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> Musk and crew are like the absolute worst garbage programmer that ten minutes into looking at a codebase tell you that it's terrible code and needs to be thro

> Musk and crew are like the absolute worst garbage programmer that ten minutes into looking at a codebase tell you that it's terrible code and needs to be thrown away, but don't worry they're going to build something super way better. Their own incompetence and lack of understanding is projected out. You know this is silly right? Musk's team just released a very competitive AI product. Telsa has self-driving cars. Starlink is providing internet and cellular service all over the global via a network of satellites. And you think he's not competent enough to audit a payment system? Never mind the fact he used to be one of the owners of PayPal, an actual payment system. I know people don't like Musk, I get it. But these are delusional takes.

llm_nerd 2y ago
>I know people don't like Musk, I get it. But these are delusional takes. I am simply awe-struck at your cultish nonsense. I am a great software developer. I am an expert at complex AI systems. That doesn't make me a truck driver. It doesn't make me a heart surgeon. It doesn't make me a forensic auditor. It doesn't make me an architect or a packaging designer or a dietician or a beautician. I'm not insane or stupid enough to think my narrow expertise means I'm an expert at all things because I am intelligent enough to understand how incredibly stupid that would be. And yes, they have already, time and again, proven how incredibly incompetent they are. Just shocking, outrageous incompetence. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/upshot/doge-contracts-musk-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/upshot/doge-contracts-mus... Ooops! What's a factor of 1000? https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/politics/some-of-the-things-that-i-say-will-be-incorrect-musk-backs-away-from-false-claim-of-usd50-million-for-gaza-condoms/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/politics/some-of-the-things-t... Ooops! Totally wrong part of the globe. But, you know, say something about condom bombs for the clucking masses of imbeciles. These clowns are idiots. They know nothing about forensic auditing (Musk's "gosh a payment description line isn't filled in therefore it's untrackable" is so outlandishly stupid that only absolute imbeciles buy this nonsense), and the fact that Musk was forced on PayPal or that he spends money on rockets or cars to justify his incredible overreach is...shockingly dumb. You had to have posted that in jest. You had to. Forensic auditing takes lots of time and effort and tracking and error checking and assurances. When this idiot rushes in and makes immediate proclamations, instantly he is discounted as a charlatan. Amazing that this actually works on some people.
- linuxftw 2y ago
  Musk seems totally qualified to manage a team of programmers and a team of auditors based on his real-world experience managing companies that work in high tech and financial sectors. He seems infinitely more qualified than whatever political appointees were running federal departments. I don't think we've reached the 'forensic' auditing stage, we're at the 'gathering information' stage. We see the smoke, now we'll need to investigate for fires. Basic payment controls not being present seem like a huge red flag to me. Is Musk lying? Maybe. Are bureaucrats incompetent? Absolutely. Take the example payments to prohibited entities such as terrorists groups being rubber stamped. That's pretty damning if true. Two articles from left-wing Musk-hating media aren't going to be read by me because both of those institutions have a history of propaganda and outright lying.
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- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  Shows even hackers are prone to propaganda. It's a shame such ignorance is flaunted on full display in a forum about encouraging and exploring curiosity.
senordevnyc 2y ago
Do you really imagine Musk hunched over his laptop, pouring through government codebases and data carefully to find issues, stopping every 2 mins to send a tweet? You really think he has anything to do with this "audit"?
ModernMech 2y ago
People who are experts in AI built Grok. People who are experts in automotive engineering built Tesla. People who are experts in rockets built SpaceX. Why aren't people who are experts in audits doing the audits?
johnnyanmac 2y ago
>And you think he's not competent enough to audit a payment system? No, I do not trust even the best engineers to do a government wide audit in the course of weeks. The audit itself would take months alone before making any suggestions on budget. And it's unnecessary because I guess know one knows that GOA exists already for that. > But these are delusional takes. If you're early in your career, I hope you look back 5, 10 years from now and realize how insane everything you said is. You're comparing a private business releasing a product to auditing one of the largest countries in earth worth 10s of trillions.

llm_nerd 2y ago

>I know people don't like Musk, I get it. But these are delusional takes. I am simply awe-struck at your cultish nonsense. I am a great software developer. I am an expert at complex AI systems. That doesn't make me a truck driver. It doesn't make me a heart surgeon. It doesn't make me a forensic auditor. It doesn't make me an architect or a packaging designer or a dietician or a beautician. I'm not insane or stupid enough to think my narrow expertise means I'm an expert at all things because I am intelligent enough to understand how incredibly stupid that would be. And yes, they have already, time and again, proven how incredibly incompetent they are. Just shocking, outrageous incompetence. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/upshot/doge-contracts-musk-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/upshot/doge-contracts-mus... Ooops! What's a factor of 1000? https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/politics/some-of-the-things-that-i-say-will-be-incorrect-musk-backs-away-from-false-claim-of-usd50-million-for-gaza-condoms/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/politics/some-of-the-things-t... Ooops! Totally wrong part of the globe. But, you know, say something about condom bombs for the clucking masses of imbeciles. These clowns are idiots. They know nothing about forensic auditing (Musk's "gosh a payment description line isn't filled in therefore it's untrackable" is so outlandishly stupid that only absolute imbeciles buy this nonsense), and the fact that Musk was forced on PayPal or that he spends money on rockets or cars to justify his incredible overreach is...shockingly dumb. You had to have posted that in jest. You had to. Forensic auditing takes lots of time and effort and tracking and error checking and assurances. When this idiot rushes in and makes immediate proclamations, instantly he is discounted as a charlatan. Amazing that this actually works on some people.

linuxftw 2y ago
Musk seems totally qualified to manage a team of programmers and a team of auditors based on his real-world experience managing companies that work in high tech and financial sectors. He seems infinitely more qualified than whatever political appointees were running federal departments. I don't think we've reached the 'forensic' auditing stage, we're at the 'gathering information' stage. We see the smoke, now we'll need to investigate for fires. Basic payment controls not being present seem like a huge red flag to me. Is Musk lying? Maybe. Are bureaucrats incompetent? Absolutely. Take the example payments to prohibited entities such as terrorists groups being rubber stamped. That's pretty damning if true. Two articles from left-wing Musk-hating media aren't going to be read by me because both of those institutions have a history of propaganda and outright lying.
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johnnyanmac 2y ago
Shows even hackers are prone to propaganda. It's a shame such ignorance is flaunted on full display in a forum about encouraging and exploring curiosity.

senordevnyc 2y ago

Do you really imagine Musk hunched over his laptop, pouring through government codebases and data carefully to find issues, stopping every 2 mins to send a tweet? You really think he has anything to do with this "audit"?

ModernMech 2y ago

People who are experts in AI built Grok. People who are experts in automotive engineering built Tesla. People who are experts in rockets built SpaceX. Why aren't people who are experts in audits doing the audits?

johnnyanmac 2y ago

>And you think he's not competent enough to audit a payment system? No, I do not trust even the best engineers to do a government wide audit in the course of weeks. The audit itself would take months alone before making any suggestions on budget. And it's unnecessary because I guess know one knows that GOA exists already for that. > But these are delusional takes. If you're early in your career, I hope you look back 5, 10 years from now and realize how insane everything you said is. You're comparing a private business releasing a product to auditing one of the largest countries in earth worth 10s of trillions.