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I really like this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk_ceocto_of_a_rocket_company_ama/cnfprcf https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/co

I really like this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk_ceocto_of_a_rocket_company_ama/cnfprcf https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk... Saying that he has no idea what is going to happen with the launch tomorrow, its a refreshing honesty. I was also wondering on an semi unrelated note if HN had ever had AMA's from interesting people? I am not preposing that they should start happening though.

efuquen 12y ago
Ha, that was one of my favorite answers. When I started reading the question I kept thinking, you know he must of pulled that number out of his a* * (as Musk likes to say). Had a huge smile when I read him admitting it. Edit: If anyone knows how to get a double asterisk in an HN comment would be grateful for the knowledge, was forced to add the unnecessary space. So far tried the HTML number code, which didn't work, and the help has no guidance.
- JacobAldridge 12y ago
  Asterisks * * (in Arc? Or just on HN?) is used to start and end italics, so has a tendency to disappear. I'm surprised to learn you got them with the space - seems to do that when there's nothing to italicise.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  You could try this: test ** test But you'd be stuck with the fixed width font. The formatting page is not much help either: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc Maybe something like \*\* could be done.
smackfu 12y ago
It's cute but I don't really buy it. You think he hasn't asked his engineers what the chance of success is? And that they haven't calculated it using actual numbers based on the previous test landings?
- ddingus 12y ago
  Yes, but as a scientist / engineer, he really doesn't know. He understands the data and the computation results, but those have yet to be correlated to the authority, nature.

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I really like this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk_ceocto_of_a_rocket_company_ama/cnfprcf https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/co

by icpmacdo 12y ago

efuquen 12y ago
Ha, that was one of my favorite answers. When I started reading the question I kept thinking, you know he must of pulled that number out of his a* * (as Musk likes to say). Had a huge smile when I read him admitting it. Edit: If anyone knows how to get a double asterisk in an HN comment would be grateful for the knowledge, was forced to add the unnecessary space. So far tried the HTML number code, which didn't work, and the help has no guidance.
- JacobAldridge 12y ago
  Asterisks * * (in Arc? Or just on HN?) is used to start and end italics, so has a tendency to disappear. I'm surprised to learn you got them with the space - seems to do that when there's nothing to italicise.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  You could try this: test ** test But you'd be stuck with the fixed width font. The formatting page is not much help either: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc Maybe something like \*\* could be done.
smackfu 12y ago
It's cute but I don't really buy it. You think he hasn't asked his engineers what the chance of success is? And that they haven't calculated it using actual numbers based on the previous test landings?
- ddingus 12y ago
  Yes, but as a scientist / engineer, he really doesn't know. He understands the data and the computation results, but those have yet to be correlated to the authority, nature.