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Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

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[–] [email protected] 171 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What a fucking moron. This is the guy whose self-driving car you trust?

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nope. Once upon a time long ago I thought I wanted a Tesla. Now? I'd rather drive a Ford Focus.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd rather drive a Ford pinto.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

For real. I love those ugly things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah man, I love the Ford [Dick in Portuguese]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd rather drive an old lada made out of depleted uranium than a Tesla.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd rather ride a bike

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel personally attacked here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Well, I drive a Kia Soul, so I'm probably not one to be throwing stones.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Luckily, he's not the one making them!

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope, just the CEO of the company that has regularly overridden the decisions of his engineers, driving anyone with any actual experience away.

Autonomous vehicles built by hundreds of first-year software engineering graduates seems like a good idea though.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But but, it makes fart sounds!! /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Teslas have an "Emissions Testing Mode" on the centre console that's just a fart sound generator.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Hs still impacts critical decisions. He needs to be kept very far away from money and business.