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Hugh	11-03-2023 13:46

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...lar-dystrophy/

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Musk's controversial tweet exchange erupted after Thorleifsson tweeted nine days after losing access to his work computer, asking Musk to confirm whether or not he had been laid off. Musk responded after four hours, saying, “What work have you been doing?”

Thorleifsson told Musk that a confidentiality agreement prevented him from describing his Twitter projects, and then things seemed to become more heated when Musk immediately granted permission for Thorleifsson to openly discuss his work, then responded with two laughing emojis when Thorleifsson attempted to do that.

Thorleifsson told the BBC that shortly after this exchange, he was notified that he’d been fired, and the next day, Musk sent out a now-deleted tweet, saying of Thorleifsson, “He’s the worst, sorry.”

The next day, Musk lashed out at Thorleifsson again, tweeting, “The reality is that this guy (who is independently wealthy) did no actual work, claimed as his excuse that he had a disability that prevented him from typing, yet was simultaneously tweeting up a storm. Can’t say I have a lot of respect for that.”

Thorleifsson’s agency, Ueno, was massively successful before Twitter acquired it, completing ambitious projects for many major tech companies, from executing novelty projects like Google’s Santa Tracker to building the tools that support Apple Maps. Thorleifsson, who uses a wheelchair, told Jong-Fast that he had offers from Twitter and other tech companies for years to sell the agency, but he never seriously considered it until his muscular dystrophy started progressing, losing strength in his arms and making it harder for him to work.

Beyond becoming a recognizable talent to top tech industry heads, Thorleifsson also advocated on behalf of people with disabilities. In Iceland, Thorleifsson was named person of the year by several media outlets in 2022, BBC reported. He was recognized for his work campaigning to expand wheelchair access and his decision not to receive his Twitter payout as a lump sum but as wages that could be taxed to support Iceland’s social services.

This stellar reputation as a dedicated worker began haunting Musk, who began backpedaling on his criticism of Thorleifsson after Daniel Houghton—the former CEO of Lonely Planet, who worked directly with Thorleifsson on online content and e-commerce platforms—told Musk, “this is super disappointing to see.”

“Not only is his work ethic next level, his talent and humility are world class,” Houghton told Musk. “Exactly the kind of person you want on your team when the odds are stacked. I feel certain there’s a deep misunderstanding somewhere in here of ‘did no actual work.’”

Houghton’s tweet moved Musk to finally call Thorleifsson “to figure out what’s real vs what I was told.”

“Better to talk to people than communicate via tweet,” Musk admitted.

RichardCoulter

11-03-2023 14:31

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Musk has stated in the past that he has Aspergers (now referred to as autism).

By definition, sufferers of this condition have extremely poor social skills, which isn't conducive to the management of people or companies.

Other symptoms of Asperger's syndrome include:

- Impulsive behaviour.

- A lack of interpersonal relationship skills and instincts.

- The inability to express one's own feelings.

- A tendancy to often verbalise internal thoughts that most would keep private.

- A flat tone / speaking style that lacks pitch.

- A lack of empathy.

- Obsessions with people or specific subjects.

He would be a lot better employing someone to run and communicate about his companies on his behalf.

On Radio 4 yesterday, Musk himself was described as a troll after his behaviour towards the gentleman with Muscular Dystrophy. How on Earth is he going to be able to comply with the requirements of the forthcoming Online Safety Bill if he behaves in this fashion himself?

Whether this is deliberate or due to his own disability is neither here nor there IMO as others are suffering due to his various actions.

I'm all for disabled people being given access to and support to do any job that they are capable of doing, but not every disabled person will have tje capability to do every job by the very nature of their disability.

For something as important as internet safety & appropriate management I think that the Government should include a requirement that a fit & proper person should be required to be put in charge of interactive sites where people can post comments, so i'm going to suggest to my contact at Ofcom that they request this as part of their powers under the Online Safety Bill because we've all seen the effects of not doing so.

RichardCoulter

13-03-2023 20:04

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36147968)

Haraldur Thorleifsson sold his company to Twitter and took his fee as employment and a salary, deliberately so as to pay a generous amount of tax to the Icelandic government. He said he had done well out of the Icelandic welfare state and wanted to give something back, so avoided ‘tax efficient’ vehicles like share options.

