Elon Musk

[banned-66611]

Yeah, I know you didn't. Given that 8 jurors agreed on lack of meeting the 5 part standard of defamation in 20 minutes of deliberation, try at least considering that it was the correct legal determination, and not the result of nefarious influence.

"I don’t want to have anything to do with this," said a juror. Great trial there, when the jury doesn't even want to be involved in dispensing justice.

Still, Musk won. As long as he doesn't upset the FCC any more he should be okay. Hopefully he has learnt his lesson on how to use Twitter responsibly.

 

[mongo]

"I don’t want to have anything to do with this," said a juror. Great trial there, when the jury doesn't even want to be involved in dispensing justice.

The jurors did their required civic duty. They have no requirement to want to be a juror, nor do they have any onus to engage with the media regarding the trial. A week long trial can really screw up a person's normal life. Jury pay is only $50 a day. Parents need to arrange child care. Full time workers get behind or work evenings or get underpaid. Does that even cover commuting expense to the courthouse?

All to hear some lawyer go on for hours about his client (they've never heard of) getting insulted on Twitter (which they don't use) by a paper billionaire (which they aren't). What part of that would people want to be involved with? If anything, people who want to be part of this trial should have been eliminated during jury selection due to bias.

Even those happy about being a jury in general (civic pride) I doubt enjoy having their time wasted. The jury does not have the ability to end a trial early. Was the extra day for closing arguments in any way helpful to their decision process?

Still, Musk won. As long as he doesn't upset the FCC any more he should be okay. Hopefully he has learnt his lesson on how to use Twitter responsibly.

It is the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) that tanked TSLA and sued Musk regarding Tesla, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is more the concern of SpaceX.

 

[mongo]

Correction: federal jury pay is $50 a day, but this case was California central which is $15 a day, plus $0.34 a mile transportation. Also, no pay for the first day of service.
One week of jury duty gets you $60 (plus some travel).

 

[scaesare]

In defamation case, Elon Musk will testify that "pedo guy" is a common South African phrase and not an accusation of pedophilia

Apparently Musk will take the stand to argue that "paedo guy" is South African slang and not to be taken literally.

Good luck with that.

That aged well.

 

[TheTalkingMule]

Sundar just got $126M for the next three years and all he has to do for Investors is show up for work. $90M in performance on top.

Elon's comp really that crazy when compared?

 

[FlatSix911]

The Adventures of Starman

 

[banned-66611]

Elon just invented skyscrapers.

Dan Lyons on Twitter

 

[ohmman]

Elon just invented skyscrapers.

Dan Lyons on Twitter

I'm sure you realize it's satire... right?

 

[banned-66611]

I'm sure you realize it's satire... right?

Have you seen the clip? He's being quite serious.

 

[woof]

Ugh. Dan Lyons was funny as Fake Steve Jobs for about a week...then it went downhill.

 

[ohmman]

Have you seen the clip?

What clip? There's no clip in the Dan Lyons tweet you linked. It appears to be something the guy fabricated as a "joke."

 

[mongo]

Have you seen the clip? He's being quite serious.

 

[wdolson]

Elon just invented skyscrapers.

Dan Lyons on Twitter

I haven't seen anything specifically from Elon, but he might be proposing building arcologies
Arcology - Wikipedia

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle wrote a book centered on an arcology:
Oath of Fealty (novel) - Wikipedia

Elon grew up devouring science fiction. I wouldn't be surprised if he read everything Niven had written before Elon went off to college.

 

[Dr. J]

What clip? There's no clip in the Dan Lyons tweet you linked. It appears to be something the guy fabricated as a "joke."

If it's on the internet, it must be true!

 

[malcolm]

After Shanghai, someone should put together a Tesla Easter Egg featuring a little 2D animated Elon that dances along to any music track playing on the car's audio system.

 

[KarenRei]

Can't be that much longer - maybe a couple months. They did a great job keeping this a secret.

 

[diplomat33]

Can't be that much longer. They did a great job keeping this a secret.

Image is broken.

 

[KarenRei]

Trying again:

 

[FlatSix911]

Here is the original tweet ... that was censored with strategically placed braids.
Elon Musk & Grimes' pregnancy “announcement” sparks meme storm | Dexerto.com

American singer/songwriter Grimes announced her apparent pregnancy on January 8 to ample fanfare — but with Tesla CEO and tech billionaire Elon Musk being the father, it seems the internet’s reaction to the news is rife with memes and jokes.

Grimes heralded her condition with a sensitive photo on Instagram, which featured the singer posing naked with an image of a fetus photoshopped onto her stomach. “I thought about censoring them [her cleavage] for a hot minute haha (this may get taken down anyway,) but the photo is much less feral without the nipples,” Grimes captioned the pic. “Plus, being knocked up is a very feral & war-like state of being. Might as well be what it is."

Mod edit to insert spoiler tags; potentially NSFW.

Spoiler

 

[KarenRei]

Musk retweeted. Seems to suggest it's a boy.

Elon Musk on Twitter