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WalterBright • today at 9:09 PM • 7 replies • view on HN

> I definitely have my issues with Tesla and Elon but...

Sad that people feel the need to add this qualification. I see it regularly.


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nomorewords • today at 9:12 PM

No it's not sad, the man was basically an unelected official, laid off thousands of government workers and the second order effects of that will affect millions. All while he also toys with Ukraine and lives are lost so that he appeases an autocrat?

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sshconnection • today at 10:22 PM

If I had paid for a reservation for this car in checks notes 2017(!!!), I'd have some issues with them as well. Very cool tech demo, but come find me when it's getting produced and sold to the people who reserved them a decade ago.

matteoraso • today at 10:02 PM

He's a neo-nazi that killed millions with his illegal USAID cuts. That qualification is the bare minimum.

extraextra • today at 10:15 PM

So many Elon haters around here

People should find a better hobby

moffkalast • today at 10:08 PM

Well unfortunately he's made it necessary to do so. I can like this demo in the same way I can like the V2 rocket as a pioneering achievement in rocketry. There's a very big elephant in the room.

Quarrelsome • today at 10:15 PM

its cos he's a prick. The way he pretended to "fairly" sack devs at twitter when he was clearly just trying to cut costs. That he bought twitter to "defend free speech" and then started donating to the Republication party and promoting a very specific political position online. As a euro the Nazi salute alone is enough for me.

The qualifier matters, that guy has serious issues.

bobsomers • today at 9:41 PM

Why is it sad? Over 700,000 avoidable deaths from Elon's dismantling of US AID alone, two thirds of them children. Estimated to be 14 million avoidable deaths by 2030.

I think the qualification is unbelievably tame considering what Elon deserves.

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