However, if he was ever fired from Twitter the total outstanding amount of the purchase price would become payable. Around $100 million I believe. For this reason his name was likely to have been on a VIP ‘do not fire’ list and in a normal, functional head office someone in HR would have been on top of all this and he never would have got fired.

Twitter, however, is highly dysfunctional and an awful lot seems to be occurring at the whim of Musk who doesn’t seem minded to listen to his own experts or do any fact checking until his actions come back to bite him on the bum. Musk has tried to claim that the issue was resolved when he explored the issues around the sacking for himself rather than believing what he was being told by other people, but as an explanation that’s poor. If he’s not getting accurate information about a sacking that would cost the company $100 million, he needs to understand exactly why that is. Is he only listening to what he wants to hear? Are people so scared of losing their own jobs they will only tell him what he wants to hear? Has he already sacked so many people that there’s nobody left with the appropriate skills or experience to advise him well?

I've just been listening to this Chris, it basically confirms everything that you said. The piece starts at about 18:30 if you want to listen to it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jt6z

Jaymoss

29-04-2023 18:19

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Musk has just announced they are going to start letting creators charge to read their articles. I will never pay a penny for anything on Twitter

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Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click.

This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article.

Should be a major win-win for both media orgs & the public.

Sirius

29-04-2023 18:54

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36150791)

Musk has just announced they are going to start letting creators charge to read their articles. I will never pay a penny for anything on Twitter

So if this happens in any large way do we think it will have any impact at all on how many people use Twatter, what are the options as a replacement to twatter

Just to add i think you will see a lot of, "i am not using Twatter any more" but in reality nothing will change in the size of the user base

Jaymoss

29-04-2023 18:56

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Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 36150795)

So if this happens in any large way do we think it will have any impact at all on how many people use Twatter, what are the options as a replacement to twatter

I can live without it

Sirius

29-04-2023 19:04

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36150796)

I can live without it

Same here, i never tweet on it and only now and again read it when i want a giggle at all the woke type posts.

Hugh	29-04-2023 19:13

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Same here, i never tweet on it and only now and again read it when i want a giggle at all the woke type posts.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...6&d=1682792001

;)

Sirius

29-04-2023 19:15

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36150799)

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...6&d=1682792001

;)

And here was me thinking i would not get a raise out of that post :)

Thanks for proving me wrong :)

Hugh	29-04-2023 19:44

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Paul	29-04-2023 22:22

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Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 36150795)

but in reality nothing will change in the size of the user base

Well very few people actually delete their accounts, most simply stop using it.
For example, I am technically part of the user base (since 2009) but I dont use it.

Sirius

29-04-2023 22:30

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36150812)

Well very few people actually delete their accounts, most simply stop using it.
For example, I am technically part of the user base (since 2009) but I dont use it.

And that is my point, there will be a mass of keyboard warriors posting they will leave but in reality they will still use it and wait for the next subject they can rage about.

Hugh	29-04-2023 22:32

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Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 36150813)

And that is my point, there will be a mass of keyboard warriors posting they will leave but in reality they will still use it and wait for the next subject they can rage about.

I know - can you imagine people posting on Social Media just to get a reaction?

Pierre

29-04-2023 23:54

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36150791)

Musk has just announced they are going to start letting creators charge to read their articles. I will never pay a penny for anything on Twitter

Don’t then.

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Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 36150795)

Correct, all those “I’m leaving Twitter if Musk buys it” martyrs, are all pretty much still on it. Principles eh.

Chrysalis

30-04-2023 07:36

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36150791)

Musk has just announced they are going to start letting creators charge to read their articles. I will never pay a penny for anything on Twitter

Of all the things he did, I knew they wouldnt kill twitter, but this one might. Nonsense idea.

Paul	23-07-2023 19:27

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 36150820)

Of all the things he did, I knew they wouldnt kill twitter, but this one might. Nonsense idea.

Here's his latest nonsense plan.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66284304

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Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he wants to get rid of the Twitter bird logo, and replace it with an "X".

Perhaps he should replace it with a headstone, with R.I.P. carved on it.

