zuck, the runner up, didn't do anything even close to this). Every product at every company he owns is hopelessly tethered to his decision to do that, and deserves to be judged on those terms.
Another popular story today is about US rollback of climate regulation [1] under Trump. Some fraction of every cent you spend on Grok goes to support stuff you hate, and yet people get genuinely annoyed when you point it out. Musk and his companies really _are_ special and should be treated as special.
Every thread about a Musk company or product needs a comment like this one. If we had the right values, every comment would look like this one.
I think I already made my point, but I'll make it again.
Nobody both worked and spent their money to get Trump elected like Musk. 300 million to his 2024 campaign [1]. DOGE. On-stage endorsements. Nobody even came close.
No, other big labs are not "innocent little virgins", but they're not even in the same solar system of harm as Musk. To hand-wave at the differences is to permit them.
eleventen · · focus · HN ↗
There's often frustration that every thread related to a Musk company includes a discussion about Musk, but Musk himself caused that by being the only tech founder to actively campaign for Trump. (Zuck, the runner up, didn't do anything even close to this). Every product at every company he owns is hopelessly tethered to his decision to do that, and deserves to be judged on those terms.
Another popular story today is about US rollback of climate regulation [1] under Trump. Some fraction of every cent you spend on Grok goes to support stuff you hate, and yet people get genuinely annoyed when you point it out. Musk and his companies really _are_ special and should be treated as special.
Every thread about a Musk company or product needs a comment like this one. If we had the right values, every comment would look like this one.
[1] <a href="https://text.hrw.org/news/2026/09/17/us-revokes-limits-on-power-plants-climate-pollution" rel="nofollow">https://text.hrw.org/news/2026/09/17/us-revokes-limits-on-po...
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eleventen · · focus · HN ↗
Nobody both worked and spent their money to get Trump elected like Musk. 300 million to his 2024 campaign [1]. DOGE. On-stage endorsements. Nobody even came close.
No, other big labs are not "innocent little virgins", but they're not even in the same solar system of harm as Musk. To hand-wave at the differences is to permit them.
[1] <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/2024-presidential-race/donald-trump/contributors?id=N00023864" rel="nofollow">https://www.opensecrets.org/2024-presidential-race/donald-tr...