• SilentKettle@lemmy.wtf
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    11 hours ago

    Musk seems to think Musk is a tech genius, but really he was just born into money and used it to buy a bunch of companies. In fairness he was able to recognise which companies to buy, doesn’t mean he knows anything about databases though.

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      9 hours ago

      In fairness he was able to recognise which companies to buy

      I think this is just survivorship bias. There are millions of wealthy individuals investing in companies every single day. Occasionally these gambles pay off and make people extremely wealthy.

      Most of the time the people who succeed just spend their incredibe wealth and live a quiet happy life.

      But there are others who crave attention. These individuals bully their way into prestigious positions and pretend that they’re leading the company.

      Elon is that kind of person. He started wealthy, bet his money on companies that succeeded. Then took the CEO role so he would get credit for the companys’ successes.

      If ever people dare stop paying attention to him he’ll do something drastic to recapture the spotlight on.

      He’s the kind of person who will stand on stage and do a nazi salute just because he wants you to look at him.

      • RejZoR@lemmy.ml
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        8 hours ago

        It’s easy to gamble if money isn’t yours. If your day to day survival depends on every dollar, then you don’t have the freedom to dick around with investments.

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          6 hours ago

          It’s easy to gamble if money isn’t yours.

          To my knowledge Musk is gambling with his own money, not hedge fund capital or something.

          If your day to day survival depends on every dollar, then you don’t have the freedom to dick around with investments.

          But, yes, this is correct. If you’re extremely wealthy then you can keep gambling. If you fail you still have a million other chances. So you’re kind of guaranteed to succeed eventually.

          Whereas the common person has one chance. If they fail that’s it.

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            To my knowledge Musk is gambling with his own money, not hedge fund capital or something.

            Well, he had to get financing from multiple banks to purchase Twitter

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      10 hours ago

      He also apparently watched a lot of SeaQuest DSV, and is trying to make it a reality. Hyperloop: SeaQuest. Electric cars: SeaQuest. Big car dashboard screens: SeaQuest. Magic Space Science: SeaQuest. CyberTruck…Apple Mouse ADB gen 1-ish wrapped in aluminum foil. I guess what I find most fascinating is that I have similar mental maladies to him, but I learned instead of just being perpetually dumb. It is actually disappointing that he chose to not learn and just ride the walrus instead. No idea why anyone worships him.

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        3 hours ago

        Yeah just imagine if his takeaway from getting into cyberpunk had been user serviceable disability aids that are aesthetically cool.

        Like i get being into the aesthetics of fiction. I love me some elfcore shit and a variety of sci-fi aesthetics. But man you gotta think about practicality

      • A Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 hours ago

        OT: You reminded me that i never watched seaquest more than a few episodes and i will have to do that now. does it still hold up for someone who loved TNG and Voyager?

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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          58 minutes ago

          I tried to rewatch the whole thing and could barely make it halfway through season 2. It wasn’t very good when it was on and doesn’t really hold up that well