Maggy

24-07-2023 08:35

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I was only using it to see what certain celebs were doing.It's no real loss to me.There is other social media after all.

denphone

24-07-2023 09:17

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36156971)

Here's his latest nonsense plan.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66284304

Perhaps he should replace it with a headstone, with R.I.P. carved on it.

The man is a A grade idiot.

Hugh	24-07-2023 09:23

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Grade X, surely…

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You don’t understand, Elon launched SpaceX so he could go to MARS, now he’s changed the name of Twitter to X, if you combine TWITTER & X you get TWIX, Twix chocolate bars are made by MARS - this is all part of Elon’s business genius plan to sell Twitter to Mars for $100 billion!!

@MondayStory

Or as @RonDenBleyker put it

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I ain't typing "X" into the URL bar my wife is right behind me

Dude111

25-07-2023 23:09

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Originally Posted by Paul

Perhaps he should replace it with a headstone, with R.I.P. carved on it.

Thats the best idea yet!!

Hugh	18-08-2023 21:22

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Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66550959

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The blocking feature will be removed for users of X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk has announced, claiming the feature "makes no sense".

The X boss said users will still be able to block people from directly messaging them, however.

But many people on social media said it will make it hard for people to remove abusive posts from their timeline.

It is the latest in a series of changes Mr Musk has made since taking over the site in a $44bn deal last year.

Currently, when users "block" an account, it stops that account's posts from appearing in the blocker's timeline, and vice versa.

An account that is blocked can no longer send messages to the blocker, nor can it view their posts.

Former Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, seemed to agree with Mr Musk's decision, posting: "100%. Mute only".

But there are concerns that muting an account would not be sufficient protection from cases of harassment, abuse or stalking.

The mute function currently only stops notifications about an account's posts. An account that is muted can still view the muter's posts and reply to them.

One user called Mr Musk's decision a "huge mistake", saying there are "toxic people" on the platform whom users simply did not want to interact with in any way.

Removing a blocking feature could also potentially violate the terms and conditions of stores like Apple's App Store and Google Play.

Both stores have conditions stating that social media apps should allow users facilities to filter harassment or bullying.

It could mean X is no longer downloadable from those stores.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...3&d=1692390147

heero_yuy

19-08-2023 08:17

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Norwegian blue. Beautiful plumage.:D

denphone

19-08-2023 11:35

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Another ill thought out mistake from the guy with the biggest ego from the earth to the moon.

Pierre

19-08-2023 19:48

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36158905)

Another ill thought out mistake from the guy with the biggest ego from the earth to the moon.

And yet, people will bang on about it, and then continue using it.

1andrew1

20-08-2023 08:59

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36158910)

And yet, people will bang on about it, and then continue using it.

Inertia, plus X/Twitter is still far larger than Threads or Mastodon combined.

Chrysalis

20-08-2023 13:16

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I have an "out there" view on message blocking.

I have noticed there is a trend to encourage passive aggression behaviour, by that I mean deciding to block someone without telling them you blocking them.

The chat services are designed to let you block someone discreetly, discord will tell the person blocked e.g. they cant send a message, but not the reason why, whatsapp if you block, the user isnt told they blocked, but instead the messages dont get delivered and they cant see when the person is online.

Ignoring someone deliberately without telling them why is a form of passive aggression and is likely easily the biggest type of passive aggression on the internet.

Now this move on twitter, as I understand it, the block will still apply on DM's (which will be where its important), but for public posts it becomes a notification mute. So you can no longer filter out posts from certain viewers, I have also seen comments saying that previously when someone was blocked they couldnt even see the account that blocked them (not sure if thats accurate).

On reddit you can filter out public posts, as well as "some" community forum software. My thoughts are the feature is already there, why not keep it there. So basically I do disagree with the decision even though I do think current invisibility/ignore features are implemented wrong on chat services.

Wouldnt surprise me if Musk is getting annoyed with people blocking his posts, as many of his decisions seem personal driven.

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36158910)

And yet, people will bang on about it, and then continue using it.

I am waiting for threads to work properly in a browser, then I can see myself using that. Although I will still read tweets that interest me.

Pierre

20-08-2023 19:10

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 36158930)

I have noticed there is a trend to encourage passive aggression behaviour, by that I mean deciding to block someone without telling them you blocking them.

I don’t understand why would anyone have to explain themselves to anyone.

