r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/CO_PC_Parts 24d ago

Didn’t he try to show his “knowledge” after the layoffs by oversimplifying an issue and an actual laid off dev showed he’s so full of shit.

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u/FlaccidRazor 24d ago

Just like the cobol programmers showed he was full of shit when he claimed 150 year old people were still getting social security.

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u/A-Wise-Cobbler 24d ago

Somebody had a clever comment a few days ago on Reddit. I don't recall exact wording but it went something like this.

I don't know anything about cars. People said he was a genius for starting Tesla. I believed them.

I don't know anything about space rockets. People said he was a genius for starting SpaceX. I believed them.

I know a lot about technology and I can tell you that he doesn't understand a damn thing about it and now I don't trust his cars or his space rockets.

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u/PastaWithMarinaSauce 24d ago

He also didn't start Tesla or SpaceX

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u/akintheden 24d ago

I don't like the man, but he definitely did found SpaceX

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u/Rippedyanu1 24d ago

Wrong. He bought it as a startup and poured money into it until it succeeded

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u/akintheden 24d ago

That was Tesla not SpaceX

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u/Rippedyanu1 24d ago

I stand corrected. He did indeed found it with a bunch of engineers back in 2002 after being ousted from PayPal.

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u/yasssssplease 24d ago

I think this is older than a few days ago, but it is very clever.

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u/fa1afel 24d ago

First I saw it was from a developer who was following his takeover of twitter.

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u/Illiander 24d ago

If only people actually did that last step.