Elon Musk now owns 9.2% of twitter...update.. will soon be the sole owner as Board of Directors accepts his purchase offer

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nakedfrog

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I had an incompetent manager years back--classic cronyism, he'd managed people working at factories, assembly lines, that sort of thing, he was brought in to be the new manager of software development because golf buddy.
Since he'd "done some programming" on his C-64 a couple decades earlier, he asked someone to print out the code for one of our most recent projects so he could look through it. He hadn't earned any goodwill with us, so one of the madlads did it, and left the ream of printed code on his desk (I don't remember if they included the database schema and functions)
Anyway, this reminds me of that.
 
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hal2kilo

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I had a 30 minute interviewed with him in 2009, it was the most awkward interview I've ever had (and I did get the job offer). So I have no problem believing he is on the spectrum.
If he didn't lock you in a closet, then he's not up to Adm. Rickover's standards.
 
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Aikouka

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At this point, I'm wondering if someone at Twitter is tweaking some behind-the-scenes values to try to boost engagement, or if I'm just getting caught up in a wave that I haven't experienced before. I suggest this because I either looked at a few tweets about Black Panther 2 or responded to one over the weekend. Since that point, I've had quite a bit of Marvel-related tweets in my timeline. Now, this isn't inherently a bad thing, but a lot of it feels like low-effort opinion fluff pieces ("Best phase four movies!", etc.) rather than anything of substance. As a result, I've grown really frustrated with it cluttering my timeline... especially since the vast majority of it is from people that I am not following.

This reminds me of one of the most frustrating parts of AI in general... they always lack the human touch. It's sort of like the difference between getting directions from a native vs. Google Maps. Google Maps will tell me to take a route that I will look at and say, "The traffic lights along that route are awful. It's 'longer' to go the other way, but you'll likely save minutes." AI can maybe piece together that things get busy at certain times, but it doesn't sit in the traffic to get it. It isn't just mapping, but I find YouTube's algorithm awkward at times too. The thing is... it does serve me videos that I'd like to see, but just not at that moment. At best, I can maybe add it to watch later or use the option to give kudos for the recommendation. If I ignore the video, I may never see it again... even if I'm subscribed to the channel. It's like it doesn't understand that people may sit down and watch YouTube at times with different intentions in mind (e.g., a quick video during lunch).
 
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More fallout from afar ...

Is Elon Musk's Twitter about to fall out of the GDPR's one-stop shop?

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TechCrunch|31 minutes ago
Helmed by erratic new owner Elon Musk, Twitter is no longer fulfilling key obligations required to claim Ireland as its "main establishment" under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),

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Maxima1

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I'm a bit suspicious that it gets used as an excuse for bad behaviour in middle-class white guys, with the smuggled-in assumption that it's biological/neurological in origin and thus they can't be expected to change.

I do think he’s on the spectrum, but it’s mild. If his family wasn't affluent, he likely would never have had the testing done or made it past the gatekeepers (if he isn’t lying).
Three_Levels_of_Autism_1.png


And it strikes me as odd that autism is considered 'neurological' yet doesn't require a neurological test to diagnose it. Because it's diagnosed from its symptoms the diagnosis 'explains' those symptoms, but in a way that seems to me to be slightly circular.

Um, well obviously there is research into the causes. Currently, it’s thought that there are hundreds of autisms. Multigenic risk factors and spontaneous mutations explain most cases.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/life...0190718-whuh53ujnncvpkhjpe77b6pahe-story.html

Based on the data, about 80% of their risk of developing the condition was due to genetics, with the remainder of the risk tied to as-yet-unidentified environmental causes. Only a negligible amount of risk, about 1%, was due to maternal factors, the study researchers said.
They noted the new numbers are roughly in line with those from prior, smaller studies on the issue, further bolstering their validity.


And in practice, unlike the tough childhood issue, autism gets used as an 'excuse' (rightly or wrongly).

In what context? About getting away with being an asshole? I think Grimes also has obvious signs of it (googling she just recently had a telling tweet), but she’s sort of a polar opposite to Elon.


A tough childhood can lead to personality disorders, and one thing I wonder about is how a PD diagnosis is treated very differently to an autism/Aspergers one, when it comes to ideas about agency and moral responsibility.

They see them as very difficult to change. PDs also have a large genetic explanation btw.
 

