Elon Musk

Yikes

A former Tesla employee, who worked on their IT infrastructure, is posting in a subforum of a subforum, a little-known place for funy computer forgotten by time. His NDA has expired.

He has such sights to show us. Join me and I will be your silent guide into a world of horror. pic.twitter.com/uFDOj0x5Zy

— ato̧̕m̀͡i̴̷̛c̨͝t͝҉͡h̷҉u̵̶m͜͞b͏͝s̀́ (@atomicthumbs) August 24, 2018

wow

makes me nostalgic for fuckedcompany

lol

For the record, my voice cracked once during the NY Times article. That’s it. There were no tears.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 28, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE65-Z8pOV0

and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.

— wint (@dril) December 29, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffxKSjUwKdU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GwdHe5nQSQ

oh Elonpaws
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/29/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-pedo-claims-against-uk-cave-diver

for a guy who was only recently talking about starting up a site to evaluate the trustworthiness of reporters he really seems to have a v loose grip on how the burden of proof works huh

He’s disrupting the paradigm in factual standards.

Amazing thread

well I guess I know what I’m doing tonight https://t.co/dxBDC0Zt2M

— erinspace (@erinscafe) August 28, 2018

some choice nuggets in there, my favourites being the phrase 'electric skates' and that this pointless vanity project will create precisely zero economic growth

my favorite part was that spacex employees comprised 15% or more of “the public”

incredible

3 people out of 20, by the looks of it

alissa walker @ curbed is great on this (and all other la planning/transit stuff)

https://la.curbed.com/2018/8/16/17704428/elon-musk-dodger-stadium-tunnel-better-ideas

there is a gondala idea that is kind of wacky but approximately 10000x better than this tunnel thing.

i mean it's even worse than the 3 mile, one way, street car loop that will not have priority over road traffic at intersections and will thus go at approximately walking pace that they want to put downtown

the gondala goes from downtown, and there is perhaps a more acute need to improve connections to the stadium from pretty much exactly the locations this tunnel would serve (among others). so a red line connection sounds good to me in principle! and you can argue that there is value in a proof of concept, and i don't think anyone is seriously suggesting the tunnel would ever make money.

but the city does not need to get involved. and it certainly shouldn't be providing financial support.

lmao

@elonmusk should check his mail before tweeting. pic.twitter.com/3c9QWtdp25

— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) August 29, 2018

Did that come addled dipshit just delete all of his tweets going back to the 25th or something

Fyac

No really fuck you, autocorrect

Musk kind of seems to me like someone who rides high on the backs of the truly intellectually gifted minions

so high

"If I have seen further, it is because I have stood on th backs of giant reefers"

dipped in synthetic novelty psychoactives

also please delete my last 150 tweets thanks

elon not doing great these days

there is a gondala idea that is kind of wacky but approximately 10000x better than this tunnel thing.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, August 29, 2018 2:00 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ever take the roosevelt island gondola, p cool

i support both the los angeles dodgers gondola and the Bosch season about the los angeles dodgers gondola murders

Exclusive: Tesla violated U.S. labor laws when Elon Musk tweeted about employees losing their stock options if they unionized, the NLRB alleges in new complaint. https://t.co/tRqGkmhZ73

— Ryan Felton (@ryanfelton) August 29, 2018

the NLRB alleges

alleges? uh, that is straight up intimidation and coercion. how can it not be a violation of labor laws?

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2018/08/teslas-affordable-model-3-costs-a-bundle-to-insure-study-claims/

Last year, AAA said premiums on Tesla vehicles would likely go up 30 percent after reviewing data from the Highway Loss Data Institute. At the time, Tesla said the analysis was “severely flawed and is not reflective of reality.” But the auto club stated the HLDI’s findings matched its own research, as well as numerous other sources.

“Looking at a much broader set of countrywide data, we saw the same patterns observed in our own data, and that gave us the confidence to change rates,” said Anthony Ptasznik, chief actuary of AAA.

The contributing factors to the brand’s above-average insurance rate are twofold. For whatever reason, Tesla models are subject to an abnormally high number of incidents that result in insurance claims, but they’re also more expensive to fix. “Teslas get into a lot of crashes and are costly to repair afterward,” explained Russ Rader, spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which operates as the HLDI’s parent organization. “Consumers will pay for that when they go to insure one.”

For the Model 3, the result is tragically high premiums. A recent study conducted by Gabi Personal Insurance Agency Inc. and posted by Automotive News shows the EV’s average insurance cost across 150 ZIP codes is $2,814 per year. That’s $35 less than the cost of insuring a Porsche 911, using the same metrics.

“In the last month we had more and more people coming in with Model 3, and they were all complaining about high insurance costs,” said Gabi CEO Hanno Fichtner. “We found cheaper deals for them, but not as cheap as we thought they would be. We even had customers tell us they are returning their Model 3 due to the high running costs.”

More on the Unsworth lawsuit:

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2018/08/elon-musk-just-might-get-his-libel-suit-wish/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/the-british-diver-elon-musk-called-a-pedo-threatened-to-sue

https://urbanize.la/post/elon-musks-solution-dodger-stadium-traffic-full-holes

A friend of mine just picked up his Tesla, which he first ordered in the spring of 2016, this past Saturday. He's so proud.

Tesla only hope of survival is to be bought by General motors

a co worker just got one and sent out a FAQ to the entire department. uguhghghghghh

haaaaaaaa

When are you getting your Tesla?

I am scheduled to pick it up on September 12th, 2 years and 5 months after putting $1,000 and two months after putting $2500 more down.

Are you excited?

Yes, very much so

Can I have ride?

Sure we can work that out.

Can I drive it?

Unlikely.

Am I afraid it is going to catch on fire?

Internal combustion engine cars are filled with flammable liquid, so no I am much less concerned it going to catch on fire then my Impala.

it goes on and on and on

does he mention the insurance payments? (see link above)

one funny thing is teslas are low quality cars

which didnt really matter when it was just a second car for status seeking rich ppl but now

Aspie monty burns will just keep responding to reportage of his latest crime with inane shit like “nope. Try again, gremlin” and all his abject cultists will be like “epic clapback, sir” in their best smithers - this will keep happening and it’s funny but also a nightmare?

I'll take this nightmare over the one in DC, this one's fucking hilarious and there's no nukes (yet)

yeah but if there are nukes then its the greatest story ever told

Holy hell, the lede on this new WSJ story... 🤯 https://t.co/vzsAZVR30b pic.twitter.com/KlIiNKoDG3

— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) August 31, 2018

jfc wow

you'd think the guy would be more protective of his hair plugs

still, 'my ponzi factory isn't maiming workers fast enough!' is a great look for a ceo participating in a tour of his facility

I was freaked out when the driver seat moved in reverse when I placed the car in reverse. That is a serious glitch. I will only be happy if I get a new Model 3 or a refund now. Please help @elonmusk No one should feel afraid of their car.

— LaLa (@McTweeterific) August 31, 2018

I have a 2010 Charger and apparently there was a minor problem with the airbag that caused some of them to inadvertently deploy. I think there was like 5 instances of this happening among 1.3 million affected cars, with no reported injuries. Dodge apparently tracked down everyone who owned one - somehow they found me, even though I bought it secondhand and moved twice since, I wound up getting a phone call offering to fix it for free, so I figured why not. This is not a cheap repair, by the way. I can only imagine how Tesla might handle a situation like this, given all the random faulty parts and the apparent shoddiness of the car's OS.