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Re:SpaceX lands rocket at sea second time after satellite la... by bryanlarsen on Friday May 06, 2016 @01:41PM (#11645464)
Musk would probably be offended by that comment -- Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison were bitter rivals and enemies.
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Re:SpaceX lands rocket at sea second time after satellite la... by mathgenius on Friday May 06, 2016 @08:06PM (#11647638)
I get the impression that Edison was more of a showman than a business man. Musk is at a whole other level.
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Re:SpaceX lands rocket at sea second time after satellite la... by j1vms on Friday May 06, 2016 @11:15PM (#11648234)
Tesla is really great, but there exists a "take" on Edison that makes him also not so bad.

Here, listen to Linus talk about him a bit:

https://youtu.be/o8NPllzkFhE?t=17m24s

Linus: "I'm more of an Edison..." (TED2016, Feb. 2016)

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