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George Hotz is interviewing there tomorrow. https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1593391466981691392 https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/159339146698

by memish 4y ago

George Hotz is interviewing there tomorrow. https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1593391466981691392 https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/159339146698169139... For a certain kind of engineer, this version of Twitter is far more attractive than the previous one.

bla3 4y ago
I don't think this is serious. Hotz's license plate is FUELON, and he runs comma.ai.
- TigeriusKirk 4y ago
  He's definitely serious about it.
  - kibwen 4y ago
    Elon fired his existing employees for daring to criticize him in a private Slack, he's too thin-skinned to hire anybody who has dared to criticize him in public.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
    - memish 4y ago
      George Hotz has criticized Elon, yet Elon wants him on board. There is a difference between critiquing your employer or insulting your employer. Try insulting your employer on Slack or Twitter and see how it goes.
      - kibwen 4y ago
        > There is a difference between critiquing your employer or insulting your employer. From https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/technology/elon-musk-twitter-fired-criticism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/technology/elon-musk-twit... : "Several Twitter employees who shared news of Mr. Frohnhoefer’s firing in internal chats were cut, said six people familiar with events. They were told that they had been terminated for “violating company policy,” according to emails seen by The Times." Is there a difference between "insulting your employer" and "sharing the publicly-verifiable actions of your employer"? Elon's trying to spin this as "insubordination" when in truth he's just trying to quash any and all dissent, like the authoritarian he is.
        racismisbadok 4y ago
        > he's just trying to quash any and all dissent, like the authoritarian he is. Quashing such dissent is good and perfectly in line with his responsibility as CEO. Office gossip and politics doesn't serve a purpose other than distraction and disruption - especially when conducted in private chats.
        memish 4y ago
        They didn't report the full story, they are lying by omission. Share the actual messages posted on Slack. I'll wait.
        int_19h 4y ago
        Ironically, sharing that would actually be a violation of company policy.
- tiagod 4y ago
  He left comma didn't he?
- letmevoteplease 4y ago
  It looks like he's serious about doing it for fun. https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1592977645645402112 https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/159297764564540211...
kcb 4y ago
Why? What complex technical problem is there to solve at twitter at this point?
- mattbrewsbytes 4y ago
  Oddly enough I don’t see this being discussed here. There hasn’t been growth in user counts that might bring large technical problems. Sure there’s going to be work needed, optimizations, new features or whatever. I think twitters problems are how to grow users and grow revenue, neither of which require technical solutions to get traction going.
  - charcircuit 4y ago
    Operating with 80% less humans is a technical challenge.
  - XorNot 4y ago
    Twitter is a service which handles bursty type demand. One of these events is the World Cup, which starts on Sunday. Which Twitter engineering has previously noted is one of their most challenging demand times.
    - avereveard 4y ago
      I think this is super weird. massive events happen every so often. the first one is a challenge, the second one might bring a new set of challenges, but by the third one you haven't a well oiled process, then there's some serious engineering issues that go deeper than the challenge itself. this is something that was talked well before Elon, they have thousands upon thousands engineers, for a plafromt that had a fixed set of features since forever. I don't claim that twitter could be run by the smart cousing from it's basement, but the effort/result numbers seem way off from here. I think everyone is conveniently setting this topic aside in the ferwor to pile up on Elon (whom actions I don't defent in any way, shape or form) but something in that area was in need of a correction for a while, and apparently the whole stack is politicized enough than steering the ship would have been challenging irregardless by whom would have taken such task.
zemvpferreira 4y ago
This is the funnest twist in the story so far, thank you for surfacing it!

by memish 4y ago

bla3 4y ago

I don't think this is serious. Hotz's license plate is FUELON, and he runs comma.ai.

TigeriusKirk 4y ago
He's definitely serious about it.
- kibwen 4y ago
  Elon fired his existing employees for daring to criticize him in a private Slack, he's too thin-skinned to hire anybody who has dared to criticize him in public.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
  - memish 4y ago
    George Hotz has criticized Elon, yet Elon wants him on board. There is a difference between critiquing your employer or insulting your employer. Try insulting your employer on Slack or Twitter and see how it goes.
    - kibwen 4y ago
      > There is a difference between critiquing your employer or insulting your employer. From https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/technology/elon-musk-twitter-fired-criticism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/technology/elon-musk-twit... : "Several Twitter employees who shared news of Mr. Frohnhoefer’s firing in internal chats were cut, said six people familiar with events. They were told that they had been terminated for “violating company policy,” according to emails seen by The Times." Is there a difference between "insulting your employer" and "sharing the publicly-verifiable actions of your employer"? Elon's trying to spin this as "insubordination" when in truth he's just trying to quash any and all dissent, like the authoritarian he is.
      - racismisbadok 4y ago
        > he's just trying to quash any and all dissent, like the authoritarian he is. Quashing such dissent is good and perfectly in line with his responsibility as CEO. Office gossip and politics doesn't serve a purpose other than distraction and disruption - especially when conducted in private chats.
      - memish 4y ago
        They didn't report the full story, they are lying by omission. Share the actual messages posted on Slack. I'll wait.
        int_19h 4y ago
        Ironically, sharing that would actually be a violation of company policy.
tiagod 4y ago
He left comma didn't he?
letmevoteplease 4y ago
It looks like he's serious about doing it for fun. https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1592977645645402112 https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/159297764564540211...

kcb 4y ago

Why? What complex technical problem is there to solve at twitter at this point?

mattbrewsbytes 4y ago
Oddly enough I don’t see this being discussed here. There hasn’t been growth in user counts that might bring large technical problems. Sure there’s going to be work needed, optimizations, new features or whatever. I think twitters problems are how to grow users and grow revenue, neither of which require technical solutions to get traction going.
- charcircuit 4y ago
  Operating with 80% less humans is a technical challenge.
- XorNot 4y ago
  Twitter is a service which handles bursty type demand. One of these events is the World Cup, which starts on Sunday. Which Twitter engineering has previously noted is one of their most challenging demand times.
  - avereveard 4y ago
    I think this is super weird. massive events happen every so often. the first one is a challenge, the second one might bring a new set of challenges, but by the third one you haven't a well oiled process, then there's some serious engineering issues that go deeper than the challenge itself. this is something that was talked well before Elon, they have thousands upon thousands engineers, for a plafromt that had a fixed set of features since forever. I don't claim that twitter could be run by the smart cousing from it's basement, but the effort/result numbers seem way off from here. I think everyone is conveniently setting this topic aside in the ferwor to pile up on Elon (whom actions I don't defent in any way, shape or form) but something in that area was in need of a correction for a while, and apparently the whole stack is politicized enough than steering the ship would have been challenging irregardless by whom would have taken such task.

zemvpferreira 4y ago

This is the funnest twist in the story so far, thank you for surfacing it!