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This right here from @Daojoan is precisely why I've not spoken about the Nuralink claims of first human usage.

I don't trust a single word out of Elon's mouth. I'm waiting for confirmation of installation of an active Neurolink chip/cell/system/whatever via a reliable third party.

Any claims it does anything other than exist in the brain will require similar third party confirmation for me.

He has been caught out too many times on promises for what things will do and claims things are already doing.

Irrev-Black wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:55 pm

stylofone wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:44 pm The robber baron might not have got away with his latest heist.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigatio ... d-by-judge

Rob customers? Ya. Rob employees? Sure, everyone does.

But ye cannae rob the shareholders, it seems.

A judge has ruled that Elon Musk's record-breaking $US56 billion ($84 billion) Tesla pay package could be voided, calling the compensation "an unfathomable sum" that was not fair to shareholders.

Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware's Court of Chancery found the package was negotiated by directors who seemed beholden to their headline-making CEO and the promise of allowing him to share in the company's enormous growth.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/ ... /103408230

Elon Musk says his ambitions to make Tesla more than just an automaker depend on him gaining far more control over the company. The controversial CEO took to his social media platform X to say that unless he is awarded another 12 percent of the company, which would give him ownership of 25 percent of Tesla, he would be "uncomfortable growing Tesla to be a leader in AI & robotics."

One of the more standout qualities of the Tesla Cybertruck is its bare stainless-steel body. The stainless-steel body gives the Cybertruck a unique design, but also brings unique problems. While some people believe that stainless steel can’t rust, the truth of the matter is that stainless steel can and will rust, which is something Cybertruck owners are quickly learning.

Last month, an X user called Beer Muncher took to the social media platform to share a screenshot of Tesla’s cleaning requirements found in the owner’s manual for the electric pickup. In the screenshot, Tesla claims that owners have to “immediately remove corrosive substances (such as grease, oil, bird droppings, tree resin, dead insects, tar spots, road salt, industrial fallout, etc.).” Additionally, the owners’ manual urgers Cybertruck owners not to wait until the truck needs a complete wash, but to use “denatured alcohol to remove tar spots and stubborn grease stains, then immediately wash the area with water and a mild, non-detergent soap to remove the alcohol.”

Some people may wonder what the big deal is. Normal cars need to be washed and cleaned regularly. But, what makes the Cybertruck more unique than other vehicles on the road is that its body doesn’t have a clear coat. That means that any corrosive substances that come in contact with the body have to be cleaned immediately or they’ll heavily damage the stainless steel body.

Irrev-Black wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:01 pmhttps://www.carsdirect.com/automotive-n ... st-problem

"Don't trust corporations, especially those where one egomaniac has all the power. Use open-source and community driven solutions if you can (like Mastodon)."

A California bakery owner was left “high and dry” after electric car maker Tesla placed an order for $US16,000 ($24,374) worth of pies – only to cancel just before the delivery went out the door.

When she inquired with Tesla about the cancellation, she was told the decision came from upper management.

According to the New York Post, the Tesla worker reportedly told the Black business owner, beloved by other Silicon Valley heavyweights, the company wanted the pies delivered the following week for an event to commemorate Black History Month.

Several former Twitter executives filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging Elon Musk illegally tried to stiff them out of severance totaling roughly $128 million. Musk is portrayed in the lawsuit as a petty and vindictive man who, “uses his wealth and power to run roughshod over anyone who disagrees with him.” And it gets even more pointed in its attacks from there.

The lawsuit, a copy of which was first published by Platformer, was brought by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, former CFO Ned Segal, and former Twitter lawyers Vijaya Gadde and Sean Edgett. And their lawyers aren’t holding back when it comes to ways to describe Musk.