This is the official technology community of Lemmy.ml for all news related to creation and use of technology, and to facilitate civil, meaningful discussion around it.
Ask in DM before posting product reviews or ads. All such posts otherwise are subject to removal.
Rules:
1: All Lemmy rules apply
2: Do not post low effort posts
3: NEVER post naziped*gore stuff
4: Always post article URLs or their archived version URLs as sources, NOT screenshots. Help the blind users.
5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)
6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist
7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed
That man is repeatedly showing the world how stupid he actually is and how little he actually understands about running a company. He has never been in a situation like this where he wasn't surrounded by a bunch of people playing babysitter and doing all the leg work to try to actually get his shit ideas to work.
ABAM (All Billionaires Are Morons)
Or all billionaires are scum who have written the laws and ensured that the fine for this is no more than an annoyance and removing the sign without a permit was a worthwhile risk and the right call to make.
IIRC I saw somewhere this morning that he hadn’t even figured out what to call tweets and retweets
Obviously Tweet -> Xeet and Retweet -> Rexeet 💩
I hope someone to graffiti “Los” in front of that “er”
Best part is that the LEDs for “twit” now shine really bright at night.
Can we now start pronouncing X as 'errrr' when referring to the company? It would be good not to taint the good name of the letter entirely.
And it does say 'er' on the side of not-his-building.
I like the idea of calling it "ten".
I like the idea of never referring to it again
The Police actually stopped a rich guy from doing something illegal?
He didn't pay for a permit to do so. The police are there to protect capital, but under clearly-defined rules. Anyone who isn't a fuckwit knows to pay the city its fees before doing something like this.
When JPMorgan Chase buys out a smaller bank, they apply for the permit in triplicate and pay all the fees, then make a donation to the Fraternal Order of Police. The cops then show up to attack protestors.
To anyone interested about what's really like to deal with this man, I highly recommend giving this a read: https://www.tumblr.com/numberonecatwinner/701567544684855296/elon-wyd
There are multiple stories like that from several people.
Apparently there were people at Tesla who were effectively employed to get fired when he was in one of his moods.
And if you read enough of the stories it all comes down to basically a single PA who kept him away from important things. And that person stopped working for him shortly before the public realized what an asshole he is.
And after learning that, I can't keep wondering who they work for now... And I want to see a movie based on their biography.
Man, I was strangely impressed with Tumblr these days until I scrolled two.posts down and it froze me out because I wasn't signed in
Oh man can you imagine how great this would be if they got hit with a 3 day eviction notice for damaging the property?
That would be so fucking funny
They haven't been paying their rent anyways, so I'm not sure why they bothered to change the sign.
I am genuinely baffled at how anyone still thinks Musk is even remotely competent. There's absolutely no way he's running all of these companies by himself.
Honestly, this is a comedy that needs to be seen to be believed.
Not that it isn't fun to laugh at what a boondoggle ~~Twitter~~ X is, but why do you need a permit to change a sign on a building?
Guessing less about the sign itself and more about the heavy equipment/traffic obstruction involved in getting it down.
Also possibly becathe doesn't own the building and needs approval of the owner.
Need to make sure a qualified contractor does the work, that the sidewalk is roped off, and that other construction on the same road isn't happening. Pretty typical stuff.
This has to be false. If only 'er' remained, the 'Twitt' would have been removed. But the twit is still in charge.
Mf can't stop taking Ls
I think I read that they had permission from the city but the landlord themselves didn't approve it.
I wonder why the landlord who has been stiffed repeatedly wouldn’t sign off. Hmm…
Slight shame that the contractors didn't start from the end. It could have been funnier if they had taken off the "er" instead.
To er is to be Musk