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Elon and the 50 super engineers from Tesla are going to sleep at the office until it’s fixed
by mikkergp 4y ago
Elon and the 50 super engineers from Tesla are going to sleep at the office until it’s fixed
- dragontamer 4y agoI've heard rumors that Tesla engineers are Python while Twitter engineers are Scala. Is this true? If so, what could 50 Tesla engineers do?
- mapme 4y agoNothing, because they don’t understand RecSys which is half of ML at social media companies. Probably could help with prediction for ads but the domains are very different.
- shaburn 4y agoAd targeting at Twitter has always been shit. Also effectively deprecated. Best starting from scratch.
- John23832 4y agoIt was a joke bro.
- dragontamer 4y agoBut ~50 Tesla engineers being pilfered using public funds to try and help Twitter is obviously happening right now. I agree this is a joke, but maybe not the kind you were looking for. Is Twitter even paying for this? And if so, who would think that Twitter could possibly benefit from a bunch of programmers who don't even know the codebase?
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago> using public funds Wait, what? How are Tesla engineers being publicly funded?
- dragontamer 4y ago> Wait, what? How are Tesla engineers being publicly funded? Tesla is a public company. Every year, they go back to their shareholders for another secondary offering, asking for more money. In exchange for this money, Tesla (the company) gives these tokens (aka: Stocks) out. These stocks represent the public's interest in TSLA. Every TSLA shareholder is the true and legitimate owner of the company. TSLA shareholders likely shouldn't be happy with Elon Musk using their money to fund his private Twitter shenanigans. Its definitely embezzlement as it is. The question is if TSLA shareholders care enough to sue. They probably don't care. So I don't expect anything to happen. As long as there are stocks out there (IE: As long as there are public stocks in existence), the CEO + Board has a fiduciary duty to do what is best for the company. We're witnessing a clear and evidence destruction of that relationship, as TSLA engineers seemingly work for Twitter. --------- Legally, and more importantly _morally_ speaking, if Elon Musk really wants to do this, he should take TSLA private so that his public shareholders don't get defrauded / embezzled throughout the venture. Not that I think the typical political environment has enough people caring. But if TSLA starts to have money issues, people will ask questions a few months from now (IE: No one cares about embezzlement as long as times are good. People only really care about such theft when the money seemingly disappears. Its just human nature unfortunately)
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoAh, I see. I read that as "public" in the sense of "government".
- Turing_Machine 4y agoHow do you know that the Tesla engineers aren't being billed to Twitter? I'd be very surprised if they weren't, frankly. Contracting your employees out to a different company is not "embezzlement".
- dragontamer 4y agoI do believe my quote is: > Is Twitter even paying for this? And if so, who would think that Twitter could possibly benefit from a bunch of programmers who don't even know the codebase?
- whateveracct 4y agoWouldn't be surprised if a mass rewrite happens just for the control it brings.
- sanderjd 4y agoThat's exactly what I think is going to happen: A giant rewrite with half the staff, overworking to burnout, cratering morale, and a struggle to hire. In short, a disaster. But if that doesn't happen, well, it will be interesting to see how it goes...
- zabzonk 4y agowell, not design a self-driving car, for starters
- renewedrebecca 4y agoharsh, but fair.
- sshine 4y agoHey, trolley problems are open-ended!
- Schweigi 4y agoThey obviously rewrite Twitter back to Python! Afterall, this shouldn’t take them more than a Sunday afternoon - or at least that’s what Elon gave them as the deadline.
- ardfard 4y agoFrom the job posting, it seems Tesla is using some Scala too.
- threeseed 4y agoTwitter definitely uses Scala in many of their core services. https://github.com/twitter https://github.com/twitter Finagle and Scalding are particularly well done libraries.
- opportune 4y agoI’ve heard rumors that Tesla Engineers wear purple shirts and Twitter engineer tuck their green shirts in
- halfmatthalfcat 4y agoParts of Tesla almost exclusively use Scala.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y agoWait a second, everything I see about Elon online says that he alone is the super genius who invented electric cars and space travel. The engineers who work at those companies are just assistants; people to massage his shoulders as he tackles the next impossible technical problem himself.
- mikkergp 4y agoExactly, the 50 super engineers will stand behind Elon as he executes and engineers and allll the e's.