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Sounds overblown to me. Zuck's statement was: “As I’m here in Africa, I’m deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX’s launch failure destroyed our satellite that

Sounds overblown to me. Zuck's statement was: “As I’m here in Africa, I’m deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX’s launch failure destroyed our satellite that would have provided connectivity to so many entrepreneurs and everyone else across the continent.” I don't see anything nasty about that. It was SpaceX's failure.

ggg9990 9y ago
And #deleteFacebook is Facebook’s fault. MZ could have phrased his statement more charitably — if he had, Musk may have responded differently.
3327 9y ago
Basically - Musk Is the MAN!
- berbec 9y ago
  OT: do/did you work at a Domino's in the Hudson Valley?
  - 3327 9y ago
    whats wrong with working at Domino's in the Hudson valley? I don't think you need to work at Domino's to think the man is a man of his word and a bias towards action.
    - ctdonath 9y ago
      He didn't indicate there was. He's just asking. Strikes me that he somehow recognizes you from there. "OT" = Off Topic, so the question wasn't about "the man".
      - berbec 9y ago
        His handle was the store number of the Domino's in Poughkeepsie.
kemiller 9y ago
It's passive-aggressive. A bit like deleting one's facebook profile I guess.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  A bit of a different though. Elon did not intentionally destroy the Falcon 9 in question, and SpaceX worked very hard to determine what caused the issue and rectify it for future flights. Zuckerberg knew for years what was going on with user data, and gave zero f*s until they were caught. Substantially easier to throw shade (passive aggressively even) from the moral high ground.
  - CodeCube 9y ago
    inb4 the conspiracy theories that the rocket blowing up was to set back a competitor to StarLink
    - SmellyGeekBoy 9y ago
      I'm afraid that ship has already sailed...
  - koheripbal 9y ago
    Elon cares tremendously about bad press. He's specifically banned all reporters from filming launch or recovery attempts in case there are failures. You'll notice that there are NO social media posts whenever there's a accident (of which there have been many). Zuck drawing attention to it must have really pissed Elon off.
    - toss1 9y ago
      Um, except when Elon posts video compilations of their failures... (seems to me they're pretty open) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PWKdQzuU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PWKdQzuU8
      - 9y ago
tomc1985 9y ago
> It was SpaceX's failure. In an extremely high-risk endeavor where all parties knew all possible outcomes
unethical_ban 9y ago
The CEO of a huge company throwing public shade at a business partner for a scenario that was known to be a possibility.
- gowld 9y ago
  That statement works equally well for both CEOs.
  - bdcravens 9y ago
    Though Musk knowing how Facebook would treat data seems more of the "I'm a scorpion .... it's what I do" variety
starpilot 9y ago
As if this rocket blowing up was just peachy for Elon Musk? He was probably as disappointed in the launch failure as Zuckerberg was, if not moreso because it's his entire business. The satellite was a side project for Facebook.
- StavrosK 9y ago
  It's not a contest, though. Two people can be disappointed by the same thing.
drewmol 9y ago
Does anyone know if the connectivity was to be "free basics"? (provide internet but only to fb properties and select others, but not Google, or the open internet)

ggg9990 9y ago

And #deleteFacebook is Facebook’s fault. MZ could have phrased his statement more charitably — if he had, Musk may have responded differently.

3327 9y ago

Basically - Musk Is the MAN!

berbec 9y ago
OT: do/did you work at a Domino's in the Hudson Valley?
- 3327 9y ago
  whats wrong with working at Domino's in the Hudson valley? I don't think you need to work at Domino's to think the man is a man of his word and a bias towards action.
  - ctdonath 9y ago
    He didn't indicate there was. He's just asking. Strikes me that he somehow recognizes you from there. "OT" = Off Topic, so the question wasn't about "the man".
    - berbec 9y ago
      His handle was the store number of the Domino's in Poughkeepsie.

kemiller 9y ago

It's passive-aggressive. A bit like deleting one's facebook profile I guess.

toomuchtodo 9y ago
A bit of a different though. Elon did not intentionally destroy the Falcon 9 in question, and SpaceX worked very hard to determine what caused the issue and rectify it for future flights. Zuckerberg knew for years what was going on with user data, and gave zero f*s until they were caught. Substantially easier to throw shade (passive aggressively even) from the moral high ground.
- CodeCube 9y ago
  inb4 the conspiracy theories that the rocket blowing up was to set back a competitor to StarLink
  - SmellyGeekBoy 9y ago
    I'm afraid that ship has already sailed...
- koheripbal 9y ago
  Elon cares tremendously about bad press. He's specifically banned all reporters from filming launch or recovery attempts in case there are failures. You'll notice that there are NO social media posts whenever there's a accident (of which there have been many). Zuck drawing attention to it must have really pissed Elon off.
  - toss1 9y ago
    Um, except when Elon posts video compilations of their failures... (seems to me they're pretty open) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PWKdQzuU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PWKdQzuU8
    - 9y ago

tomc1985 9y ago

> It was SpaceX's failure. In an extremely high-risk endeavor where all parties knew all possible outcomes

unethical_ban 9y ago

The CEO of a huge company throwing public shade at a business partner for a scenario that was known to be a possibility.

gowld 9y ago
That statement works equally well for both CEOs.
- bdcravens 9y ago
  Though Musk knowing how Facebook would treat data seems more of the "I'm a scorpion .... it's what I do" variety

starpilot 9y ago

As if this rocket blowing up was just peachy for Elon Musk? He was probably as disappointed in the launch failure as Zuckerberg was, if not moreso because it's his entire business. The satellite was a side project for Facebook.

StavrosK 9y ago
It's not a contest, though. Two people can be disappointed by the same thing.

drewmol 9y ago

Does anyone know if the connectivity was to be "free basics"? (provide internet but only to fb properties and select others, but not Google, or the open internet)