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Funny, that incident was what turned me tooI've despised Musk ever since he called that diver a pedo. Knew the vibes were off. Although yeah he was a darling of tech bros.
Funny, that incident was what turned me tooI've despised Musk ever since he called that diver a pedo. Knew the vibes were off. Although yeah he was a darling of tech bros.
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How is it similar, besides them both not being trained in the business they manage, and being (now that Musk just bought Twitter) in the software business?No the point in my post was that it was related to hate/dislike which is the same here in alot of cases.
Many people dislike Musk and discredit even his success prior to taking over Twitter.
max deboostedhe just posted, and immediately deleted, saying "freedom of speech not freedom of reach", and said all "negative tweets" will be "max deeboosted."
the (undeleted) tweet below that is that 2 anti-trans accounts (JP, babylon bee) are back, but trump isn't. would much prefer trump's posting to those two humourless morons.
why on earth did he say that?Funny, that incident was what turned me too
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This was during that Thailand cave rescue. He sent his Boring Company folks to the site to devise a rescue plan using their 'technology' (mostly for publicity, one would think). Unfortunately for him, the divers completed the rescue using traditional means and that triggered our manchildwhy on earth did he say that?
Indeed. During Gates era, they did well starting from DOS, Windows, Office, and Explorer. Then in Balmer’s era they basically did no innovation at all, and their stock value by the time he left was lower than when he took over. Natela has been a very good CEO (same as Pinchai at Google, and Cook at Apple). Those lost 15 years or so, essentially allowed Apple to return, and Google to become a behemoth. They kinda fecked up the succession of Gates.That's true also. It was the Balmer era where MS rested on their laurels and let start ups like Google dominate a new space.
To be fair, the self driving next year, should not be blamed on Musk cause pretty much all the experts were saying that. There was so much excitement about it on the Computer Vision up to 2-3 years ago, with people being sure that we are very near on cracking it.How is it similar, besides them both not being trained in the business they manage, and being (now that Musk just bought Twitter) in the software business?
Musk has been a car and rockets guy previously, which isn't very similar. Gates didn't go around claiming that ridiculous ideas like air pressure tunnels for trains would work or hyperloops would be efficient. It's been 9 years of "self driving next year".
Musk is more PT Barnum, like a snake oil salesman. I don't get any of that from Gates.
So many missed deadlines and unkept promises about self driving capabilities. C'mon man, you are not really serious are you?To be fair, the self driving next year, should not be blamed on Musk cause pretty much all the experts were saying that. There was so much excitement about it on the Computer Vision up to 2-3 years ago, with people being sure that we are very near on cracking it.
Nowadays it is the other way around, extreme skepticism, that among others, lead one of the leading companies in the field getting dissolved.
I am saying that pretty much every one was wrong. I worked for 2 of the leading companies in the field, and well, everyone was wrong. I attended CVPR conferences where the ‘autonomous driving was almost there’ and now a few years later, people are extremely pessimistic that it will happen in 10 years.So many missed deadlines and unkept promises about self driving capabilities. C'mon man, you are not really serious are you?
That was the first time I'd heard of the twat. Then some fanboy on my QA course got all personally offended when I said he was a prick.Funny, that incident was what turned me too
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I don’t understand how anyone still liked or supported the guy after thatI've despised Musk ever since he called that diver a pedo. Knew the vibes were off. Although yeah he was a darling of tech bros.
And tbf there are a lot of tech bros still left who want to suck him off.
Funny if he gets his platform back and within a week that platform has burned to the ground.Already in the first line of the first tweet after getting unbanned the dickhead shows that he learned nothing from the dead-naming incident. What a surprise...
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I wonder who he will blame for this?Funny if he gets his platform back and within a week that platform has burned to the ground.
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It's literally falling apart before our very eyes and you think it could all work out for musk? He's breaking laws left and right and at risk of 75% of his employees walking away.I still think it’s all fairly deliberate. Not that I think he’s some 4D chess playing genius. He’s just a cnut.
He now owns a truly influential social media platform that can swing elections. He’ll fill job vacancies easily enough. He’ll turn Twitter into Cambridge Analytica by daylight. Parler et al, failed because they couldn’t get big enough, quick enough.
Unless the left truly desert Twitter it’ll be a right wing proving ground with millions of liberal folks complaining about it, while engaging with it.
£000’s of millions could conceivably be paid to amplify right wing shitehawks and marginalise everyone else.
In my head that all seems feasible. Perhaps I’m just too pessimistic.
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He does garner much attention that way. Did it before and got away with it (see the "pedo diver remark"). It's been working in his favor after all for a long time and if he basically bougth a logo, users and infrastructure for 44billions to use it for his political agenda and PR / attention it's not an angle too far fetched I'd say. But it's all speculation right now. I see the positive: if it truly becomes the cesspool I fear it forms into it's also a chance for something better to step up and not only form an alternative but also an improvement upon the Twitter we knew (didn't use it but think it was far from perfect).not buying the deliberate angle
he's been doing moronic shit for ages and is finally getting found out
yeah it’s not deliberate, he’s just an asshole who bought into a dumb right wing persecution complex/Atlas Shrugged fantasy and then found out it doesn’t actually work in practice. Standard Libertarian wonk.not buying the deliberate angle
he's been doing moronic shit for ages and is finally getting found out
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This is Ronaldo's bestie right?deleted
yupThis is Ronaldo's bestie right?
Yeah. I think he’s a det stable cnut but I really can’t get across the idea that it’s ALL unforeseen Fcuk up.It's literally falling apart before our very eyes and you think it could all work out for musk? He's breaking laws left and right and at risk of 75% of his employees walking away.
Fair go. But the only possible outcome from that email about becoming a faithful economy drone, was mass resignations.not buying the deliberate angle
he's been doing moronic shit for ages and is finally getting found out
That was the wtf-moment for me too. Before that I'd kind of bought the idea of him being a genius (not really sure why).I've despised Musk ever since he called that diver a pedo. Knew the vibes were off. Although yeah he was a darling of tech bros.
And tbf there are a lot of tech bros still left who want to suck him off.
What’s your point? He is acting like an idiot or… as a mole. Both cases, he will be in deeeep legal trouble by Christmas.Yeah. I think he’s a det stable cnut but I really can’t get across the idea that it’s ALL unforeseen Fcuk up.
My point? That it feels silly to chalk absolutely everything up to accident.What’s your point? He is acting like an idiot or… as a mole. Both cases, he will be in deeeep legal trouble by Christmas.