FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
Incorrect... Musk was responding to the recently published NYT article on his upbringing in South Africa
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Elon & Twitter
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How does it not align with what I said? People's minds get lit up when outrage and nonsense are fed to them. That's precisely the point.
I'm 100% sure that no one here talking about 4chan has ever been to 4chan.
Daniel in SD
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Went to 4chan for the first time. Clicked on sports (I like the NBA). This is exactly what is displayed and it doesn't get better when I scroll down the page. Not worth $44 billion. This is actually far worse than I imagined. /sp/ - Sports - 4chan
bkp_duke
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Well, first off Elon has said he won't allow anonymous posting on Twitter. That's one of the major clean-ups he's planned (validated accounts, no bots).
So everything you just posted from 4chan pretty much doesn't apply.
So everything you just posted from 4chan pretty much doesn't apply.
Your misplaced confidence is noted.
Knightshade
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I have. Years ago. I also used to frequent rec.autos newsgroups on Usenet back in the 1980s. Your point?
JRP3
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Dude, how do you get that so completely wrong? You even thumbed up my post quoting Elon about being anonymous
Elon & Twitter
I understand that - what you're talking about is being part of a community and wanting to discuss more things inside of that community than the original purpose. And I think that's absolutely normal. I also tend to have broad interests, and in fact, the majority of my passionate interests are...
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mspohr
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Opinion: The breathtaking cluelessness of Elon Musk | CNN
Elon Musk's statements and actions about Twitter, free speech and former President Donald Trump speak to an axiom that Trump himself exemplified: In today's America, one person with no conscience and access to the right pressure points can do almost anything they want, writes Holly Thomas.
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Same cluelessness that made him try making reusable rockets or starting an electric car company. Imo what made Tesla and the rest of his companies succeed is that rather than knowing how things work they run small experiments, iterate fast, are not afraid to break things and design an organization for quick iterations. And Musk’s stubbornness to not accept “because that’s the way it has to be done” for an answer at technical meetings.
Mainstream media and politicians are terrified of being wrong. They will make vague statements that cannot be falsifiable, they will never admit that they were wrong even when they do 180 turns on their policies and anyone who says different must be an extremists or some other bad word. It’s all about projecting a confident image, not about being less wrong over time.
Mainstream media and politicians are terrified of being wrong. They will make vague statements that cannot be falsifiable, they will never admit that they were wrong even when they do 180 turns on their policies and anyone who says different must be an extremists or some other bad word. It’s all about projecting a confident image, not about being less wrong over time.
The reason is at least partially that biological human incentives favor the former and not the latter. Admitting your faults, explaining nuance in decision making, etc. don't play well to large groups of people. Embracing nuance pays off in the long run and is a better strategy for "being less wrong over time," but immediate confidence is more appealing to most people in the moment. It's cognitively less taxing to be told the absolute answer rather than the probabilistic reasoning behind why one choice is statistically better than the other.
Daniel in SD
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Would he have been successful if he had bought Lockheed Martin?
jabloomf1230
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This tweet seems particularly relevant to the discussion above, and IMO also is the primary issue with platforms such as Twitter where the vast majority of tweets are sound-bites (including Elon's) that fall into the bottom two categories:
Continuing on this since IMO this comment falls in the middle of the spectrum above, I'm not sure how one can state this with a straight face, unless you are getting your news from a biased source. All the drama that I can see is being caused by other politicians, in particular the ones on the right, not Biden. He has been relatively boring and not done anything significantly controversial.
Continuing on this since IMO this comment falls in the middle of the spectrum above, I'm not sure how one can state this with a straight face, unless you are getting your news from a biased source. All the drama that I can see is being caused by other politicians, in particular the ones on the right, not Biden. He has been relatively boring and not done anything significantly controversial.
This Twitter deal... I don't even know quite how to express this... Is the only time I've been bewildered by Elon's moves. First time frustrated over not being smart enough to make sense of his tactics.
Is he posturing for a better deal? Did he come to an agreement with Parag and now he's walking away with confidence the changes he wants will be made? Did he just change his mind? I can't even come up with a fun conspiracy theory to make my favorite.
Is he posturing for a better deal? Did he come to an agreement with Parag and now he's walking away with confidence the changes he wants will be made? Did he just change his mind? I can't even come up with a fun conspiracy theory to make my favorite.
JRP3
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Maybe he's realizing it's not a good deal after all.
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Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal on hold over fake account data
Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc was "temporarily on hold" while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts. Twitter shares initially fell more than 20% in premarket trading, but after Musk, the chief...
Maybe he's realizing it's not a good deal after all.
Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal on hold over fake account data
Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc was "temporarily on hold" while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts. Twitter shares initially fell more than 20% in premarket trading, but after Musk, the chief...
I couldn't help but note what happened to Reuters' article text in his link.
The actual article says "Twitter Inc(TWTR.N)estimated ..." and they removed the ticker.
Maybe he's realizing it's not a good deal after all.
Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal on hold over fake account data
Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc was "temporarily on hold" while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts. Twitter shares initially fell more than 20% in premarket trading, but after Musk, the chief...
It’s not.
Twitter has not been profitable, it wont be and then there's the fallout for Tesla.
Huge, huge cost with really no pluses.
But…. The fanboys will insist “He’s playing thee dimensional chess!” And come up with some wild theory to explain how this is all rational, and, actually, genius.
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