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Time to get out your heads of lettuce and your webcams

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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    He's either a genius or a complete moron, because I can't work out what the heck he thinks he is doing ... That's a stupid amount of money to spend just to effectively burn it note by note. So either he has a grand plan that is so complex nobody but him understands it, or it's so dumb that he may as well be burning $100 bills to heat his home.

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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    David ONeil
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    His cave rescue actions push me far away from the genius conclusion. But they do make me think he is a twit, so this current situation is fitting.

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      Mostly, that's true. But the actions of someone with a big enough intelligence would be incomprehensible to me; I just wouldn't have the mental capacity to understand it - like my cat cannot understand how to open a foil pouch full of cat food ... :laugh:

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      jeron1
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      OriginalGriff wrote:

      like my cat cannot understand how to open a foil pouch full of cat food ...

      Oh he understands, he gives his servants a certain look, and a pouch gets opened, simples.

      "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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      • H honey the codewitch

        Elon Musk reportedly said Twitter could file for bankruptcy next year[^] The man is a genius! Twitter's not dead. It's just resting![^]

        To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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        obermd
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        He said the same thing about SpaceX late last year.

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        • H honey the codewitch

          Elon Musk reportedly said Twitter could file for bankruptcy next year[^] The man is a genius! Twitter's not dead. It's just resting![^]

          To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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          abmv
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          Remember Stephen Elop.

          Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long

          We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. - Greta Thunberg

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          • H honey the codewitch

            I'm not a big believer in 4D chess. If someone looks like they're stepping in it, it's because they're stepping in it, in my experience.

            To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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            David ONeil
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            I do enjoy watching the 4D contortions people put themselves through in order to believe Musk is playing 4D chess! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Except their gullibility is so sad to watch that my feelings are somewhat tempered.

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            • H honey the codewitch

              Elon Musk reportedly said Twitter could file for bankruptcy next year[^] The man is a genius! Twitter's not dead. It's just resting![^]

              To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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              Lost User
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              He was counting on 250M users each paying $20 per month. No plan B.

              "Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I

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                He was counting on 250M users each paying $20 per month. No plan B.

                "Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I

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                honey the codewitch
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                I may have done a lot of stupid things, but I never burned $44 billion on a toy I didn't know how to work to the point where I broke it. I know people say he's a genius. I'm just not seeing it. I'm seeing a mid rate engineer who was born to a lot of money, and currently in way over his head. But I'm just some nobody over here. Either way, it's fun watching it play out.

                To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                • H honey the codewitch

                  Elon Musk reportedly said Twitter could file for bankruptcy next year[^] The man is a genius! Twitter's not dead. It's just resting![^]

                  To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                  David ONeil
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                  Here's a fuller account of the fun, if you missed some of it like I did! [RealTwitterAccounts](https://www.reddit.com/r/RealTwitterAccounts/)

                  Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    Mostly, that's true. But the actions of someone with a big enough intelligence would be incomprehensible to me; I just wouldn't have the mental capacity to understand it - like my cat cannot understand how to open a foil pouch full of cat food ... :laugh:

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                    jschell
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                    OriginalGriff wrote:

                    with a big enough intelligence would be incomprehensible to me

                    The fallacy in that statement is in thinking that being smart translates to every possible human activity. Whether Musk is intelligent or just lucky is debatable. He certainly has had failures.

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                    • H honey the codewitch

                      Elon Musk reportedly said Twitter could file for bankruptcy next year[^] The man is a genius! Twitter's not dead. It's just resting![^]

                      To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                      David ONeil
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                      Another guffaw for you: [Pretending to know what you're talking about : MurderedByWords](https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/yv4ubv/pretending\_to\_know\_what\_youre\_talking\_about/)

                      Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver

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