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Also this.

Beany wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:13 am https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64871183

He went on to further criticise Mr Thorleifsson saying: "The reality is that this guy (who is independently wealthy) did no actual work, claimed as his excuse that he had a disability that prevented him from typing, yet was simultaneously tweeting up a storm.

"Can't say I have a lot of respect for that."

Did Business Genius Elon Musk pull something from the guys HR file and use it to mock him on Twitter? I think that's what might be a potential 'whoopsy', in legalese.

From Miks thread:



He certainly seems to think so...

Also, this just made me laugh.

Elon will probably get sued and will probably lose. Tesla has been sued many a time by ex-employees to the tune of millions.

It seems like the genius is incapable of creating a positive working environment, or just not treating staff like they're utter shit. And I can believe it, going by the way he's publicly fucked off a disabled employee and accused him of faking it.

Crazy shit.

Yep, it's pretty crazy. I don't wish to criticise him much though in case it's related to his Asperger's which makes him have no filter and not realise when he's crossing the line. All round awkwardness.

Ah yes, the self diagnosed Asperger's

Alex88 wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2023 8:29 pm Ah yes, the self diagnosed Asperger's

The allegedly non existent, allegedly only used to excuse terrible behaviour Asperger's.

Apparently 'based on this comment' and definitely not the lawyers screaming at him over the special employment contract he just publicly tore up, after defaming an employee and citing his disability as a reason for being sacked in front of millions of people.

Also, the fucking irony.

He's so fucking stupid.


Edit:
I think that last line.... Should read "He is considering whether to remove a significant proportion of Twitters revenue for our breach of contract, before possibly engaging in legal action for the CEOs behaviour with respect to my employment status and rights"

Not strictly on-topic but this morning I listened to the Cautionary Tales podcast on the scamming of Physicist Paul Frampton.

The hubris, self justification and seeming disconnect from reality that this, by all objective measures, extremely intelligent and successful individual had really was something to hear.

Seems a strong parallel with Musk's own apparent utter obliviousness (ignorance/stupidity) to the real world.

Which I find personally sad because Space X are doing truly impressive stuff and Neurolink could be world changing.

But as a figurehead for science Elon needs to keep his trap shut for a good long while.

Also posted on Randomness..

The rumour is that his exit package was 8 or 9 figures and that's why Elon is so contrite

"Better to talk to people than communicate by tweet"...

Their new marketing slogan

I've enjoyed following that this morning.

To summarise he's on the pay roll as Twitter bought his tech company for a reportedly $100million and that is how he requested to be paid so he could contribute to the Icelandic Income Tax system. Elon sacking him meant the balance had to be settled in full immediately

I personally enjoyed the bit where he says “We grew fast and made money. I think that's what you are referring to when you say independently wealthy?

That I independently made my money, as opposed to say, inherited an emerald mine”

dinny_g wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:25 am "Better to talk to people than communicate by tweet"...

Their new marketing slogan

duncs500 wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:07 pm

dinny_g wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:25 am "Better to talk to people than communicate by tweet"...

Their new marketing slogan

The marketing dept must've looked like Wall St on Black Monday when he tweeted that

I can see that on T-Shirts by the end of the week

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:06 am

duncs500 wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:07 pm

dinny_g wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:25 am "Better to talk to people than communicate by tweet"...

Their new marketing slogan

The marketing dept must've looked like Wall St on Black Monday when he tweeted that

Like their HR department, I think you need to add 'assuming they still exist' - the PR team absolutely doesn't.

Musk: "I am a Business Genius. I will make people pay for API access. Through the nose. Like, tens of thousands of dollars a month for a smaller amount of data than was previously available free. Those academics, doing research, they can pay between $40k and $200k/month for what they had previously for nowt."

https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-dat ... -everyone/

"Blackburn [assistant professor at Binghamton University in New York and a member of the iDRAMA Lab, which analyzes hate speech on social media—including on Twitter] however, says researchers will continue to find a way to scrutinize what’s happening on Twitter. “We’ve been mostly cut off from Facebook for years and we’ve continued to make progress,” he says. “It’s not like science is going to be held hostage by a guy that played himself into burning $44 billion on a website that makes no money, just so he could force all its users to read his shitposts.”

According to Wired, access to Twitter's API will cost $500,000 per year for access to 0.3% of their Tweets!

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/twitter ... y-everyone