While I am aghast at what Musk has done to Twitter, it has had one upside: what an outright jerk Musk is, is now more widely understood

And that he behaves like a jerk can be a matter of life and death at his other company, Tesla - and they're now getting more scrutiny 👇 https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/how-elon-musk-knocked-tesla-s-full-self-driving-17848095.php

How Elon Musk knocked Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' off course

SAN FRANCISCO - Long before he became "Chief Twit" of Twitter, Elon Musk had a different...

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@jon Are you aware that he also has a company - wait for it - launching actual human beings into orbit?
@martinvermeer Right. But there those who get launched have a little more choice than an innocent pedestrian who might get mown down by an errant Tesla!

@martinvermeer @jon
fortunately, space is mostly empty space; there's just not much to run into out there, so presumably things will be ok, as long as there isn't too much junk in low earth orbit, from, say, companies like starlink ...

... uh oh : )

@martinvermeer @jon So long as he starts with himself I see little downside to this.
@jdannan @jon Targeting the billionaire market more generally meets with my approval too.

@jon "his dream of autonomous cars is hitting roadblocks"

Pure poetry.

@jon

And it seems that his faithful fans on YouTube are already preparing their audience for a colossal failure of his Starship program...

Tesla Autopilot Crashes into Motorcycle Riders - Why?

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@jon Agreed. We just bought an electric car and deliberately didn't buy a Tesla.
@jon @pferal
We own a Volt and just got a Bolt.
@jon The idea of not-quite-self-driving seems to be a really frightening worst of all worlds
@jon I used to work for Airbus who take pride in their level of automation - but things tend to happen a bit quicker in cars!
@FrancisHayden1 I have no problem with automation! I have a problem with Elon Musk having a say over how!
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Tesla is selling tons of cars. Musk is a jerk, but there is little evidence Tesla is dying.