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Ignoring someone deliberately without telling them why is a form of passive aggression and is likely easily the biggest type of passive aggression on the internet.

I disagree with that view, if I do not want to listen to someone I don’t listen.

Is turning Nicky Campbell off on the radio because I can’t stand the sanctimonious git, passive aggressive?

If I block anyone on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn ( that’s all use) is because I’ve decided you are not worth my time. I do not need to explain my reasons.

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Wouldnt surprise me if Musk is getting annoyed with people blocking his posts, as many of his decisions seem personal driven.

That’s an interesting take, and thinking on it, you may be onto something.

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I am waiting for threads to work properly in a browser, then I can see myself using that. Although I will still read tweets that interest me.

Threads, if it carries on will just be an echo chamber. There have been many alternatives to Twitter none have worked because they just become left or right echo chambers.

As flawed as it is, and despite his attempts to screw it up, Twitter is still the defacto town square.

Itshim

20-08-2023 20:33

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36157005)

The man is a A grade idiot.

And yet he's made more money than everyone that's posts here put together. What does that make us :confused:

TheDaddy

20-08-2023 20:44

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36158939)

That’s an interesting take, and thinking on it, you may be onto something.

He is but not necessarily in the way he thinks he is, the wokerati have been blocking ads en masse since he took over, that's hitting revenue hard imho

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36158943)

And yet he's made more money than everyone that's posts here put together. What does that make us :confused:

Depends if you measure someone by the content of his character or the content of his wallet really, btw I'm sure plenty of people here would have done exceptionally well if their parents owned an emerald mine and were so wealthy they couldn't shut the safe doors some nights it was so full

jfman

20-08-2023 21:13

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36158943)

And yet he's made more money than everyone that's posts here put together. What does that make us :confused:

Grade B idiots.

nffc	20-08-2023 21:32

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36158944)

He is but not necessarily in the way he thinks he is, the wokerati have been blocking ads en masse since he took over, that's hitting revenue hard imho

Depends if you measure someone by the content of his character or the content of his wallet really, btw I'm sure plenty of people here would have done exceptionally well if their parents owned an emerald mine and were so wealthy they couldn't shut the safe doors some nights it was so full

I don't think it's particularly woke to not want ones feed cluttered up where every other post is crap you haven't chosen to see.

Especially if you're using a data limited connection where you're literally using your data allowance to see it.

If it was maybe 1-2 posts per timeline refresh it would be less annoying but the only way to reduce it is to block/mute the ads you haven't followed.

Paul	20-08-2023 22:41

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36158939)

I don’t understand why would anyone have to explain themselves to anyone.

I disagree with that view, if I do not want to listen to someone I don’t listen.

Is turning Nicky Campbell off on the radio because I can’t stand the sanctimonious git, passive aggressive?

If I block anyone on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn ( that’s all use) is because I’ve decided you are not worth my time. I do not need to explain my reasons.

I'm with Pierre on this.
If I block someone on a site, its my choice and requires no explanation to anyone.

jfman

21-08-2023 07:39

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36158939)

Is turning Nicky Campbell off on the radio because I can’t stand the sanctimonious git, passive aggressive?

Common sense, surely.

Hugh	18-11-2023 08:32

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Apple suspends ads on Twitter/X after Elon Musk endorses antisemitic post

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/6...e735ffee3d81b9

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Apple has paused advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter, after its owner Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic post on the social media platform, it has been reported.

The suspension was reported by the US news website Axios and comes a day after a similar decision was made by the technology company IBM. The Times contacted both Apple and Twitter/X for comment.

The antisemitic post was published on Wednesday by a user responding to a Jewish man from Florida, US who had shared an advert encouraging people to stand up to racism.

In the advert a father can be seen confronting and then educating his son who had anonymously written “Hitler was right” on the internet.

The advert was shared under the slogan: “You got something you want to say? Why don’t you say it to our faces.

The user responded by saying Jewish people had stoked the “exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them”.

They also said they did not care about the concerns of Jewish people living in the West who he claimed had welcomed “hordes of minorities” into those countries.

He said those Jews were now realising that these immigrant groups did not like Jewish people.

