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BoerumHill
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Aw, that's the part I found confusing - I found your post full of misinformation. Perhaps I misinterpreted the numerous reports which said four British divers (who all received medals from the Queen) were the ones who brought the boys out? You seem to be saying it was a Thai only operation.
Mr. Unsworth's role, after the Thai authorities rebuffed his first attempt to help, was to provide some local expertise becasue of his familiarity with that particular cave. He also recommended 3 of the divers who did the actual rescue inside the cave. He received an MBE so apparently the Crown thinks him a hero.
Yeah, the multiple quotes from different sources made for a confusing post
Article:
The matter seemed to have been resolved following the apology - until the Tesla CEO reversed himself and revived the claim in a Twitter tirade last week.
More of the story:
Skips the part where Elon was replying to someone else. If you look up the tweet, he was replying to yoda, who deleted their post.
Article:
Mr Unsworth was hailed as a 'magician' after he, after two other British divers Rick Stanton and John Volanthe, managed to get the boys out of the cave when Thai authorities failed.
More of the story: Implies it was only British divers involved and skips all the Thai support efforts:
It was a Thai diver that died in the rescue. And Thai divers helped bring the kids out.
From:
Tham Luang cave rescue - Wikipedia
For the first part of the extraction, eighteen rescue divers consisting of thirteen international cave divers and five Thai Navy SEALs were sent into the caves to retrieve the boys, with one diver to accompany each boy on the dive out
This thread:
Elon Tweeting about Thailand and Reputation
is probably better for the Thai/ Vern topic versus this general one.
Elon Tweeting about Thailand and Reputation
is probably better for the Thai/ Vern topic versus this general one.
BoerumHill
not great not terrible
Thanks, @mongo, post #3184 is more clear.
It's not like I'm a fan of Unsworth, I just feel like some in this thread were quick to side with Elon whilst ignoring the backstory/facts. He def tweeted away some money needlessly on this one. Which of course he can afford with ease, but it lends credence to the "Musk is his own worst enemy" and gives ammo to shorts who label him unstable. Suffice to say it wasn't his finest hour, hopefully puts this fully behind him with a settlement soon. No reason to ever let this get near a courtroom and keep the story alive.
It's not like I'm a fan of Unsworth, I just feel like some in this thread were quick to side with Elon whilst ignoring the backstory/facts. He def tweeted away some money needlessly on this one. Which of course he can afford with ease, but it lends credence to the "Musk is his own worst enemy" and gives ammo to shorts who label him unstable. Suffice to say it wasn't his finest hour, hopefully puts this fully behind him with a settlement soon. No reason to ever let this get near a courtroom and keep the story alive.
Carl Raymond
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I have said in every post that I am not defending Musk. Musk was way out of line and should not escalated the slanging match. He should have let it go when told to put his sub where the sun doesn’t shine.
Slight correction, the comment about child brides was in an email to Buzzfeed. The "pedo" comment was on Twitter before he deleted it.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-thai-cave-rescuer-accusations-buzzfeed-email
LN1_Casey
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BluestarE3
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This was announced a month ago and maybe it was already mentioned in another thread, but thought it worth posting here: Breaking News! Announcing the Winners of Stephen Hawking Medal « STARMUS Festival
It seems British officials disagree with you on the hero part given Vernon Unsworth received an MBE from Prince William for his role in the rescue.
British diver who helped rescued Thai football team honoured with MBE
His award was second-highest of the three given. The highest awards going to the main divers what did the most daring bits which of course nobody is claiming this old retired guy performed, whom I agree was a caver first. Still he was in the group of second highest awards, that’s something as I’d expect the officials to vet these kinds of things...
Krugerrand
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diplomat33
Average guy who loves autonomous vehicles
A big Tesla investor wants Elon to temper his FSD/robotaxi predictions and targets:
Major Tesla (TSLA) investor urges Elon Musk to temper overly-optimistic targets
Major Tesla (TSLA) investor urges Elon Musk to temper overly-optimistic targets
The guy happened to guess correctly. I’m glad he did...but it still was just a guess by putting his finger on a map. If he had been wrong, he wouldn’t even have received a fridge magnet. However the others who did put their own lives on the line are the true heroes and would have been recognized no matter what the outcome.
FlatSix911
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https://electrek.co/2019/07/18/elon-musk-tesla-vehicles/
The CEO previously said that even he doesn’t get preferential treatment when it comes to buying Tesla vehicles. He often buys some of the very first production units of new models, but he also likes to have the latest highest-performance versions. During an interview on the Joe Rogan experience earlier this year, Musk said that he was driving the Model S P100D, which was Tesla’s highest-performance car at the time.
Now the CEO seems to have upgraded to the new Model S with the Raven motor and suspension upgrade. He added that he also sometimes drives the Model 3 Performance and a Model X. For the Model S, Musk says that it is equipped with a development version of the Full Self-Driving computer that Tesla released earlier this year. Last year, it was revealed that Musk was testing a cutting-edge version of Autopilot in his own Model S and regularly giving feedback to the Autopilot team.
The CEO previously said that even he doesn’t get preferential treatment when it comes to buying Tesla vehicles. He often buys some of the very first production units of new models, but he also likes to have the latest highest-performance versions. During an interview on the Joe Rogan experience earlier this year, Musk said that he was driving the Model S P100D, which was Tesla’s highest-performance car at the time.
Now the CEO seems to have upgraded to the new Model S with the Raven motor and suspension upgrade. He added that he also sometimes drives the Model 3 Performance and a Model X. For the Model S, Musk says that it is equipped with a development version of the Full Self-Driving computer that Tesla released earlier this year. Last year, it was revealed that Musk was testing a cutting-edge version of Autopilot in his own Model S and regularly giving feedback to the Autopilot team.
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
pyromatter
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Part of the money Elon donated to Flint schools is being used to test and filter the water:
https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/08/flint-schools-approve-elon-musk-funded-water-filtration-testing.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/08/flint-schools-approve-elon-musk-funded-water-filtration-testing.html
diplomat33
Average guy who loves autonomous vehicles
More like two people expressing their (mostly) diametrically opposite points of view...
(am reminded of Point Counterpoint from the old SNL days)
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