Don Melton

From The Onion:

"Elon Musk Demands Twitter Servers Explain What All These Wires For"

https://www.theonion.com/elon-musk-demands-twitter-servers-explain-what-all-thes-1849786227

But, you know, at this point it wouldn't surprise me if this really happened. 🤷‍♀️

Elon Musk Demands Twitter Servers Explain What All These Wires For

SAN FRANCISCO—As part of his initiative to streamline the back end of the platform, Elon Musk reportedly demanded Tuesday that the remaining Twitter servers explain to him in detail what all the wires were for. “These ones here—what do they do, exactly?” the company’s new owner and CEO said during a visit to Twitter’s…

The Onion
Nov 15, 2022 at 9:16pmWeb
Show threadChris BrownNov 15, 2022
@donmelton When can we go back to The Onion being satire?
Show threadDon MeltonNov 15, 2022
@73rdnemesio Right?!?  😂
Show thread0xSMRKNov 15, 2022
@donmelton will he fire them?
Show threadDon MeltonNov 15, 2022
@smrk At this point? Yeah. Probably.
Show threadCasper 👻Nov 15, 2022
@donmelton Man, I’m gonna need more popcorn 🍿
Show threadJay Arnold Nov 15, 2022
@donmelton it’s insane
Show threadComfortably NumbNov 15, 2022
@jayarnold @donmelton too many microservices running badly batched RPCs. Or whatever.
Show threadMike FraserNov 15, 2022
@donmelton Honestly I visit my own data centre and ask that all the time.
Show threadpaul lukasiakNov 16, 2022
@donmelton I heard that Musk plans to go to Great Britain next week to check on the Twitter facilities there, and is asking people if he should tip the Twitter servers in Ireland?
Show threadDon MeltonNov 16, 2022
@lukasiak LOL! 😂 Well played, sir. Well played.
Show threadGraham LoganNov 17, 2022
@donmelton My Model 3 got a software update and now features “swipe credit card to brake” functionality 😃