In response to the user, Musk said: “You have said the actual truth.”…

… Jewish groups said the sentiments expressed in the post are similar to those that underpin an antisemitic conspiracy theory, known as replacement theory, which states that Jews are organising non-white immigrants to replace white people.

It was a belief espoused by Robert Bowers before he killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, US in 2018.

Chrysalis

18-11-2023 10:26

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Musk might think he has more freedom after buying twitter, but he has less as he represents the brand now.

denphone

18-11-2023 11:23

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The man is a king sized insensitive prat.

Hugh	18-11-2023 14:09

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In related news, the Starship launched today underwent Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly eight minutes after launch.

That’s a shame, because the more cost-effective ways we have of getting into space, the better.

Chris

18-11-2023 16:02

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36164452)

It’s not really a shame - SpaceX’s development model is rapid iteration. If the second launch goes perfectly then great, but if not, no problem - they aren’t NASA and they haven’t spent 100s of billions on cautious R&D in such a way that it absolutely has to go 100% right first (or second) time.

In this instance the primary mission objective was to test the hot staging process they’ve devised in order to successfully get the starship upper stage away from the booster. This process involves firing the ship’s engines while it is still attached to the booster (hence ‘hot’ staging), which was indicated as being necessary from data procured from their first test flight earlier this year. However, the first stage booster was not initially designed with hot staging in mind. They added a hot staging ring to the stack to help vent exhaust from the second stage as it lights up, but what they weren’t able to do - without physically test flying the thing - was to establish where the upper part of the first stage might fail if exposed to a rocket plume.

They now have a better understanding of how to redesign the first stage to cope with hot staging. This will be incorporated into the third flight.

Paul	18-11-2023 18:08

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36164452)

the Starship launched today underwent Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

Sephiroth

19-11-2023 09:19

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36164452)

Woke has no boundaries.

Chris

19-11-2023 09:57

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36164489)

Woke has no boundaries.

It’s a joke, you utter numpty. It’s a satire on military language that goes back decades but these days it is used across the new commercial space industries and is popularised especially by SpaceX because its iterative development process means a lot of stuff blows up.

Sephiroth

19-11-2023 10:12

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36164492)

You might wish me to attend my local Minor Injuries Unit to have an MRI to attempt to locate my sense of humour, which appears (to your eyes) to have been misplaced…

Hugh	19-11-2023 11:36

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Can I suggest the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics at the University of Reading?

As Nigel Molesworth said, any fule kno that humour is a vital component of human socio-affective and cognitive functioning

It's quite near you, and they are doing cutting-edge research on MRI scanning and Neurocognitive Development, so if anyone can help find your sense of humour, they're probably your best bet.

Good luck!

Sephiroth

19-11-2023 13:12

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36164498)

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Can I suggest the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics at the University of Reading?

No.

Paul	19-11-2023 18:14

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36164489)

Woke has no boundaries.

Unlike your sense of humour, which appears severely limited.

Maybe you should stay out of topics if you cant handle an obvious joke.

Sephiroth

19-11-2023 18:59

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36164538)

Unlike your sense of humour, which appears severely limited.

Maybe you should stay out of topics if you cant handle an obvious joke.

Ha ha - very funny. Plus what's to handle - this is just a forum where nothing matters except the snide remarks of some.

ianch99

20-11-2023 11:44

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36164495)

You might wish me to attend my local Minor Injuries Unit to have an MRI to attempt to locate my sense of humour, which appears (to your eyes) to have been misplaced…

I wouldn't call it a Minor Injury ... so much worse than that :)

Hugh	21-11-2023 20:21

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Pierre

21-11-2023 21:55

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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...6&d=1700597790

I’m sure he’s just had a drink, I’ve posted worse on here on a Friday night.

Hugh	21-11-2023 22:06

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36164692)

I’m sure he’s just had a drink, I’ve posted worse on here on a Friday night.

It was posted at 07:41am local time (where he is), so he must have been drinking through…

Pierre

21-11-2023 22:11

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36164694)

It was posted at 07:41am local time (where he is), so he must have been drinking through…

Well, we’ve all been there!

1andrew1

21-11-2023 22:25

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36164692)

I’m sure he’s just had a drink, I’ve posted worse on here on a Friday night.

In your case, under the cloak of anonymity on a small specialist UK forum.

