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"Shutdown the Sacramento data center and re-provisioned the 5,200 racks and 148,000 servers, which generated more than $100M in annual savings." Yeah, about th

"Shutdown the Sacramento data center and re-provisioned the 5,200 racks and 148,000 servers, which generated more than $100M in annual savings." Yeah, about that.. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/elon-musk-moved-twitter-servers-himself-in-the-night-new-biography-details-his-maniacal-sense-of-urgency.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/elon-musk-moved-twitter-serv... "Musk turned to his security guard and asked to borrow his pocket knife. Using it, he was able to lift one of the air vents in the floor, which allowed him to pry open the floor panels. He then crawled under the server floor himself, used the knife to jimmy open an electrical cabinet, pulled the server plugs, and waited to see what happened. Nothing exploded. The server was ready to be moved."

jprd 3y ago
lol, sure. Dude is so capable, he is the RL MacGyver. Also, people still think he's Iron Man - even though Iron Man was semi-rational.
quantified 3y ago
This remains a fascinating, Howard Roark-like tale. I mean, it worked. I don't use Twixter at all. But it seems like he got rid of most of the engineering org without getting rid of most of the technical aspects of Twitter. It's not super stable, but it's not a smoldering wreck. If he hadn't scared off the advertisers with his personality and social behaviors, it might be financially in a much better place. The human side of content moderation was definitely going to cost more, I am steering away from the content impact on Twixter financials.
- cratermoon 3y ago
  > it worked Yes, and it would probably work much of the time. The times when it doesn't work and you have to write off equipment worth more than the cost of a professional move, which shifts liability as well, is why more risk-averse companies don't do it.
- lebean 3y ago
  Roark dynamited his own creation because he had no other recourse and was prepared to face the consequences. Musk dynamited something he bought out of foolhardiness and is expending his energy avoiding consequences. Similar in some regard, but different.

jprd 3y ago

lol, sure. Dude is so capable, he is the RL MacGyver. Also, people still think he's Iron Man - even though Iron Man was semi-rational.

quantified 3y ago

This remains a fascinating, Howard Roark-like tale. I mean, it worked. I don't use Twixter at all. But it seems like he got rid of most of the engineering org without getting rid of most of the technical aspects of Twitter. It's not super stable, but it's not a smoldering wreck. If he hadn't scared off the advertisers with his personality and social behaviors, it might be financially in a much better place. The human side of content moderation was definitely going to cost more, I am steering away from the content impact on Twixter financials.

cratermoon 3y ago
> it worked Yes, and it would probably work much of the time. The times when it doesn't work and you have to write off equipment worth more than the cost of a professional move, which shifts liability as well, is why more risk-averse companies don't do it.
lebean 3y ago
Roark dynamited his own creation because he had no other recourse and was prepared to face the consequences. Musk dynamited something he bought out of foolhardiness and is expending his energy avoiding consequences. Similar in some regard, but different.