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Elon Musk turns Twitter into 'hotel' for staff

6 points by mikece 4y ago

version_five 4y ago
> A Department of Building Inspection official told the BBC's US partner CBS News: 'We need to make sure the building is being used as intended." Whatever one's opinions on Musk and Twitter, petty bureaucrats inserting themselves into the situation like this is pathetic (Not unlike the EU regulator losers. Attacking Musk for his behavior or political or treatment of workers, sure, there are lots of valid criticisms. Attacking him because you think he encroached on your pathetic regulatory fiefdom, you need to get a life)
- jareds 4y ago
  Performing your job of trying to enforce laws about safe residential accommodation and building codes is pathetic?
- deleted 4y ago
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- ggm 4y ago
  Normally I wouldn't do this, but this is so hyperbolic it has to be either sarcasm or troll food surely?
  - version_five 4y ago
    It pisses me off to see petty little people on a power trip this way. It's neither of the things you said, maybe an angry reaction
    - DemocracyFTW2 4y ago
      > petty little people on a power trip Ah yes, I can connect to that, can't bear that Musk guy's antics any more, either
  - spindle 4y ago
    I totally agree with you, but I put part of the blame on the journalists here. They've made it sound as if the problem is merely whether the building is being used as intended, rather than whether the building is being used as agreed - and they've failed to point out that zoning (and, I guess, taxation) would potentially be completely undermined if the regulators allowed companies to break agreements on how buildings are used.
  - tamaharbor 4y ago
    Hyperbolic is the SF crime, homelessness, and drugs. Not a cot in an office for occasional use.
hindsightbias 4y ago
Every Hacker dreams of sleepovers in their jammies. Get off my lawn… actually, get off the raised access floor panels I slept on back in the day. Rite of passage, that was.
jasonhansel 4y ago
> San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection has confirmed it is investigating potential violations following a complaint Elon Musk has finally run afoul of this country's most dangerous, powerful, and unstoppable force: local government bureaucrats.

6 points by mikece 4y ago

> A Department of Building Inspection official told the BBC's US partner CBS News: 'We need to make sure the building is being used as intended." Whatever one's opinions on Musk and Twitter, petty bureaucrats inserting themselves into the situation like this is pathetic (Not unlike the EU regulator losers. Attacking Musk for his behavior or political or treatment of workers, sure, there are lots of valid criticisms. Attacking him because you think he encroached on your pathetic regulatory fiefdom, you need to get a life)

jareds 4y ago
Performing your job of trying to enforce laws about safe residential accommodation and building codes is pathetic?
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ggm 4y ago
Normally I wouldn't do this, but this is so hyperbolic it has to be either sarcasm or troll food surely?
- version_five 4y ago
  It pisses me off to see petty little people on a power trip this way. It's neither of the things you said, maybe an angry reaction
  - DemocracyFTW2 4y ago
    > petty little people on a power trip Ah yes, I can connect to that, can't bear that Musk guy's antics any more, either
- spindle 4y ago
  I totally agree with you, but I put part of the blame on the journalists here. They've made it sound as if the problem is merely whether the building is being used as intended, rather than whether the building is being used as agreed - and they've failed to point out that zoning (and, I guess, taxation) would potentially be completely undermined if the regulators allowed companies to break agreements on how buildings are used.
- tamaharbor 4y ago
  Hyperbolic is the SF crime, homelessness, and drugs. Not a cot in an office for occasional use.

hindsightbias 4y ago

Every Hacker dreams of sleepovers in their jammies. Get off my lawn… actually, get off the raised access floor panels I slept on back in the day. Rite of passage, that was.

jasonhansel 4y ago

> San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection has confirmed it is investigating potential violations following a complaint Elon Musk has finally run afoul of this country's most dangerous, powerful, and unstoppable force: local government bureaucrats.