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Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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BurningFrog wrote: post #182
selfportrait wrote: post #138

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This is par for the course. Every time there is big news expected, Elon’s antics are elevated and a coordinated distraction by way of a tweet is posted. See the “political attacks on me” tweet as an example, which coincidentally was posted the day prior to his sexual assault allegations. The man has bought Twitter for the purposes of distracting and manipulating the public.

Or were the sexual assault allegations part of the political attacks on him? How would you tell?

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Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by rascul »

almost_usual wrote: post #144
say_it_as_it_is wrote: post #122

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Obviously, people who value their jobs show up earlier to claim a parking space and a desk. Coffee is for closers.

Might as well live at work.

Follow Elon's example. He knows what's best.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-reportedly-sleeping...

Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by jes »

raphaelj wrote: post #150
jes wrote: post #85

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Can you say more? Musk is the world’s wealthiest individual. I’m having trouble seeing see how being bad at making predictions results in that outcome.

Just top of my mind: "Covid will be gone by April 2020": https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240754657263144960 "FSD will be achieved by 2018": https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/686279251293777920 "Neuralink in human brains by 2020": https://news.yahoo.com/everything-know-neuralink-elon-musks-... Being wealthy has also a lot to do with being at the right place, at the right time, inherited wealth, and outsourcing…

Thank you for those examples. I agree that they are examples of predictions made by Musk that did not pan out.

That being said, do you think the majority of the predictions he makes in going about his every day business are wrong?

To get to the point Musk has reached, it seems to me that that would, over a lifetime, require a person making billions (?) of small predictions that no one ever hears about. I think it must be the case that he’s very good at making those kinds of predictions.

I agree with you that being wealthy does confer a great advantage to people. I don’t think it explains everything about Elon Musk and the success he has achieved to date.

To be clear, I don’t believe in free will. It seems like an error to me to look at a successful person and claim that they achieved their success single-handedly.

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Post by jvanderbot »

dubswithus wrote: post #170
selfportrait wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is par for the course. Every time there is big news expected, Elon’s antics are elevated and a coordinated distraction by way of a tweet is posted. See the “political attacks on me” tweet as an example, which coincidentally was posted the day prior to his sexual assault allegations. The man has bought Twitter for the purposes of distracting and manipulating the public.

> which coincidentally was posted the day prior to his sexual assault allegations. Business insider gave him a heads up because they asked him for comment before publishing the story.

the coincidence part was sarcasm, everyone suspected he knew after the article came out

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Post by b112 »

raisedbyninjas wrote: post #167
sillysaurusx wrote: post #46

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Lol. I can confirm that a motivated company can Tetris a lot more desks into a room than you’d expect. My first job… ah, memories.

LAN parties have been fitting a surprising number of people onto 8' folding tables for decades.

An even duct tape them to places.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/kvgtok/lan_party_ga...

Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by papito »

rinze wrote: post #29

So the message here seems to be "if you want your employees to leave, make them return to the office".

There are a lot of people who are good at looking busy in the office and doing very little.

I can come in at 7AM, crush it, and leave at 2PM. Here is the thing, however - the guy who came in at 10:30AM and is sitting at his computer for some reason at 7PM is going to be viewed as the "hard worker". It's all bullshit.

If this is what Musk is doing, he is going to shed some of his most productive workers and leave those in place who are just good at fronting.

Re: Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs

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Post by gotstad »

photochemsyn wrote: post #157
ericbarrett wrote: post #16

A couple of days ago somebody posted this Reddit thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/v2lpdw/e... "Tesla expanded massively during Covid, as of now half of the dev team(including me) don’t have parking space or desk. It’s physically impossible for everyone to return to office. "Should I ignore the email, or should I drive to the office and sit under the stairs?" Commenters' general feeling was…

Parking space? Ride your bike or take public transport, individual cars are not the best option. Electric buses and trains and bikes (for moving people) and electric trucks (for moving goods) are really where the future is going to be.

Yes, that would be a nice future. But how do I get to the office, now?

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Post by bnt »

photochemsyn wrote: post #199
tnel77 wrote: post #181

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That’s neat, but the USA has garbage public transport. Many towns just have none. I think it’s unreasonable to expect people to use a resource that just isn’t there in most cases.

The fact that the USA hasn't invested in the necessary infrastructure doesn't change the conclusion that efficient public transport systems (see Europe, see China) have huge benefits relative to a system that relies almost entirely on individual vehicles.

Do you have any idea of the SIZE of some States and distances between HOMES, not just towns? Public transport is not feasible in some places, as are not bikes. Am I supposed to bike 30 miles for a gallon of milk? How do I bring it back?
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