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> He's not a technologist, he's not a programmer, he's not an engineer, he's not a physicist, he's not a rocket scientist, he's just a blowhard with a cult following. These people and quite a few other experts in this field disagree with you. > When I met Elon it was apparent to me that although he had a scientific mind and he understood scientific principles, he did not know anything about rockets. Nothing. That was…

How much did he pay them to get them to say those things? He's clearly overmatched currently.

> How much did he pay them to get them to say those things?

If you have evidence to support your insinuation, I'll be glad to see it.

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post #98

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$3M of that daily loss is just in paying interest on the $13B of debt he loaded up the company with to pay off the old shareholders

Ah, the good (?) old hedge fund "you pay us for buying you" technique (I'm sure there's a fancier name for it, IANAInvestor).

Leveraged buyout

Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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post #98

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$3M of that daily loss is just in paying interest on the $13B of debt he loaded up the company with to pay off the old shareholders

Ah, the good (?) old hedge fund "you pay us for buying you" technique (I'm sure there's a fancier name for it, IANAInvestor).

“Leveraged Buyout”.

Why other investors allow the buyer to assign the debt to the company being bought rather than the buyer alludes me, as I’d assume this weakens the collateral securing the debt.

Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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> He's not a technologist, he's not a programmer, he's not an engineer, he's not a physicist, he's not a rocket scientist, he's just a blowhard with a cult following. These people and quite a few other experts in this field disagree with you. > When I met Elon it was apparent to me that although he had a scientific mind and he understood scientific principles, he did not know anything about rockets. Nothing. That was…

How much did he pay them to get them to say those things? He's clearly overmatched currently.

> How much did he pay them to get them to say those things? He's clearly overmatched currently.

Zubrin? One now very badly decaying hab at MDRS? Oh, and I think he might have chipped in for the observatory via the 'Musk foundation.'

My point of contention is that how can you expect to be taken serious as the 'Chief Engineer' at SpaceX, and be abreast of all of the mintua of Starship/Starlink/Falcon etc... when you're also the CEO of all those other corps and still on Twitter shitposting all day and then getting into countlesss legal battles and that result on buying Twitter and showing up with a sink.

None of this makes any sense in a practical level, and it seems like we're being trolled by the channer who broke the matrix and actually made it big for his own enjoyment; what it has done is allow him to cultivate the very typical Silicon Valley slight of hand of making himself to be able to walk on water and turn everything he touches turn to gold which makes for good marketing. Which is what I think he does well, despite being perhaps the worst public speaker and CEO of so many unicorns.

Which leads me to believe that most of it is an act, and he is perfectly well aware of what and how he is doing: and it's worked thus far, but whether it's pumping and dumping in the crypto markets or buying useless social media companies I think it's clear that most are seeing the writing on the wall about him, these latest escapades with Twitter are just making what was likely kept in secret now public--lets not forget the accusations from the flight masseuse and his distorted perception of reality where he is seemingly trying to re-populate the Earth with as many women as possible just like the most deranged cult leaders.

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But the clear difference is that Musk is very clearly an extremely high IQ guy. Trump and Ye have incredible skills in their domain but Musk has really high general intelligence, but is clearly fucking this up beyond anyone's expectations.

IQ is about processing speed, not processing quality. If you're operating outside of your competence with limited awareness and inaccurate contextual assumptions you can be super-smart and still make incredibly stupid decisions.

IQ is about passing IQ tests.

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They have datacenters around the globe and small teams in other countries, both to hadle the local infraestructure and to have always someone on the clock in case some problem arises. For example, in my country they had 11 employes handling the datacenters (which apparently have been also fired).

For short form messages. How many employees does Fastmail have?

According to LinkedIn they have 330 employees which has been static for the last couple of years. Median tenure 9.6 years!

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Sounds like they want to lay them off with three weeks notice or whatever the law mandates in that area to prevent legal action. Personally I would accept the offer and do the bare minimum while I look for a new job.

I don’t see why anyone would take that deal for a few weeks income, given how much it seems to matter to the company that just laid them off.

> I don’t see why anyone would take that deal for a few weeks income, given how much it seems to matter to the company that just laid them off.

Getting called back immediately after a layoff seems like a pretty strong indication you can get away with a lot. Also, the quality of the organization's work on your layoff should indicate the quality of work the organization should get. Just take it easy and make sure you don't give them any key knowledge they need in a decipherable way.

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Yeah I'm thinking the same. Even without the screwups, it's an unbelievable waste of $44 billion dollars. He could have invested that in a nuclear fusion startup or something else that would advance his dual goals of clean energy and a multi-planet species (and almost certainly make better ROI than Twitter). Instead through a series of bizarre misteps he spends that on a useless vanity project that will distract him…

> his dual goals of clean energy and a multi-planet species People still believe in that ?

Based on his actual track record (and not solely on what he says), yes. Why wouldn't we?

Re: Twitter now asks some fired workers to please come back

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Well, see it this way, the old owners of Twitter now have all that money. Maybe they'll invest in something interesting? The only difference is that it won't be controlled by an unstable Elon Musk. (TBH I'm not even sure who the previous owners were...)

It was publicly traded, with Vanguard, Morgan Stanley and Black Rock owning the largest holdings. Source: https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/28/who-owned-twitter-before-elon...

I'm sure they'll do something valuable with it after they finish buying back their own shares, issuing new subprime debt securities, and propping up the CCP.

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> I just really don’t understand how this whole situation has been this badly mismanaged. You and almost the whole world. There are still some people left believing him to play some kind of genius 4D chess. Same thing happens for Trump and Ye.

But the clear difference is that Musk is very clearly an extremely high IQ guy. Trump and Ye have incredible skills in their domain but Musk has really high general intelligence, but is clearly fucking this up beyond anyone's expectations.

LOL, imagine "Elon Musk is smart" getting downvoted on a site about tech entrepreneurship and company building. This is Exhibit #1 as to why people should not take this website seriously
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