In Musk's case, in his own name on a large global social media platform.

Pierre

21-11-2023 22:33

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36164696)

on a small specialist UK forum.

Sounds a bit suspect……….

Hugh	19-04-2024 13:49

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https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/te...TX8fB1-J2DPiNU

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Tesla is recalling all 3,878 Cybertrucks that it has shipped to date, due to a problem where the accelerator pedal can get stuck, putting drivers at risk of a crash, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...9&d=1713540936

Pierre

19-04-2024 19:17

Re: Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36173745)

Oops!

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/te...TX8fB1-J2DPiNU

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...9&d=1713540936

When I first saw the Cybertruck, I quite liked it. But the more I look at it now, the less I like it.

Maggy

20-04-2024 11:08

Re: Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36164540)

Ha ha - very funny. Plus what's to handle - this is just a forum where nothing matters except the snide remarks of some.

Shouldn't speak of yourself that way.Your opinions are important and not snide in anyway.

Oh look no tongue in cheek icon..;)

Paul	17-01-2025 01:04

Re: Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

Seems SpaceX failed again today.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy77x09y0po

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The latest test of Space X's giant Starship rocket has failed, minutes after launch.

Chris

17-01-2025 07:20

Re: Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

Failure is relative, especially when your design process is deliberately iterative and failure tolerant. The manner of Ship’s failure may not have been one of the ones they thought likely but overall they are fully aware the system isn’t anywhere near complete or at reliability levels suitable for regular service. The BBC’s science specialists all know this so the farming of the story here is a bit odd. It looks like they have copy from a generalist freelancer, and as so often happens it has been subbed and headlined by an inexperienced junior night desk editor.

In fact the remarkable achievement here was in catching the booster, which has only been achieved once previously

Hugh	27-02-2025 14:08

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Musk-related, but not relevant to Trump 2.0 thread.

FAFO…

https://mexicodailypost.com/2025/01/...g-trafficking/

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Elon Musk accused Carlos Slim of alleged ties to drug trafficking

January 23, 2025

Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and owner of the social network X (formerly known as Twitter), sparked controversy by sharing content on the platform that accuses, without evidence, Mexican businessman Carlos Slim of having ties to drug trafficking.

https://monterreydailypost.com/2025/...usks-starlink/

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Carlos Slim orders to cancel his collaboration with Elon Musk’s Starlink

February 24, 2025

Elon Musk shared a post on his social network stating that Slim could have ties to criminal groups, and five minutes later, Carlos Slim canceled all business collaborations with Starlink in Latin America, which made Musk lose 7 billion US dollars.

An hour later, Slim announced that he would transfer his projects for the next 5 years with Starlink, an investment of 22 billion dollars, to companies in China and Europe.

More than money, Musk lost his main partner in 25 countries, in addition to giving up all that territory to companies of his competition and, most seriously, causing the USA to continue losing commercial presence and giving it to China

thenry

27-02-2025 14:22

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I don't think he cares...

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“We’re going to support free speech broadly then agree to be censored for money, which is, I think, the right moral decision.”

https://pagesix.com/2024/06/19/celeb...n-be-censored/

Slimfast needs to lighten up

Hugh	27-02-2025 16:21

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That was about Twitter, not StarLink, and the defender of "free speech" is suing companies because they don't want to advertise on his platform - isn't choosing where to spend/not spend your advertising budget where you want "free speech"?

thenry

27-02-2025 16:25

Re: Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

Isn't it universal? Musks comments I mean whether it's on twitter or starlink.

Musk is chasing discrimination re: advertising?

Hugh	27-02-2025 17:51

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If someone else does it, it’s discrimination - if Musk does it, it’s free speech?

Media Matters published a report alleging that Musk was allowing ads to be served next to hate speech, Musk didn’t just berate them on his own platform, he sued them.

Also, he loved Twitter’s Community Notes, until they contradicted what he said…

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/...wkward-end.php

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Musk has praised Community Notes’ bridging algorithm, which ensures that corrections, or “notes,” will appear publicly only if enough users with diverse perspectives agree on their usefulness. To Musk, the system came with another bonus: it relies on regular users—as opposed to fact-checkers, whom he has deemed “evil” and “biased”—to propose corrections. Last week, however, Musk reversed course: without evidence, he wrote on X that Community Notes is “being gamed” by governments and the media, and that he is working to “fix” it.

