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Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter

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  • AxtremusA Away
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    Axtremus
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    #703

    https://www.axios.com/2022/12/14/twitter-elon-musk-paying-bills-rent

    The article reports that Twitter is delinquent on many bills, including rent for many of its offices worldwide.

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    • AxtremusA Axtremus

      https://www.axios.com/2022/12/14/twitter-elon-musk-paying-bills-rent

      The article reports that Twitter is delinquent on many bills, including rent for many of its offices worldwide.

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      xenon
      wrote on last edited by
      #704

      @Axtremus it’s a pretty basic website - the customer facing experience won’t change much even if the ops teams get cut back even more.

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        jon-nyc
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        #705

        38A45228-0AC5-4197-83D7-3C114263DC67.jpeg

        You were warned.

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
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          #706

          Musk's explanation:

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • 89th8 Offline
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            89th
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            #707

            Seems logical to me.

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            • AxtremusA Away
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              Axtremus
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              #708

              Musk recently sold $3.6 Billion of Tesla shares:

              https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000089924322038522/xslF345X03/doc4.xml

              Note the transaction dates, all in Dec. 12-14.

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              • AxtremusA Axtremus

                Musk recently sold $3.6 Billion of Tesla shares:

                https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000089924322038522/xslF345X03/doc4.xml

                Note the transaction dates, all in Dec. 12-14.

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                #709

                @Axtremus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                Musk recently sold $3.6 Billion of Tesla shares:

                https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000089924322038522/xslF345X03/doc4.xml

                Note the transaction dates, all in Dec. 12-14.

                Tesla stock is down 70% from its all time high a year ago.

                Education is extremely important.

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                • George KG Offline
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                  George K
                  wrote on last edited by George K
                  #710

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    @George-K That is weird. I've personally worked on a few projects that leverage ADS-B open flight tracking data. It's still open, and available on the internet, but I guess a user would just have to click a few more times to track a specific flight, including Elon's or Bezos'. It's all publicly available.

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                    • 89th8 89th

                      @George-K That is weird. I've personally worked on a few projects that leverage ADS-B open flight tracking data. It's still open, and available on the internet, but I guess a user would just have to click a few more times to track a specific flight, including Elon's or Bezos'. It's all publicly available.

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                      George K
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                      #712

                      @89th said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                      It's all publicly available.

                      Indeed. I would guess that using bots to aggregate the info and make it easy to find on Twitter is the issue. Similar to a (remember those?) phone book. Yeah, the person's address is publicly available, but...

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        #713

                        Apparently Elon isn't as keen on those funny little practical jokes where he's the punchline.

                        I was only joking

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                          George K
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                          Anyone notice that Musk has been really, uncharacteristically, quiet for 24 hours?

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • George KG George K

                            Anyone notice that Musk has been really, uncharacteristically, quiet for 24 hours?

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                            Axtremus
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                            #715

                            @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            Anyone notice that Musk has been really, uncharacteristically, quiet for 24 hours?

                            Busy cutting deals palling around with Jared and the Arabs while watching the World Cup final? There is a thread on that, right?

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                            • jon-nycJ Online
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                              jon-nyc
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                              #716

                              You were warned.

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                              • AxtremusA Away
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                                Axtremus
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                                #717

                                https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/20/twitter-is-down-to-fewer-than-550-full-time-engineers.html

                                Twitter employee head count down by 80% since Elon Musk took over. Has 1300 employees now with 550 "engineers" (by title) among them.

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                                  George K
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                                  Interesting.

                                  I won't even try to pretend the implications of this. However, the platform is up and appears to be functioning pretty much as always.

                                  Yeah, there's bugs, and changes to under-the-hood stuff, but it appears that, unlike predictions, it has survived.

                                  At least for now.

                                  Related, how are Truth Social, Mastodon, WeMe, and Parler doing?

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • George KG George K

                                    Interesting.

                                    I won't even try to pretend the implications of this. However, the platform is up and appears to be functioning pretty much as always.

                                    Yeah, there's bugs, and changes to under-the-hood stuff, but it appears that, unlike predictions, it has survived.

                                    At least for now.

                                    Related, how are Truth Social, Mastodon, WeMe, and Parler doing?

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                                    @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    Related, how are Truth Social, Mastodon, WeMe, and Parler doing?

                                    Truth social is amazing. Just so amazing. Truly. It's been really, really great, and it has all the best people. Just the best. I could give you the numbers, but you wouldn't believe me because they're so amazing.

                                    I was only joking

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                                      Renauda
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                                      Some wicked witch turned Phibes into a Trump like troll! 😞

                                      Elbows up!

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                                      • RenaudaR Renauda

                                        Some wicked witch turned Phibes into a Trump like troll! 😞

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                                        George K
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                                        @Renauda said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        Some wicked witch turned Phibes into a Trump like troll! 😞

                                        No shit! Look at his avatar!

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          Horace
                                          wrote on last edited by
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                                          Really sad to see how tribal he’s become. Fox News captures another ideological prisoner.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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