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Now Musk will take the inevitable next step of destroying Twitter. He just can't help himself. It's going to be a $44 billion bonfire.

awb 4y ago
If his Ukraine peace proposal is any indication, he’s a little over his head when it comes to non-tech problems.
- justapassenger 4y ago
  Same with many tech problems TBH. People are still waiting for their robotaxis.
  - ergocoder 4y ago
    They are also the problems (e.g. robotaxis, ukraine-russia conflict) that nobody on earth can solve.
    - SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
      Most are wise enough to know that.
- iLoveOncall 4y ago
  Have you seen the content of the text messages between him and his brother (and Twitter's CEO) that have surfaced recently? [1] He claimed he had been coding for 20 years but it was painfully obvious he was clueless and was just dropping buzzwords. Ridiculous. He knows nothing about tech. [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/chancery_daily/status/1575586121722974208 https://mobile.twitter.com/chancery_daily/status/15755861217...
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  - memish 4y ago
    He coded and released a game when he was a kid. John Carmack: "Elon is definitely an engineer. He is deeply involved with technical decisions at spacex and Tesla. He doesn’t write code or do CAD today, but he is perfectly capable of doing so."
    - iLoveOncall 4y ago
      Sure, and he probably had a real time database stored all in memory in his game.
      - awb 4y ago
        Based on his texts to Parag, he’s a self declared “heavy duty programmer” that works best with other “hardcore programmers”, so maybe his codebase is all caps, who knows.
papito 4y ago
Musk never expressed any interest in running a social media company. At least he talked about electric cars and space travel since he was a teen. In addition - zero understanding of free speech vs. moderation. Anyone who runs a discussion open to the public knows that moderation is the first thing you do, unless you want to be dealing with racist vile, threats, and a flood of porn.

awb 4y ago

If his Ukraine peace proposal is any indication, he’s a little over his head when it comes to non-tech problems.

justapassenger 4y ago
Same with many tech problems TBH. People are still waiting for their robotaxis.
- ergocoder 4y ago
  They are also the problems (e.g. robotaxis, ukraine-russia conflict) that nobody on earth can solve.
  - SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
    Most are wise enough to know that.
iLoveOncall 4y ago
Have you seen the content of the text messages between him and his brother (and Twitter's CEO) that have surfaced recently? [1] He claimed he had been coding for 20 years but it was painfully obvious he was clueless and was just dropping buzzwords. Ridiculous. He knows nothing about tech. [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/chancery_daily/status/1575586121722974208 https://mobile.twitter.com/chancery_daily/status/15755861217...
- deleted 4y ago
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- memish 4y ago
  He coded and released a game when he was a kid. John Carmack: "Elon is definitely an engineer. He is deeply involved with technical decisions at spacex and Tesla. He doesn’t write code or do CAD today, but he is perfectly capable of doing so."
  - iLoveOncall 4y ago
    Sure, and he probably had a real time database stored all in memory in his game.
    - awb 4y ago
      Based on his texts to Parag, he’s a self declared “heavy duty programmer” that works best with other “hardcore programmers”, so maybe his codebase is all caps, who knows.

papito 4y ago

Musk never expressed any interest in running a social media company. At least he talked about electric cars and space travel since he was a teen. In addition - zero understanding of free speech vs. moderation. Anyone who runs a discussion open to the public knows that moderation is the first thing you do, unless you want to be dealing with racist vile, threats, and a flood of porn.