The lash-out came after Community Notes fact-checked posts stating that Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, had a 4 percent approval rating among his citizens—a claim first spurred, likewise without evidence, by Donald Trump during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago last week. (Trump also called Zelensky illegitimate and said he was to blame for Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.) Some of Musk’s own posts and comments were temporarily corrected by Community Notes after he echoed Trump’s statement and further claimed that the Biden administration had stranded astronauts aboard the International Space Station for “political reasons.” A Tow Center analysis of Musk’s tweets from Sunday, February 16, through Sunday, February 23, found that Musk tweeted nearly 800 times, averaging 113 tweets per day (including retweets and quoted tweets). At least five of Musk’s tweets received a Community Note, of which just two remained visible at the time of this publication.

thenry

27-02-2025 17:54

Re: Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

I don't know what to say other than hold Musk accountable then?

Accountability is the best ability :D

Hugh	27-02-2025 17:59

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36191933)

I don't know what to say other than hold Musk accountable then?

Accountability is the best ability :D

How?

thenry

27-02-2025 18:03

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36191935)

How?

How would you like to hold Musk accountable? What for? Are there any quotes you could share?

Paul	27-02-2025 18:49

Re: Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

Musk once again shows how dumb he can be.
Tesla shares dropped the other day as well, due to poor sales.

Hugh	27-02-2025 19:58

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36191933)

I don't know what to say other than hold Musk accountable then?

Accountability is the best ability :D

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36191935)

How?

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36191936)

How would you like to hold Musk accountable? What for? Are there any quotes you could share?

thenry

27-02-2025 20:04

Re: Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

You said

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36191932)

If someone else does it, it’s discrimination - if Musk does it, it’s free speech?

What has he done?

Hugh	27-02-2025 20:15

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36191949)

You said

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
If someone else does it, it’s discrimination - if Musk does it, it’s free speech?

What has he done?

From my previous posts…

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the defender of "free speech" is suing companies because they don't want to advertise on his platform - isn't choosing where to spend/not spend your advertising budget where you want "free speech"?

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Media Matters published a report alleging that Musk was allowing ads to be served next to hate speech, Musk didn’t just berate them on his own platform, he sued them.

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without evidence, he wrote on X that Community Notes is “being gamed” by governments and the media, and that he is working to “fix” it.

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At least five of Musk’s tweets received a Community Note, of which just two remained visible at the time of this publication.

thenry

27-02-2025 20:23

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You edited your post while I was responding. I don't know to all that.

Hugh	27-02-2025 21:14

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You edited your post while I was responding. I don't know to all that.

Strange…

I posted those quotes at 16:21 (with an amendment at 16:24) and at 17:51 (with amendments until at 17:59) and you posted

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What has he done?

at 20:04.

I then quoted at 20:14 what I had posted earlier.

Anyhoo, on a lighter note…

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...7&d=1740690802

Hugh	23-08-2025 13:54

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/t...ttlements.html

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Elon Musk’s X Agrees to Settlements With Thousands of Former Employees

The settlements are an about-face for the billionaire, whose company fought with former workers over whether it owed them severance pay.

Elon Musk’s social media service, X, moved this week to settle thousands of cases brought by former employees who sued after the company dismissed them during his 2022 takeover.

The settlements are an about-face for the billionaire, whose company fought with former employees for years over whether it owed them the severance payments that were outlined in his agreement to buy the social platform, then known as Twitter.

After acquiring Twitter, Mr. Musk pared its work force to fewer than 2,000 employees, from about 7,500. A class-action lawsuit filed in 2023 argued that the billionaire owed his former workers about $500 million in severance payments.

X agreed to settle that case, according to a legal document filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday. The settlement amount was not disclosed.

The company also reached a settlement agreement with more than 2,000 former employees who were fighting for severance in arbitration cases, according to terms communicated to former workers on Thursday, two people familiar with the case said. That settlement amount, which has not been made public, would cover almost all of the severance payments for workers involved in the case, including interest, the people said.

Mr. Musk’s legal battle with former senior Twitter executives over $128 million in severance payments is continuing.

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