Heartbreaker

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Is it really plausible that this level of fuckery isn't intentional? Maybe, I guess, but damn.

What's he gain by burning billions of his own money on purpose?

No it's massive ego and arrogance, saddling him with the impossibility of seeing his own incompetence in this field, or taking any advice from others.
 
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This is one of those idea guys that should have stayed in the shadows and let others do the work. Appear once in a while to make himself look like a tech visionary with plans to colonize Mars.

But he got goaded on by the Orange Guy and ended up making a fool out of himself at the expense of others.
 

fskimospy

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What's he gain by burning billions of his own money on purpose?

No it's massive ego and arrogance, saddling him with the impossibility of seeing his own incompetence in this field, or taking any advice from others.
Yes I think by far the most likely answer is the classic mistake of someone thinking because they are good at thing (1) they will be good at thing 2, 3, 4, whatever.

I’m no psychiatrist but my gut says the last six months have been very emotionally taxing on our friend Elon. He went from being a largely universally liked person to the object of global mockery and derision, all while lighting a large amount of his money on fire.
 
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gothuevos

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Yes I think by far the most likely answer is the classic mistake of someone thinking because they are good at thing (1) they will be good at thing 2, 3, 4, whatever.

I’m no psychiatrist but my gut says the last six months have been very emotionally taxing on our friend Elon. He went from being a largely universally liked person to the object of global mockery and derision, all while lighting a large amount of his money on fire.

Or as his stans will tell you..."we just don't know his vision for Twitter yet."
 

cytg111

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Aspergers has distinct negative connotations for several reasons, primarily that current thinking of austism spectrum disorders and grouping by "functioning", i.e. language and social skills, etc. Is gauche and outdated. Not incidentally it has historical connotations given that asperger (as mentioned above) was a fucking nazi and did his work under the guise of essentially who was functional enough to be worked to death as a slave vs sent to death camps or otherwise immediately executed.

So yeah. Enough about aspergers.

You wanna toss the idea of rockets cause a Nazi came up with one first? And now Musk. The negative connotations of rockets man.

Or maybe you are suggesting that someone diagnosed with aspergers yesterday by gauche and outdated methods would walk through the psychiatry car wash of today and come out on the other side with a blank sheet of paper? - (Maybe a stern talk to the parents cause the kid is just acting out like pmv is suggesting).
No?
So its not "Asperger's" anymore. Its something though. Cant get into what it is cause the topic is Musk you two need to emo out.
Copy that.
 

cytg111

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I do think he’s on the spectrum, but it’s mild. If his family wasn't affluent, he likely would never have had the testing done or made it past the gatekeepers (if he isn’t lying).
Three_Levels_of_Autism_1.png




Um, well obviously there is research into the causes. Currently, it’s thought that there are hundreds of autisms. Multigenic risk factors and spontaneous mutations explain most cases.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/life...0190718-whuh53ujnncvpkhjpe77b6pahe-story.html

Based on the data, about 80% of their risk of developing the condition was due to genetics, with the remainder of the risk tied to as-yet-unidentified environmental causes. Only a negligible amount of risk, about 1%, was due to maternal factors, the study researchers said.
They noted the new numbers are roughly in line with those from prior, smaller studies on the issue, further bolstering their validity.




In what context? About getting away with being an asshole? I think Grimes also has obvious signs of it (googling she just recently had a telling tweet), but she’s sort of a polar opposite to Elon.




They see them as very difficult to change. PDs also have a large genetic explanation btw.

No no no no no, these kids are just acting up, a good smacking around is all they need, some proper parenting.
 

nakedfrog

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You wanna toss the idea of rockets cause a Nazi came up with one first? And now Musk. The negative connotations of rockets man.

Or maybe you are suggesting that someone diagnosed with aspergers yesterday by gauche and outdated methods would walk through the psychiatry car wash of today and come out on the other side with a blank sheet of paper? - (Maybe a stern talk to the parents cause the kid is just acting out like pmv is suggesting).
No?
So its not "Asperger's" anymore. Its something though. Cant get into what it is cause the topic is Musk you two need to emo out.
Copy that.
Still autism/ASD, just not "Asperger's".
What's he gain by burning billions of his own money on purpose?

No it's massive ego and arrogance, saddling him with the impossibility of seeing his own incompetence in this field, or taking any advice from others.
Yeah, it's just baffling to see his "excellent management" in action, with this being the result of it...
 
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